GAI projects continue to be recognized by industry leaders for superior effort and outstanding achievement. Below is a partial list of some of those distinctions:

2007 Award of Merit by the American Society of Civil Engineers - Pittsburgh Section

Interstate 79 Reconstruction, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania 

Highway and Bridge Design -- Preliminary engineering, environmental studies, final designs, shop drawing review and consultation for the total reconstruction of 5 miles of Interstate 79 in Collier Township, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Cost: $96.5M

Client: Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

2002 ESWP, Award for Project of the Year in Environmental

2003 Governor of Pennsylvania, Award for Environmental Excellence in Land Use

2003 ACEC/PA, Diamond Award for Engineering Excellence  

Summerset at Frick Park, Pittsburgh, PA

Brownfield Restoration Redevelopment Site Design – 230-acre site developed into 713 housing units Cost: $269M; Completion Buildout: 2010

Client: Urban Redevelopment Authority

Community Super Stop Bus Shelter Design, Jacksonville, FL

Client: Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA), First Coast Chapter of the Florida Planning and Zoning Association

James E. "Pete" Pitsenbarer Abandoned Mine Land Award North, 1999 Reclamation Awards

Owings Mine Complex Reclamation Plans, Harrison County, WV

Mine Reclamation Services

2004  Abandoned Mine reclamation regional Award and National Award 

Ned’s Branch Impoundment, Phase II, Mingo County, WV

Mine Reclamation and Stream Restoration

Client:  US Dept of Interior, Office of Surface Mining and reclamation

2003   ASHE, Pittsburgh Section, Award for Outstanding Highway Engineering

2004   ACEC/PA, Diamond Award for Civil Engineering Achievement

Martin Luther King Jr. East Busway Extension, Pittsburgh, PA

Mass Transit Design - 2.3-mile fixed guideway

Client: Port Authority of Allegheny County

2004   PPHQ, Award for Community Support/Customer Focus

2004   PPHQ, Award for Highway Support/Enhancement

2004   PPHQ, Environmental Award

2005   ESWP, Award for Project of the Year in Transportation

2006   ACEC/PA, Diamond Award for Civil Engineering Achievement

Erie Bayfront Connector Highway, Erie, PA

Highway Design - 4.7 miles of 4-lane, controlled access, urban arterial highway

Client: Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), District 1-0

2002  ESWP, Award for Project of the Year in Environmental

2003  Governor of Pennsylvania, Award for Environmental Excellence in Land Use

2003  ACEC/PA, Diamond Award for Engineering Excellence

Summerset at Frick Park, Pittsburgh, PA

Brownfield Restoration Redevelopment Site Design - 230-acre site developed into 713 housing units

Client: Urban Redevelopment Authority

2004   Preservation PA, Pennsylvania Historic Preservation Award for Archaeology 

Upper Juniata Sub-basin 11, Creative Mitigation, Blair County, PA

Archaeological Data Synthesis - Reviewed data from more than 375 archeological sites to synthesize Native American prehistory in the upper Juniata Valley over the last 11,000 years

Client: Keller Engineers, Inc. and PennDOT, District 11-0

2004  WVACE, Engineering Excellence, Structural Systems-Bridges, Silver Award

Rubles Run Bridge - Mon/Fayette Expressway, Monongalia County, WV

Bridge Design - Dual, curved 1400-ft. structures on the Mon-Fayette Expressway

Client: WVDOT-DOH

1998   ABCD, Outstanding Rehabilitation Bridge Award

1998   FHWA, Environmental Excellence Award in Historic Resources

1999   WVACE, Engineering Excellence, Structural Systems, Gold Award

2003   FHWA, Environmental Excellence Award for Intergovernmental Consultation / Coordination and Honorable Mention in Historic Resources

Fayette Station Bridge, Fayette County, WV

Bridge Rehabilitation Design - Inspected and designed reconstruction of the multi-span, through-truss bridge, using many original historical structural elements or replicating to current standards

Client: WVDOT-DOH

2002   ASHE, Pittsburgh Section, Award for Outstanding Highway Engineering

2002   ESWP, Award for Project of the Year in Transportation

2003   PTC and PPHQ, Project Recognition Award

Mon/Fayette Expressway, Washington and Allegheny counties, PA

Highway Design - 1.7-mile section

Client: Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC)

1999   WVDOT-DOH, Commissioner's Engineering Achievements Award, Large Bridge

2002   WVACE, Engineering Excellence, Structural Systems, Gold Award

Easley Bridge, Mercer County, WV

Bridge Design - Replaced truss bridge with 950-ft. bridge over US 19 and 8 tracks of the Norfolk and Southern Railroad yard

Client: WVDOT-DOH 

2002   FHWA, Pennsylvania Division, Historic Preservation Excellence Award in Archaeology

Client: Frank B. Taylor Engineering

2001 WVDOT-DOH, Engineering Excellence Award in Planning & Environmental

Route 2 - Phase III data archeological recovery of prehistoric Native American sites 46BR31 and 46BR60

Client: Whitney, Bailey, Cox & Magnani, Inc., and WVDOT-DOH

2004   WVDOT-DOH, Excellence Award in Planning & Environmental

Cultural Resources Services, State of West Virginia

Statewide One-year Agreement, with Two (2) One-year options

Client: WVDOT-DOH

LYMMO Transit System, Orlando, FL

Client: City of Orlando

1992   PennDOT, Excellence in Transportation Design Award - Innovative Design

1992   PennDOT, Excellence in Transportation Design Award - Highway Support Facility

1992   PennDOT, Excellence in Transportation Design Award - Economic Development, Urban

1995   FHWA, Excellence in Innovative Financial Initiative Award

Airport Expressway, Findlay Maintenance Facility, Pennsylvania Air National Guard Access Road, Allegheny County, PA

Highway and Bridge Design -- 1.1-mile section of a 6-lane, limited access expressway; Facility Design- Findlay Maintenance facility; Access Road Design - McClaren road interchange to the PA National Guard Facility near the Pittsburgh International Airport

Client: PennDOT, District 11-0

1994  ABCD, Outstanding New Bridge Award

Tygart River Bridge, Barbour and Randolph Counties, WV

Bridge Design - Dual 1,300-ft. continuous steel, multi-girder bridges carrying US Rt. 33 over the Tygart River in WV. Each of the 7- and 8-span bridges had a 5000-ft. radius, spans up to 300-ft. and piers up to 125-ft. high

Client: WVDOT-DOH

1993 ABCD, New Major Structure Award

Williamstown-Marietta Bridge, Wood County, WV

Bridge Design - A new 1250-ft. two-span, continuous thru-truss over the Ohio River, with an 800-ft., 6-span continuous curved multigirder north approach, and a 440-ft. span continuous south approach. Features include two new river piers and one rehabilitated river pier

Client: WVDOT-DOH

1992 The National Environmental Awards Council, Certificate of Environmental Achievement

Keystone and Conemaugh Power Stations, Shelocta and Conemaugh, PA

Ash/Mine Refuse Disposal Design - Permitting, design, and construction monitoring of one of the first residual waste disposal sites with a synthetic liner

Client: PennElectric GENCO-GPU Inc.

1991 ASCE, Pittsburgh Section, Civil Engineering Achievement Award

1991 ABCD, Outstanding Major Bridge Reconstruction Award

West End Bridge and West End Circle, Pittsburgh, PA

Bridge Design - Complete rehabilitation of the 778-ft., twin tied-arch structure and replacement of the West End Circle structure

Client: PennDOT, District 11-0

1989 PennDOT, Award for Excellence in Highway Design

East Street Valley Expressway, Pittsburgh, PA

Fly Ash Demonstration/Highway Design - Used 400,000 tons of fly ash as structural fill for an embankment on a section of I-279; with a savings of $200K in construction and $600K in disposal costs

Client: PennDOT, District 11-0

2003 National Association of Environmental Professionals, Environmental Excellence Award in Environmental Education for Voegtly Cemetery

2003 FHWA, Pennsylvania Division, Historic Preservation Excellence Award for Voegtly Cemetery

Voegtly Church Cemetery, Pittsburgh, PA

Archaeological Excavation - Phase III excavation of 744 historic German-American burials dating from 1833 to 1860

Client: PennDOT, District 11-0

1987 PennDOT, Excellence in Highway Design Award

Pennsylvania Mainline Canal Locks, Allegheny County, PA

Historic American Building Survey/Historic American Engineering Record (HABS/HAER) Recordation - Phase III documentation of Lift Lock #4 and a weigh lock dated between 1829 and 1864 in the I-279-I-579 Corridor

Client: PennDOT, District 11-0

1989 ACEC, Engineering Excellence Award

1989 Consulting Engineers Council of Pennsylvania, Grand Conceptor Award for Engineering Excellence

Chisman Creek Superfund Site, York County, VA

Drainage System/Clay Cap/Recreational Facilities Design - treatability study and design of a wastewater treatment plant for metals contamination and convert a National Priorities List Site to a recreational complex

Client: Virginia Power Company

1983 Pennsylvania-Delaware Capitol of the American Society of Landscape Architects, Merit Award for Design Excellence for Visual Impact Assessment

Iron Bridge/Donegal 138 kV Transmission Line, Westmoreland and Fayette Counties, PA

Transmission Line Design - Assessed potential visual impact of the proposed Iron Bridge-Donegal 138kV line on Jacob's Creek Country Park

Client: Allegheny Energy

1988 ABCD, Outstanding Major Bridge Reconstruction Award 

1998 Association for Bridge Construction and Design (ABCD), Outstanding Rehabilitation Bridge Award

1998 FHWA, Environmental Excellence Award in Historic Resources

1999 WVACE, Engineering Excellence, Structural Systems, Gold Award

2003 FHWA, Environmental Excellence Award for Intergovernmental Consultation/Coordination and Honorable Mention in Historic Resources

E. H. Swindell Bridge, Pittsburgh, PA

Bridge Inspection and Rehabilitation Design - Designed the 1090-ft. deck truss

Client: City of Pittsburgh, Department of Engineering and Construction