Congratulations to the 2025 ACEC-RI
Engineering Excellence Award Winners
Outstanding Professional Design Excellence
Projects Less than $10 Million
Gold Anchor First Place
Pawtucket Bridge 055001 Lighting & Bridge Strike Detection Systems, Bowman
Owner: RI Department of Transportation
Location: Pawtucket, RI and East Greenwich & West Warwick, RI
Design Team Led By: Maureen Chlebek, PE Project Manager and Dara Clough, PE Lead Design Manager
Hope Blue Ribbon Second Place
City of Cranston Knightsville Revitalization, Ai Engineers, Inc.
Owner: City of Cranston
Location: Cranston, RI
Design Team Led By: Kazem Farhoumand, PE
Gold Star Third Place
Phase III Outfall 205 Control Facilities, Wright-Pierce
Owner: Narragansett Bay Commission
Location: Pawtucket, RI
Design Team Led By: Lou Ragozzino – Project Manager and Derick Hopkins – Lead Project Engineer
Airport Road Stormwater Improvements, Beta Group, Inc.
Owner: State of Rhode Island
Location: Warwick, RI
Design Team Led By: Jared Linhares, PE – Sr. Project Manager
Outstanding Professional Design Excellence
Projects More than $10 Million
Gold Anchor First Place
East Side Transit Tunnel Rehabilitation, WSP USA, Inc.
Owner: RI Public Transit Authority
Location: Providence, RI
Design Team Led By: Sabine Quinn, PE Project Manager/Designer
Hope Blue Ribbon Second Place
Kent County Water Authority Central Office and Maintenance Facility, PARE Corporation
Owner: Kent County Water Authority
Location: West Greenwich, RI
Design Team Led By: •Timothy P. Theis, PE – Principal and David L. Potter, PE – Project Manager
Gold Star Third Place
Phase III CSO Program of 217 Consolidation Conduit (Contract No. 308.05C), BETA Group, Inc.
Owner: Narragansett Bay Commission
Location: Pawtucket, RI
Design Team Led By: Christopher Cronin, PE Project Manager
