Congratulations to all the counties and project staff for producing some amazing examples of public works. It was challenging for the Jury to narrow the selection down to three, one for each category. Here are the winners of the County Projects of the Year.
Get ready for next year with your submissions…the Call for Entries will be sent toward the end of the calendar year. Remember, it’s FREE to enter; for details email CCAEA today.
Previous Year Award Winners
With the 3rd year of the awards program underway, we want to keep everyone informed about prior year recipients, read below for more detail on these existing projects and the awardees.
For 2014 Winners…click here.
For 2015 Winners…click here.
The 2016 Award Winners are…
Projects of the Year Awards:
Large County Award: San Diego County
San Diego County Director of General Services with Rob Unholz, President of CCAEA with presentation of the Project of the Year Award.
Medium County Award: Yolo County
Medium County Project: Yolo County-County Wide Solar Array Project.
Yolo County Project Team Leader Terry Vernon with Rob Unholz, President of CCAEA with presentation of the Project of the Year Award.
Small County Award: Siskiyou County
Siskiyou County Project Team with Rob Unholz, President of CCAEA with presentation of the Project of the Award.
The Grand Honor Award Winner:
The Grand Award is granted by the Jury based upon their assessment of the project among all submitted that exceeds the requirements and best demonstrates the spirit of the Awards Program.
Yolo County’s County-Wide Solar Array Project
Congratulations, Yolo County!
Terry Vernon accepts the Grand Honor Award on behalf of Yolo County.
The People’s Choice Award Winner: Kern County:
Congratulations, Kern! The “People” have spoken….
The new Information Technology Services building incorporates modern design and technology together to provide a secure location to house the County of Kern’s computer processing and data equipment, while providing County IT staff with a better work environment. The prior work area, utilized by Information Technology Services, was located in the basement of an aged municipal court building, located in the Kern River Flood Plain, susceptible to flooding and other hazards.
The new building location takes these geographical concerns into consideration, preventing potential damage to the County data mainframe from flood waters and integrating the County’s communications campus, including the primary communications systems for Sheriff and Fire 911 call centers and the County Emergency Operations Center.
Notable Mentions:
All projects are acknowledged with a Certificate of Merit for their participation in the program. CCAEA appreciates the effort in creating each submission and the ongoing work of the public-sector capital project teams around the State.
2016 Award & Merit Winners
Large County:
* Kern County: Information Technology Center, Construction Services Division Project Manager
* San Diego County: Las Colinas Women’s’ Detention and Reentry Facility, Andrew Bohnert and Thomas Hoerstman Project Managers.
Medium County:
* Butte County: Hall of Records Building, Jennifer Wilson, Project Manager;
* Yolo County: County-Wide Solar Array Project, Terry Vernon, Project Manager.
Small County:
* Siskiyou County: County Transit Center, Randy Akana, Project Manager
* Sutter County: Agricultural Commissioner’s Office Expansion, Guadalupe Rivera, P.E., Project Manager.