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.