The 2019 ENR Southwest Best Projects competition recognizes more than 30 projects as the region’s best. The winners include Project of the Year Finalists, such as the new student union at Central Arizona College in Coolidge, Ariz., and Excellence in Safety winner Palace Station Casino, Las Vegas. Other Project of the Year Finalists include Kitt Recital Hall at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff and Little America Hotel, also in Flagstaff.

Winners in many categories—including Project of the Year finalists and the Excellence in Safety winner—were built while the facilities were operational, with students and customers only a few feet from construction activity.