[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 5]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 6519]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     HONORING THOMPSON ENGINEERING

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                             HON. JO BONNER

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 18, 2003

  Mr. BONNER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Thompson 
Engineering, an extraordinary engineering design, environmental, 
construction inspection and materials testing firm located in Mobile, 
Alabama. Each year, the Alabama Chapter of the American Council of 
Engineering Companies honors outstanding engineering achievements with 
its Engineering Excellence Awards. This year, Thompson Engineering was 
recognized with the 2003 Engineering Excellence Honor Award by the 
Alabama Chapter and received national recognition by the American 
Council of Engineering Companies for its outstanding work as prime 
design consultant for the Mobile Landing project.
  Mobile Landing is a twelve-acre municipal wharf complex on the Mobile 
River adjacent to the waterfront business and entertainment districts 
in downtown Mobile, Alabama. The landing provides the citizens of 
Mobile with a publicly accessible waterfront development including a 
new ceremonial docking space for large oceangoing vessels; a riverfront 
pedestrian promenade; an outdoor plaza with amphitheater, bandstand and 
fountain; parking for vehicles; utilities; security and lighting and 
landscaped open space.
  Thompson Engineering, as the lead design firm, developed the master 
plan for the project site and provided architectural and engineering 
design and construction management services for the project. Thompson 
also provided grant budgeting and management, regulatory permitting and 
environmental assessment, subsurface exploration, land and hydrographic 
surveying, and a cultural resources reconnaissance report for the 
project.
  Mr. Speaker, I proudly ask you and my colleagues to join me and the 
American Council of Engineering Companies in honoring Thompson 
Engineering for its outstanding work with the Mobile Landing project. 
The landing and its facilities will prove to be another valuable asset 
to the City of Mobile, its citizens and visitors provided by Thompson 
and its talented and distinguished team of designers and contractors. I 
personally thank and recognize Thompson for its continued dedication to 
the City of Mobile and the State of Alabama.

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