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Members of Skanska’s Seattle team participated in the 2023 Puget Sound Heart & Stroke Walk on Oct. 14.

Tunneling through an urban environment like that of Los Angeles is complex enough. Add to that a medley of poor soils (including tar pits); a variety of dangerous gases; and two seismic faults and it becomes a task that until not so long ago was impossible.

With a four-decade record of reliability and the knack to make major projects succeed, Everett, Wash.-based Valley Electric has become the go-to electrical contractor for large-scale, hard-bid projects in the Pacific Northwest.

In the past 34 years, Tustin, Calif.-based Largo Concrete has built a reputation as one of California’s most reliable specialty contractors.

For several weeks this summer, nearly a dozen judges read scores of project nominations from across Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi and Oklahoma to decide the winners of ENR Texas & Louisiana’s annual Best Projects competition.

The 2023 ENR Northwest Best Projects competition featured a host of innovative projects that spanned the construction and design spectrum.

COVID, supply limitations and budget overruns forced Chemex Global’s team to be resilient and proactive to mitigate impacts during the construction of the Encina Pilot Plant.

This federal project recorded a rate of zero for both its OSHA recordable incident rate and lost-time accident rate. These pristine safety numbers come from a project of nearly 18,800 work hours with as many as 300 people on site at a given time.

Mindful of its carbon footprint, Austin Block 185 meets the LEED Platinum standard, has easy access to many of Austin’s bus routes and has a large bike parking facility, including racks and a repair station.

After years of rising odor complaints and operating costs, a $32.5-million facility provided a sustainable solution by replacing the existing belt filter presses and lime stabilization process with a centrifuge dewatering and drum drying process.