Big Night at the ASCE OPAL Awards

On March 17, 2016 Chris Traylor was honored with the 2016 Outstanding Projects and Leaders Lifetime Achievement Award for Construction from the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Chris received the award at the OPAL Awards Gala, which recognizes leaders in civil engineering whose lifetime accomplishments contributed to one of five categories: construction, design, education, government, or management. Chris became Co-President of Traylor Bros., Inc. in 2008 and has been Vice President since 1999. He is an active member of the Construction Industry Round Table, Construction Industry Ethics and Compliance Initiative, Construction Industry Safety Initiative, The Beavers, and is a Moles trustee. He supports many charitable organizations and serves on the boards of the University of Evansville and the Children’s Museum of Evansville. View Chris’s OPAL recognition video here (video courtesy of ASCE).

It was also a big night for one of Traylor’s recently completed projects, the Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge. The Stan Musial Bridge was nominated for an Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award. View the Stan Musial Bridge recognition video here (video courtesy of ASCE).