A 230-ft-long suspension bridge over the Quebrada La Majada River in Nicaragua serves as a lifeline for 1,000 residents of the Conega region.

This 2011 lump-sum combined-cycle plant is part of 24,000 MW of power capacity built and planned in Russia since the sector allowed foreign bidders in 2006.

The client, a Hungarian firm structured with an Irish holding company and U.S. investors, desired a U.S.-style production facility fully compliant with European Union standards.

Photo by Emre Drter Photography Related Links: Global Best Projects Awards This Turkish-led turnkey design-build project was finished in 2011 in just five months for the Assembly of the African Union, leaders from 60 member nations. The 148,000-sq-ft structure's highlight is the "shimmering metal screen that veils its glazed facade in a curtain of geometric filigree," said Architectural Record.Virtually all materials were imported, and labor was 95% Turkish; tropical illness and locals' lack of safety knowledge were problems faced. To speed work, design and structural steel manufacture were concurrent, and most of the interior package was prefabricated. "Building fast-paced complex

ENR presents the winners of our first-ever Global Best Projects competition. A panel of industry veterans chose the projects on the following pages as outstanding examples of the challenges, risks and rewards of designing and building internationally.

Built in 2011, this campus features 2.1 million sq ft of gender-separate facilities for 6,000 students.

With a team of engineers and other professionals from 11 countries, the highway is a "truly international project," a Best Projects judge says.

To erect Miami International Airport's 1.27-mile-long automated people mover system—featuring trains manufactured in Japan—builders had to work above and along MIA's entranceway.

Builders of Miami International Airport's new $1.1-billion North Terminal transformed a 50-year-old building into a mile-long, 3.2-million-sq-ft transportation hub.

Related Links: Global Best Projects Awards Geno Armstrong
, Principal, KPMGARMSTRONGGeno Armstrong serves as KPMG’s global leader for its major projects advisory service as well as the international head of its engineering & construction industry practice. He has over 20 years of domestic and international major project development and construction experience, including construction development strategies, troubled project recovery and project controls. Armstrong worked in Fortune 100 corporate real estate and construction groups and was project manager for an ENR Top International engineering and construction company before joining KPMG. A registered professional engineer, Armstrong is active with major projects in the energy