Recognition
Through the years, WSB's strong leadership skills, engineering savvy, and talented staff have been recognized by the industry. WSB has been awarded a number of honors for a wide range of projects.
2008 ACEC/MN Engineering Excellence Honor Award
Minnesota Twins Stadium High Definition Laser Scan, Minneapolis
2008 MSPE Merit Award
North Branch Well Siting Study & Municipal Production Well No. 5, North Branch
Jerry Aljets (E. H. Renner), BJ Bonin (WSB),
Nancy Zeigler (WSB),
Wayne Blodgett (North Branch Water & Light)
2008 ACEC/MN Engineering Excellence Honor Award
Minnesota Twins Stadium High Definition
Laser Scan
Hennepin County selected WSB to provide a high definition laser scan of the proposed Minnesota Twins stadium site in downtown Minneapolis. Topographic survey data was needed on the railroad right-of-way, adjacent to the proposed stadium. This survey data was collected with the laser scanner without the need to enter into the railroad right-of-way. Thirteen other structures that where scanned for this project.
Over 52 million data points were collected in the field in a little over one week. From this point cloud, WSB created 2-D and 3-D line work of the bridge sub-structures and wire-mesh framework of the building faces. The County will utilize this high definition laser scan data for the design and construction of the infrastructure required for the new Twins stadium.
2008 MSPE Merit Award
North Branch Well Siting Study and Municipal Production Well No. 5
The City of North Branch had a problem finding large capacity wells and a history of borehole failures. Three existing wells were pumping less than half of what was considered typical for the aquifer, and were also pumping some sand. WSB was tasked to find a solution to these problems.
WSB’s staff geologist discovered bedrock structures that made almost all of North Branch unfavorable for high capacity bedrock wells. However, a sliver of the western edge of town proved to have entirely different bedrock conditions. A new production well was constructed in this area in 2007, and it has pumped more than double the most optimistic estimates without sanding. This new well can pump as much or more water than the City’s four other wells combined, and will save the City the cost of building at least 2 additional production wells (conservatively valued at $1.6M for the pair). In addition, North Branch now has an additional asset: the knowledge of where and where not to build future wells within their City.
Past Awards
2007 CEAM Project of the Year Honorable Mention
2007 ACEC/MN Engineering Excellence Honor Award
CSAH 18/I-94 Interchange, Monticello
2007 ACEC/MN Engineering Excellence Honor Award
Dean Lake Outlet, Shakopee
2007 ACEC/MN Engineering Excellence Honor Award
CSAH 19/Smithtown Roadway Improvements, Shorewood
2007 Minnesota Concrete Pavement Management Award
TH 10/32 Design Build, Hawley
2006 ACEC/MN Engineering Excellence Honor Award
TH 55 and General Mills/Boone Avenue Intersection and Flood Proofing Improvements, Golden Valley
2006 ACEC/MN Engineering Excellence Honor Award
CSAH 50 Roadway Improvements, Cass County
2006 MSPE Merit Award
TH 55 and General Mills/Boone Avenue Intersection and Flood Proofing Improvements, Golden Valley
2006 Merit Award for Concrete Paving
Morningside Avenue Bridge, Glencoe
Hot Firm 100 List - 2005
In 2005, the industry recognized WSB as the 56th Fastest-Growing U.S. A/E/P & Environmental Consulting Firm. ZweigWhite's Hot Firm 2005 list identifies the 100 fastest-growing A/E/P and environmental firms in the U.S. from 2001 to 2004.
2004 ACEC/MN Engineering Excellence Grand Award
St. Anthony Village Flood Protection, St. Anthony Village
2004 ACEC/MN Engineering Excellence Honor Award
CSAH 16/83 Roadway Improvements, Shakopee