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From concept through construction, the contractors and designers building the Grace Farms River Building project focused on achieving a sense of balance and harmony, as the entire project team strived to create a facility that blends seamlessly with the 80-acre site’s natural surroundings.

In delivering the 795,000-sq-ft, mixed-use lab/office/retail development for Swiss company Novartis, the team was expected to meet exacting standards for fit, finishes and operations.

From more than 90 entries, a panel of industry judges selected winning projects from across the Midwest that exemplified a high level of achievement in creative design and innovative construction methods.

After lingering for years in the planning stage, this $14-million golf clubhouse project was executed quickly once construction was given the green light.

The largest facility of its kind in the world, the conservation center opened earlier this year as home to more than 80 penguins of four different species: gentoo, macaroni, rockhopper and king.

The Poplar Bluff Historic Depot’s grand staircase was placed on the National Historic Register in 1994, and although it greatly deteriorated over the years, it remained an active thoroughfare and tourist attraction.

Construction of the Xavier residential building in the Cabrini-Green neighborhood of Chicago’s redeveloping Near North Side presented the project team with numerous challenges, including material access and difficult site conditions.

Much has been said about the loss of manufacturing jobs in the U.S., but the jet engine assembly facility design-built for GE Aviation by Brasfield & Gorrie is bringing 250 to 300 new manufacturing jobs to Lafayette, Ind.

Blattner Energy, a family-owned renewable-energy contractor, views environmental sustainability as part of its moral obligation to the health and well-being of future generations.