MONROE, NJ (July 29, 2026) – Forty-seven of New Jersey’s most transformative projects were honored this morning at NJ Alliance for Action’s 13th Annual Distinguished Engineering Awards. Projects across all sectors, from healthcare to transportation, were celebrated for especially innovative engineering work.

“Today’s event is an incredible display of what we mean when we talk about building a better future,” NJ Alliance for Action President Jerry Keenan said. “These projects were selected for exceptional engineering work, but what’s really worth celebrating is how that work advances the industry and how these projects uplift communities through economic development, job creation, improved resiliency and stronger infrastructure.”

Awarded projects include:

• Stafford NJ Popular Point Restoration Management Plan

• PVSC – Standby Power Generation Facility

• Portal North Bridge

• Main Plant Site Wall – Joint Meeting of Essex and Union Counties

• Marine Park Improvement Project

• Tonnelle Avenue Bridge & Utility Relocation

• Garden State Parkway Bridge Rehabilitation and Repairs

• Climate-Resilient Porous Pavements for High-Traffic Roadways

• Maintenance Dredging – Wildwood Channel Complex

• Port Newark Container Terminal Solar Energy

• River Road Improvements – Picket Place to Elm Street

• NJTA | Garden State Parkway Bridge Repairs & Resurfacing, P-4133

• St. Peter’s University Hospital Upgrades

• Construction Monitoring Services, Benjamin Franklin Bridge

• NJDOT New Jersey Highway Safety Improvement Program – Systemic Safety Analysis

• Route 15 Bridge – Emergency Replacement

• I-280 Westbound Viaduct Bridge Deck Replacement

• East Woodland Living Shoreline

• Route 18, East Brunswick, Drainage and Pavement Rehabilitation

• NJDOT Advanced Traffic Management System – Phase 2

• Secaucus to Meadowlands Transitway FIFA-Build

• Monmouth County- EMS Training Facility

• Taft Avenue Pedestrian Bridge Replacement

• 2026 World Cup Intelligent Transportation System Improvement Project

• Route 22 Bridge Over Echo Lake Bridge Replacement

• Morris Goodkind Memorial Bridge

• Rt. 27, Dehart Place to Rt. 21 Resurfacing Contract

• Pompton Valley Rail Trail

• EWR Station Access – Missing Connection

• GWB Suspender Ropes

• Port Rehabilitation Program

• Essex County Parks Administration Building Rehabilitation

• The Alice Princeton Apartments

• PVSC Wallington Pumping Station Modernization

• American Dream Mall Energy Management

• Ocean City Longport Bridge Fishing Pier Improvements

• Improvements to Well No. 3 – Township of East Greenwich

• The Edison in Roselle

• Robbinsville Municipal Building

• Princeton Avenue & Brunswick Circle Extension Roundabout

• Marshallville Road Bridge Replacement Project

• Stony Brook Culvert Replacement

• Toms River – Windsor Avenue WT Plant Upgrade

• Tac Pal Logistics Center & Building Expansion

• Horizons at Wall

• Brick Church Urban Renewal III

• Jamesburg 10” Replacement Phase 2

The NJ Alliance for Action is proud to bring together decision makers across the industry to share information, build relationships, and improve New Jersey through impactful, environmentally sound capital construction.

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