VAB Receives Architecture Award

Florida Department of Transportation Secretary Kevin Thibault shakes hands with an attendee during a ceremony on Jan. 10, 2020, to recognize the Vehicle Assembly Building with the National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark award. The Florida Section American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) nominated the historic building and bestowed the award. Standing next to Thibault is Glenn Bell, ASCE Society of Structural Engineering Institute president. The VAB is the first building at Kennedy Space Center to earn this distinction. At the time of its completion, the 129-million-cubic-foot structure was the largest building in the world. Originally designed and built to accommodate the Saturn V/Apollo used in Project Apollo, the VAB was later modified for its role in the Space Shuttle Program.