The Federal Planning Division of the American Planning Association recently recognized The Urban Collaborative, with six national design awards. These awards reflect great credit on the firm’s commitment to collaborative and participatory processes as well as the firm’s focus on sustainability planning at all scales. A blind peer review jury led by distinguished planning professional selected the award winners. The Urban Collaborative received the following awards this year:
Outstanding Federal Planning Project – Honor Award: USAG-Miami Future Development Plan, Florida. Sponsor: USACE – Mobile District. Under contract to GSRC
Outstanding Federal Planning Project – Merit Award: USAG-Hawaii Installation Development Plan, Hawaii. Sponsor: USACE Fort Worth District. Under contract to Pond
Outstanding Technical Plan or Study – Merit Award: USAG-Hawaii 2nd BCT Complex Requirements Analysis and 1391 Report, Hawaii. Sponsor: USACE Fort Worth District. With support from R&K Solutions, under contract to GEO Consultants
Outstanding Technical Plan or Study – Citation Award: Fort Polk Joint Operations Center Customer Concept Document, Louisiana. Sponsor: USACE Fort Worth District. Under contract to and with support from Pond
Outstanding Environmental Planning Project – Honor Award: Greeley Air National Guard Sustainability Component Plan, Colorado. Sponsor: Air National Guard, USACE Fort Worth District. Under contract to Pond
Outstanding Collaborative Planning Project – Citation Award: Flint Hills/Fort Riley Joint Land Use Study, Kansas. Sponsor: Office of Economic Adjustment. A collaboration between Stantec and The Urban Collaborative
The competition included projects submitted by some of the largest architecture and planning firms in the country doing work for the U.S. federal government around the globe. A total of 32 projects were recognized in this year’s program. Sixty-four nominations were submitted. The Urban Collaborative team will be receiving their awards at the Federal Planning Division’s conference in New Orleans on April 25, 2018.