I am honored to present ENR’s Best of the Best Projects winners for 2014, the culmination of a seven-month effort put forth by dozens of industry judges and the ENR editorial team to identify the pinnacle of design and construction achievement in the U.S. among projects completed between June 2013 and June 2014.
The competition began in May with a call for entries to the construction industry, which resulted in over 700 project teams submitting their best work to the regional Best Projects competitions. In each of the 10 regions, the editors assembled panels of judges to select the regional winners in 20 categories.
Once the regional winners were chosen, the top winners in each category from each region moved up to the national competition. A brand new set of judges from across the country and from all walks of the industry examined each project in an effort to distinguish the best from the best in terms of teamwork, safety, overcoming challenges, innovation and quality.
The projects and judges will be featured in more depth in the March 16, 2015 issue of ENR. Also in that issue, the editors of ENR will select one project from the Best of the Best Projects winners as the Editors’ Choice, which won’t be revealed until the issue date. Until then, on behalf of the staff of ENR and all the judges, congratulations to all the winners!
The national Excellence in Safety award is being judged by a specialized panel of safety experts, and will be announced in a separate post.
Note: if you have an outstanding project located anywhere in the world, be sure to submit it to ENR’s competition, which will begin accepting entries in early February. Click the Global Best Projects link for more information.
Airports/Transit
The Green Build Expansion at San Diego International Airport
San Diego, Calif.
Submitted to ENR California by San Diego County Regional Airport Authority & Turner/PCL/Flatiron
Cultural/Worship
The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, aka The Wallis
Beverly Hills, Calif.
Submitted to ENR California by MATT Construction Corp.
Energy/Industrial
Clemson University's SCE&G Energy Innovation Center
North Charleston, S.C.
Submitted to ENR Southeast by Choate Construction Co.
Excellence in Safety Award
Banner Estrella Medical Tower Addition
Phoenix
Submitted to ENR Southwest by McCarthy Building Cos.
Government/Public Building
NYC Parks Beach Restoration Modules
New York, N.Y.
Submitted to ENR New York by Garrison Architects
Green Project
Energy Innovation Laboratory
Idaho Falls, Idaho
Submitted to ENR Mountain States by Battelle Energy Alliance
Health Care
Naval Hospital at Camp Pendleton
Oceanside, Calif.
Submitted to ENR California by Clark/McCarthy a Joint Venture
Higher Education/Research
Florida Polytechnic University, Innovation Science & Technology Building
Lakeland, Fla.
Submitted to ENR Southeast by Skanska USA Building Inc.
Highways/Bridges
I-5 Willamette River Bridge
Eugene/Springfield, OR, Ore.
Submitted to ENR Northwest by Hamilton Construction Co.
Interiors/Tenant Improvement
Carter's, Inc.
Atlanta, Ga.
Submitted to ENR Southeast by Choate Construction Co.
K-12 Education
Billy Earl Dade Middle School
Dallas, Texas
Submitted to ENR Texas by Satterfield & Pontikes Construction, Inc.
Landscape/Urban Development
The Crest at Galvez Plaza
Baton Rouge, La.
Submitted to ENR Texas by Arrighi Construction LLC
Manufacturing
Boeing Center South, Chinook H-47 Focus Factory Conversion Program
Ridley Park, Pa.
Submitted to ENR Mid-Atlantic by STV / Ballinger A&E
Office/Retail/Mixed-Use
Novartis East Hanover Campus Transformation
East Hanover, N.J.
Submitted to ENR New York by Novartis
Renovation/Restoration
Restoration and Redevelopment of Pier A
New York, N.Y.
Submitted to ENR New York by WMC
Residential/Hospitality
Streamsong Resort
Bowling Green, Fla.
Submitted to ENR Southeast by PCL Construction Services, Inc.
Small Project (under $10 million)
Caltech KISS Tolman-Bacher Compound
Pasadena, Calif.
Submitted to ENR California by Driver SPG
Specialty Contracting
Florida Polytechnic University
Lakeland, Fla.
Submitted to ENR Southeast by MG McGrath
Sports/Entertainment
Hatfield-Dowlin Complex, University of Oregon
Eugene, Ore.
Submitted to ENR Northwest by ZGF Architects LLP
Water/Environment
Tarrant Regional Water District Richland Chambers Wetlands
Streetman, Texas
Submitted to ENR Texas by McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.
