Shaping the Future with Excellence and Innovation
We apply over 75 years of structural engineering experience and expertise in order to sustain industries and safeguard communities around the world. Through this work, we’re proud to share some recent awards we’ve earned to help establish Miyamoto as a global leader in the engineering industry.
President's "E Star" Award
In recognition of exceptional engineering solutions and humanitarian assistance worldwide.
ENR Award of Excellence
In recognition of outstanding leadership and innovation in global engineering and structural design.
Best of the Best Green Project
In recognition of pioneering achievement in sustainable design and environmental stewardship.
National Preservation Award
In recognition of excellence in historic preservation and cultural heritage protection.
2024
ENR Award of Excellence – Engineering News-Record
President’s E-Star Award for US Exports — U.S. Department of Commerce
The Exchange Sacramento (California Fruit Building Renovation) — Award of Excellence, SEAOCC and Award of Merit in Historic Preservation, SEAOC
The Judith & Thomas L. Beckmen YOLA Center — Award of Merit in the Retrofit/Alteration Category, SEAOCC
City of Carlsbad Temporary Fire Station 7 — Outstanding Small Project Award, ASCE San Diego Section
Yaamava’ Resort & Casino at San Manuel — Award of Merit in New Construction, SEAOCC
Venice HS Auditorium Crown Molding — Preservation Design Award in Rehabilitation, California Preservation Foundation
La Jolla Village Innovation Center — Architectural Award, ASCE San Diego
St. Clare at Capitol Park – Best Renovation/Restoration Award 2024 Regional Best Projects, Engineering News-Record
2024 Best Firms To Work For Award — Zweig Group
2024 Hot Firm Award — Zweig Group
2024 Marketing Excellence Award for Social Media — Zweig Group
Trifecta Award Bundle — Zweig Group
2023
CSU Fresno New Student Union — Outstanding Design in Postsecondary Schools, American School and University
Helen Caloggero Women’s & Family Center — Best New Medical Office Buildings and Other Outpatient Facilities (100,000 Square Feet or More), Healthcare Real Estate Insights (HREI)
2023 Best Firms To Work For Award — Zweig Group
2023 Hot Firm Award — Zweig Group
2023 Marketing Excellence Award for Social Media and Integrated Marketing/Brand Awareness — Zweig Group
Trifecta Award Bundle — Zweig Group
2022
County of San Diego Juvenile Justice Facility — National Award — Excellence, DBIA’s National Project/Team Awards
Casa Roble High School Student Union — Award of Merit, DBIA.
Google Bay View Headquarters — Structures Honoree for Best Campus, Silicon Valley Business Journal.
North Natomas Community Center and Aquatics Center — Real Estate Projects of the Year awards, Best Recreation, Sacramento Business Journal.
The Exchange Sacramento (California Fruit Building Renovation) — Best Real Estate Projects Honoree, Sacramento Business Journal.
- 2022 Best Firms To Work For Award — Zweig Group
- 2022 Hot Firm Award — Zweig Group
2021
Casa Roble High School Student Union — Regional Award, DBIA.
Casa Roble High School Student Union — Design Excellence Award, DBIA.
County of San Diego North Coastal Live Well Center — Sustainability Awards, San Diego Green Building Council.
Double Tree Hotel by Hilton — World Architecture Award Cycle 37, World Architecture.
Dublin Police & Fire Public Safety Complex — Project of the Year, National American Public Works Association.
Dublin Police & Fire Public Safety Complex — Structures Award, North California American Public Works Association.
Park to Playa Pedestrian Bridge — Best Award in the Creative & Innovative Category, APWA SoCal Chapter.
San Jose Emergency Interim Housing, Bernal and Monterey — Structures Award, Silicon Valley Business Journal.
2020
CSUS University Union — Design-Build Distinction Award, DBIA WPR.
Gio Apartments — Top Mixed-Used/Residential Project, Sacramento Business Journal.
Lake Tahoe Community College, Mobility Hub — Tallac Achievement Award, Tahoe Chamber.
Park to Playa Pedestrian Bridge — Award for the Pedestrian/Bicycle Project of the Year, California Transportation Foundation.
The Greek Theatre — Preservation Design Award, California Preservation Foundation’s Board of Trustees.
The Roebbelen Center @ the Grounds — Best Real Estate Project of the Year for the Category: Top Public Project, Sacramento Business Journal.
2019
County of San Diego North Coastal Live Well Center — Buildings New Construction, Less than $25 Million Award, CMAA San Diego Chapter.
County of San Diego North Coastal Live Well Center — Regional Award, DBIA Western Pacific Region.
County of San Diego North Coastal Live Well Center — Lean in Design-Build Excellence Award, DBIA Western Pacific Region.
County of San Diego North Coastal Live Well Center — Excellence in Sustainability Award, ACG Build San Diego.
County of San Diego North Coastal Live Well Center — Savings by Design: Energy And Integration Award, AIA San Diego Design.
CSUS University Union — Best Education Project in Northern California Award, ENR Magazine.
Kaiser Dublin MOB and Cancer Center — Tilt-Up Achievement Award, Tilt-Up Concrete Association.
Sacramento Memorial Auditorium — Best Project of the Year Award, Sacramento Business Journal.
Southwestern College, Wellness and Aquatic Center — Tilt-Up Achievement Award, TCA.
Southwestern College, Wellness and Aquatic Center — Devine Detail Award, AIA San Diego Design.
2018
Arch Nexus Sustainable Adaptive Re-Use — National “Best of the Best” Green Project Winner, Engineering News Record.
Arch Nexus Sustainable Adaptive Re-Use — Living Building Challenge Certificate, International Living Future Institue.
Southwestern College, Wellness and Aquatic Center — City of Chula Vista, Green Building Design Award.
2017
Arch Nexus Sustainable Adaptive Re-Use — Green “Best Project” of the Year, Engineering News Record.
Arch Nexus Sustainable Adaptive Re-Use — Best Real estate Project of the Year for the Category: Top Public Project – Sustainable, Sacramento Business Journal.
Arch Nexus Sustainable Adaptive Re-Use — Sustainable Recognition Award, AIA Central Valley.
C3 Office Parking Structure — Outstanding Achievement and Excellence in Concrete Constrution, Southern California Chapter of American Concrete Institue.
Capitol Yards Apartments — “Best in American Living” Top Platinum award, Multifamily Rental, National Association of Home Builders.
West Gateway Place — Best in American Living, Affordable Multifamily, National Association of Home Builders.
2016
GOALS Soccer Centers — Outstanding New Sports Facility, Southern California Municipal Athletic Federation.
Midpoint @ 237 — Industrial Project of the Year, Silicon Valley Business Journal.
Metro Universal Station Ped Bridge — Outstanding Bridge Project of the Year, ASCE.
St. Thomas More Sanctuary — Grand Orchid Award, San Diego Architectural Foundation.
2015
California Family Fitness on K Street — Structural Project of the Year, ASCE Sacramento.
2014
Mercy Housing, 7th and H Streets — Urban Design Award, American Planning Association, Sacramento Valley Section.
Repair of 12,000 Earthquake-Damaged Homes in Haiti — Best Global Record, Engineering News Record.
2013
Maple Park Apartments — Award for a Siginificant Work of Architecture, AIA Central Valley.
Mercy Housing, 7th and H Streets — Excellence in Structural Engineering Award, SEAOCC.
Mercy Housing, 7th and H Streets — Project of the Year Award, MFE.
Mercy Housing, 7th and H Streets — Merit Award Winner for the “Gold Nugget Awards”, Pacific Coast Building Conference.
New Tech High School — Exhibition of School Architecture Design Citation, NSBA.
2012
Mercy Housing, 7th and H Streets — Architectural Project of the Year, American Society of Civil Engineers.
UCSD East Campus Office Building — Tilt-Up Achievement Award – Office Division.
Washington Family Ranch Expansion — Wood Design Award, Woodworks Engineering.
2011
DAI-OTI-USAID Yellow House Repairs — Award of Excellence, Humanitarian, Structural Engineers Association of California.
Haitian Ministry of Public Works (MTPTC) 400,000 Damage Assessment Project — Award of Excellence, Study/Research/Guidelines, Structural Engineers Association of Central California.
Haitian Ministry of Public Works (MTPTC) 400,000 Damage Assessment Project — Award of Excellence, Humanitarian, Structural Engineers Association of California.
The Finger Building at Otopeni International Airport — European Steel Design Award.
2010
California Plaza — Trustees Award for Excellence in Historic Preservation.
California Plaza — Preservation Technology Category, California Preservation Foundation.
California Plaza — Award of Excellence Retrofit, Structural Engineers Association of California.
Eisenhower La Quinta Medical Care Center — Citation Award for Architecture, AIA California North Chapter.
Globe Mills, Historic and Seismic RehabilitationCalifornia Plaza — Outstanding Historical Renovation, ASCE Region 9.
LAX Theme Building Upper Arches — Trustees Award for Excellence in Historic Preservation, California Preservation Foundation.
LAX Theme Building Upper Arches — Preservation Technology Category, California Preservation Foundation.
LAX Theme Building Upper Arches — Excellence in Alteration/Retrofit category, Structural Engineers Association of California.
Metro Gold Line Eastside Expansion — Project of the Year, American Society of Civil Engineers.
Sutter Medical Foundation Fairfield Medical Campus — Citation Award for Architecture, AIA California North Chapter.
Woodland MOB — Best of the best in California Healthcare, McGraw Hill Construction.
2009
2600 Capitol Loftworks — Leed Gold Certification, United States Green Building Council.
Globe Mills, Historic and Seismic Rehabilitation — Best Renovation/Restoration,
Globe Mills, Historic and Seismic Rehabilitation — Outstanding Project of the Year, Award for Structural Project, ASCE.
Globe Mills, Historic and Seismic Rehabilitation — Design Honor Award, AIA Central Valley.
Globe Mills, Historic and Seismic Rehabilitation — Best Projects of 2009 Award, McGraw Hill.
Globe Mills, Historic and Seismic Rehabilitation — Transit Oriented Development of the Year, Sacramento Regional Transit.
Globe Mills, Historic and Seismic Rehabilitation — J. Timothy Anderson Award for Excellence in Historic Preservation, Best Historic Rehabilitation, National Housing & Rehabilitation Association.
Globe Mills, Historic and Seismic Rehabilitation — Showcase Project for Sacramento Area Youth Sustainability Council, Local Government Commission.
2008
2600 Capitol Loftworks — Judge’s Choice, Sacramento Business Journal.
Antler Hotel — Best Rehabilitaion, California Preservation Foundation.
Citizen Hotel — People’s Choice Award, ACRE Developer Showcase.
Globe Mills, Historic and Seismic Rehabilitation — Redevelopment Excellence, National Association of Local Housing.
Griffith Observatory — Honor Awards for Architecture, AIA.
Golden One Credit Union — Best Low Rise Office Building, Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute.
2007
California State University, Sacramento, Academic Information Resource Center — Engineering Mechanics Award, American Society of Civil Engineer
Cathedral Building — Building of America, Real Estate & Construction Review.
Griffith Observatory — National Preservation Award, National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Griffith Observatory — Trustees Award for Excellence in Historic Preservation, California Preservation Foundation.
Griffith Observatory — Preservation Design Award for Rehabilitation, California Preservation Foundation.
Griffith Observatory — Preservation Design Award for Preservation, California Preservation Foundation.
MARRS — Building of America, Real Estate & Construction Review.
MARRS — People’s Choice Award, Acre – Developer Showcase.
MARRS — Project of the Year, Sacramento Business Journal.
Universal Technical Institute, Inc. — Best New Industrial Real Estate Project, Sacramento Business Journal.
The Stockton — Preservation Design Award, Best Rehabilitation, California Preservation Foundation.
2006
Golden One Credit Union — Best of 2006 Northern California Office, California Cosntruction Magazine.
Griffith Observatory — Excellence in Structural Engineering for Landmark Structures, SEAOSC.
Vacaville Police Headquarters — Excellence in Structural Engineering, Best Use of New Technology in New Constuction, SEAOSC.
2005
California State University, Sacramento, Academic Information Resource Center — Certificate of Merit for Best Use of New Technology in New Construction, SEAOC.
California State University, Sacramento, Academic Information Resource Center — Excellence in Structural Engineering Best Use of New Technology in New Construction, SEAOC.
Chen Building — Best Mixed-Use Project Grand Award, California Building Industry Association.
Chen Building — Sacramento Business Journal, Best Mixed-Use 2nd Place.
Chen Building — California Building Industry Association, Gold Nugget Grand Award for Best Mixed-Use Project.
Hollywood Bowl — Excellence Award for Landmark Structures, Structural Engineers Association of California.
Hollywood Bowl — Excellence in Structural Engineering, National Council Structural Engineers Association.
Hollywood Bowl — Excellence in Structural Engineering Special Use Structures, SEAOCC.
The Stockton — National Housing & Rehabilitation Association, Best Historic Rehabilitation, Affordable Housing.
2004
Antelope Valley Courthouse — Best Justice Facility/Courthouse, Precast Concrete Institute.
Blue Water Glen Ivy Sports Club — Best Public/Private/Recreational Use Facility, Grand Award, Gold Nugget Awards.
Elliott Building — Best Mixed-Use Facility Award of Merit, Gold Nugget Awards.
Elliott Building — Best Renovated, Restored Single House or Project Grand Award, Gold Nugget Awards.
Elliott Building — Best New Use of Technology in Retrofit/Alteration Award, SEAOCC.
Shea Trilogy at La Quinta — Best Sales Pavilion or Info Center Silver Award, National Association of Home Builders.
Shea Trilogy at La Quinta — Best Public/Special Use Favility Award of Merit, Gold Nugget Awards.
Trilogy at Redmond Ridge — Best Sales Pavilion or Info Center Silver Award, National Association of Home Builders.
2003
Elliott Building — Building Project of the Year, American Society of Civil Engineers
Elliott Building — Best in Commercial Real Estate Design, Sacramento Business Journal
Hollywood Bowl — Outstanding Public/Private Sector Civil Engineering Project, American Society of Civil Engineers.
2000
Hotel Woodland — Excellence in Structural Engineering Honorable Mention, Structural Engineering Association of Central California
1999
The Ziggurat California Department of General Services Headquarters — Structural Engineering Excellence Award, Structural Engineering Association of California.
1998
Hotel Woodland — Governor’s Award, State of California Historic Preservation Department.
The Ziggurat California Department of General Services Headquarters — Outstanding Civil Achievement Award in Building Design, American Society of Civil Engineers.
1997
Hotel Woodland — Preservation Design Award, California Preservation Foundation.