ENR Mountain States magazine previously announced our 2020 Best Projects award winners (see my editor’s blog on this website). Now, after tabulating final results and polling our judges, we are ready to announce the finalists for Project of the Year in both the Intermountain area (Utah, Idaho and Montana) and Colorado, Wyoming and the Dakotas.

The voting for Project of the Year was close, as always, but a handful of projects emerged as front runners. To be considered for this honor, a project had to also be a winner (first place) in its individual category and receive a first-place vote from more than one judge and at least two second-place votes from others.

The winners of this award will be announced at our virtual Best Projects award ceremonies in October.

Here are the finalists in alphabetical order.

Colorado/Wyoming/Dakotas Project of the Year Finalists

Tammen Hall Apartments, Denver
Submitted by The Neenan Co.
This project also won first place in the Renovation/Restoration category.

United States Olympic and Paralympic Museum, Colorado Springs
Submitted by GE Johnson
This project also won first place in the Cultural/Worship category and an
Award of Merit for Excellence in Safety.

Williston Basin International Airport, Williston, N.D.
Submitted by JE Dunn Construction
This project also won first place in the Airport/Transit category.


Intermountain Project of the Year Finalists
(for projects in Utah, Idaho and Montana)

Adobe Corporate Campus, Phase 2, Lehi, Utah
Submitted by Okland Construction Co. Inc.
This project also won first place in the Office/Retail/Mixed-Use Development category.

Dixie State University Human Performance Center, St. George, Utah
Submitted by MHTN Architects, Hastings + Chivetta Architects and Layton Construction
This project also won first place in the Best Higher Education/Research
 category.

Water Efficiency Research Center, Layton, Utah
Submitted by GSBS Architects
This project also won first place in the Green Project category.

Please plan to join us for the big awards celebrations in late October. Information and registration for the virtual Best Projects events for Denver and Salt Lake City is available at: https://www.enr.com/enr-best-projects-awards.