Professional Women in Construction NY Salutes Women-Led Construction Projects

Sept. 22, 2025 — This year, in addition to three industry leaders, the annual Salute to Women of Achievement presented by the New York chapter of Professional Women in Construction (PWC NY) honored one project featuring women in key leadership positions.

The 2025 Salute Project Award recipient is 116th Precinct Station House from Dattner Architects in collaboration with the NYC DDC, as well as JFKM Engineers, Starr Whitehouse Landscape Architects, Via Collective, Langan Environmental, Jacobs and Citnalta.

The new 116th Precinct Station House is part of the NYC Department of Design and Construction’s Design Excellence program. Designed to reflect the neighborhood policing tenets, the station house serves as an important piece of social infrastructure. The project aligns with PWC NY organizational core values of MWBE participation and sustainability, while excelling in design innovation. In this project women held significant leadership roles through the project team, including client, architect, consultants and builder:

• NYC DDC — Lucy Wong, Michaela Metcalfe, Margaret O’Donoghue Castillo, Judy Bernard, Lisa Caban-Rampone
• Dattner Architects (WBE) — Gia Mainiero, Aimee Hultquist ,Shefali Sanghvi, Karina Alonzo
• JFKM Engineers (WBE) — Ashley Chin
• Starr Whitehouse Landscape Architects (WBE) — Rachel Spraos
• Via Collective (WBE) — Katie Osborn
• Langan Environmental — Kaitlyn Gioia, Mae Mullany
• Jacobs (CM) — Vanessa Jimenez
• Citnalta (GC) — Diana Pino, Shannon Miller, Joycel Palilio

The winning project award was selected from many entries that exceeded submission criteria. Front-runners for the Salute Project Award include:

• NYCEDC — Brooklyn Public Library, Red Hook Branch — Armand Corp.
• East Side Coastal Resiliency — AKRF
• Metropolitan Hospital Flood Resiliency Project — EDC
• Shirley Chisholm Recreation Center — DDC 

The individual Women of Achievement honorees are professionals at the highest levels of the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry and are recognized for their impressive accomplishments and their commitment to lead and mentor. The three 2025 Women of Achievement Honorees are:

• Yvi McEvilly — Assistant Commissioner, Alternative Delivery, NYCDDC
• Kim Vierheilig, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP — President, National Buildings Group, STV
• Sevinc Yuksel — Senior Vice President, Head of Design & Construction, Rudin

PWC NY is a nonprofit organization that supports and connects career-minded women and works to promote diversity within the AEC and related fields. PWC NY actively engages members through committees and activities structured to provide leadership opportunities, networking and professional development

Visit pwc-ny.org.