ENR Mountain States Best Projects 2018: A Healthy Mix of Public and Private Projects Garner This Year's Top Awards
To build the three-story Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine in Meridian, Idaho, the project team sequenced construction around the evolving academic program.
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The 2018 Best Projects competition in the Mountain States featured more than 120 entries, the highest number of submissions ever. 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.
To be eligible, projects had to be in any of the seven states comprising the Mountain States region: Utah, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, North Dakota and South Dakota. Projects with a construction-related fatality on the jobsite were not allowed to enter.
This year’s Best Projects judges were: Colby Barrett, president, GeoStabilization International; Michelle Black, professional engineer, Martin/Martin Inc.; Cynthia Fishman, founder and director, The Biomimicry Collaborative; Samantha Hamilton, virtual design and construction manager, Encore Electric; Sabine Huynen Hoover, content director, FMI Corp.; Kelley Huss, integrated project manager, ICI; Dustin Keyes, project manager, Sletten Construction; Sarah Marvez, architect, Gensler; and Jeff Wellen, projects director, Halker Consulting LLC.
The 2018 safety awards judges are veterans from previous years’ panels: John Hymel, principal, Sentinel Safety Consultants; Tim Batz, risk control team leader, IMA Inc.; and Rick Zellen, senior risk engineer, Zurich North America.
In addition to the category winners, judges chose by consensus one project from the Colorado and Wyoming side and one from the Intermountain area to stand as Projects of the Year—entries that clearly outdistanced other winners. Those awards will be announced at the awards events on Oct. 23 (Salt Lake City) and Oct. 25 (Denver).
Project of the Year finalists included, on the Colorado side: 1144 15th Street Office Building, the Kirkland Museum in Denver and the Permanent Repairs Project on U.S. Highway 34 in Big Thompson Canyon. For the Intermountain region, the finalists are the Hale Centre Theatre, the Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine in Meridian, Idaho, and the renovation of Ogden Weber Applied Technology College in Ogden, Utah.
- Intermountain Project of the Year and Cultural/Worship: Best Project: Hale Centre Theatre
- Cultural/Worship: Award of Merit, Meridian Idaho LDS Temple
- Airport/Transit: Best Project, Canyonlands Field Runway Rehabilitation
- Government/Public Building: Best Project: South Summit County Services Building
- Government/Public Building: Award of Merit: City of Boise Fire Station #8
- Health Care: Best Project: Wasatch Mental Health Facility
- Health Care: Award of Merit: St. Alphonsus Medical Center Replacement Hospital
- Higher Education/Research: Best Project & Judges' Special Recognition: Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Higher Education/Research: Award of Merit: Primary Children's & Families' Research Center
- Higher Education/Research: Award of Merit: Utah State University Sorenson Legacy Foundation Center for Clinical Excellence
- Highway/Bridge: Best Project: Mountain View Corridor 4100 South to 5400 South
- Highway/Bridge: Award of Merit: Jordan River Pedestrian Bridge and Trail
- Interior Design/Tenant Improvement: Best Project: Extra Space Storage Corporate Headquarters
- Interior Design/Tenant Improvement: Award of Merit: Ken Garff Corporate Center - Broadway
- K-12 Education Best Project: Midvale Middle School
- K-12 Education: Award of Merit: Logan High School Reinvention
- Landscape: Best Project: Grove Plaza Renovation
- Manufacturing: Best Project: Home Depot Distribution Center
- Manufacturing: Award of Merit: Mill 95
- Office/Retail/Mixed-Use Development: Best Project: Cornerstone at Cottonwood Corporate Center, Phase Two
- Office/Retail/Mixed-Use Development: Award of Merit: Whole Foods
- Renovation/Restoration: Best Project & Judges' Special Recognition: Ogden Weber Applied Technology College
- Renovation/Restoration: Award of Merit: Rock Loft
- Residential/Hospitality: Best Project: Cedars Housing & Mixed-Use Development
- Residential/Hospitality: Award of Merit: Bodhi Apartments
- Small Project (Under $10 Million): Best Project: Vivint Logan Office
- Small Project (Under $10 Million): Award of Merit: LHM Corporate Office Remodel
- Specialty Construction: Best Project: Lehi Fire Station No. 83
- Sports/Entertainment: Best Project: Vivint SmartHome Arena Renovation
- Sports/Entertainment: Award of Merit: Days of '47 Arena
- Water/Environment: Best Project: Carbon Canal Co. Carbon Canal Diversion EWP
- Excellence in Safety: Best Project: Primary Children's Hospital Surgical Expansion
- Excellence in Safety: Award of Merit: SoJo Station
- Project of the Year, Office/Retail/Mixed-Use Development Best Project, Excellence in Safety Best Project: 1144 15th Street Office Building
- Office/Retail/Mixed-Use Development: Award of Merit: One Belleview Station
- Airport/Transit: Best Project: RTD Civic Center Station
- Cultural/Worship: Best Project and Judges' Special Recognition: Kirkland Museum
- Cultural/Worship: Award of Merit: Pikes Peak Region Peace Officers' Memorial
- Cultural/Worship: Award of Merit: UCCS Ent Center for the Arts
- Energy/Industrial: Best Project: Downtown GIS Substation
- Energy/Industrial: Award of Merit: Craig Generating Station Unit 2 SCR Project
- Government/Public Building: Best Project: Office of the Medical Examiner Relocation
- Government/Public Building: Award of Merit: Adams County Pete Mirelez Human Services Center
- Green Project: Best Project: University of Denver Net-Zero-Energy Home
- Health Care: Best Project: UCHealth Longs Peak Hospital
- Health Care: Award of Merit: Vail Health West Wing Expansion and Renovation
- Higher Education/Research: Best Project: Colorado State University Biology Building
- Higher Education/Research: Award of Merit: Univ. of Colorado Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotechnology Building E-Wing Addition and Renovation
- Highway/Bridge: Best Project & Judges' Special Recognition: U.S. 34 Permanent Repairs Project (CP 1 - 4)
- Highway/Bridge: Award of Merit and Excellence in Safety, Award of Merit: Grand Avenue Bridge
- Interior Design/Tenant Improvement: Best Project: Downtown Denver Partnership Tenant Improvement
- Interior Design/Tenant Improvement: Award of Merit: AAA Colorado Headquarters
- K-12 Education: Best Project: Denver Public Schools Far Northeast Campus
- K-12 Education: Award of Merit: Riverview School
- Landscape/Urban Development: Best Project: Festival Park
- Landscape/Urban Development: Award of Merit: Boulder Civic Area
- Renovation/Restoration: Best Project: Archetype Distillery
- Renovation/Restoration: Award of Merit: Natrona County High School Historic Renovations
- Residential/Hospitality: Best Project: Theo Luxury Residences
- Residential/Hospitality: Award of Merit: The Stanley Pavilion
- Small Project (Under $10 Million): Best Project: Centennial Boulevard Reconstruction - Garden of the Gods Road to Fillmore Street
- Small Project (Under $10 Million): Award of Merit: National Western Stock Show Capital Improvements and Site Upgrades
- Specialty Construction: Best Project: UCCS Ent Center for the Arts
- Specialty Construction: Award of Merit: Berthoud Pass Wall Repairs
- Sports/Entertainment: Best Project: Canvas Stadium at Colorado State University
- Sports/Entertainment: Award of Merit: Carla Madison Recreation Center
- Sports/Entertainment: Award of Merit: Mick and Susie McMurry High Altitude Performance Center
- Water/Environment: Best Project: Fish Creek Road Restoration and Mitigation
- Water/Environment: Award of Merit: Broomfield Wastewater Treatment Facility
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