He is the recipient of the Society of Military Engineers (SAME) Golden Eagle Award, the Beavers Award for Heavy Engineering Construction, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Parcel-Sverdrup Award for Civil Engineering Management, the Carroll H. Dunn Award of Excellence from the Construction Industry Institute (CII), the Ted Kennedy Award and Medal from the National Academy of Construction, and the ASCE OPAL Award for Lifetime Achievement, among many honors. He chaired the NRC Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment (BICE). He also chaired the civil engineering section of the National Academy of Engineering.