July 10, 2020 - 3:00pm to 5:00pm

Thank you to all who attended this year's virtual banquet and congratulations to all of the award recipients. If you missed this year's ceremony, you can view it here in it's entirety.

The SEAOI Awards Banquet is the highlight of our program year. Industry leaders, along with colleagues, spouses, and friends gather to celebrate the profession of structural engineering, as well as the winners of the Excellence in Structural Engineering Awards (EISE), and recipients of the SEAOI Special Awards. Due to anticipated social distancing mandates, we will announce EISE Award winners and honor the Special Award recipients virtually this year. 

Congratulations to our Finalists!

  • AIRE Ancient Baths Chicago, The Structural Group

  • The Old Chicago Post Office, WSP USA and WJE

  • Roselle Road Pedestrian Bridge, Ciorba Group, Inc.

  • Dream Catcher, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP

  • CTA Belmont Gateway Canopy, CastConnex

  • One Thousand Museum, DeSimone Consulting Engineers​

  • Columbia College Chicago Student Center, Rockey Structures, LLC​

  • Chase Center, Magnusson Klemencic Associates​

  • Tower 12, Cary Kopczynski & Company​

  • Willis Tower Repositioning, Thornton Tomasetti, Inc. ​

  • 727 W Madison, WSP USA

  • TH 53 Rochleau Mine Bridge, Parsons

  • Winona Bridge Rehabilitation and Reconstruction, Michael Baker International​

  • University of Maryland College Park, Cole Field House Renovation and Reconstruction, CannonDesign

  • Expo 2020 Dubai Al Wasl Trellis, Thornton Tomasetti, Inc. ​

  • Richard J. Daley College Pedestrian Bridge, CannonDesign

  • 100 Mount St., Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP

  • Cloud Buster, Thornton Tomasetti, Inc. ​

If you missed the Excellence in Structural Engineers - Finalists Present, you can view it here!

Registration

Registration is FREE but please RSVP before July 6th.

Congratulations to our Special Award Recipients

John F. Parmer Award





Sherwin P. Asrow

President, S.P. Asrow Associates, Ltd.

Service Award

John Duntemann, SE, PE

Senior Principal, Wiss, Janney, Elstner and Associates

Excellence in Engagement Award

Rose McClure PE, SE, LEED AP

Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc.

Outstanding Young Engineer Award

JJ Tobolski

Associate, Thornton Tomasetti

Sponsorship Opportunities

Your sponsorship of the Awards Celebration will give your company exposure to SEAOI members and friends, show your support for the individuals, projects and companies being celebrated, as well as sustain the operation of SEAOI to continue serving as the voice of structural engineers in Illinois.

Main Break -- $2,500 (one available)

Event Opener -- $2,000 (one available)

Banquet Program -- $1,000 (one available) – Sponsoring company’s name and logo on back of program as program sponsor (PDF). - SOLD!

Audio/Visual -- $1,000 (one available) – co-branded Zoom event invitations and registration emails to attendees SOLD!

Gold Sponsors ($750)

Silver Sponsors ($500)

Bronze Sponsors ($300)

Become a sponsor of learn more about the benefits of sponsorship by visiting our 2020 Awards Banquet - Virtual Awards Celebration Sponsorships page.

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Participants

Ashley Sanner
Fadi Asmar ( Skidmore Owings & Merrill )
Justin Cline ( Thornton Tomasetti, Inc. )
Jonathan Sladek ( WSP USA )
David Horos ( Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP )
Jon Boyd ( Klein and Hoffman, Inc. )
Carol Drucker ( Drucker Zajdel Structural Engineers, Inc. )
Mark Bowman
Edward Keegan
Dennis Garlick
Nancy Radler ( SEAOI )
Stephanie Crain ( SEAOI )
Mary Jane Davis ( SEAOI )
Peter Householter
Edvard Brunn
Michael Desch
Sean Buchner
Jamie Danies
Paul Kovacs
Joe Ferzli ( Cary Kopczynski & Company )
Jonathan Lewis ( Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. )
Flora Calabrese ( Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. )
Elaine Shapiro ( Thornton Tomasetti, Inc. )
Mindy Viamontes ( EXP )
Joan Pomaranc ( AIA Chicago )
Rachel Jackson ( Thornton Tomasetti )
Christopher Rockey ( Rockey Structures, LLC )
Benton Johnson ( Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP )
Alessandro Beghini ( Skidmore, Owings & Merrill )
Pinit Wichaimethawee ( MWRDGC )
Brett Sauter ( Ciorba Group )
Salvatore DiBernardo ( Ciorba Group )
Rami Asfahani ( Ciorba Group )
John Miller ( Nayyar & Nayyar, International, Inc. )
Shiv Agarwal ( Nayyar & Nayyar International, Inc. )
Aphrodite Angelakos ( a1a Design Group Corporation )
Nikki Baidar
Jorge Medina ( Leidos )
Robert B. Johnson
Yasmin Chaudhry ( Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. )
Stephanie Hautzinger ( CannonDesign )
Alejandro Fernandez ( Thornton Tomasetti )
Michael Weber ( Euclid Chemical Company )
Carol Drucker ( Drucker Zajdel Structural Engineers, Inc. )
Tejasvee Prasad ( Thornton Tomasetti, Inc. )
Kathryn Eckhoff ( Thornton Tomasetti )
Shelley Finnigan ( ArcelorMittal )
Peter Tarara ( Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. )
James Swanson ( WSP )
Greg Hasbrouck ( Parsons )
Perry Doubt ( Associated Steel Erectors of Chicago )
Joe Porada ( Thornton Tomasetti )
David Bibbs ( CannonDesign )
John Roach ( CannonDesign )
Johann Aakre ( Michael Baker International )
Robert Sinn ( Thornton Tomasetti, Inc. )
Wyatt Henderson ( Magnusson Klemencic Associates )
Indira Oraziman ( Thornton Tomasetti )
Fernando Saz ( The Structural Group )
John Foster ( The Structural Group, Ltd )
Mary Jane Davis ( SEAOI )
Zachary Haney
Richard Pierce ( Richard C Pierce & Associates, LLC )
Jorge Medina ( Leidos )
Amar Rajpurkar ( Parsons )
Donald Meinheit ( Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. )
William Bast ( Thornton Tomasetti, Inc. )
Mark Bendok ( Alfred Benesch & Company )
David Nickell ( TGRWA, LLC )
Alex Stern ( WSP USA )
Tony Shkurti ( HNTB Corporation )
Christopher Rockey ( Rockey Structures, LLC )
Eduardo Prieto ( exp Federal )
Tarana Haque ( Cast Connex )
Soliman Khudeira ( CDOT - Engineering )
Yasmin Chaudhry ( Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. )
Jaime Danies ( Arup )
Sam Mittal ( Horner & Shifrin, Inc. )
Fernando Saz ( The Structural Group )
Salvatore DiBernardo ( Ciorba Group )
Madeleine Grimmer ( Simpson Strong-Tie )
Stephanie Chiricuta ( Thornton Tomasetti )
Jan Blok ( The Structural Group, Ltd. )
CYNTHIA GORDON ( The Structural Group, Ltd )
John Foster ( The Structural Group, Ltd )
Jerome Tobolski ( Thornton Tomasetti )
Natalie Tse ( Tipping Structural Engineers )
Matthew Arnold ( Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. )
Justin Mickens ( Parsons Corporation )
Christine Freisinger ( Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. )
Jennifer Pazdon ( CastConnex )
Chris Arjona ( WSP USA )
Nishan Pethiyagoda ( Hilti, Inc. )
Christine Freisinger ( Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. )
Alex Stern ( WSP USA )
Mary Lou Kutska ( Ciorba Group )
Jamal Grainawi ( WSP )
Michelle Ryland ( Klein and Hoffman, Inc. )