The ENR Southwest Best Projects competition has been recognizing achievements in construction for nearly two decades. Some developments, such as new and improved technologies, have changed the industry during that time, allowing projects to be built better and faster.
But some things haven’t changed—namely, the need for teamwork. This year’s winners were driven by teams with a passion for working together. Almost every team, from the massive T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas to the relatively small Horse Mesa Dam outside of Phoenix, cited teamwork as the most important factor for success on their projects. Whether that translated into finding ways to make more than 1,000 work as one, or a mere handful of experts finding solutions to potentially dangerous work, that kind of work impressed this year’s judges.