02 February 2012
One of the world’s leading engineering, architectural and
consulting companies, GHD, has won a Grand Award in the
Building/Technology Systems category of the American Council of
Engineering Companies’ 2012 Engineering Excellence Awards.
The award recognises the contribution GHD has made
in producing a masterplan of the Portland State University's (PSU)
campus infrastructure for steam and chilled water utilities. The
initiative was developed by GHD to accommodate PSU’s projected
growth by the year 2018.
Completion of the initiative, in October, provided
Oregon’s largest University with an extensive heating and cooling
‘loop’, which services 23 buildings across the university’s 50-acre
campus. The loop runs underneath 20 blocks in Oregon’s central
business district in downtown Portland and provides some 29,000
students with heating and cooling.
Founded in 1946, PSU is renowned for its focus on
sustainability and community-based learning and is Oregon’s most
diverse university, with a student body comprised of young people
from across all 50 states in America and from close to 100
countries globally.
According to USA West Coast Operating Centre
Manager Iver Skavdal, “Winning the Grand Award in the field of
Building/Technology Systems is a significant achievement and
celebrates GHD’s dedication to providing an innovative building
strategy for one of Oregon’s fastest expanding universities.”
The ACEC has been awarding engineering firms across
America for their outstanding engineering achievements since
1967.
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