It’s my pleasure to present ENR’s Best of the Best Projects winners for 2013. This announcement culminates a seven-month effort to identify the pinnacle of design and construction achievement in the U.S. among projects completed between July 2012 and June 2013.

The competition began in May with a call for entries to the construction industry, which resulted in around 700 project teams submitting their best work to the regional Best Projects competitions. In each of the 10 regions, the editors assembled panels of judges to select the regional winners in 19 categories. Safety experts were separately tasked with judging each region’s Excellence in Safety awards.

Once the regional winners were chosen, the top winners in each category from each region moved up to the national competition. A brand new set of judges from across the country and from all walks of the industry examined each project in an effort to distinguish the best from the best in terms of teamwork, safety, overcoming challenges, innovation and quality.

The projects and judges will be featured in more depth in the Feb. 17, 2014 issue of ENR. Also in that issue, the editors of ENR will select one project from the Best of the Best Projects winners as the Editors’ Choice, which won’t be revealed until the issue date. Until then, on behalf of the staff of ENR and all the judges, congratulations to all the winners! 

The national Excellence in Safety award is being judged by a specialized panel of safety experts, and will be announced in a separate post.

Note: if you have an outstanding project located anywhere in the world, be sure to submit it to ENR’s Global Best Projects competition, which is going on right now. Click the link for more information.  


ENR BEST OF THE BEST PROJECTS 2013 WINNERS 


Airport/Transit Project

New Tom Bradley International Terminal

Los Angeles

Submitted to ENR California by Walsh Austin Joint Venture

 

Cultural/Worship Project & Specialty Contracting Project

Bing Concert Hall

Stanford University, Calif.

Submitted to ENR California by Turner Construction Co. & California Drywall

 

Energy/Industrial Project

The John W. Turk, Jr., Power Plant Project

Fulton, Ark.

Submitted to ENR Texas & Louisiana by CB&I

 

Government/Public Building Project

Ralph L. Carr Colorado Judicial Center

Denver, Colo.

Submitted to ENR Mountain States by Fentress Architects

 

Green Project

The Bullitt Center

Seattle, Wash.

Submitted to ENR Northwest by Schuchart

 

Health Care Project

University of Virginia Medical Center Patient Tower Expansion and Helipad

Charlottesville, Va..

Submitted to ENR Mid-Atlantic by Gilbane Building Co.

 

Higher Education/Research Project

John and Frances Angelos Law Center

Baltimore, Md.

Submitted to ENR Mid-Atlantic by Ayers Saint Gross

 

Highway/Bridge Project

Spanish Creek Bridge

Quincy, Calif.

Submitted to ENR California by C.C. Myers, Inc.

 

Interiors/Tenant Improvement Project

Arent Fox Tenant Fit Out

Washington, D.C.

Submitted to ENR Mid-Atlantic by Clark Construction Group

 

K-12 Education Project

Sandy Grove  Middle School

Lumber Bridge, N.C.

Submitted to ENR Southeast by Metcon, SFL+a, & First Floor

 

Landscape/Urban Development Project

Washington Canal Park

Washington, D.C.

Submitted to ENR Mid-Atlantic by James G. Davis Construction Corp.

 

Manufacturing Project

Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CCAM)

Disputanta, Va.

Submitted to ENR Mid-Atlantic by W. M. Jordan Co.

 

Office/Retail/Mixed-Use Project

The Cay Building

Savannah, Ga.

Submitted to ENR Southeast by New South Construction Co.

 

Renovation/Restoration Project

King Street Station

Seattle, Wash.

Submitted to ENR Northwest by ZGF Architects

 

Residential/Hospitality Project

8500 Burton Way

Los Angeles, Calif.

Submitted to ENR California by Bernards

 

Small Project (under $10 million)

Phyllis J. Tilley Memorial Pedestrian Bridge

Fort Worth, Texas

Submitted to ENR Texas & Louisiana by Freese and Nichols Inc.

 

Sports/Entertainment Project

California Memorial Stadium

Berkeley, Calif.

Submitted to ENR California by HNTB Architecture

 

Water/Environment Project

Catskill/Delaware Ultraviolet Light Disinfection Facility

Valhalla, N.Y.

Submitted to ENR New York by ARCADIS US Inc.