The $38-million Douglas and Nancy Barnhart Cancer Center provides diagnosis and treatment for cancer patients and research in a hospitality—rather than hospital—environment.

Despite a challenging construction market, ENR California's 2012 Best Projects demonstrate that design and construction teams continued to push forward with exemplary and innovative work.

Palomar Medical Center in Escondido, dubbed "The Hospital of the Future," is the first greenfield hospital built in North San Diego County in more than five decades.

Part of the $543-million Airport Improvement Program for John Wayne Airport, the $125-million project comprised demolition of Parking Structure B1, construction of the 282,000-sq-ft Terminal C and improvements to Terminals A and B.

Heavy rainfall during January 2005 saturated a cliff below the road, washing out the soil and removing part of the surface.

The $210-million Li Ka-Shing Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences, which opened in December 2011 at the University of California, Berkeley, was built to inspire collaboration and discovery.

Sunrise Powerlink transports renewable energy overhead and underground for 117 miles from the Imperial Valley near El Centro into San Diego—increasing regional transmission capability and reliability.

The $70-million University of California, Berkeley law school project, completed in September 2011, included a 55,000-sq-ft library, with one level above grade and two below, and three phases of renovations to existing structures.

The team that renovated two floors of the 30-year-old KPBS broadcasting facility at San Diego State University did not have a plan set in stone.

A school for teaching green, the 77,000-sq-ft K-8 public charter school in the city of Redding received LEED-Platinum certification.