2022 Project Management Awards

The following awards were presented in 2023.

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Award	Recipient	Award Citation
Federal Project Director of the Year Amanda Tapia-Pittman National Nuclear Security Administration	Image Ms. Amanda Tapia-Pittman receives the award from Deputy Secretary Turk	In recognition of your leadership and contributions as the Federal Project Director of the NNSA Albuquerque Complex Project (NACP), a critical NNSA project providing working space for approximately 1,200 Department of Energy employees and contractors. Your meticulous attention to detail in managing this high visibility project through completion and commissioning allowed NNSA to replace 23 existing substandard or inadequate buildings to consolidate previously dispersed and disconnected NNSA elements in a single, high efficiency, and congenial facility. You demonstrated outstanding leadership of the integrated project team, the multiple stakeholders, and the unique contracting arrangement to overcome pandemic-related challenges to deliver on time and under budget. You accomplished all your goals and delivered this project $6.2 million under budget and on schedule. The Department and your nation thank you for a job well done.
Project Management Excellence On-Site Waste Disposal Facility Capital Asset Project (CAP) – 1 Office of Environmental Management	Image Mr. Jud Lilly, Federal Project Director, receives the award from Deputy Secretary David Turk with his colleagues from left to right, Mr. Jeremy Davis and Mr. Joel Bradburne	In recognition of the successful delivery of the On-Site Waste Disposal Facility (OSWDF) Capital Asset Project (CAP)-1 at the Portsmouth Site in Piketon, Ohio. The OSWDF CAP-1 is the anchor project supporting cleanup of the former Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Project. This project provides disposal capacity that supports the demolition of the 29-acre two-story X-326 building. It also provides the disposal capacity for excavation of two on-site contaminated groundwater plumes, meeting DOE commitments to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA) in a Natural Resource Damages agreement. The OSWDF project was completed 22 months ahead of schedule and $37 million less than the projected $285 million budget. The Department commends the project team for achieving exceptional results on a vital project.
Project Management Achievement Tank Side Cesium Removal (TSCR) Demonstration Project Office of Environmental Management	Image Ms. Janet Diediker, Federal Project Director, receives the award from Deputy Secretary David Turk along with her colleagues from left to right, Mr. Paul Schroder and Ms. Vanessa Turner	The TSCR Demonstration project is a critical component of the Department of Energy’s comprehensive Direct-Feed Low-Activity Waste Program. It separates both cesium and undissolved solid materials from radioactive tank waste stored in large underground tanks. The waste treated through TSCR provides a low-activity waste stream that can be sent to the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant’s Low-Activity Waste Facility for vitrification. The project was delivered $7 million under the $164 million budget and three months ahead of schedule. The successful completion of this project is crucial in the ongoing cleanup of radioactive and chemical wastes from nuclear weapon production stored in underground tanks at the Hanford Site. The Department commends the project team for achieving significant results on a vital project.
Project Management Achievement Energy Sciences Capability (ESC) Project Office of Science	Image Mr. Ron Gallagher, Federal Project Director, receives the award from Deputy Secretary David Turk with his colleagues, from left to right Mr. Lanson Oukrop and Mr. Gary Brown	The ESC project team successfully delivered a 140,000 square foot collaborative, modern, sustainable, flexible, and signature high-performance research laboratory building on the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. This $93 million project features 52 state-of-the-art laboratory modules, 200 workstations, and modern collaboration space, addressing a wide range of multidisciplinary goals. The project exceeded the High-Performance Sustainable Building criteria, largely due to the sustainability award-winning Heat Transfer Building, which received the 2022 DOE sustainability award for “Outstanding Sustainability Program/Project.” The success of the project is credited to the experienced and dedicated project management team and design/build partners, who delivered this signature project on-time and under budget. The Department commends the project team for achieving significant results on a vital project.
Project Management Achievement Albuquerque Complex Project (NACP) National Nuclear Security Administration	Image Ms. Amanda Tapia-Pittman, Federal Project Director, is holding the award she received from Deputy Secretary David Turk. Colleagues joining Ms. Tapia-Pittman for the photo, from left to right, are Dr. David Hauck, Mr. Wayne Evelo, Ms. Crystal Cole, Mr. David Lundquist, Ms. Amy Swiecichowski, Mr. Kevin Vigil, Ms. Melanie McAnally, and Mr. Chris Velasquez.	The NACP project provides critical working space for approximately 1,200 Department of Energy employees and contractors. This project allowed NNSA to replace 23 existing substandard or inadequate buildings to consolidate previously dispersed and disconnected elements in a single, high efficiency, and congenial facility. Project execution required extensive coordination and homogenization of requirements from over 15 user organizations. The project team collected spatial, information technology, and security requirements from each organization and translated them into a cohesive facility design with standardized space types, sizes, and amenities, while giving each section of the building a unique character. The $174 million project was delivered $6.2 million under budget and on schedule. The Department commends the project team for achieving significant results on a vital national security project.
Project Management Achievement U1a Complex Enhancements Project Subproject 010 (UCEP) National Nuclear Security Administration	Image Ms. Shannon Parsons-Depry, UCEP Project Manager, receives the award from Deputy Secretary David Turk with Robert Bangerter, Federal Project Director	The UCEP project provides a new underground access drift and an expanded drift to house the Advanced Sources and Detectors (ASD) accelerator; a new worker Refuge Station; and the necessary power and ventilation for mining future drifts for conducting experiments at the U1a Complex. This project team faced many obstacles executing this project, including its remote location. The project’s remote location impacted the ability to obtain a work force, as every workday includes three hours of commuting with the commensurate transportation cost. The distance and remote location also affected the project team’s ability to get materials and equipment delivered in a timely manner. The $50.1 million project was delivered $3.4 million under budget and 14 months ahead of schedule. The Department commends the project team for achieving significant results on a vital national security project.