Cascade Engineering Intranet Site Wins Major National Award

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan –Cascade Engineering has been awarded the APEX 2001 Award of Excellence in the intranet category for its work on the company intranet, ACE (At Cascade Engineering), which the company launched in November, 2000.

APEX 2001 – the 13th Annual Awards for Publication Excellence – is an international competition that recognizes outstanding publications from newsletters and magazines to annual reports, brochures and Web sites.

Cascade Engineering was one of only eight companies in the United States to earn this award. According to the APEX 2001 judges, "The awards were based on excellence in graphic design, editorial content and the success of the entry in achieving overall communications effectiveness and excellence."

Mike Goldman, vice president of business services for Cascade Engineering, said a broad group of team members gave ACE its award-winning qualities. ACE Team members include Jill Ainsworth, Dan Bustraan, Traci Douglas, Cyndi Higgons, Bill Place, Mike Prins, Jessica Rowley and Tad Smedes.

“Their hard work and efforts to continuously improve ACE as the main vehicle for communication and information sharing are what made this award possible,” Goldman said.

The APEX Awards for Publication Excellence is an annual competition for writers, editors, publications staff and business and nonprofit communicators. It is sponsored by Communications Concepts, Inc., publishers of business communication reports, including Writing That Works, a subscription monthly for professional communicators, and special reports on topics such as Writing for the WEB.

In the thirteenth Apex Awards, awards were given in 97 communications categories, in 11 main categories including: newsletters; magazines and journals; magapapers and newspapers; annual reports; brochures, manuals and reports; video and electronic publications; Web and intranet sites; campaigns, programs and plans; writing; design and illustration; and special publications.

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