Accolades
Since 1984, we’ve been making waves in the restoration industry by integrating natural sciences with water resource engineering to develop long-term solutions for rivers, lakes, estuaries and wetlands. Below are some of the awards we’ve won over the years that highlight our work.
2024
Middle Fork John Day River – Vinegar to Vincent Habitat Restoration Project
Grand Award, American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) Oregon
2022
Eugene Downtown Riverfront Park
Honor Award, General Design – American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
Oregon People’s Choice Award, Landscape – American Institute of Architects (AIA), Willamette Valley
Nason Creek Upper White Pine Stream Channel & Floodplain Habitat Enhancement
Silver Award, American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) Washington
National Recognition Award, ACEC National
Minnehaha Creek, Arden Park Restoration
Grand Award, American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) Minnesota
National Recognition Award, ACEC National
Lower Elochoman III Floodplain Restoration
Building Diversity Honoree, Daily Journal of Commerce
Coonamessett River Restoration
Bronze Award, American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) Massachusetts
Nicholas Humber Award for Outstanding Collaboration presented by the Environmental Business Council of New England (EBC)
2021
Bloede Dam Removal & Patapsco Interceptor Relocation
National Honor Award, American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC)
Grand Award, American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) Maryland
Pucker Street Dam Removal
Southwest Michigan Planning Commission (SWMPC) Graham Woodhouse Intergovernmental Effort Award
Boardman River Dams Ecosystem Restoration
Engineering Honorable Conceptor Award, American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) Michigan
Minnehaha Parkway Regional Trail Master Plan
Honor Award in Planning and Urban Design by the Minnesota Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects
2020
Poesten Kill Floodplain & Watershed Project
CDRPC Erastus Corning 2nd Award for Intermunicipal Cooperation
Dry Creek Habitat Enhancement Project
American Fisheries Society Western Division (WDAFS) Riparian Challenge Award
2019
Underwood Creek Flood Control & Habitat Restoration
Best of State Engineering Excellence Award, American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) Wisconsin
Howland Bypass Channel
EBJ Business Achievement Awards: Small firms (less than $5 million)
Kerry Island Estuary Restoration
Honor Award, American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) Oregon
2018
Eel River Headwaters Restoration
SER New England Chapter’s Restoration Project Award
Tidmarsh Farms Restoration
Silver Award, American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) Massachusetts
River Island Stream & Wetland Restoration
Excellence Award, American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) Oregon
Oak Meadows Golf Course
First Place, Public Course Renovation of the year, Golf Inc.
Force of Nature Award, Chicago Wilderness
2017
Tidmarsh Farms Restoration
Environment Business Journals (EBJ’s) Business Achievement Award for Natural Resource Management
Howland Dam Bypass Channel
Honor Award, American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) Maine
Oak Meadows Golf Course
Green Star Environmental Award from Golf Digest
2016
Squalicum Creek Reroute
American Public Works Association’s (APWA) Public Works Project of the Year Award
Horsetail Creek Floodplain Reconnection
Honor Award, American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) Oregon
Milo McIver Fish Enhancement
Grand Award, American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) Oregon
2014
Sheboygan River AOC
American Public Works Association (APWA) National Public Works Projects of the Year
2012
Baker Park Beach
Engineering Excellence Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) Minnesota
2010
Eel River Headwaters Restoration & Sawmill Dam Removal
Coastal American Partnership Award from Coastal America
Dupage River & Salt Creek Watershed Analysis
Honor Award, American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) Michigan
2009
DuPage River & Salt Creek Dam Removal Feasibility Study
Engineering Excellence Honor Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies of Illinois
Chester Creek Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Project
Best of the Year: Public Works Environmental Restoration Award from the American Public Works Association, Alaska
2008
The Headwaters at Tryon Creek
National Honor Award from the American Society of Landscape Architects
2005
Mill Creek Restoration
Aldo Leopold Award for Excellence in Ecological Restoration from Trout Unlimited, The River Alliance of Wisconsin, and Wisconsin DNR
2002
Willamette Riverbank Design Notebook
Oregon Chapter Merit Award from the American Society of Landscape Architects
Allegheny River Riverfront Park
National Honor Award from the American Society of Landscape Architects
2001
Grants Pass Undercut Riverbank Stabilization
Design Excellence Award from the Society of American Military Engineers
1998
Little Miami River Bioengineered Bank Stabilization
Outstanding Achievement Award from the International Erosion Control Association
Griff Creek Dam Removal & Channel Reconstruction
Project Restoration Award & Certificate of Appreciation from the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
Tanner Creek Urban Stream Daylighting and Stormwater Design Alternatives Analysis
Honor and Sustainability Award from the Oregon Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects
1996
Raritan River
International Erosion Control Association’s 1996 Award for Excellence in Design