Related Links: Best of the Best 2014 ENR Northwest Best Projects Spending several days per week on site to resolve issues as they arose during erection, teams of designers took to the field during construction of the University of Oregon's 145,000-sq-ft Hatfield-Dowlin complex, home to an array of spaces for college football's Oregon Ducks. Prior to that, the design team crisscrossed the country to evaluate both college and professional sports facilities and used their observations to inform the programming and design of Hatfield-Dowlin, a facility that hosts weight rooms, video theaters, a player's lounge and a "war room" for Oregon's
Industry professionals from across the U.S. donated their time and expertise to help ENR identify and honor the pinnacle achievements in design and construction, reviewing projects completed in the U.S. and Puerto Rico between June 2013 and June 2014.
While constructing Clemson University's $110-million wind-energy test center in North Charleston, S.C., the project owner and its builders were often working toward a "moving target."
Related Links: Best of the Best 2014 Builders Solve Calatrava's Florida Polytechnic Puzzle Soaring Polytechnic Project Lets Builders Stand Tall During construction of Florida Polytechnic University's $60-million Innovation Science and Technology Building—which more closely resembles a flying saucer than a citadel of learning—the flappable wings ruled. Santiago Calatrava, the designer of the iconic building and its sun-tracking shading system, challenged the building team to remain unflappable while wrestling with the 300,000-sq-ft job's operable rooftop louvers and other complex features, all the time maintaining quality, schedule and budget.The two-story elliptical-in-plan building is the signature architectural element of the new 171-acre campus
Photos courtesy of ODOT Photo & Video Services The 2,000-ft-long Interstate 5 Willamette Bridge is Oregon's largest single-arch span. Its construction called for complex logistics and close collaboration under a delivery method known as construction management/general contracting. Related Links: Best of the Best 2014 ENR Northwest Project of the Year While executing construction of the $152-million Interstate 5 Willamette River Bridge, project team members detoured into unfamiliar territory. The 2,000-ft-long span, bordering Eugene and Springfield, Ore., is not only the state's largest single-arch span but also one of only a handful of U.S. transportation projects to forgo traditional delivery for
Photos by Nigel Marson Photography Related Links: Best of the Best 2014 Building a new Atlanta headquarters for the manufacturer of popular children's clothing brands Carter's and OshKosh B'gosh required fitting 11 stories of tenant space into an otherwise occupied 20-story tower.Driven by a tight schedule, the project team had to build out and finish 275,000 sq ft on 11 floors of Atlanta's Phipps Tower in only 20 weeks. The vacant office space required minimal demolition work, but the architect's plan called for complex finishes, including extensive hardwood flooring. To accomplish the architect's design, the general contractor, early in the
Photos by Sam Barnes Related Links: Best of the Best 2014 Landscape/Hardscape/Urban Development: Best Project The Crest at Galvez Plaza, a 65,000-lb, 35-ft-tall cantilevered steel sculpture, is part of a $900,000 revitalization project for the city of Baton Rouge. A steel mass of roughly 16,700 sq ft comprises the structure and supports lighting and sound equipment. Covered in stainless-steel cladding, each hollow section is triangular, and no side has the same measurement.Arrighi Construction led work on the project, which went through multiple design iterations. The design consisted of a series of 14-ft-long segments paired with complex geometry on a simple
Related Links: Best of the Best 2014 Turnkey Procurement a Key to Success on Navy Hospital Job Representing a model for future military hospital development, the Clark/McCarthy-led design-build team planned, procured and installed all of the Naval Hospital at Camp Pendleton's medical equipment and furniture, in addition to training hospital staff on how to use the medical devices. This was the first time the Navy had relied on the contracting strategy, which helped the team deliver the $455-million facility $100 million under budget and six months ahead of schedule.Best Projects judges appreciated the integrated project delivery-type strategy, which they said
Photo by Eduard Hueber / Arch Photo Work on the historic Pier A was performed with the intent of preserving the character of the site while preparing for future tenant build-out. Related Links: Best of the Best 2014 Despite being designated as a historic landmark in 1975, the 128-year-old Pier A, which is New York City's oldest surviving pier, fell into disrepair.This three-phase $37-million project involved a complete renovation of the 36,000-sq-ft pier's interior; restoration of the exterior and roof; structural repairs; and the installation of new concrete slabs and access ramps on the pier's promenade. The project scope also
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