NEW YORK, April 4, 2008 /PRNewswire/ — Engineering News-Record (ENR), McGraw-Hill Construction’s prestigious weekly publication and part of The McGraw-Hill Companies , yesterday presented its Award of Excellence to Clyde N. Baker, Jr., P.E., senior principal engineer at STS-AECOM. Baker’s major contributions to field of geotechnical engineering have firmed up the science of soils to support the extreme skyscrapers of tomorrow, including the Chicago Spire and Burj Dubai. Following the awards luncheon held earlier in the day, the 43rd annual black-tie awards dinner hosted 1,300 construction industry leaders at the New York Marriott Marquis in Times Square.During his 50 years as a geotechnical engineer, Baker has enabled designers and engineers to build super-high and super-confidently, as they pack in more valued space at less cost to developers. From his early days at the challenging site of Chicago’s John Hancock Center to today’s tallest buildings, Baker’s ability to analyze soil conditions, back up predictions with proven tests, and convey opinions with an expert yet easygoing style, has elevated Baker and his firm, STS-AECOM, to one of the world’s most sought-after geotechnical consultants and peer reviewers. Engineers the world over credit him with the pursuit of efficient foundations that result in economic options for building developers. Together with his team, Baker has worked on eight of the 20 tallest buildings in the world, including the Chicago Spire and Burj Dubai.”Today’s skylines would not look the same without the important work of Clyde Baker,” said Janice Tuchman, ENR editor-in-chief. “Considering the extreme pressures that these buildings place upon the earth and Baker’s role in raising allowable bearing loads, especially in the Chicago area, we are proud to award him for his lifelong contributions to the field, which have enabled the immense strides the industry has taken in recent years.”The recipient of the Award of Excellence and the Top 25 Newsmakers, also honored at yesterday’s award ceremonies, were selected from a large pool of nominees judged by ENR editors to have made the most important contributions to the industry and the public in 2007. ENR magazine and its website, ENR.com, are the leading sources of news, data, trends, and analysis in the construction industry.Baker joins a distinguished group of prior ENR Award of Excellence winners. Recent recipients of the award include Lewis E. Link, Jr., civil engineering professor at the University of Maryland, who headed the Interagency Performance Evaluation Taskforce that decoded Hurricane Katrina to improve natural hazard defense, and J. Dwayne McAninch, chairman and CEO of McAninch Corp., a leading advocate for the use of global positioning technology for earthmoving.Sponsors of the 43rd annual Award of Excellence include AECOM, The Associated General Contractors of America, Allied North America, AON Construction Services Group, Balfour Beatty Construction, Cianbro, Construction Management Association of America, CMiC, Figg Engineering Group, Hill International, HNTB, The Shaw Group, and Turner Construction.For more information or photos of the awards or winners, please visit ENR.com or contact Kathy Malangone at 212-904-4376 or .About McGraw-Hill ConstructionMcGraw-Hill Construction connects people, projects and products across the design and construction industry. For more than a century, the Company has remained North America’s leading provider of construction project information, plans and specifications, product information, industry news, and industry trends and forecasts. In print and online, the Company offers a variety of tools, applications, and resources that easily integrate with its customers’ workflows. Backed by the power of Dodge, Sweets (), Architectural Record (), Engineering News-Record (), GreenSource () and 11 regional publications, McGraw-Hill Construction serves more than one million customers within the $4.6 trillion global construction community. To learn more, visit .About The McGraw-Hill CompaniesFounded in 1888, The McGraw-Hill Companies is a leading global information services provider meeting worldwide needs in the financial services, education and business information markets through leading brands including Standard & Poor’s, McGraw-Hill Education, BusinessWeek and J.D. Power and Associates. The Corporation has more than 280 offices in 40 countries. Sales in 2007 were $6.8 billion. Additional information is available at . McGraw-Hill Construction
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