This year’s regional Best Projects competition drew more than 100 entries from contractors, design firms and project stakeholders across Texas and Louisiana.
The $1.2-billion Houston METRO Light Rail Expansion Design-Build Project included design, construction, testing and commissioning of three new rail lines totaling 15 miles.
The judges selected the winning ENR Texas & Louisiana entries based on the following criteria: overcoming challenges and teamwork; safety; innovation and contribution to the industry and community; construction quality and craftsmanship; and design function and aesthetics.
EnWave USA’s new Biomedical District Steam Plant accomplishes a major goal of disaster preparedness planning in New Orleans in the wake of the devastation left by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Zachry Group was selected to provide full-scale engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for a new production plant at BASF’s Verbund site in Freeport, Texas.
The George and Joyce Wein Jazz & Heritage Center project consisted of the full historical restoration and adaptive reuse of what were two separate townhouses built in the 1870s.
Balfour Beatty, working as managing partner, led the BARC joint venture team with Azteca, H.J. Russell and CARCON in the $140-million, 400,000-sq-ft DFW International Airport Terminal A Phase II renovation and improvement project.
Structural concrete work for the 603-suite Great Wolf Resort included a nine-story cast-inplace structure for the hotel and 40 tilt-up panels of all different sizes for a three-acre indoor/outdoor water park.
Designed to mimic its surroundings, the design-build Manhattan Beach Library features roof lines, window systems and millwork that mirror the character of Manhattan Beach.
