Monthly Membership Meetings
ACEC NM offers monthly membership meetings with interesting speakers and topics.  These meetings provide networking opportunities, key industry information, and business development opportunities.  Meetings include:

• January 24, 2012 - Announcement of Engineering Excellence Awards (EEA) Winners - Dr. Roger Zimmerman, Awards Selection Committee Chair; Charles Walters, Executive Director, New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
• November 15, 2011 - SSCAFCA - Charles Thomas, Executive Engineer
• October 25, 2011 - Spaceport America - Christine Anderson, Executive Director
• July 26, 2011 - URENCO USA/LES - Clint Williamson, Vice President, Governmental Affairs
• June 28, 2011 - Mid-Region Council of Governments/Rio Metro - Terry Doyle, Transportation Director
• May 24, 2011 - Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System - Barbara L. Crockett, PE, Vice President, New Mexico/West Texas Area Manager, CH2M HILL, and Scott A. Verhines, PE, President, Occam Consulting Engineers, Inc.
• March 22, 2011 - New Mexico Department of Transportation Appreciation Luncheon - Paul Gray, PE, Deputy Cabinet Secretary
• February 15, 2011 - Professional Development Program (PDP) Legislative Day, The Capitol, Santa Fe
• January 25, 2011 - Announcement of Engineering Excellence Awards Winners - Dr. Roger Zimmerman; REVIT Demonstration - Bridgers & Paxton Consulting Engineers, Inc.
• November 16, 2010 - Sandia National Laboratories - Lynnwood Dukes, Senior Manager, Facilities Management and Operations (Co-hosted with the Society for Marketing Professional Services [SMPS])
• October 26, 2010 - United States International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC) - Willie Martinez, PE, Civil Engineer (meeting held in Las Cruces, NM)
• September 29, 2010 - Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority - John M. Stomp, III, Chief Operating Officer
• August 18, 2010 - ACEC NM and ACNM Industry Luncheon - Gubernatorial Candidate Susana Martinez, A Vision for New Mexico's Infrastructure
• July 19, 2010 - Albuquerque Mayor Richard Berry - Hosted by the Society for Marketing Professional Services (SMPS)
• June 29, 2010 - City of Albuquerque Appreciation Luncheon - Michael Riordan, Melissa Lozoya, Keith Reed, Diane Sholtis, and Kellie Magee
• May 18, 2010 - New Mexico Association of Commerce & Industry - Beverlee McClure, President and CEO
• April 16, 2010 - Annual Awards Gala
• March 24, 2010 - ACEC NM and ACNM Industry Luncheon - Lt. Governor Diane Denish, A Vision for New Mexico's Infrastructure
• February 23, 2010 - Albuquerque District, US Army Corps of Engineers - Jorge Colberg, Deputy District Engineer
• January 26, 2010 - Announcement of ACEC New Mexico Engineering Excellence Awards Winners and the USS New Mexico Fast Attack Nuclear Submarine
• November 17, 2009 - October's Special Legislative Session - Representative Larry Larranaga
• October 27, 2009 - Quality New Mexico - Julia Gabaldon, President and CEO, Quality New Mexico
• September 29, 2009 - Legislative Issues Important to Our Industry - Representative Larry Larranaga and Sustainability Initiatives and Requirements for Funding, Richard Rose, Bureau Chief, NMED Construction Programs Bureau
• August 25, 2009 - Intel: What's Going on Locally and Internationally - Jami Grindatto, Intel
• July 28, 2009 - City of Albuquerque Stormwater Quality - Roland Penttila, City of Albuquerque
• June 23, 2009 - Tax Increment Development Districts (TIDDs) - Michael Kelly, Q10 Realty Mortgage and Investment Company, and Trent Stafford, Hunt Development Company

Engineering Excellence Awards
The Engineering Excellence Awards (EEA) are presented annually by ACEC NM to recognize engineering achievements and to demonstrate the highest degree of merit and ingenuity. The awards pay tribute to New Mexico’s most prestigious and distinguished engineering projects.

Entries are judged on:

• Original or Innovative Application of New or Existing Techniques
• Future Value to the Engineering Profession and Perception by the Public
• Social, Economic, and Sustainable Design Considerations
• Complexity
• Exceeding Client/Owner Needs

Awards include:

• Grand Conceptor
• Large Firm
• Small Firm
• Studies, Research, and Consulting (Category A)
• Building/Technology Systems (Category B)
• Structural Systems (Category C)
• Surveying and Mapping Technology (Category D)
• Environmental (Category E)
• Water and Wastewater (Category F)
• Water Resources (Category G)
• Transportation (Category H)
• Special Projects (Category I)
• Small Projects (Category J
• Energy (Category K)

Entries are judged on the basis of total engineering excellence. The judges may select as many awards as they deem appropriate. Entries will be judged on the basis of the work performed by the submitting firm alone and according to the rating guidelines listed in the Call for Entries packet. Grand Conceptor, Large Firm, Small Firm, and Category Winners will be awarded at the judges’ discretion. Honorable Mention and Special Project Awards may be presented to other selected entries of superior quality. There is no specific number of awards given.

ACEC NM Member Awards recognize individuals and member firms that make a difference in our community through their leadership, commitment, accomplishments, and support to ACEC NM. Member awards include:

• Professional Leadership Award – Recognizes an individual for his/her accomplishments in a professional organization other than ACEC.

• Individual Community Service Award – Recognizes an individual for his/her accomplishments in community service.

• Member Firm Community Service Award – Recognizes an individual firm for its accomplishments in community service.

• Industry Advocate Award – Recognizes an individual for his/her accomplishments in advocating, enhancing, or promoting the engineering profession.

• Industry Partner Award – Recognizes an organization or company (that is not a professional engineering organization or company) for their accomplishments in partnering, working with, and supporting engineering companies and professional societies.

All awards are recognized and celebrated at the ACEC NM Annual Engineering Excellence Awards Gala in April of each year.  The 2012 Annual Awards GALA will be held on Friday, April 6, 2012 at Sandia Resort & Casino.  The event will host member firms, their staff, clients, peer organizations, and elected or appointed officials. EEA project display panels will be on display during the awards banquet and will be displayed at other events throughout the year. All awards are recognized throughout the year in ACEC NM promotions and written materials.

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