The Zachry's expanded 525,000 square feet was achieved by renovating the original 300,000-square-foot building.
COLLEGE STATION, TX—The American Council of Engineering Companies of Texas/ACEC awarded JQ Engineering the Eminent Conceptor Award, the highest statewide engineering excellence award. The firm was recognized for its structural engineering work on the Zachry Engineering Education Complex renovation and expansion project at Texas A&M University, according to JQ's CEO/partner Stephen H. Lucy.
“The Zachry EEC is a tremendous facility and positions TAMU to continue to fulfill its mission to educate the engineering leaders needed to meet the needs of the ever-expanding and diverse Texas economy,” Lucy tells GlobeSt.com. “The ACEC Texas award is a reflection of the efforts on the entire design, construction and owner team to provide an exceptional facility on time and on budget. I am especially proud of our team for the recognition of their innovative approaches which contributed so much to the success of the project.”
The Zachry project also earned JQ an ACEC Texas Gold Medal in the structural systems category and an ACEC national recognition award. As the structural engineer of record and a consultant to the prime firm TreanorHL, JQ was involved in the reimagining and expansion of the Zachry EEC, which is the cornerstone of the college of engineering on the campus of Texas A&M University.
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Lisa Brown
Lisa Brown is an editor for the south and west regions of GlobeSt.com. She has 25-plus years of real estate experience, with a regional PR role at Grubb & Ellis and a national communications position at MMI. Brown also spent 10 years as executive director at NAIOP San Francisco Bay Area chapter, where she led the organization to achieving its first national award honors and recognition on Capitol Hill. She has written extensively on commercial real estate topics and edited numerous pieces on the subject.
