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- ↑ "Louis Berger, Ammann & Whitney win the Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award for Dragon Bridge".
- ↑ "Vietnam's Dragon Bridge Wins 2016 OCEA Award - ASCE News".
- ↑ McGinn, Beth. "Ammann & Whitney Chief Nick Ivanoff Elected 2014-2015 ARTBA Chairman - The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA)".
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