General Criteria...

Both member and nonmember engineering firms may submit entries for consideration in the "preliminary" phase of the Engineering Excellence Awards competition.  Only those entries qualified in the preliminary phase will be eligible for submission in the ACEC/MD awards program and the ACEC national competition.  Entries may deal with any one of the 11 categories. The entering firm must select one category, which is most appropriate, in which it wishes to compete.  A project may be entered only once in a particular category. However, after a project entered in Category A has been constructed, it may be entered in another year in B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J or K in the year when eligible.

Each entry submitted in the preliminary phase must follow the guidelines described below in How to Submit an Entry.  Entries qualified by the judges for submission in the awards program must follow the additional guidelines as specified in the ACEC Engineering Excellence brochure.  A panel is not required in the ACEC/MD competition, although it is encouraged in order to provide additional publicity for the firm’s project.  Also, the ACEC/MD program will not require the "official notebook".  Firms may organize their entry for the ACEC/MD awards program, when advised, in any format they choose.