Four Awards of Merit recognize projects featuring SK&A’s structural engineering, repair and restoration, testing, and inspection services.
Four projects featuring SK&A Structural Engineers’ services received Awards of Merit in Engineering News-Record’s (ENR) 2026 MidAtlantic Best Projects competition. The awards were presented on October 30, 2026, at the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland. Cindy Garman represented SK&A at the awards celebration and accepted the Award of Merit for Browne Education Campus Modernization on behalf of the project team.
Selected from submissions across the entire MidAtlantic region, this year’s 35 winning projects were evaluated by industry judges based on their ability to overcome challenges, design and construction quality, safety, innovation, best practices, and community benefit.
SK&A contributed to these award-winning projects through a range of services, including structural design, repair and restoration consulting, materials testing, and inspections. The four recognized projects span distinct award categories:
Bloomberg Student Center | Baltimore, MD
Award of Merit – Higher Education/Research
Johns Hopkins University’s new Bloomberg Student Center provides a dynamic gathering place for the campus community, supporting more than 200 student organizations. Designed by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), with Shepley Bulfinch serving as architect of record, the mass timber building features dramatic cantilevered roofs that follow the site’s changing topography, along with expansive glass façades connecting indoor and outdoor spaces. Amenities include performance spaces, art and dance studios, music rehearsal rooms, and a public food hall.
SK&A’s involvement included testing and inspection of the mass timber framing.
Architects: Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG); Shepley Bulfinch
General Contractor: Clark Construction
SK&A Team: Brent Stephens, PE, Charles Mitchell, Antonio Ivory
Washington Latin Public Charter School Cooper Campus | Washington, DC
Award of Merit – K-12 Education
This project combines new construction with the renovation and modernization of the historic former Kirov Academy of Ballet. Designed by Studio Twenty Seven Architecture, the revitalized campus brings together updated academic spaces, a library, athletic facilities, performing arts areas, and outdoor gathering spaces, including rooftop terraces and a basketball court. Careful coordination and phased construction allowed the team to balance historic preservation with the needs of a growing school community.
SK&A served as the structural engineer for the project, providing structural design services for the campus renovation and addition.
Architect: Studio Twenty Seven Architecture
General Contractor: MCN Build
SK&A Team: Seth Rogge, PE, SE, Anna Bohlmann, EIT, Xavier McGruder
Browne Education Campus Modernization | Washington, DC
Award of Merit – Renovation/Restoration
The modernization of Browne Education Campus transformed a nearly century-old school and its later additions into updated learning facilities while preserving an important part of the community’s history. The project, designed by Perkins Eastman with R. McGhee & Associates, includes modern classrooms, science labs, arts facilities, recreational spaces, and accessibility improvements. Creative reuse of existing spaces, including the conversion of former piping tunnels into a naturally lit learning area, helped maximize the campus’s potential.
Working as a repair consultant to the construction team, SK&A provided specialized engineering support for the restoration of the existing structure.
Architects: Perkins Eastman; R. McGhee & Associates
General Contractor: MCN Build
SK&A Team: Brent Stephens, PE, Ammar Motorwala, PE
Dix Street Residences | Washington, DC
Award of Merit – Residential/Hospitality
Dix Street Residences provides nearly 50 affordable apartments for seniors, helping address the need for accessible, affordable housing in Washington, DC. Designed by Torti Gallas Urban, the four-story, Type VA wood-framed building incorporates a green roof and solar panels. The project team navigated challenging site conditions, including buried historic foundations, contaminated soils, and floodplain considerations that required a modified first-floor structural and enclosure approach.
SK&A served as structural engineer for the project, providing structural design services for the new residential building.
Architect: Torti Gallas Urban
General Contractor: MCN Build
SK&A Team: David Stringer, PE, Danna Anaya
Celebrating the Teams Behind the Projects
These four recognitions highlight the breadth of SK&A’s services and our involvement in projects across a wide range of building types, from educational facilities and affordable housing to the rehabilitation of existing structures.
Congratulations to our clients, project partners, and the many talented professionals whose collaboration and expertise brought these award-winning projects to life!
