Novi Office Captures First-Ever MAEP Environmental Awards

On December 7, 2004, MACTEC's Novi office received two of three newly established Environmental Excellence Awards presented by the Michigan Association of Environmental Professionals (MAEP). MACTEC’s Janelle Williams, Ravi Adibhatla, P.E. and Bill Kotowski, P.E. accepted the first-ever awards at MAEP's 26th Annual Meeting held at St. Johns Conference Center in Plymouth, Michigan.

The MAEP awards competition was open to professional engineering firms statewide. The association received a total of ten project submissions from eight companies in three technical categories specified by the MAEP: Brownfield Redevelopment, Environmental Investigation/Remediation, and Innovative Compliance Solutions.

MACTEC's The Factory Condominiums Vapor Control System, Belgravia/Overton Site Project captured first place in the Brownfield Redevelopment category. This project was conducted under a contract with the City of South Haven, Michigan under a Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) Brownfield Redevelopment Site Reclamation Grant. Bill Kotowski, P.E. served as Lead Engineer and Joe Koeneman provided construction oversight.

The Black River Sediment Remediation Project, performed in Bangor, Michigan, seized the top spot in the Environmental Investigation/Remediation category. Ravi Adibhatla, P.E. was the Lead Engineer. Both projects were managed by Janelle Williams. The award-winning project in the third category was Air Injection Control Systems, Federal Mogul, submitted by NTH Consultants, LTP.

The six-person panel of judges included public agency, private industry, and academic professionals from the University of Michigan, Western Michigan University, the Michigan Manufacturer's Association, Consumer's Energy Company, the MDEQ, and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. Bruce Baker, Novi Operations Manager, applauded Jan, Bill, Joe, and Ravi saying, "We're tremendously proud of their accomplishments and pleased that our industry recognizes MACTEC's outstanding project performance and technical quality."

Sarah Osenroth, John Kempf, Darryl Pass (Novi), and John Hanley (Portland) provided document preparation and production support for MACTEC's award competition project submittals and presentation displays. Complete descriptions of the Novi office's two award-winning projects can be found in MACTEC's Vision database.