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WASHINGTON, DC-SCI Engineering, Inc., of St. Charles, Mo., achieved National Finalist status in the American Council of Engineering Companies' 44th annual Engineering Excellence Awards competition for its role in the site improvements to support additions at the Patients First Health Center in Washington, Mo owned by Creekside Land & Development, L.L.C. Paric Corporation served as the Construction Manager, KPFF Consulting Engineers served as the Structural Engineer, and Lawrence Group was the Architect of record for the project.

Because SCI received the Grand Award in the Special Projects category from the Missouri Chapter of ACEC on February 13, the firm was permitted to submit the project to ACEC's national competition. ACEC is the Washington-D.C.-based business association representing approximately 5,700 independent engineering companies throughout the United States.

The planned construction of a building addition, garage, and other site improvements to the existing Patients First building faced significant development challenges due to soft alluvial soils near and in a creek located on the site. Under these conditions, the new construction would have caused significant settlement to the existing building. SCI recommended an innovative site stabilization strategy that included a combination of geofoam and air-cooled blast furnace slag as lightweight fill material below the building addition, and to support the foundation loads on auger cast piles. As a result, the addition could be erected using more typical slab-on-grade construction. This unique approach allowed the project to move forward while also minimizing impacts to the on-site creek.