ENR's Best Projects competition has gone global. I'm thrilled to present the winners of our first ever Global Best Projects competition.
A panel of industry veterans with lots of global experience has just completed judging, and the projects they have selected are exciting examples of the challenges, risks and rewards of designing and constructing in foreign lands.
The judges looked at 66 projects in a variety of categories, from education to bridges, and examined the safety, innovation and overcoming challenges, putting special emphasis on how globally diverse the project team was. The winners demonstrate that diversity.
The judges also selected one or two Project of the Year winners from among all the category winners. To win Project of the Year, an entry had to excel in all five judging criteria as a project that can be held up as the year's ultimate achievement in global construction excellence.
Come celebrate these awe-inspiring projects, and find out which one was selected as Project of the Year, during the ENR 2013 Global Construction Summit on June 6-7, 2013 in New York, New York.
Airports/Ports
Best Project: MIA North Terminal Development Program, Miami, Fla., Submitted by Parsons-Odebrecht
Bridges/Tunnels
Best Project: El Rodeo Suspension Bridge, El Rodeo, Nicauragua, Submitted by Bridges to Prosperity
Award of Merit: Autopista Del Coral - Puente Rio Chavon, La Romana, Dominican Republic, Submitted by Odebrecht
Cultural
Best Project: SIPOPO Congress Center, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, Submitted by SUMMA Tourism Investment
Award of Merit: National September 11th Memorial, New York, U.S., Submitted by Lend Lease
Education/Research
Best Project: Schoolhouse South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa, Submitted by Cornell University Sustainable Design
Award of Merit: Zayed University, Khalifa City, U.A.E., Submitted by JBA Consulting Engineers
Environmental
Award of Merit: LPV 3.2B North of I-10 West Return Floodwall, New Orleans, U.S., Submitted by Odebrecht
Government Buildings
Award of Merit: New U.S. Embassy Compound - Monrovia, Liberia, Monrovia, Liberia, Submitted by B.L. Harbert International, LLC
Green Project
Best Project: The Zuellig Building Manila, Makati City, Phillipines, ARCADIS
Health Care
Award of Merit: New South West Acute Hospital, Enniskillen, Ireland, Submitted by FCC Construccion S.A
Office
Best Project: China Central Television Headquarters, Beijing, China, Submitted by Arup
Power/Industrial
Best Project: 411 MWe CCPP Yajva State District Power Plant, Yajva District, Russia, Submitted by ENKA Insaat ve Sanayi A.S.
Award of Merit: Pannonia Ethanol Zrt. 52 MGY Ethanol Production Facility, Dunafoldvar, Hungary, Submitted by Fagen Inc
Rail
Award of Merit: AirportLink Metrorail Extension, Miami, U.S., Submitted by Odebrecht-OHL Joint Venture
Award of Merit: MIA Mover, Miami, U.S., Submitted by Parsons-Odebrecht Joint Venture
Residential/Hospitality
Best Project: Be Like Brit Orphanage, Grand Goave, Haiti, Submitted by Simpson Gumpertz & Heger
Retail/Mixed-Use Developments
Best Project: The Shard, London, U.K., WSP Group
Award of Merit: Etihad Towers , Abu Dhabi, U.A.E., Submitted by AECOM and Hill Intl. Inc.
Roads/Highways
Best Project: Kosovo Motorway Project (Sections 1,2,3 & 4a), Prizren, Kosovo, Submitted by Bechtel Enka General Partnership
Sports/Entertainment
Best Project: BC Place Revitalization, Vancouver, Canada, Submitted by PCL Construction
