A broad array of innovative projects were on display in this year’s ENR California’s Best Projects competition. Projects ranged from state-of-the-art medical research facilities to dynamic renovation efforts to wildfire recovery operations.

Structural concerns, hazardous materials abatement and historic preservation guidelines challenged the project team on this renovation.

The new $540-million home for California’s Natural Resources Agency highlights a commitment to the state’s environmental resources.

The Los Angeles Reservoir Ultraviolet Disinfection Plant (LARUV) has a maximum treatment capacity of 650 MGD, multiple backup power supplies, 3-leg flow control station, flexible trunk line joints, ultraviolet system, underground chlorine injection vault, and a network of controls and mechanical systems.

The Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Camp Pendleton partnered with Burns & McDonnell to offset the habitat loss of two federally endangered bird species — the least Bell’s vireo and southwestern willow flycatcher — due to necessary infrastructure and safety improvements at the air station.

This new Fireboat Station includes a 20,000-sq-ft fire station building, 11,200-sq-ft covered fireboat bay enclosure, geotechnical improvements, site utilities, stand-by generator, fire pump enclosure, stormwater BMP, landscape, fencing and hardscape improvements.

Located on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, Wilcox Medical Center was in desperate need of replacing its outdated, 30-year-old backup generators.

A model for future transitional housing, Angeles House is not a typical shelter or apartment. Every detail was added with a mindful approach to who would be living there.

This five-story, mixed-use project features 191 units and 11,402 sq ft of ground-floor commercial space over two levels of subterranean parking.

As the first residential high-rise to be built west of the 405 Freeway in more than 40 years, the Landmark Los Angeles (LMLA) is a glass-and-steel structure rising 349 ft featuring floor-to-ceiling windows, horizontal balcony planes and glass guardrails intersected by vertical elements to a rooftop cornice.