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		Kimball Project Recognized by Professional Organization   Kimball was named a national finalist in the 2008 American Council of Engineering Companies’ (ACEC) National Engineering Excellence Award program for the Bedford Springs Transportation Improvement Project in Bedford, PA.  The project was recognized as a finalist in the environmental category.Kimball is being honored nationally for their work on the Bedford Springs Transportation Improvement project. The American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) has awarded Kimball their 2008 National Enginee ring Excellence Award for the relocation of Business Route 220 and restructuring of Shober’s Run retaining wall just south of Bedford      The project, for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s (PennDOT) Engineering District 9-0, involved complex historical preservation and environmental challenges, including compliance issues with its National Register Historic District/National Historic Landmark designation, preservation of high-quality trout waters, and its location in a 100 year-old floodplain.      KimballKimball transportation engineers relocated moved Business Route 220 out of the floodplain and placed it behind and to the west of the Bedford Springs Hotel, taking through-traffic away from the front of the property and eliminating dangerous curves providing for safer driving conditions.   With this project, Kimball became the first company in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to complete the Federal Section 4(f) project evaluations that are necessary when working on a federal transportation project in a national historic district.      The Bedford Springs Transportation Project is considered a key element in the restoration of the Bedford Springs Hotel complex and vital to the economic growth of Bedford County.
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