ENR's Best of the Best 2023
March 7, 2024
ENR's Best of the Best 2023
March 7, 2024Photo courtesy Dan DeLong for Microsoft
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The 20 projects recognized here are the result of a nearly yearlong effort by ENR editors and roughly 100 construction industry members who judged contest entries at various stages.
Representing the pinnacle of U.S. design and construction achievements for work completed between May 2022 and May 2023, this year’s award winners show the industry at its best, with teams overcoming an array of challenges to deliver impactful community assets.
Responding to ENR’s initial call for entries in March 2023, nearly 800 project teams submitted entries. In each of ENR’s 10 regions, editors assembled judging teams to pick winners in 20 categories. Of those regional winners, almost 200 moved up to the national competition.
A new group of judges examined each to determine the Best of the Best in terms of teamwork, safety, overcoming challenges, innovation and quality.
Three projects were shortlisted as Project of the Year nominees, with the Microsoft Thermal Energy Center receiving top recognition. Join ENR to celebrate the winners at the Award of Excellence gala in New York City April 11. For more information, visit ENRAwardofExcellence.com.
The Projects
- Project of the Year, Best Energy/Industrial - Microsoft Thermal Energy Center
- Project of the Year Finalist, Best Renovation/Restoration - Kings Bay Dry Dock Recapitalization
- Project of the Year Finalist, Government/Public Building - National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF)
- Best Airport/Transit - Orlando International Airport Terminal C
- Best Cultural/Worship - Orange County Museum of Art
- Excellence in Sustainability - 1021 O Street State Office Building
- Excellence in Safety - UVA Inn at Darden – The Forum Hotel
- Best Health Care - Mayo Clinic East Expansion
- Best Higher Education/Research - Bowdoin College, the John and Lile Gibbons Center for Arctic Studies and Barry Mills Hall
- Best Highway/Bridge - Sixth Street Viaduct
- Best Interior/Tenant Improvement - Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center Electrophysiology Lab and Surgical Services Expansion
- Best K-12 Education - Against the Current Career Academy
- Best Landscape/Urban Development - Memorial Park Central Connector
- Best Office/Retail/Mixed-Use - The Spiral
- Best Manufacturing - Riverbend Meats Processing Plant
- Best Residential/Hospitality - Aston Martin Residences
- Best Small Project - Primary Children's Hospital Hybrid Operating Room
- Best Specialty Construction - Martin Marietta Texas Quarry Highwall Stabilization
- Best Sports/Entertainment - Gainbridge Fieldhouse of the Future Modernization
- Best Water/Environment - Johnson County Tomahawk Creek Wastewater Treatment Facility Improvements
The Judges
A new group of judges examined each to determine the Best of the Best nationally in terms of teamwork, safety, overcoming challenges, innovation and quality.
Jamey Barbas
New York State
Project Director, New NY Bridge
Marcos Diaz Gonzalez
STV
Executive Vice President, Centers of Excellence Director
Keith Douglas
The Whiting-Turner Contracting Co.
Executive Vice President
Bart Eberwein
Hoffman Corp.
Executive Vice President (Retired)
William Haas
AECOM
Vice President, Energy
Emily Harrold
Multistudio
Associate Principal
Sam Hassoun
GLA Corp.
Founder and President
Randy Iwasaki
Iwasaki Consulting Services
CEO
Chuck Jablon
Skanska USA Building Inc.
Senior Vice President Construction
Joan McDonald
Westchester County New York
Director of Operations
Mike Medici
SmithGroup
Vice President (Retired)
Cliff Schexnayder
Consultant
Emeritus Eminent Scholar, Del E. Webb School of Construction, Arizona State University
Excellence in Safety Judges
Steve Acosta
Blach Construction
Senior Safety Manager
Carl Heinlein
American Contractors
Senior Safety Consultant
Excellence in Sustainability Judges
Yayu Lin
Sares Regis Group of Northern California
President, Commercial Division
Shefali H. Sanghvi
Dattner Architects
Director of Sustainability and Senior Associate
