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The Legacy Awards are presented annually to individuals who have achieved a lifetime legacy of service in design and construction.

When McCarthy Building Cos. won the $57-million job to demolish a failed dock structure and build a new general cargo dock at the Port of Beaumont, Texas, “we were surprised,” says senior project manager Robert Wood.

When Pranaya Shrestha’s father immigrated to the United States from Nepal in 1976, he sacrificed a prestigious government position and worked seven days a week operating a grocery store in Minnesota.

Many contractors today require workers to wear helmets with anti-concussion technology to protect against side, back and front head impacts, as opposed to hardhats that only shield against impacts from above.

Complex, time-sensitive assignments are nothing new to Col. Estee S. Pinchasin.

Mark Pestrella wasn’t born with a passion for public service, but, as in a proverbial coming-of-age story, fire transformed him at the age of 17.

The InQuik Group is all in the family. Logan Mullaney began working for his father Bruce at a young age, learning carpentry and other construction skills.

Marjorie Mayfield Jackson so loved the Elizabeth River, which she could see from the back porch of her home near Norfolk, Va., that she quit a successful career as a newspaper reporter in 1991 to save it.

Around 2009, Denver Water’s capital plan was packed with upcoming work. Major projects—including the Gross Reservoir Expansion, Northwater Treatment Plant and lead pipe replacements—threatened to overwhelm the utility’s engineering department.

While studying at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, Tommy Linstroth began noticing that the forests he had played in growing up in were disappearing, overtaken by urban sprawl.