KCA’s award-winning staff prides itself on its creative abilities. Our projects have been featured in trade magazines and local newspapers. KCA has won the following accolades:
2023 2023 America’s Transportation Award for Quality of Life/Community Development Medium Project Group for the SASHTO (Southern) Region (Sanibel Island Emergency Access, FDOT District One)
2022 ENR Southeast Best Project in the Highways/Bridges Category (SR 679/Pinellas Bayway Structure E Design-Build, FDOT District Seven, Pinellas County)
2022 FTBA Best in Construction LAP Award (Maydell Drive over Palm River Bridge Replacement PD&E/Design project for Hillsborough County and FDOT District Seven)
2021 ENR Southeast Best Project Award in the Highway/Bridge Category (NCDOT Division 10 NC 24/27/73 Bridge Over Lake Tillery)
2021 AASHTO Grand Prize, America’s Transportation Awards (Salem Parkway project)
2021 SASHTO/AASHTO America’s Transportation Awards in the Quality of Life/Community Development Category (Old SR 70 over Peace River Bridge Repair/Rehabilitation, FDOT District One)
2021 Best Places To Work, Tampa Bay Business Journal
2020 Best Firms To Work For, Zweig Group
2019 Best In Construction Award from the Florida Transportation Builders Association (FTBA) in the Quality Construction Category (I-95 Overland Bridge replacement, Duval County, Florida)
2019 Award of Excellence from the Hillsborough County Planning Commission (Green Spine Cycle Track, City of Tampa)
2018 Best Projects Award from Engineering News-Record (ENR) Southeast in the Airport/Transit Category (Tampa International Airport Rental Car Center [RCC] and SkyConnect Automated People Mover [APM], Hillsborough County Aviation Authority [HCAA], City of Tampa)
2018 Public Outreach and Engagement award from the Sun Coast Chapter of the Florida Planning Association (Warehouse Arts District/Deuces Live Action Plan project, City of St. Petersburg)
2015 American Planning Association – Heart of Florida Section, Planning Award (Chain of Lakes Trail Pedestrian Bridge, City of Winter Haven)
2014 Award of Merit Engineering-News Record’s Regional Best Projects, Category: Small Projects (Chain of Lakes Trail Pedestrian Bridge, City of Winter Haven)
2013 American Public Works Association (APWA) Project of the Year Restoration (Temple Terrace Pavement Management Program, City of Temple Terrace)
2013 American Institute of Certified Planners and the Hillsborough County City-County Planning Commission Award of Merit, Category: Investment (New Tampa Boulevard Bridge Extension, City of Tampa)
2012 Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) Merit Award in the Transportation Category for the Florida Design-Build Awards (A. Max Brewer Design-Build Bridge Replacement over the Indian River, FDOT District Five)
2012 America’s Transportation Award: Best Use of Innovation, Medium Project Category (A. Max Brewer Design-Build Bridge Replacement over the Indian River, FDOT District Five)
2011-2012 APWA Consultant of the Year – For excellence in providing public works services to APWA Members
2011 Florida Transportation Builders Association (FTBA): Best in Construction for Design-Build (A. Max Brewer Design-Build Bridge Replacement over the Indian River, FDOT District Five)
2010 APWA Public Works Project of the Year (Fred Howard Park Bridge Replacements, Pinellas County)
2010 FTBA Florida’s Best in Construction Interchange (Tampa Airport Interchange, Hillsborough County) – Outstanding FDOT Project presented for Quality Construction (KCCS)
2010 FICE DBE Utilization Award – Highest percentage of DBE utilization of all 400 FICE members
2008 FICE Engineering Grand Excellence Award (I-275/I-4 Downtown Tampa Interchange, FDOT District Seven)
2006-2007 APWA Consultant of the Year for Roads and Highways (I-275/I-4 Downtown Tampa Interchange, FDOT District Seven)
2004-2005 APWA Florida Chapter Consultant of the Year – Roads and Highways (Niceville Pedestrian Bridge, FDOT District Three)
2002 Cone & Graham (contractor) was awarded the FTBA Award for Special Projects. KCA was the lead designer for the Pedestrian/Equestrian Bridge over I-95 in Flagler County, FDOT District Five
APWA Consultant of the Year (Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority project)
