About Us

Awards & Recognition

Always searching. Never settling.
That’s finding a better way.

We believe in creating meaningful solutions for the communities we serve and the projects we're part of. Embracing fresh ideas leads to superior outcomes and paves the way for a brighter future. Our awards and recognitions are a testament to our unwavering commitment.

Award-winning projects »

Noteworthy

Highwire Gold Safety Award

May 2026

World of Construction
Top 10 Government Building Design Engineers

December 2025

#57 Engineering News-Record
Top 500 Design Firms

April 2026

Featured Award-Winning Project

The I-91 Interchange 29 Flyover Bridge, Charter Oak Bridge project in Hartford and East Hartford, CT, has been recognized with numerous awards — including the NSBA Bridge of the Year Award — for its innovative straddle bent design on the new approach ramp bridge on the Charter Oak Bridge. Our team used ingenuity to address significant design challenges, representing a milestone change in how the industry can build safer, cost-effective bridges.

Learn more »

Industry Awards

2026 »

ACEC Connecticut Engineering Excellence Awards
Dexter Coffin Bridge Rehabilitation — Merit Award

ACEC Florida Engineering Excellence Awards
Canal Intake, Pump Station & Subaqueous Crossing — Honor Award

ACEC Georgia Engineering Excellence Awards
L. Scott Stell Park Improvements — Merit Award

ACEC Massachusetts Engineering Excellence Awards
Maffa Way & Mystic Avenue Bridge Replacement — Silver Award

ACEC New York Engineering Excellence Awards
Jamaica Armory Renovation — Gold Award
Kings Road Bridge Replacement — Silver Award

ACEC Ohio Engineering Excellence Awards
Moler Street Overflow Interceptor Sewer — Honor Award

ACEC Virginia Engineering Excellence Awards
NRVRWA Water Treatment Plant Modernization — Honor Award
Rocky Gap Greenway Phoenix Bridge — Merit Award

ACEC National Engineering Excellence Awards
Eastchester and Jackson Houses Geothermal and Heating Upgrades — Grand Award
Maffa Way & Mystic Avenue Bridge Replacement — National Recognition Award
NRVRWA Water Treatment Plant Modernization — National Recognition Award
Rocky Gap Greenway Phoenix Bridge — National Recognition Award

ASCE Georgia Engineering Project Awards
L. Scott Stell Park Improvements — Project of Excellence Award

CMAA Southern California Project Achievement Awards
I-15/French Valley Parkway Phase II — Project Achievement Award
McKinley Street Grade Separation — Project Achievement Award
SR-71/91 Interchange Flyover — Project Achievement Award

CSCE Achievement in Civil Engineering
Commodore Isaac Hull Bridge Emergency Rehabilitation — ACE Award

FTBA Best in Construction Awards
SR 25/Okeechobee Road Reconstruction — Best in Construction Award

Indiana Greenways Awards
Spades Park Pogues Run Greenway Glow Stone Trail — Innovative Trail of the Year

Highwire Safety Awards
CHA Consulting, Inc. — Gold Safety Award

ACEC New York Young Professional of the Year
Laura Christie, PE — Young Professional of the Year

2025 »

2024 »

2023 »

2022 »

2021 »

2020 »

Pillar of Excellence

CHA’s Pillar of Excellence Awards program shines the spotlight on the “best of the best” in CHA project work — projects that created solutions to our client’s most challenging issues and changed how the industry approaches complex projects — bringing a better future within reach.