ENR Midwest's Best Projects honor innovative design, construction and delivery methods. Our 35 honorees include P3s, integrated project delivery, renovations of iconic buildings and rail terminals, the reconstruction of iconic Wrigley Field and even a road project that finished 17 years earlier than its original estimate.
After a 2018 structural evaluation of a large combined sewer interceptor concluded that sections of the infrastructure under Louisville’s historic Main Street had significant concrete loss, the city brought in Brown and Caldwell and Ulliman Schutte Construction to deliver an emergency solution.
Repurposing an arena is not a common undertaking. Yet design firm Foutch Brothers and general contractor McCownGordon Construction did exactly that, transforming Kansas City's Kemper Arena into the reimagined Hy-Vee Arena.
This $524-million, 730,000-sq-ft arena is the centerpiece of a 30-acre mixed-use district that is part of the largest development project undertaken in downtown Milwaukee’s history.
The transformation of a 20,000-sq-ft former retail space into an exhibit area and community event venue designed to celebrate and promote Chicago as a center of architectural innovation was continually challenged to stay within a $6-million budget during the eight-month construction phase.