Engineering Excellence Awards

1. AUGUST 27, 2024  |  Awards Open for Entries (entry fee waived)
2. SEPTEMBER 16, 2024 |  Entries Due by 5 p.m.
3. OCTOBER 1, 2024 |  Finalists Notified, additional information is requested
4. OCTOBER 15, 2024 | Additional information is due
5. BY NOVEMBER 1, 2024 |  Winner Notification
6. JANUARY 8, 2025  |  Entries Due for National Submissions (Only State Award Winners)
7. MARCH 7, 2025 |  Georgia Engineering Awards Event

(1) Studies, Research and Consulting Engineering Services

(2) Building/Technology Systems

(3) Structural Systems

(4) Surveying and Mapping Technology

(5) Environmental

(6) Water Resources or Waste and Storm Water

(7) Transportation

(8) Energy

(9) Industrial and Manufacturing Processes and Facilities

(10) Small Projects

(11) Special Projects

2025 Call for Entries Information Packet

• Entry Requirements
• Category Delineations
• Awards Submittal FAQs
• Judging Criteria, Guideline Definitions, and Additional Information

National Call for Entries Brochure

National Call for Entries -Entry Changes

This black-tie awards event is a celebration of exceptional engineers, engineering projects and the achievements of the industry as a whole. Winners of ACEC Georgia's Engineering Excellence Awards and GSPE's Engineer of the Year Awards are honored, among others.

ACEC Georgia Engineering Excellence Award winners will receive:

• Winning projects will be featured in Engineering Georgia magazine
• Engraved Crystal Award for all State, Honor and Merit Award Winners
• State Award Winners are eligible to compete for ACEC National Engineering Excellence Awards 
• State Award Winners will be recognized during the 2024 Georgia Engineering Awards 
• Awards, taking place in the Spring of 2024. ACEC Georgia will invite the owner/client of the award-winning project to attend this event as well 
• Professional photoshoot of winning firms with their award during a specified time and location of ACEC Georgia's choosing. Photographs will be available for firm use
• Visibility to clients and engineering professionals at the 2024 Georgia Engineering Awards 
• Project and firm recognition in ACEC Georgia communications, including social media and website
• Dedicated social media posts for all Engineering Excellence State and Honor Award recipients

Any firm maintaining a Georgia office and engaged in the private practice of consulting engineering is eligible to enter. Projects executed anywhere in the world are eligible; however, the firm’s Georgia office must have had a leadership role in the project (designed in Georgia) to be eligible.

Studies, Research and Consulting Engineering Services (Category 1), or survey and mapping projects (included in Category 10) must have been publicly disclosed by the client Nov. 1, 2022, and Oct. 31, 2024. Construction of projects (Categories 2-10) must have been substantially completed and ready for use between Nov. 1, 2022, and Oct. 31, 2024. The completed official entry form must be signed by both the entrant and the client/owner (senior executives/officials) confirming this fact. The company representative may be contacted by phone by the judging panel. 

Engineering projects may be entered into one of ten categories. A project may be entered only once in any category. However, after a project entered in Category 1 has been constructed, it may be entered in a different category in the eligible year.

ACEC Georgia guidelines are used for Georgia submissions only. If a submittal receives a State Award, the firm can choose to submit for a national award. If submitting for a national award, please follow the guidelines outlined by ACEC National, as they differ from Georgia.