ENR Mountain States is proud to announce the winners of the 2012 Best Projects competition in the region, which includes Utah, Idaho, Montana, Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota. The projects will be covered in more detail in the October issue of ENR Mountain States, and at the two awards banquets: Denver on Nov. 6 and Salt Lake City on Nov. 8. (See details about those here on our website).

A panel of seven judges from all areas of the industry—architects, GCs, engineers and subcontractors—examined the 104 entries received this year (the most we have ever had in the competition to date!) and selected winners in each of categories. The judges also selected a number of merit award winners.
 

This is our 12th year producing these awards, and this year was particularly competitive because of the high number of entries. Regardless of which projects received awards this year, every project team that submitted should be extremely proud of the work they produced, especially given the slow recovery across the industry.


In addition to the awards below, one project in each area (Intermountain and Colorado/Plain States) will win top honors as the best overall project. The three finalists for this award in each area are listed below, but the overall winner not be named until the morning of the awards banquet.

 

The awards are split into two areas (Intermountain and Colorado), to correspond with their respective awards events, and arranged alphabetically below. Scroll down to see both lists. All of the projects listed below will win an award, but some may be merit winners while others won first place in their categories. We will not reveal those details until the awards banquets as well, and honor the firms named as our Design Firm of the Year, Contractor of the Year and Subcontractor of the Year.

If you have questions, please e-mail me (Mark Shaw, Editor-in-Chief, ENR Mountain States) at mark_shaw@mcgraw-hill.com.

 

Congratulations to all of the winners!

 

2012 Colorado, Wyoming and Plains States Best Projects Awards

(includes projects located only in Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota, listed in alphabetical order, not by category or level of award won)

 

• 69th Street & Southeastern Avenue Improvements

• AIA Colorado Tenant Finish

• Alamosa Solar Project

• Boulder Valley Schools Columbine Replacement Elementary

• C-470 and Santa Fe Interchange Improvements

• Centennial Civic Center Park

• Clyfford Still Museum

• Denver Police Crime Lab

• Dry Fork Station

• Eastside Human Services

• Fort Carson Warrior in Transition Barracks

• Google Boulder Phase II

• Green Garage

• History Colorado Center

• Jacobs Engineering Inc. Relocation

• Livestrong Sporting Park

• Moss Street Extension and Roundabout

• National Corp. of Atmospheric Research Wyoming Supercomputing Center (NWSC)

• NREL Research Support Facility II

• PAR 942 Denver Metro Wastewater North Secondary Complex Improvements

• Promenade and Burgess Creek Daylighting

• Red Hawk Elementary School

• Smith Hall Addition and Renovation

• The 10th Restaurant

• Toyota Elephant Passage at the Denver Zoo

• Woodmen Road Corridor, Phase 1 - Woodmen Road/Academy Boulevard Interchange

• University of Colorado & NIST JILA X-wing Addition

• University of Colorado Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotechnology Building

• Ziegler Reservoir Enlargement

 

Best Overall Project Award Finalists

(in alphabetical order)

• Clyfford Still Museum

• Toyota Elephant Passage at the Denver Zoo

• University of Colorado & NIST JILA X-wing Addition

 

2012 Intermountain Best Projects Awards

(includes projects located only in Utah, Montana and Idaho, listed in alphabetical order, not by category or level of award won)

 

• APEX Expansion - Wasatch Loop Pipeline

• Bennett Consulting

• Big Cottonwood Canyon Station #108

• Centennial Jr. High School

• City Creek Center

• City Creek Center Retail Development

• Clearlink Call Center

• Falcon Hill Phase I

• Horizon School

• Hunter Station, Unit 2 ESP to PJFF Conversion

• Huntsman Cancer Hospital Phase IIB Expansion

• James L. Sorenson Molecular Biotechnology Building - A USTAR Innovation Center

• John W. Gallivan Center Ice Rink, Amphitheater & Support Facilities      Remodel

• Kilgore Cos. Office Addition

• Layton High School Remodel

• Leonardo Art, Science & Technology Center

• Natural History Museum of Utah

• Northern Utah Interagency Fire Dispatch Center

• Park City MARC

• Provo Peaks Elementary and Sunrise Preschool

• Provo Reservoir Canal Enclosure

• Questar Corp. Tenant Improvement

• Regent at City Creek

• Rimrock MetraPark Auto Arena

• SR-114 Geneva Road Widening

• South Jordan Health Center

• Tracy Aviary Guest Services and Education Building

• University of Utah Hospital Medical Intensive Care Unit

• Utah Bishops’ Central Storehouse

• Utah State University College of Agriculture

• Utah Transit Authority Jordan River Service Center

• YWCA Center for Families

 

Best Overall Project Award Finalists

(in alphabetical order)

• City Creek Center Retail Development

• Natural History Museum of Utah

• Utah Transit Authority Jordan River Service Center