The American Society for Civil Engineers recognized the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal Surge Barrier project with the 2014 Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award at the annual black-tie Opal Gala on March 20, 2014, in Arlington, Virginia. The project was selected as the winner from five national projects including the Huey P. Long Bridge Widening Project. Eustis Engineering Services, L.L.C. was the Geotechnical Engineer for both the IHNC and Huey P. Long projects. For more information on either project, the ASCE website has links to articles about the projects.
There are also interviews with Christopher E. Gilmore, P.E., senior project manager at the USACE, about IHNC, and Stephen Spohrer, P.E., the Louisiana TIMED program director about Huey P. Long. Travis Richards was the project manager on the IHNC project. Travis’s remarkable contribution included over 5,200 working hours on the project. He provided on-call engineering services 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to maintain production in the field and eliminate subcontractor downtime. From the ASCE website, 'ASCE annually recognizes an exemplary civil engineering project as the Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement. Established in 1960, this prestigious award honors the project that best illustrates superior civil engineering skills and represents a significant contribution to civil engineering progress and society. Honoring an overall project rather than an individual, the award celebrates the contributions of many engineers.' Eustis Engineering was represented by Sean Walsh who was at the gala to receive the 2014 New Faces of Civil Engineering Award. Sean was interviewed about his humanitarian service for ASCE news as part of a series on the award recipients. Says Sean in the interview, 'I moved from New York to New Orleans to work with Eustis Engineering Services, L.L.C., because I could grow as an engineer with a company committed to their social responsibility, clearly evidenced by their contribution to rebuilding the Greater New Orleans Metropolitan area in the days, weeks, and years after the devastation Hurricane Katrina brought here.'