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The Project Partner Award is designed to formally recognize a firm (Project Partner) that demonstrated exceptional performance by strategically leveraging an opportunity on a specific project to significantly exceed the expectations of the prime.

Award Intent

This is a performance-based award, distinct from a typical project award, as it focuses specifically on the Project Partner's contribution to the project team and their successful execution of a particular role or challenge, rather than the overall project outcome alone.

It is assumed in that in this context, the Project Partner was selected as a subconsultant to not only bring existing skills to the team, but also to obtain mentoring from the prime consultant and gain meaningful experience through the work performed on the project, potentially enabling them to grow their business and win work as a prime in the future. 

Eligibility

  • An entry can be submitted by any firm in the state of Indiana.
  • This award is open to non-ACEC Indiana members.
  • The team's partnership/ project may have been executed anywhere in the world, but a substantial role of the Project Partner must have been completed by personnel in an Indiana office.
  • If the Project Partner and prime/client relationship centered on a singular project, the Project Partner's scope of services must be substantially complete by Dec. 31, 2025.
  • If the Project Partner firm won this award in the previous year, that firm cannot submit the following year with the same prime partnership.

Recognition

The recipient of the Project Partner Award will be recognized at the Engineering Excellence Awards Luncheon on Thursday, April 30, 2026 in Indianapolis. This program brings together more than 200 industry leaders, top clients, and key stakeholders across Indiana.