Call for Entries JUDGING These activities enhance direct business development benefits for both local and national award winners. Further benefits Entries will be judged on the basis of overall engineering ex- are gained through feature stories presented in firm brochures, cellence in each of the nine categories. Entries will be judged newsletters, and other publications. on the basis of the work performed by the entering firm only according to the rating guidelines listed. Winners and affili- RATING GUIDELINES FOR JUDGING ated MOs will be notified. 1. Original or Innovative Application of New or AWARDS Existing Techniques .................................................. 25% 2. Future Value to the Engineering Profession and The panel of judges may grant up to 24 Awards at their dis- Perception by the Public ........................................... 20% cretion one Grand Conceptor, and a maximum of seven Grand and 16 Honor Awards. The Grand Conceptor may 3. Social, Economic, and Sustainable Design come from any of the nine categories and will be presented Considerations .......................................................... 15% as the top national winner selected by the judges, whose deci- 4. Complexity ............................................................... 20% sions on all awards are final. Awards will be presented to the 5. Exceeding Client/Owner Needs .............................. 20% clients/owners and entering firms submitting the winning entries. The only firm to receive the Steuben crystal Sum- Total ........................................................................100% mit will be the Grand Conceptor Award winner. All national RATING GUIDELINE DEFINITIONS finalists will be recognized and the top 24 EEA winning proj- ects will be highlighted during the EEA Gala Evening. 1.OriginalorInnovativeApplicationof Newor ExistingTechniques: PUBLICITY