Best Projects
Judges Select ENR New England 2023 Best Projects
Best Projects winners will be featured in the October issue of ENR New England and honored at an awards event in in Boston.
ENR New England is excited to announce this year’s group of regional Best Project winners, with 19 projects awarded in fourteen main categories.
In addition to the 2023 main category winners found in the list below, the Best Projects safety and sustainability awardees, which are juried by a separate group of safety and sustainability experts, will be announced next month in the ENR New England free e-newsletter. Finalists for this year’s ENR New England Project of the Year will also be announced soon.
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Judges’ selection for this year’s overall Project of the Year from the Best Project-level winners listed below will be announced in the November issue of ENR New England and at the ENR New England Best Projects awards event on Dec. 1. For more information about the Regional Best Projects event, please visit https://www.enr.com/enr-best-projects-awards/boston. This year’s winning projects in the main categories—listed at the bottom of this post—will also be profiled in depth in the November print issue of ENR New England. Projects were all located in Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine.
Projects were evaluated on the ability of the project team to overcome challenges, safety, construction/design quality, and contribution to the industry and the community. Due to the large number of entries, we can only cite a fraction of projects submitted each year, so projects that did not win this year can be submitted next year if they are still eligible!
This year’s New England judges for the main categories were Scott Bascom, associate architect at Sasaki, a Boston-based design firm and Aidan Sullivan, project engineer at Engelberth Construction, Concord, N.H.
Judges could select any combination of Best Project-level and and Award of Merit category winners. In some categories, judges decided not to give an award in a category.
Here’s this year's list of winners:
Airport/Transit
Best Project
Logan International Airport Terminal B to C Connector
Boston
Submitted by Suffolk
Award of Merit
Bradley International Airport Ground Transportation Center
Windsor Locks, Conn.
Submitted by KBE Building Corp.
Cultural/Worship
Best Project
The Huntington Theater
Boston
Submitted by Shawmut Design and Construction
Health Care
Best Project
Boston Medical Center Brockton Behavioral Health Center
Brockton, Mass.
Submitted by CMTA, Inc.
Award of Merit
Baystate Medical Center Surgical Operating and Interventional Suites
Springfield, Mass.
Submitted by DPR Construction
Higher Education/Research
Best Project
Bowdoin College, John and Lile Gibbons Center for Arctic Studies and Barry Mills Hall
Brunswick, Maine
Submitted by Consigli Construction
Award of Merit
Boston University Center for Computing & Data Sciences
Boston
Submitted by Suffolk
Highway/Bridge
Best Project
I-295 Over Veranda St. Bridge Replacement
Portland, Maine
Submitted by Cianbro, HNTB Corp. and MaineDOT
Interior/Tenant Improvement
Award of Merit
BJ’s Wholesale Club Headquarters
Marlborough, Mass.
Submitted by Timberline Construction Corp.
K-12 Education
Best Project
Bristol County Agricultural High School Campus Expansion and Renovation
Dighton, Mass.
Submitted by Gilbane Building Co.
Award of Merit
Maria Weston Chapman Middle School
Town of Weymouth, Mass.
Manufacturing
Best Project
Rentschler Biopharma Manufacturing Center (RBMC)
Milford, Mass.
Submitted by Commodore Builders
Office/Retail/Mixed-Use
Best Project
Mass Timber for Mass Workers: The C. Gerald Lucey Building
Brockton, Mass.
Submitted by Jones Architecture Inc.
Renovation/Restoration
Best Project
Union Mills 37
Attleboro, Mass.
Submitted by Timberline Construction Corp.
Residential/Hospitality
Award of Merit
Avalon North Andover
North Andover, Mass.
Submitted by AvalonBay Communities
Small Project
Award of Merit
Bluebird Bio
Somerville, Mass.
Submitted by Timberline Construction Corp.
Specialty Construction
Best Project
Historic Stone Bridge Remediation of CSX Acquired Pan Am Railway
Lancaster, Mass.
Submitted by GeoStabilization International
Sports/Entertainment
Best Project
Connecticut College Waterfront Revitalization
New London, Conn.
CHA Consulting Inc.
Award of Merit
Fairfield University - Leo D. Mahoney Arena
Fairfield, Conn.
Submitted by Gilbane Building Co.
