Mid-Atlantic

The Wilson and The Elm, a 1.3-million-sq-ft mixed-use development rising 300 ft above downtown Bethesda, Md., included intricate underground work. 

For the construction industry, 2020 clearly posed major challenges. But ENR MidAtlantic’s Best Projects judges still found good reason to recognize excellence, selecting 34 projects in a variety of categories.

NIST’s 1960s-era radiation physics laboratory has been augmented with a four-story, 75,000-sq-ft wing containing nearly 40 specialized and purpose-built laboratory modules with 2,500 sq ft of Class 10,000 clean room space.

This seven-story hotel on a tight half-acre site is the first major construction project in National Harbor’s downtown district since the 350-acre property’s initial development.

The $92-million, eight-year project used cutting-edge wastewater treatment technology and facilities within a constrained footprint, all while maintaining plant operations within strict discharge quality standards throughout construction. 

Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant’s existing headworks to increase influent capacity to 752 million gallons per day from 469 mgd.

Arlington County’s first net-zero energy building—the Lubber Run Community Center—was constructed on a 4.5-acre site that includes outdoor recreational space with a connection to nature and a strong sense of place, the project team says.

After a sudden rockfall injured several motorists, the university wanted to alleviate any immediate danger and prevent a reoccurrence.

The five-story, 19,598-sq-ft facility is a spiritual home where all students can gather.

Given the project’s location in an existing senior housing community, the team safeguarded residents particularly vulnerable to COVID-19 as well as its own staff. 

Located on a 1.4-acre site, the 11-story, 255,600-sq-ft building contains 192 units dedicated to senior living. 

An ambitious plan to transform a 50-year-old, 13-story office building into a 16-story, mixed-use residential development was nearly stymied at the outset when asbestos was discovered in nearly half of the interior walls as well as in the sealant used to glue drywall to columns. 

The iconic 1970s-era building has been transformed into a community resource.

After more than a century of use, aging systems were creating ongoing safety, health, environmental and operational issues in the Cannon House Office Building—the oldest congressional office building on the U.S. Capitol campus. 

Opened in time for APTA’s 100th anniversary, the 85,000-sq-ft building is punctuated by a seven-story atrium and floating stairwell. 

Clad in floor-to-ceiling glass curtain wall and veiled with stainless steel architectural metal screening, Washington’s newest trophy office building has close ties with the historic Thaddeus Stevens School next door. 

The T-30 Cell Processing Modular Facility is the first large-scale prefabricated and multimodular Current Good Manufacturing Practices manufacturing facility to be built in the nation, the project team says.

Located in a developing neighborhood, the school offers students, teachers, parents and the community an opportunity to engage in spaces that support education.

To serve a mobile workforce, the two-floor, 17,000-sq-ft space maximizes collaboration through casual spaces and 60 open workstations. 

By adapting to pandemic-related constraints, the team successfully completed a two-floor, 31,000-sq-ft renovation of the owner’s downtown Baltimore headquarters and 20,000 sq ft of renovations to portions of two floors at the Owings Mills Financial Campus.

Constructed over three years, the $110-million crossing helps reconnect long-separated communities.

The central aims of this complex $96.6-million project were to replace the U.S. Route 422 Schuylkill River bridge with a modern, wider prestressed concrete beam bridge as well as to widen and reconstruct one mile of U.S. 422 between the state Route 23 and Route 363 interchanges. 

The $60.2-million building consolidates ODU’s chemistry, biochemistry and biology instruction and research. 

Located in the heart of the Virginia Tech Carilion (VTC) School of Medicine campus, the $75.7-million, 145,000-sq-ft facility serves as a model for biomedical and behavioral science. 

Located on a busy campus intersection, the Calvin and Tina Tyler Hall Student Services Building offers a new gateway to Morgan State University’s Baltimore campus. 

Racing against time and the spread of COVID-19, the project team designed, permitted and built the 20-bed, 12,800-sq-ft patient-ready addition in just four months.

Located on a 44-acre greenfield site, the $210-million, 300,000-sq-ft hospital was delivered in 26 months.

This $300-million hospital was built to provide quality health care to previously underserved populations in the area.

The $133-million LEED Platinum project serves as Montgomery County’s crown jewel in green energy and as an industry-wide model for sustainable construction. 

The team took an innovative approach to constructing the $133.9- million Hopper Hall Center, a 206,400-sq-ft multistory facility at the U.S. Naval Academy addressing cyber-related curricula and STEM fields.

Located on a half-acre site, the two-story, 20,786-sq-ft mass timber library marks the first time self-supporting dowel-laminated timber (DLT) has been integrated into a folded plate roof design, according to the project team.

After more than 40 years of planning, design and reviews, the National Museum of the U.S. Army finally became a reality in November 2020.

With completion of the South Norfolk International Terminal Stack Optimization project, Virginia’s busiest port just got a lot busier.

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