The American Council of Engineering Companies of North Carolina (ACEC/NC) annually presents the Engineering Excellence Awards to honor and recognize engineering and surveying firms located in North Carolina for projects that demonstrate the highest of achievement, value and ingenuity.

This year, The Wooten Company received an Honors Award for engineering excellence by the ACEC/NC. The award was presented for the company’s evaluation of the fair market value of the WestPoint Home textile plant water and wastewater facilities and identification of improvements and cost necessary to own and operate the facilities for both industrial and domestic purposes. The client was hopeful that the highly underutilized complex of water/wastewater facilities at the plant site could be used to resolve critical water/wastewater deficiencies in Hoke, Scotland and Robeson counties, while positioning the sub-region for opportunities created from the Fort Bragg BRAC activities in nearby Cumberland County.

The honor was received by Chris Thomson and Shankar Mistry, engineers on the project, at the ACEC/NC’s annual awards gala held in Cary on November 10, 2009.