NCSEA Announces Winners of 2025 Structural Engineering Excellence Awards

For the first time in program history, two projects have been named Structure of the Year in the National Council of Structural Engineers Associations’ (NCSEA) 2025 Structural Engineering Excellence (SEE) Awards. The judges were so impressed by the ingenuity and technical achievement of both projects that they chose to honor the National Medal of Honor Museum in Arlington, Texas, by schlaich bergermann partner, and the Millennium Tower Perimeter Pile Upgrade in San Francisco, California, by Simpson Gumpertz & Heger, as this year’s top honorees.

The SEE Awards celebrate the most accomplished work in structural engineering, recognizing projects that demonstrate innovation, resilience, creativity, and more.

The National Medal of Honor Museum by schlaich bergermann partner was chosen because of its unique structural challenges. With its sweeping stair and framing cantilevered from only five columns, it represents how structural engineering can enhance the design of a building.

Simpson Gumpertz & Heger’s Millennium Tower Perimeter Pile Upgrade was selected due to the immense creativity required to solve an extremely difficult problem at a fraction of the predicted cost while under intense public scrutiny.

Outstanding Project Winners by Category

• Bridge and Transportation: 16 Tech Innovation District Bridge, Indianapolis, Indiana, schlaich bergermann partner

• Forensic/Retrofit/Rehabilitation: Millennium Tower Perimeter Pile Upgrade, San Francisco, California, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger

• Innovation in Materials: Intermountain Health Lutheran Medical Center, Golden, Colorado, Martin/Martin, Inc.

• Landmark Structures: National Medal of Honor Museum, Arlington, Texas, schlaich bergermann partner

• Non-Building Structures: Seattle City Light Denny Substation, Seattle, Washington, KPFF Consulting Engineers

• Performance Design for Resilience: Dennis and Carol Troesh Medical Campus, Loma Linda, California, Arup

• Renovation/Adaptive Reuse: Repurposing of St. John’s Terminal into Google’s New Headquarters, New York, New York, Entuitive

• Residential/Single and Multi-Family Homes: The Ayer, Seattle, Washington, CKC Structural Engineers

• Social Impact: Glass City Metropark, Toledo, Ohio, SmithGroup, Inc.

• Sustainable Design: YouTube Campus Expansion, San Bruno, California, Holmes

Winners were recognized at the SEE Awards Celebration on October 16, 2025, at the New York Hilton Midtown during the 2025 NCSEA Structural Engineering Summit.