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ACEC/MA Announces Winner Of Grand Conceptor Award

BaháʹÍ Temple

Boston – The American Council of Engineering Companies of Massachusetts (ACEC/MA) has named Simpson Gumpertz & Heger, Inc. as winner of the 2018 Grand Conceptor Award for work on the BaháʹÍ Temple of South America in Santiago, Chile.

The 2018 Engineering Excellence Awards were announced at the recent ACEC/MA Engineering Excellence and Awards Gala with emcees Beth J. Larkin, PE, MBTA Assistant General Manager for Capital Delivery and Housamm (“Sam”) H. Sleiman, PE, CCM, MassPort Director of Capital Programs & Environmental Affairs.

Simpson Gumpertz & Heger, Inc., with offices in Boston, was retained by Hariri Pontarini Architects to build the BaháʹÍ Temple of South America high in the foothills of the Andes Mountains outside of Santiago, Chile.