While ENR typically delves into lessons learned in stories about projects currently under construction, for the past 27 years our Best Projects awards have also highlighted success in your completed projects where there has been exceptional teamwork, outstanding safety and community benefit.
A growing population, aging infrastructure and more stringent effluent limits spurred the need for a large-scale expansion of the Tomahawk Creek Wastewater Treatment Facility, which first began operations in 1955 in Johnson County, Kan.
The NBA All-Stars played their annual exhibition game last month in Indianapolis’ Gainbridge Fieldhouse, whose $360-million, year-and-a-half-old renovation is itself an all-star in the sports and entertainment category.
Stabilizing a quarry where rockfalls threatened to crush critical infrastructure under construction demanded a meticulous approach and required workers to rappel slopes to remove loose material.
Situated centrally between 13 active operating rooms, this project’s work site proved to be its most complex challenge, says Sourabh Sinha, project manager at NJRA Architects.
The greatest hurdles for the project team on the Aston Martin Residences came from perennial issues faced by all tall buildings in Miami—soft soils and high winds.
This project added a pair of land bridges over a road dividing Houston’s largest park in order to reunite its north and south sides and improve connectivity for both visitors and wildlife.
