The judges have deliberated and come to a consensus, and ENR is pleased to reveal its national Best of the Best Projects winners for 2018. This announcement comes as the culmination of a nearly year-long effort put forth by dozens of industry judges and the ENR editorial team to identify the pinnacle of design and construction achievement in the entire U.S. among projects completed between May 2017 and May 2018.

The competition began last March with a call for entries to the construction industry, which resulted in more than 820 project teams submitting their 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 – around 200 projects in total. A brand new group of 13 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.

For the Excellence in Safety award, a separate panel of three industry safety managers and experts reviewed the incident rates, worker hours and safety programs to determine the winner.

The projects and judges will be featured in more depth in the March 11, 2019 issue of ENR. Also in that issue, the editors of ENR, in collaboration with the judges, will select one project from the winning projects as the Project of the Year, 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! 

Come celebrate the winners at the Best of the Best Projects Awards Banquet in New York City. The project teams will be honored at the Award of Excellence gala dinner at Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers on March 21, and award plaques will be presented to the project teams at a breakfast ceremony on March 22 at the Edison Ballroom. For more information, visit www.enrawardofexcellence.com .

The 2018 Regional U.S. Best Projects competition will commence this spring. For more information, visit last year's entry page at www.enr.com/bestprojects/2018  (Entry dates and eligibility will be updated once the call for entries goes live this spring.)

Also, if you have an outstanding project located anywhere in the world, be sure to submit it to ENR’s next competition – Global Best Projects, which will begin accepting entries next month. At least one project team member firm must be based outside of the country where the project site is located. Check http://www.enr.com/bestprojects/global for general information about the contest.

 Best of the Best Airport/Transit

South Airport Automated People Mover (APM) Complex at the Orlando International Airport located in Orlando, Fla. Submitted by Hensel Phelps to ENR Southeast

Best of the Best Cultural/Worship

Austin by Ellsworth Kelly located in Austin, Texas. Submitted by Linbeck Group, LLC to ENR Texas & Louisiana

Best of the Best Energy/Industrial

Holland Energy Park located in Holland, Mich. Submitted by HDR to ENR Midwest

Best of the Best Government/Public Building

Army National Guard Readiness Center and Army Aviation Support Facility located in Kankakee, Ill. Submitted by IMEG Corp. to ENR Midwest

Best of the Best Green Project

Palomar College Maintenance and Operations Building located in San Marcos, Calif. Submitted by Level 10 Construction to ENR California

Best of the Best Health Care

Southeast Louisiana Veterans Healthcare System Replacement Hospital located in New Orleans, La. Submitted by Clark/McCarthy Healthcare Partners to ENR Texas & Louisiana

Best of the Best Higher Education/Research

Arizona State University Biodesign Institute C located in Tempe, Ariz. Submitted by McCarthy Building Cos. Inc. to ENR Southwest

Best of the Best Highway/Bridge

US 34 Permanent Repairs Project (CP 1-4) located in Loveland, Colo. Submitted by Kiewit Infrastructure Co. to ENR Mountain States

Best of the Best Interior/Tenant Improvement

Uber Advanced Technologies Group R&D Center located in San Francisco, Calif. Submitted by Marcy Wong Donn Logan Architects to ENR California

Best of the Best K-12 Education

Design Tech High School located in Redwood City, Calif. Submitted by DES Architects + Engineers and XL Construction to ENR California

Best of the Best Landscape/Urban Development

Long Beach Seaside Way Pedestrian Bridge located in Long Beach, Calif. Submitted by SPF:architects to ENR California

Best of the Best Manufacturing

CRRC MA located in Springfield, Mass. Submitted by Plaza Construction to ENR New England

Best of the Best Office/Retail/Mixed-Use

3 World Trade Center located in New York City, N.Y. Submitted by AECOM Tishman to ENR New York

Best of the Best Renovation/Restoration

Niagara Falls State Park Rehabilitation located in Niagara Falls, N.Y. Submitted by The LiRo Group to ENR New York

Best of the Best Residential/Hospitality

Davis Barracks, U.S. Military Academy located in West Point, N.Y. Submitted by Clark Nexsen to ENR New York

Best of the Best Small Project (under $10 million)

Cloud Song at Scottsdale Community College located in Scottsdale, Ariz. Submitted by Architekton and Suntec Concrete to ENR Southwest

Best of the Best Specialty Construction

Transbay Block 8 - The Avery located in San Francisco, Calif. Submitted by Webcor to ENR California

Best of the Best Sports/Entertainment

Vivint SmartHome Arena Renovation located in Salt Lake City, Utah. Submitted by Okland Construction Inc. to ENR Mountain States

Best of the Best Water/Environment

Phase IV – Gloucester Remedy Implementation located in Gloucester, Mass. Submitted by Charter Contracting Co. LLC to ENR New England

Best of the Best Excellence in Safety

Trunk Highway 53 Relocation located in Virginia, Minn. Submitted by Kiewit Infrastructure Co. to ENR Midwest