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Special Achievement Award for Project Excellence

The award highlights the creativity, innovation, vision, and accomplishments of the practitioners in the engineering, design, and construction industries. In creating the award, NAC is demonstrating its commitment to build and grow broad public knowledge and support of the industries’ achievements and their effects on the built environment and society.

Past Recipients

2025 Past Recipient

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The Wyoming State Capitol Restoration Project

The National Academy of Construction (NAC) has selected the Wyoming Capitol Square Project as the recipient of the Academy’s 2025 Recognition of Special Achievement Award.

2024 Past Recipient

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Sacramento District’s Isabella Dam Safety Modification Project

The National Academy of Construction has selected the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Sacramento District’s Isabella Dam Safety Modification Project as the recipient of the Academy’s 2024 Recognition of Special Achievement Award.

2023 Past Recipient

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Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Area Flood Risk Management Project

The National Academy of Construction has selected the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Area Flood Risk Management Project as the second recipient of its Recognition of Special Achievement Award. The award highlights creativity, innovation, vision, and accomplishments of practitioners in the engineering, design, and construction industries. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, and its partners, the cities of Fargo, ND, Moorhead, MN, and the Metro Flood Diversion Authority, are working cooperatively to implement this critical project.

2022 Past Recipient

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La Guardia Airport’s Terminal B

The first winner of the National Academy of Construction (NAC) recognition of special achievement was awarded at the NAC annual meeting in November 2022. The winning project, “Transforming New York City’s La Guardia Airport’s Terminal B into a World Class Facility”, exemplified NAC’s commitment to demonstrating the great work and achievements of the architectural, engineering, and construction industries and their positive effects on the built environment and society. This project will create a blueprint and set a “high bar” for future nominees for the award.

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