ENR Mountain States previously announced its 2022 Best Projects award winners. In addition to these main categories, the regional contest also features two special awards: Excellence in Safety and Excellence in Sustainability.

The Excellence in Safety Award is now in its tenth year. An independent panel of safety experts considered many factors in their decisions, including a project’s overall safety program, OSHA recordable incident rate, lost time accident rate and total work hours on the job. This year's safety judges included Daniel Milinazzo, director of safety and health, Hensel Phelps Construction; Matt Ogle, safety director, JE Dunn Construction; and Rick Zellen, assistant vice president and principal risk engineer, Zurich North America. 

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

Colorado/Wyoming/Dakotas

Best Project, Excellence in Safety
Meow Wolf Convergence Station, Denver
Entry submitted by Turner Construction 

Award of Merit, Excellence in Safety
South Adams County Water and Sanitation District Pellet Softening/Disinfection Improvements Design, Commerce City, Colo.
Entry submitted by Carollo Engineers 

Intermountain (Utah, Idaho, Montana)

Best Project, Excellence in Safety
Jacobsen Construction Warehouse, Magna, Utah
Entry Submitted by Jacobsen Construction Co. 

Award of Merit, Excellence in Safety
American Heritage School Phase 1C and 2A + Plaza, American Fork, Utah
Entry submitted by Jacobsen Construction Co. 

Each of ENR's 10 regional editions also assembled a separate set of judges to determine the most sustainable projects in the region. For Mountain States, experts included Courtney Tucker, project manager, Colarelli Construction; Megan Burke, senior associate, Tryba Architects; and Dennis Cigana, executive vice president and chief development officer, Jacobsen Construction. Here are the winners.

Colorado/Wyoming/Dakotas

Best Project, Excellence in Sustainability
South Adams County Water and Sanitation District Pellet Softening/Disinfection Improvements Design, Commerce City, Colo.
Entry submitted by Carollo Engineers 

Intermountain (Utah, Idaho, Montana)

Best Project, Excellence in Sustainability
Ivins City Hall, Ivins, Utah
Entry submitted by Hughes General Contractors Inc.

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 Dec. 6 at the Marriott Downtown at City Creek and in Denver on Dec. 9 at the Embassy Suites Hotel Denver Downtown Convention Center.

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

Congratulations to the winners!