Clark Nexsen Receives 2026 ACEC Virginia Award

Clark Nexsen received a Merit Award at the 2026 Engineering Excellence Awards on February 5 in Richmond, Virginia, for the 18th Street Corridor Improvements in Virginia Beach. Honoring the most outstanding achievements across the Commonwealth, the Engineering Excellence Awards recognizes engineering firms for projects that demonstrate an exceptional degree of innovation, complexity, achievement, and value. 

Merit Award — 18th Street Corridor Improvements 

Located in the heart of Virginia Beach’s Oceanfront and ViBe District, the project provided roadway and streetscape improvements along a four-block corridor of 18th Street. Due to its location, the area is a hub for events such as the Old Beach Farmer’s Market. As a result, the project team designed a walkable environment complete with custom artistic benches, art areas for transitioning exhibits, and electric/water services that can be utilized by various vendors and artists during events. All existing public utility infrastructure within the corridor was replaced to provide a new storm drainage system, with emphasis on green infrastructure, roadway and pedestrian lighting, water and sewer replacements, and sidewalk replacement/creation. In addition, our landscape architects designed functional urban streetscape and hardscape elements such as verges, street trees, shrubs, seating, trash bins, wayfinding signage, gateway markers, and artist canvases.

About ACEC Virginia 

The American Council of Engineering Companies of Virginia is the state’s largest engineering firm association in the state, comprised of more than 85 engineering firms representing every discipline of engineering related to the built environment — civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, environmental, geotechnical — and affiliated companies. ACEC Virginia’s shared goals are to further the business interests of the membership, enhance the quality and safety of the environment, and ensure the vitality of communities in Virginia.