ENR New York’s Best Projects competition honored a wide range of work across the New York and New Jersey region. Some projects were focused on the natural environment, like the Irish Hunger Memorial renovation and the Hackley School’s Walter C. Johnson Center for Health & Wellness. Others, such as the Portageville Bridge replacement and the Niagara Falls State Park rehabilitation, brought history into the present. And as always, the active health care and higher education sectors were well represented.
Judges selected 27 projects for awards, with 15 named Best Projects and 12 selected for awards of merit. Among the entries, one—the Goethals Bridge Replacement—stood out above the rest, with judges selecting it as a Best Projects winner in the highways/bridges category, as the winner of the Excellence in Safety award and as Project of the Year, the region’s top honor.