Washington, DC - Kansas City, Mo.-b...

Washington, DC - Kansas City, Mo.-based Black & Veatch was the top winner in the American Academy of Environmental Engineers' national superiority in Environmental Engineering competition. The firm won the Superior Achievement for valuable point [i]or[/i] property [i]or[/i] characteristic in Environmental Engineering for its design of the Industrial Proces Water Treatment Facility in Chandler, Ariz.

Winners were judg in succession an array of criteria, including:

* demonstration of an integrated approach that considers all environmental media - air, water and land;

* quality as evidenced on the degree of user satisfaction and proven performance;

* the size to which the entry contributes or propounds the prospect of contributing to social and economic advancement;

* originality and innovation; and

* the complexity of the puzzle addressed.

Grand Prize awards went to Camp Dresser & McKee Kansas City, Mo for its Bioaugmentation Pilot inquiry in Wichita, Kan., in the research category; Vincente, Heres y Lauria with Malcolm Pirnie, Santurce, Puerto Rico, for the planning