ENR Mountain States previously announced its 2021 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 reveal the winners of this year’s Best Projects Excellence in Safety and Excellence in Sustainability Awards.

This year’s safety competition was one of the most competitive so far. Our safety judges noted the special challenges firms faced during the pandemic as well as a myriad of new health and safety protocols on jobsites. While nearly all firms were innovative in their own ways in facing those challenges, the following firms made special efforts to keep their people safe.

Here are this year’s safety winners, by region.

Colorado/Wyoming/Dakotas

Best Project Excellence in Safety
CSU Moby GEO Exchange
Fort Collins, Colo.
Entry submitted by Adolfson & Peterson Construction

Award of Merit Excellence in Safety
VF Corp
VF Corp Headquarters
Denver
Entry submitted by Saunders Construction

Intermountain Area (Utah Idaho, Montana)

Best Project Excellence in Safety
Pluralsight Corporate Headquarters
Draper, Utah
Entry submitted by Okland Construction, MHTN Architects, Rapt Studio, Layton Construction

Award of Merit Excellence in Safety
Fairbourne Station Office Tower
West Valley City, Utah
Entry submitted by Wasatch Commercial Builders LLC

2021 Excellence in Sustainability Awards

This year, the ENR regional magazines also assembled a separate set of judges to determine the most sustainable projects in the region. Here are the winners.

Colorado/Wyoming/Dakotas

Best Project Excellence in Sustainability
CSU Moby GEO Exchange
Fort Collins, Colo.
Entry submitted by Adolfson & Peterson Construction

Award of Merit Excellence in Sustainability
McGregor Square
Denver
Entry submitted by Hensel Phelps

Intermountain (Utah Idaho, Montana)

Best Project Excellence in Sustainability
11th and Idaho

Boise
Entry submitted by Engineered Structures Inc. (ESI)

Award of Merit Excellence in Sustainability
Utah Valley University (UVU) Pedestrian Bridge
Orem, Utah
Entry submitted by WSP USA

All winning project teams — as well as our Owner of the Year, Design Firm of the Year, Contractor of the Year, Specialty Contractor of the Year and Legacy Award winner — will be celebrated in Salt Lake City on Oct. 19 at the Marriott Downtown at City Creek and in Denver on Oct. 21 at the Embassy Suites Hotel Denver Downtown.

At this time, we still plan to host these events in person, but we're keeping a close eye on local health and safety guidelines and will change to a virtual format should that be required.

Click here for more information and to register for the events.

Congratulations to the winners!