Design and construction of the Schuylkill River Parks Connector Bridge in Center City Philadelphia helped restore pedestrian access to the river and to the accompanying trail and greenway that had been blocked by a CSX freight railroad line.
In featuring the Best Projects winners in the region, ENR MidAtlantic honors complex, challenging and innovative work, delivered safely, in Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia. Many of the winners showcase remarkable teamwork among design and construction teams, using collaboration to address project-related issues.
The I-495 Capital Beltway Express Lanes project delivered the most extensive improvement to the northern Virginia portion of the Washington, D.C., beltway in a generation.
The judges selected winning ENR Texas & Louisiana entries based on the following criteria: overcoming challenges and teamwork, safety, innovation, contribution to the industry and community, construction and craft quality, design function and aesthetics.
One of Washington, D.C.'s most distinguished national landmarks, the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was nevertheless suffering considerable degradation and in significant need of a major rehabilitation.
The first launch pad in the U.S. to be built specifically as a multi-user facility to accommodate rockets from private companies, the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad-0A in Wallops Island, Va., enables continued space exploration and aims to foster the development of the commercial space transportation industry.
The five-year, $500-million Clairton C Battery project at North America's largest coke-making facility in Clairton, Pa., delivered a new 960,000-ton-capacity coke battery that improves U.S. Steel's overall environmental performance.