Current Recipient

• Professional Engineer of the Year Award 2025

  Cary Kopczynski, P.E., S.E., FACI, FPTI
  CKC Structural Engineers

  Nominated by the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Structural Engineers Association of Washington

  

  Cary Kopczynski, P.E., S.E., FACI, FPTI, CKC Structural Engineers, has been selected as the recipient of the 2025 Professional Engineer-of-the-Year Award in recognition of his outstanding service to the engineering profession, his lifetime achievements as a visionary leader committed to structural engineering innovation and excellence, and his leadership of the Seattle Chapter of the Structural Engineers Association of Washington and the American Concrete Institute.

  
  With more than 45 years of experience, he has become known for designing high-rise towers in the Pacific Northwest and beyond thanks to his more than two dozen towers of 20 stories or more in Seattle and Bellevue and more than 80 regional, national, and international awards for engineering excellence. His extensive experience combined with his ongoing commitment to innovation and new technology has enabled him to create technically state-of-the-art designs that reflect a keen understanding of efficient construction. He has made it his mission to focus not just on design, but on design collaboration and construction productivity. In recognition of his many contributions to structural engineering, he was honored with a 2024 Outstanding Projects and Leaders Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers.

  
  He has been actively engaged with multiple technical societies throughout his career. He served as President of the Seattle Chapter of the Structural Engineers Association of Washington and President of the Washington Chapter of the American Concrete Institute (ACI). He also served as the National President of ACI after serving 20 years on the technical committee responsible for writing the concrete building code used throughout the United States and adopted by more than 60 countries.

  
  He has been a Rotary International member for 30 years and served as President of the Bellevue Breakfast Rotary Club. He is a long-time member of the Bellevue Downtown Association and has served on the Bellevue Construction Codes Advisory Committee.

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Award Criteria

• Nominee is a professional engineer.
• Has made significant contributions in the application of engineering to meeting community needs.
• Has significantly advanced the art of engineering.
• Has actively participated in community affairs and technical societies.

Past Recipients

• 2023 – Donald G. Anderson, Ph. D., P.E, G.E, Jacobs Engineering Group
• 2022 – M. Lee Marsh, Ph. D., P.E. – WSP USA, Inc.
• 2020 – Andrew W. Taylor, Ph. D., P.E., S.E., KPFF Consulting Engineers
• 2019 – John H. Clark, P. E., S. E.
• 2018 – David B. Swanson, P.E., S.E., Reid Middleton, Inc.
• 2017 – Mark D’Amato, P.E., S.E., DCI Engineers
• 2016 – Vladimir Shepsis, PhD, PE Coast and Harbor Engineering, Inc.
• 2015 – Ron Klemencic, PE, SE – Magnusson Klemencic Associates
• 2014 – Robert F. Mast, P.E., S.E. – Berger ABAM
• 2013 – Harvey W. Parker, Ph. D., P. E., D. GE. – Harvey Parker & Associates, Inc.
• 2012 – John V. Christiansen, P. E. – Skilling and Helle
• 2011 – John Tawresey, S.E., P.E. – KPFF Consulting Engineers
• 2010 – Raymond Walton, PhD, P.E., D.WRE – WEST Consultants
• 2009 – Neil A. Norman, P.E., FNSPE
• 2008 – John D. Hooper, P.E., S.E. – Magnusson Klemencic Associates
• 2007 – Alan Werner PE
• 2006 – W. Paul Grant PE – PanGEO
• 2005 – Don Northey, PE – TranSystems
• 2004 – Nancy E Duevel PE – Brown & Caldwell
• 2003 – Jon D. Magnusson PE – Skilling, Ward, Magnusson
• 2002 – Roger C. Young PE – ELCON Associates
• 2001 – Edwin T. Huston PE – Smith-Houston
• 2000 – Milton A. Tiede PE – The Boeing Company
• 1999 – Robert N. Parnell PE – R N Parnell Company
• 1998 – Robert W. Walker PE – The Boeing Company
• 1997 – Wally F. Urbick PE – The Boeing Company
• 1996 – Theodore O. Wright PE – The Boeing Company
• 1995 – Kenneth W. Porter PE – Pulse Turbine Ltd.
• 1994 – Roy Avent PE – Louis Warner Co.
• 1993 – Anne Symonds PE – Anne Symonds & Associates
• 1992 – Noel Ralph Adams PE – AHBL Inc.
• 1991 – William D. Ward PE – Skilling, Ward, Magnusson, Barkshire
• 1990 – Ark G. Chin PE-Kramer, Chin & Mayo
• 1989 – Thomas J. Martin PE – The Boeing Company
• 1988 – Paul C. Juhasz PE – Wash. State Energy Off., retired
• 1987 – Marie Ann Huff PE – Chute Engineering
• 1986 – Ernest F. Dodge PE – URS Corporation
• 1985 – Kenneth L. McGowan PE – McGowan Broz Engineer
• 1984 – Jack F. Eisenhawer PE – Bouillon Christofferson & Schairer
• 1983 – G. W. Van Wierenger PE – Entranco Engineers
• 1983 – M. Delles PE – Entranco Engineers
• 1982 – Luke Zankich PE – Marine Power & Equipment
• 1981 – Robert Bergseth PE – University of Washington
• 1980 – Arthur B. Sirjord PE – The Richardson Associates
• 1979 – Martin J. Boivin PE – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• 1978 – Arvid Grant PE – Arvid Grant & Associates, Inc
• 1977 – Thomas E. Sparling PE – Sparling & Associates, Inc
• 1976 – John Stuart Miller PE – Thompson, Miller & Lyons
• 1975 – Lawrence M. Baugh PE – Baugh Construction Co.
• 1974 – Frederic L.S. Salinger PE – Port of Seattle
• 1973 – Charles V. (Tom) Gibbs PE – Metro
• 1972 – Cecil L. Browder PE – Cecil L. Browder & Associates
• 1971 – Phillip F. Spaulding PE – Phillip Spaulding & Associates
• 1970 – Lincoln Bouillon PE – Bouillon Christofferson & Schairer
• 1969 – Daniel J. Evans PE – Governor & U.S. Senator