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Building this nonprofit elementary school required a collaborative approach to transforming a long-abandoned 25-acre property into a modern-day private school focused on nature-based learning.

Building this tech-abundant, 250,000-sq-ft open office headquarters required managing an interior fit-out in an elliptical base building while maintaining a tightly collaborative team environment.

A variety of advanced virtual design and construction tools helped plan the $5.7-million, 10,000-sq-ft Weissman Foundry, which will support the collaboration of students from three colleges.

Envisioned as a bridge between academia, industry, science and engineering within UConn’s new technology park, the $102-million project integrates human creativity and a connection to nature with the specialized craftsmanship necessary to support groundbreaking research.

Already a national leader in neonatology, Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital was able to further advance its services with this four-floor, 120,000-sq-ft renovation that features special rooms for couplet care, allowing mothers and newborns to stay together throughout their hospitalization, and new facilities for the hospital maternity program.

Embodying the “can-do” spirit of the nation’s armed forces, the project team kept the $8.2-million, 65,000-sq-ft design-build military museum on track during 15 months while facing a host of challenges, beginning with moving and shaping more than 50,000 cu yd of earth to create a 4,000-ft long access road. 

Rehabilitating the complex and historic “Salt and Pepper” bridge included restoration of its four cracked and leaning granite towers, which resemble salt and pepper shakers.

ENR Midwest's Best Projects honor innovative design, construction and delivery methods. Our 35 honorees include P3s, integrated project delivery, renovations of iconic buildings and rail terminals, the reconstruction of iconic Wrigley Field and even a road project that finished 17 years earlier than its original estimate.

A serpentine bridge with an innovative arch design has helped to connect Bronzeville, an underserved community, with Chicago's lakefront.