German candy manufacturer Haribo built its first U.S. production facility in Pleasant Prairie, Wis., with zero reportable injuries during the nearly two-year project.

Project teams recognized as this year’s ENR New York and New England regional Best Project winners impressed industry judges in their submissions with details of how team members collaborated to overcome key execution challenges and devised solutions that could have broader industry benefit.

From a federal biocontainment facility in tornado-prone Kansas to a center honoring the military and its history in Wisconsin to an effort to stabilize a road on a high bluff overlooking the Mississippi River, dozens of projects were honored this year in ENR Midwest’s 2023 Best Projects, a competition that highlights the cream of the crop in the construction industry.

It’s never an easy task for our panels of industry judges to review all of the submissions from project teams to select the Best Projects winners, and this year was particularly difficult given the quality of work completed in the past year in the Southwest.

The $11.5-million Lift Station 87 Wet Weather Flow Transfer facility in St. Petersburg, Fla., is bolstering the city’s sewer and wastewater capabilities.

1200 Peachtree is keeping history alive with renovations to the 55,000 sq-ft Promenade Central tower in Midtown Atlanta, transforming the lobby with intricate Italian large-format tiles, custom metal elements and commissioned art pieces to tell the building’s story.

The Caption by Hyatt breathes new life into Beale and Front streets near the Mississippi River in Memphis, showcasing contemporary architecture and the repurposing of downtown’s 1878 William C. Ellis and Sons Ironworks and Machine Shop.

When a rotten egg odor began plaguing the El Rio Vista Natural Resource Park, local officials realized that it was coming from a Pima County wastewater sewer structure, which had undergone numerous modifications over the last 50 years.

Consisting of 28 miles of 48-in.-dia and 42-in.-dia steel pipe between the communities of Tohatchi and Little Water, N.M., this project brings a much needed water source to the Navajo and Jicarilla Apache reservations.

A year-round outdoor space for community sports and leisure, this 37-acre facility features six lighted fields for recreational and competitive sports and more than two miles of pedestrian pathways.