The other nine Grand Award winners include: Atkins and Parsons Brinckerhoff: I-4 Selmon Expressway Connector, FDOT District 7 This $487 million project, which opened for traffic in June 2014, has improved interstate traffic flow by re- lieving Tampa’s downtown inter- change, provided truck drivers direct access from I-4 to the Port of Tampa (reducing truck traffic through historic Ybor City) and enhanced local com- munities’ hurricane evacuation capac- ities. “The connector is built over an old industrial area enhancing the environ- mental benefits of the project,” the FICE award citation says. “Hazardous material remediation was accom- plished and new stormwater manage- ment treatment facilities helped reduce pollutants discharging into McKay Bay Preserve, an environmen- tally-sensitive habitat for migratory shorebirds. With improved mobility in this area, the connector advances bet- ter air quality and it promotes safer ac- cess for local residents.” “The steel superstructure added complexity in maintaining the stay forces during construction,” FICE’s ci- tation says. “The construction industry loads are shared between girder and stays, with the stays acting more as pre-stressing rather than vertical sup- port.” The design is “highly aesthetic, durable and cost-effective,” FICE says, for the project completed near budget and 4.5 months ahead of schedule. Finley Engineering won a separate award for the US 281 bridge at Mar- ble Falls, constructed by Archer West- ern Contractors, after the design-build team proposed design modifications and means and methods allowing a five percent savings on the original TDOT estimate, resulting in a $2 mil- lion savings on the $28.65 million proj- ect. The 958-ft. long bridge has three spans, with six-ft. wide sidewalks and a fully lighted substructure. “Use of proprietary software for segment geometry and Bridge Information Modeling (BrIM) made it possible to develop details quickly to meet the demanding schedule, including inte- grated segment drawings combining reinforcing bars, bolts inserts (for util- ities), electrical conduits, etc., all into one drawing,” the FICE said. Genesis Group: Cascades Park, Blueprint 2000 and beyond – Tallahassee Genesis Group provided water and stormwater engineering services for a challenging remediation project in Tal- lahassee’s worst brownfield, also solving a severe flooding problem, creating a new greenspace/park and stormwater system. “Innovative planning and engineer- ing transformed the area into a com- munity asset that is chiefly a stormwater management and water quality improvement facility,” FICE’s citation says. “Two stormwater ponds served by a concrete box culvert treat runoff from the surrounding 1,500- acre basin. The park design inte- grates stormwater facilities that are aesthetically and environmentally ap- pealing, including the reimagined his- toric ‘cascades’ as a central waterfall feature – in a flowing ‘floodable’ green space.” Finley Engineering Group Inc: I-35 Brazos River Bridge and US281 Bridge over Colorado River, Texas Department of Transportation Tallahassee-based engineering prac- tice Finley Engineering Group Inc. pro- vided contractor Lane Construction Corp. a lift plan analysis and stay cable construction analysis, including erec- tion and temporary works design and three dimensional time dependent analysis for the Brazos River Bridge in Waco, one of two Finley projects in Texas which won FICE Grand Awards. Florida Construction News — SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2015 – 15