The 2023 ENR Northwest Best Projects competition featured a host of innovative projects that spanned the construction and design spectrum.

As part of the federal permanent injunction regarding culvert corrections, this $25-million design-build project corrected two fish barriers and replaced them with four fish passable structures.

A 399,000-sq-ft replacement facility for Canyons School District required the phased demolition of an old school, which remained occupied, on a constrained site.

A $14.8-million, 400-ft two-span steel girder bridge over I-29 now connects the existing 64th Avenue South east of the interstate with new construction to the west, improving system linkage, safety and efficiency in the rapidly growing southern neighborhoods of Fargo.

The 2023 Best Projects contest received nearly 100 entries from the seven-state region, garnering 56 awards across 20 categories.

A project superintendent for an Indiana-based paving company worked on behalf of a law allowing speed cameras in roadway construction zones.   

To complete the major demolition and rehabilitation of this 100-year-old pump station, the project team replaced 36-in. and 42-in. discharge piping with a new loop piping arrangement, which included removing and replacing the concrete structure with new auger cast piles, slabs, walls and decking around this discharge piping.

Across Buist Electric’s primary stomping grounds of western Michigan, business continues to be strong. The Byron Center, Mich.-based electrical contractor is on track to grow its regional revenue by 25% in 2023, continuing a pace set over the last several years.

ENR Midwest Announces Best Projects in Sustainability and Safety

ENR Southeast is excited to announce four projects that will take home awards in our 2023 Excellence in Safety and Excellence in Sustainability contests.