Awards & Recognition

At Vaughn & Melton, we continuously strive for excellence.  Our success is in retaining the engineering’s most talented professionals.  We are driven by excellence and innovation, which leads to commendations by our industry, clients and others.  Our projects have won numerous awards at the local and regional levels.

 

 

2012

  • 2012 CSX Whitmire Bridge Replacement over Duncan Creek project, Engineering Excellence Top Structural Systems Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies of South Carolina

2011

  • 2011 Gay Street Streetscapes project, Engineering Excellence Honor Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies of Tennessee
  • 2011 McCraw Road Bridge Replacement over Suck Creek project, Engineering Excellence Honor Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies of North Carolina
  • 2011 Ranked 25th in the “Top Road and Highway Design Firm” category from Roads & Bridges, a national magazine that provides road and bridge industry news to engineers, contractors and government officials
  • 2011 Ranked 23rd in the “Top Stormwater Design Firm” category from Roads & Bridges, a national magazine that provides road and bridge industry news to engineers, contractors and government officials
  • 2011 Bell County Area Technology Center, Build Kentucky Award from the Associated General Contractors of Kentucky

2010

  • 2010 Ranked 24th in the “Top Road and Highway Design Firm” category from Roads & Bridges, a national magazine that provides road and bridge industry news to engineers, contractors and government officials
  • 2010 Ranked 15th in the “Top Stormwater Design Firm” category from Roads & Bridges, a national magazine that provides road and bridge industry news to engineers, contractors and government officials

2009

  • 2009 Clint Goodin, PE, PLS, Young Civil Engineer of the Year Award from Kentucky Society of Professional Engineers
  • 2009 Clint Goodin, PE, PLS, Outstanding Young Civil Engineer from the University of Kentucky
  • 2009 ETSU Natural History & Fossil Site Museum project, Engineering Excellence Honor Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies of Tennessee
  • 2009 Mt. Mitchell Observation Tower Reconstruction & Trail Renovations project, Engineering Excellence Top Special Projects Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies of North Carolina
  • 2009 College Street Streetscape project, Engineering Excellence Honor Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies of Kentucky
  • 2009 “Best Surveyors East of the Mississippi,” Top Gun Award from the Middle-East Chapter of the Tennessee Association of Professional Surveyors

2008

  • 2008 David Harrell, PE, President’s Citation Award from the Tennessee Society of Professional Engineers
  • 2008 “Best Surveyors East of the Mississippi,” Top Gun Award from the Middle-East Chapter of the Tennessee Association of Professional Surveyors

2007

  • 2007 Nick Melton, PE, Civil Engineering Career Achievement Award from the University of Kentucky’s Department of Civil Engineering
  • 2007 Ranked 57th in the “Top Bridge Design Firm” category from Roads & Bridges, a national magazine that provides road and bridge industry news to engineers, contractors and government officials
  • 2007 Ranked 52nd in the “Top Road and Highway Design Firm” category from Roads & Bridges, a national magazine that provides road and bridge industry news to engineers, contractors and government officials
  • 2007 Ranked 42nd in the “Top Airport Design Firm” category from Roads & Bridges, a national magazine that provides road and bridge industry news to engineers, contractors and government officials
  • 2007 Ranked 48th in the “Top Mass Transit and Rail Design Firm” category from Roads & Bridges, a national magazine that provides road and bridge industry news to engineers, contractors and government officials
  • 2007 Ranked 31st in the “Top Stormwater and Sanitary Design Firm” category from Roads & Bridges, a national magazine that provides road and bridge industry news to engineers, contractors and government officials
  • 2007 Ranked 42nd in the “Top Design-Build Design Firm” category from Roads & Bridges, a national magazine that provides road and bridge industry news to engineers, contractors and government officials

2006

  • 2006 Randolph Scott, PE, PLS, Distinguished Service Award from the Kentucky Society of Professional Engineers

Past Awards & Recognition

  • 2005 Tennessee Department of Transportation’s Cave Mapping Services, Engineering Excellence Top Surveying & Mapping Technology Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies of Tennessee
  • 2002 Vaughn & Melton, Top 500 Design Firm Award from Engineering News-Record
  • 2001 Vaughn & Melton, Top 500 Design Firm Award from Engineering News-Record
  • 2000 Vaughn & Melton, Top 500 Design Firm Award from Engineering News-Record