ENR Mountain States is pleased to announce the winners of the 2019 Best Projects competition across a seven-state region that includes Utah, Idaho, Montana, Colorado, Wyoming, North Dakota and South Dakota.

A panel of 12 judges from all areas of the industry—architects, GCs, green consultants, virtual designers and engineers—selected winners and merit awards from the 156 total entries this year, by far the most in the 19-year history of the awards.

In addition to the awards listed below, we will be presenting safety awards to deserving projects, and one project in each area (Intermountain and Colorado/Wyoming/Dakotas) will win top honors as the Project of the Year. We will announce the Safety Award winners and Best Overall Project finalists at a later date.

The awards are split into the two areas, as noted above, to correspond with their respective awards events (one in Denver and one in Salt Lake City). They are listed by those areas below.

Projects will be covered in more detail in the October issue of ENR Mountain States, and the winners will be honored at breakfast awards events during the last week of October.

If you have questions, please call (303-526-0620) or e-mail me (Mark Shaw, Editor-in-Chief, ENR Mountain States) at shawm@enr.com.

Congratulations to the winners!

2019 Intermountain Best Projects Winners
(for projects located in Utah, Idaho and Montana)

Airport/Transit
No entries

Cultural/Worship
Winner: UVU Noorda Center for The Performing Arts, Orem, Utah

Entry submitted by Layton Construction Co.
Merit: Argyros Performing Arts Center, Ketchum, Idaho
Entry submitted by McAlvain Construction Inc.

Energy/Industrial
Winner: Olmsted Hydroelectric Power Plant, Orem, Utah
Entry submitted by Central Utah Water Conservancy District
Merit: Hill Air Force Base Solar, Hill Air Force Base, Utah
Entry submitted by CS Energy (formerly Conti Solar)

Government/Public Building
Winner: Salt Lake City Fire Station No. 14, Salt Lake City
Entry submitted by Blalock & Partners
Merit: Provo 4th District Courthouse, Provo, Utah
Entry submitted by Okland Construction

Green Project
Winner: Salt Lake City Fire Station No. 3, Salt Lake City
Entry submitted by Blalock & Partners
No merit award

Health Care
Winner: Intermountain Healthcare Layton Hospital, Layton, Utah
Entry submitted by Jacobsen Construction Co. Inc.
Merit: Rocky Mountain Care, Heber City, Utah
Entry submitted by Ascent Construction

Higher Education/Research
Winner: Salt Lake Community College Westpointe Career & Technical Center, Salt Lake City
Entry submitted by Big-D Construction
Merit: BSU Fine Arts, Boise
Entry submitted by ESI Construction
Merit: University of Utah Garff Executive Education Building, Salt Lake City
Entry submitted by Jacobsen Construction Co.

Highway/Bridge
Winner: Bangerter Four Interchanges Design-Build, South Jordan, West Jordan and Taylorsville, Utah
Entry submitted by Michael Baker International
Merit: Redwood Road Widening, Riverton, Utah
Entry submitted by W.W. Clyde & Co.

Interior/Tenant Improvement
Winner: Dental Select, Sandy, Utah
Entry submitted by Method Studio
Merit: Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Salt Lake City
Entry submitted by United Contractors Inc.

K-12 Education
Winner: Spectrum Academy Charter High School, North Salt Lake, Utah
Entry submitted by Curtis Miner Architecture
Winner: Timberline High School, Boise
Entry submitted by ESI Construction
Merit: Farmington High School, Farmington, Utah
Entry submitted by Hogan & Associates Construction

Landscape/Urban Development
Winner: Knudsen Park, Holladay, Utah
Entry submitted by Hughes General Contractors Inc.
Merit: Indian Creek Plaza, Caldwell, Idaho
Entry submitted by McAlvain Construction Inc.

Manufacturing
Winner: Biomerics, Salt Lake City
Entry submitted by Beecher Walker
Merit: Amazon Fulfillment Center, Salt Lake City
Entry submitted by Layton Construction Co.

Office/Retail/Mixed-Use Development
Winner: Mountain America Credit Union Office Building, Salt Lake City
Entry submitted by Okland Construction
Merit: Lehi Tech, Lehi, Utah
Entry submitted by Beecher Walker

Renovation/Restoration
Winner: The Kimball on Main, Park City, Utah
Entry submitted by R&O Construction
Merit: Salt Lake City County Building Stone Remediation & Seismic Upgrade, Salt Lake City
Entry submitted by Big-D Construction

Residential/Hospitality
Winner: Hardware Village Apartments, Salt Lake City
Entry submitted by Big-D Construction
Merit: Gibson | 5th & Idaho, Boise
Entry submitted by ESI Construction
Merit: Yellowstone Club - The Village, Big Sky, Mont.
Entry submitted by GE Johnson Construction Co./Jackson Contractor Group, a Joint Venture

Small Project (Under $10M)
Winner: Manning Crevice Bridge, Riggins, Idaho
Entry submitted by Atkins North America
Merit: SR-12 Red Canyon Tunnel Rehab, Bryce, Utah
Entry submitted by Kraemer North America LLC
Merit: The Creamery, Beaver, Utah
Entry submitted by R&O Construction

Specialty Construction
Winner: Stillwater River Road Rockfall, Stillwater County, Mont.
Entry submitted by GeoStabilization International
Merit: INL Remote-Handled Low-Level Waste Disposal Project, Idaho Falls, Idaho
Entry submitted by Battelle Energy Alliance LLC

Sports/Entertainment
Winner: Clyde Recreation Center, Springville, Utah
Entry submitted by Hogan & Associates Construction
Merit: Kearns Athlete Training and Event Center, Salt Lake City
Entry submitted by Okland Construction

Water/Environment
Winner: Utah Lake State Park Marina Dredging, Provo, Utah
Entry submitted by Geneva Rock Products
Merit: Nampa WWTP Phase 1 Upgrades Project Group A, Nampa, Idaho
Entry submitted by Brown and Caldwell

 

2019 Colorado/Wyoming/Dakotas Best Projects Winners
(for projects located in Colorado, Wyoming, North and South Dakota)

Airport/Transit
Winner: Cheyenne Regional Airport Terminal, Cheyenne, Wyo.
Entry submitted by Q&D Construction
No merit award

Cultural/Worship
Winner: University of Northern Colorado Campus Commons, Greeley, Colo.
Entry submitted by Adolfson & Peterson Construction
No merit award

Energy/Industrial
Winner: Rawhide Energy Station, CCR Compliance Upgrade, Larimer County, Colo.
Entry submitted by Burns & McDonnell
Merit: Big Stone South to Ellendale, From Milbank, S.D. to Ellendale, N.D.
Entry submitted by Brink Constructors Inc.

Government/Public Building
Winner: Larimer County Administration Building, Loveland Campus, Loveland, Colo.
Entry submitted by Haselden Construction LLC
Merit: City of Thornton Fossil Ridge Public Safety Center, Thornton, Colo.
Entry submitted by Saunders Construction

Green Project
Winner: B909 Renovation, Buckley Air Force Base, Aurora, Colo.
Entry submitted by Burns & McDonnell
Merit: Colorado School of Mines ISOC Project, Golden, Colo.
Entry submitted by Weifield Group Contracting

Health Care
Winner: Eating Recovery Center, Denver
Entry submitted by Brinkman Construction
Merit: Children’s Hospital of Colorado - Colorado Springs
Entry submitted by GE Johnson Construction Co.
Merit: Gunnison Valley Health - Senior Care Center, Gunnison, Colo.
Entry submitted by Davis Partnership Architects

Higher Education/Research
Winner: CSU’s Michael Smith Natural Resources Building at Warner College, Fort Collins, Colo.
Entry submitted by 4240 Architecture
Merit: CSU JBS Global Food Innovation Center, Fort Collins, Colo.
Entry submitted by Haselden Construction LLC

Highway/Bridge
Winner: Gold Run Road Reconstruction, Boulder, Colo.
Entry submitted by SEMA Construction Inc.
Merit: Lewis and Clark Bridge (U.S. 85 Over Missouri River), Williston, N.D.
Entry submitted by Southland Holdings LLC (Johnson Bros. Corp.)

Interior/Tenant Improvement
Winner: BPX Energy, BP America Production Co., Denver Headquarters
Entry submitted by Saunders Construction
Merit: Milk Market at Dairy Block, Denver
Entry submitted by Davis Partnership Architects

K-12 Education
Winner: New Wiggins High School and Middle School, Wiggins, Colo.
Entry submitted by Adolfson & Peterson Construction
Merit: Hudson Elementary Addition and Renovation, Hudson, Colo.
Entry submitted by Adolfson & Peterson Construction

Landscape/Urban Development
Winner: Old Firehouse & West Mountain Alley Renovations, Fort Collins, Colo.
Entry submitted by Ditesco
Merit: Pueblo Convention Center Expansion & Professional Bull Riders Training Facility, Pueblo, Colo.
Entry submitted by H.W. Houston Construction (GE Johnson)

Manufacturing
Winner: MycoTechnology Inc. Mushroom Fermentation Production Plant & Headquarters, Aurora, Colo.
Entry submitted by CRB
Merit: Verizon NEC2A Data Center Project, Colorado Springs
Entry submitted by Weifield Group Contracting

Office/Retail/Mixed-Use Development
Winner: 16 Chestnut, Denver
Entry submitted by Saunders Construction
Merit: Border States Electric Branch Support Center, Fargo, N.D.
Entry submitted by Mortenson

Renovation/Restoration

Winner: Amick Building Restoration & Hyder Office TI, Denver

Entry submitted by Hyder Construction
Merit: Porter Adventist Hospital - Phase 1, Denver
Entry submitted by Saunders Construction

Residential/Hospitality
Winner: Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center, Aurora, Colo.
Entry submitted by Mortenson
Merit: Renaissance Downtown Lofts, Denver
Entry submitted by Prescient

Small Project (Under $10M)
Winner: SugarSquare, Denver
Entry submitted by Jordy Construction
Merit: Franklin Medical Office Building Elevator Addition, Denver
Entry submitted by Adolfson & Peterson Construction
Merit: Mt. Werner Circle/Ski Time Square Drive Roundabout, Steamboat Springs, Colo.
Entry submitted by Baseline Engineering Corp.
Merit: STAQ Pharma, Denver
Entry submitted by Turner Construction

Specialty Construction
Winner: Design-Build Services for Kettle Creek Flow Control Valve Project, Colorado Springs
Entry submitted by Garney Cos. Inc.
Merit: Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center, Aurora, Colo.
Entry submitted by Encore Electric

Sports/Entertainment
Winner: City of Aurora Central Recreation Center, Aurora, Colo.
Entry submitted by Adolfson & Peterson Construction
Merit: University of Colorado Denver Lola and Rob Salazar Wellness Center, Denver
Entry submitted by Saunders Construction

Water/Environment
Winner: City of Evans Wastewater Treatment Plant Consolidation, Evans, Colo.
Entry submitted by Ditesco
Merit: Fort Lupton Terminal Dam, Fort Lupton, Colo.
Entry submitted by SEMA Construction Inc.