SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 730
WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to recognize the San Antonio area Gold Medal winners of the Texas Council of Engineering Companies' 2005 Texas CEC Engineering Excellence Awards; and WHEREAS, The Studies, Research, and Consulting Engineering Services Award was won by HNTB Companies for the State Highway 45 Southeast Environmental Impact Statement it prepared for the Texas Department of Transportation; Malcolm Pirnie, Incorporated, received the Environmental Award for its work on the Wastewater Treatment Plant Odor Control project for the City of Dallas; and WHEREAS, Pate Engineers, Incorporated, received the Water and Wastewater Award for its Almeda Road Cave-In Repair project for the City of Houston, and PBS&J earned the Surveying and Mapping Award for its As-Built High Definition Survey of The Dallas North Tollway for the North Texas Tollway Authority; and WHEREAS, The Engineering Excellence Awards competition has been sponsored by the Texas Council of Engineering Companies since its inception in 1975 to honor and recognize outstanding achievements in the Texas engineering community; and WHEREAS, Selection of the award recipients was based on a project's uniqueness, originality, technical merits, value to the engineering profession, complexity, and how successfully the project met the needs of the client; the Gold Medal Award recipients are some of the finest engineering companies in Texas and are most deserving of legislative recognition; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 79th Legislature, hereby congratulate the winners of the 2005 Engineering Excellence Awards Competition and extend to all best wishes for continued success; and, be it further RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared in their honor and as an expression of high regard from the Texas Senate. Wentworth ________________________________ President of the Senate I hereby certify that the above Resolution was adopted by the Senate on May 2, 2005. ________________________________ Secretary of the Senate ________________________________ Member, Texas Senate