The 2016 Best Projects competition in the Mountain States featured nearly 100 entries. Projects were judged on design and construction quality, contribution to the community and the industry, and how they overcame unusual challenges through teamwork and innovation.
Projects had to be located in any of the five states in the Mountain States region: Utah, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and Colorado as well as the extended reach of the Plains states: Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota. The judges allowed ties if aggregate scores were very close. Projects with a construction-related fatality on the jobsite were not allowed to enter.