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STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE AWARDSThe SEAoNY Structural Engineering Excellence (SEE) Awards Program, formerly EiSE, recognizes the innovative and complex projects completed by structural engineering firms located in the New York City area. The SEAoNY SEE Awards Program is modeled after the National Council of Structural Engineers Associations (NCSEA) SEE Awards. The winning projects themselves can be located anywhere in the world but must demonstrate:
SEAoNY SEE Award winners are selected from three major categories: |
New Buildings New building projects will be submitted under a single category. Two awards will be given in this category. Projects may include any type of building that is occupied or used by people including parking garages, airport control towers, industrial buildings, and other similar structures. | Other Structures This category includes all non-building structures, such as towers, monuments, sculptures, art installations, pavilions, and similar projects. Bridges and other transportation structures may also be submitted such as vehicle and pedestrian bridges, highway structures, pipe or utility support spans, and similar structures. Projects may be of any span length or overall size. One award will be given in this category. |
Forensic Analysis / Renovation / Retrofit / Rehabilitation of Structures This category includes forensic analysis, structural renovations, seismic retrofits, adaptive reuse, rehabilitation of existing buildings or bridges, and similar projects. Two awards will be given in this category. |
 Young Engineer of the Year Award This award highlights an engineer under the age of 36 who represents top rising engineer in the structural engineering industry that gives back to their industry and communities. The emphasis of this award is to recognize a Young Engineer that is providing a benefit to the industry, firms, and communities. |
2026 SEAoNY SEE Award Winners
New Buildings
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| Princeton University, Briger Hall, Commons & School of Engineering and Applied Science — LERA Built on a 17-acre site, Princeton University’s Briger Hall, Commons, and School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) buildings form a new “neighborhood” on campus devoted to environmental studies and engineering. The new complex totals 666,000 sf, and contains state-of-the-art facilities and collaborative spaces to promote and enable breakthrough research. It features academic and research laboratories, classrooms, offices, community spaces and a library. To meet the sustainability ethos goals of the Campus Master Plan, the design maximizes the use of mass timber construction in an intricate hybrid structural system that also incorporates post-tensioned concrete and steel. |
 | National Medal of Honor Museum — schlaich bergermann partner The new museum by Rafael Viñoly Architects is dedicated to the legacy of the 3,500 recipients of the Medal of Honor. The project incorporates numerous specialized structural solutions to realize the architect’s ambitious vision. The primary Exhibition Hall is housed in a striking, aluminum-clad, column-free volume measuring 200' x 200' x 35', elevated 50 feet above the entry rotunda. At the center of the Hall is a 20ft diameter oculus that allows light to enter below. The Exhibition Hall volume is supported by five tapering precast megacolumns, each hollow to accommodate MEP systems routed through their cores. Access to the elevated structure is provided by a pair of intertwining spiral staircases suspended from the floor above, which spiral 310 degrees in plan. |
Forensic Analysis/ Renovation/ Retrofit & Rehabilitation of Structures
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| One Times Square Redevelopment — DeSimone The redevelopment and adaptive reuse of the historic One Times Square in Manhattan, iconic site of the New Year’s Eve Ball Drop, trans formed an outdated and largely vacant 26-story office building into a mixed-use destination. Major structural upgrades fortified and pre served the skeletal 1904 steel frame, including the introduction of a 55-foot cantilevered steel observation deck, glass elevator landings, and glass walkways at the 19th floor, as well as new lateral systems and redistribution of loads to avoid impact on underlying MTA transit infrastructure. Tuned mass dampers control vibrations of the observation deck. Completed within extreme site constraints, the project demonstrates innovative engineering, advanced analysis, targeted reinforcement, and precise sequencing. |
 | 2300 Market St — McNamara Salvia 2300 Market Street transformed a long‑obsolete block in Center City Philadelphia into a unified, high‑performance life sciences facility through adaptive reuse rather than demolition. Early‑20th‑century automotive showrooms with limited capacity were selectively demolished, reinforced, and overbuilt into a single integrated structure. Innovative steel framing, unique plate girder transfer strategies, and a new braced frame core enabled six additional laboratory floors while preserving historic façades and coalescing existing structural components around a central core. The project balanced constructability, sustainability, and performance, achieving LEED Gold and demonstrating how creative structural engineering can unlock value, resilience, and longevity in existing urban buildings. |
Other Structures
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| 16 Tech Innovation District Bridge — schlaich bergermann partner Spanning 342ft over Fall Creek, the 16 Tech Innovation District Bridge creates a new multimodal connection between the 16 Tech campus and Indianapolis’ research and medical corridor. One of the bridge’s most significant and inventive features is the way it reinterprets the principles of a classic suspension bridge. This was accomplished by replacing the large vertical masts found on a typical suspension bridge with a fan-type arrangement of multiple smaller masts. Likewise, elegant flat steel plates replace the traditional suspension cables as the main supports. The bridge’s tension element is allowed to follow the new mast arrangement, creating its signature wave-like form. The resulting structure acts like a suspension bridge but is an entirely new approach to the genre. |
Engineers Choice Award
| Waldorf Astoria Redevelopment — TYLin The Waldorf Astoria redevelopment transformed a 1931 1.6 million-sf historic landmark hotel into a mixed-use property with hotel rooms, condominiums, publicly accessible, event and retail spaces, while preserving its landmarked character. The project required extensive investigation of existing conditions and repair of structural deterioration. Key interventions included rebuilding deteriorated pinnacles, acoustically isolating the ballroom, and performing structural work above active Metro-North tracks. Additional upgrades supported new stair and elevator cores, and mechanical systems, including a cogeneration plant. The project demonstrates the integration of historic preservation, structural innovation, and complex construction logistics in a dense urban environment. |
Young Engineer of the Year Award
| Jimmy Liang |
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