Landmark Science & Engineering announced that it received the “Conceptor Award,” the second highest award in the prestigious 2015 Engineering Excellence Awards competition sponsored annually by the American Council of Engineering Companies of Delaware and awarded in February at the Engineer’s Week banquet sponsored by Delaware Engineering Society. The project was completed for Sallie Mae, Inc., a national firm that relocated its headquarters to Newark from Reston, Va. in 2013.
The project required innovative engineering solutions to manage storm water runoff during construction of the new 1.42-acre, two-tiered pond with a 96-foot waterfall, boardwalk, walkways with exercise stations, and picnic areas in the same location as the existing wet pond. The confined site, surrounded by office building, parking and I-95 added to the complexity. Methods were devised to remove the existing wet pond from service during construction, while continuing to meet or exceed all of the local, state and federal drainage, storm water and water quality regulations.
“Keith Rudy, director of our Water Resources/Engineering division and “Engineer of Record” for this important and high-profile project, is commended for a great job in satisfying the client and their construction manager, Nason Construction, in facilitating construction of this pond retrofit set in a very challenging environment” said Landmark’s President Ted C. Williams, a past chairman of ACEC.
