ENR Midwest’s 2015 Best Projects awards display the vast range, creativity, ingenuity and skill of the engineering and construction industry. In the past year, the rebuild of a tornado-devastated city’s sole hospital was completed, two zoos added exhibits, a historic landmark building was modernized, a critical rail yard was expanded and a Chicago high-rise left for dead in the wake of the Great Recession was reimagined and completed.
Candidates demonstrated accomplishments in innovation; contribution to the community; quality and craftsmanship; function and aesthetic design quality; and, of course, safety. One project earned top safety honors from a special judges’ panel.