McElhanney Consulting Services Ltd. has won the Deputy Minister's Consulting Engineers Award for Excellence in Construction Management and Supervision, for its exceptional work on the Highway 5/Clearwater Valley Road intersection improvement project.

The project involved building a roundabout to improve safety for drivers, cyclists and pedestrians travelling through Clearwater, and incorporating design elements to accommodate large industrial loads that regularly travel Highway 5. McElhanney excelled at steering the project through to a very successful completion, ensuring a safe traffic-management plan, addressing issues and finding solutions as they arose, while making sure the project stayed on time and on budget.

The Deputy Minister's Consulting Engineers Awards recognize technical excellence in consulting engineer services that improve transportation infrastructure in B.C. The 10th annual awards were held Jan. 28 in Vancouver.

Finalists were chosen for projects completed in 2013 in the following categories:

• Design and Contract Preparation - Roads
• Design and Contract Preparation - Structures
• Construction Management and Supervision Services
• Specialized Engineering Services
• Transit Engineering Services

The other finalists in this category were Binnie Construction Services Ltd. of Burnaby, for the Bessborough Road project near Dawson Creek, and CMS Focus Construction Management Services of Victoria for the Highway 3 passing lane in Sparwood.

Quotes:

Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Todd Stone -

"McElhanney Consulting Services did an outstanding job overseeing the successful completion of the intersection project on Highway 5 and Clearwater Valley Road, making it much safer for local residents and commercial drivers that use Highway 5 every day. Congratulations to them, and to the other finalists, for their significant contributions toward keeping our highway system safe and efficient."

MLA for Kamloops-North Thompson Terry Lake -

"The Highway 5 Clearwater Valley Road roundabout is very important to the community and I congratulate McElhanney Consulting Services for their work on this project and for its ongoing commitment to excellence here in B.C. and across Western Canada."

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