Awards & Rankings

  • Popular Choice Winner (2024)
    Architecture +Wood, A+ Awards
    Architizer

Douglas County Justice Center

Omaha, NE
United States

  • Honor Award (2024)
    Engineering Excellence Awards
    American Council of Engineering Companies of Nebraska
  • Merit Award (2024)
    Airport/Transit Category
    Engineering News-Record Northwest
  • Best in Small Projects Award (2024)
    Progressive Design-Build
    Design-Build Institute of America
  • Merit Award (2024)
    Transportation (Other than Aviation) Category
    Design-Build Institute of America
  • Runner Up, Build Chair's Award (2024)
    Design-Build Institute of America

HDR, Canada

Canada

  • Canada's Top Employers for Young People (2024)
    Mediacorp Canada Inc.
  • Award of Excellence (2024)
    Exterior Lighting Design Category
    Illuminating Engineering Society, Omaha Section
  • Merit Award (2024) - Interior Renovation
    Interior Lighting Design Category
    Illuminating Engineering Society
  • Merit Award (2024) - Solarium
    Interior Lighting Design Category
    Illuminating Engineering Society
  • First Place Award (2025)
    Engineering Excellence Awards
    American Council of Engineering Companies of West Virginia
  • Award of Distinction (2024)
    Interior Lighting Design Category
    Illuminating Engineering Society, Omaha Section
  • Award of Distinction (2024)
    Exterior Lighting Design Category
    Illuminating Engineering Society, Omaha Section
  • Award of Merit (2024)
    Illuminating Engineering Society
  • Award of Merit (2024)
    International Association for Lighting Design
  • Innovation by Design Honorable Mention (2024)
    Learning Category
    Fast Company
  • Merit Award (2024)
    Exterior Lighting Design Category
    Illuminating Engineering Society
  • Merit Award (2024)
    Interior Lighting Design Category
    Illuminating Engineering Society
  • Special Mention (2024)
    Architecture +Light, A+ Awards
    Architizer
  • Special Mention (2024)
    Architecture +Facades, A+ Awards
    Architizer
  • Best Project Award (2024)
    Water/Environment Category
    Engineering News-Record Northwest
  • Winner (2024)
    Large Buildings, BC Embodied Carbon Awards
    Carbon Leadership Forum
  • Award of Distinction (2024)
    Ontario Engineering Project Awards
    Association of Consulting Engineering Companies - Ontario
  • Going Digital Award (2024)
    Enterprise Engineering Category
    Bentley Systems
  • Shortlist (2024)
    Future Projects - Infrastructure Category (Exhibition Station)
    World Architecture Festival
  • Shortlist (2024)
    Future Projects - Infrastructure Category (Operations and Maintenance Service Facility)
    World Architecture Festival
  • Category Winner (2024)
    Ambulatory (cancer center), Healthcare Design Awards
    International Interior Design Association
  • Project of the Year Award (2024)
    Transportation, $25-$75 Million Category
    American Public Works Association
  • Highly Commended - Project of the Year Award (2024)
    Merium to Large Project Category
    International Federation of Consulting Engineers
  • Award of Excellence (2024)
    Urban Land Institute Americas
  • Award of Excellence (2024)
    American Concrete Institute, Nebraska Chapter
  • Best Project Award (2024)
    Landscape/Urban Design Category
    Engineering News-Record Midwest
  • Environment and Open Space Award (2024)
    Omaha by Design
  • Grand Award (2024)
    Engineering Excellence Awards
    American Council of Engineering Companies of Nebraska
  • Grand Prize (2024)
    Environmental Sustainability
    American Academy of Environmental Engineers & Scientists
  • Innovation by Design Best Project Award (2024)
    Urban Design Category
    Fast Company
  • Merit Award (2024)
    Congress for New Urbanism
  • National Recognition Award (2024)
    Engineering Excellence Awards
    American Council of Engineering Companies
  • Project of the Year Award (2024)
    Structures, Greater Than $75 Million Category
    American Public Works Association
  • Honor Award (2024)
    Engineering Excellence Awards
    American Council of Engineering Companies of Nebraska
  • National Recognition Award (2024)
    Engineering Excellence Awards
    American Council of Engineering Companies
  • Winner (2024)
    Inside: Education Category
    World Architecture Festival
  • Consulting-Specifying Engineer
    MEP Giants

    No. 7 - MEP Firms

  • Engineering News-Record
    ENR Top 500 Design Firms

    No. 6

    No. 3 - Top 100 Pure Designers

    No. 4  - Top 100 Architecture Firms

    No. 5 - Top 20 in Transportation 
    No. 1 - Top 25 in Bridges
    No. 5 - Top 25 in Highways
    No. 5 - Top 25 in Mass Transit & Rail
    No. 6 - Top 15 in Marine & Port Facilities
    No. 15 - Top 25 in Airports

    No. 6 - Top 20 in Water 

    No. 7 - Top 20 in General Building
    No. 2 - R&D
    No. 3 - Top 25 in Health Care
    No. 3 - Top 10 in Correctional Facilities
    No. 6 - Top 25 in Government Offices

    No. 7 - Top 20 in Telecommunications 

    No. 8 - Top 50 Designer in International Markets

    No. 9 - Top 100 in Green Buildings Design Firms

    No. 12 - Top 20 in Power
    No. 2 - Top 10 in Hydro Plants
    No. 6 - Top 25 in Fossil Fuel
    No. 12 - Top 25 in Transmission & Distribution

    No. 20 – Top 200 Environmental Firm Rankings
    No. 5 – Top 10 in Environmental Science
    No. 9 – Top 10 in Consulting/Studies Work
    No. 10 – Top 10 in Engineering/Design Work
    No. 14 – Top 20 in Wastewater Treatment
    No. 14 – Top 20 Water Treatment/Supply

    No. 31 - Top Design Firms in Petroleum
    No. 4 - Maintenance, Including Turnarounds
    No. 13 - Top 25 in Pipelines

    No. 34 - Top 225 International Design Firms
    No. 7 – Top 10 by Region, Canada
    No. 13 - Top 150 Global Design Firms

    Top Design Firms in Environment
    No. 4 - Top 15 Dams & Reservoirs
    No. 4 - Top 10 in Solid Waste
    No. 4 - Top 25 in Wastewater Treatment
    No. 4 - Top 20 in (Water) Transmission Lines & Aqueducts
    No. 5 - Top 25 in Sanitary & Storm Sewers
    No. 6 - Top 50 in Water Supply
    No. 6 - Top 50 in Sewer & Waste
    No. 8 - Top 20 in Water Treatment & Desalination Plants
    No. 39 - Top 50 in Hazardous Waste

    Top Design Firms in Manufacturing, Telecom
    No. 4 - Top 15 in Data Centers
    No. 7 - Top 20 in Telecommunications

    Top Professional Services Firms Rankings
    No. 8 - Top 50 Program Management Firms
    No. 8 - Top 20 Firms in Combined Design and CM-PM
    No. 14 - Top 100 Construction Management/PM-for-Fee Firms

    ENR Regional Awards
    No. 1 - Colorado-Wyoming Top Design Firms
    No. 1 - Northwest Top Design Firms
    No. 2 - California Top Design Firms
    No. 2 - Intermountain Top Design Firms
    No. 3 - Midwest Top Design Firms
    No. 4 - Southeast Top Design Firms
    No. 6 - Texas-Louisiana Top Design Firms 
    No. 7 - Mid-Atlantic Top Design Firms 
    No. 7 - Southwest Top Design Firms
    No. 10 - New England Top Design Firms
    No. 12 - New York Top Design Firms