The 20 projects recognized in 2022 are the result of a nearly yearlong effort by ENR editors and roughly 100 construction industry members who judged contest entries at various stages.

The almost century-old seawall lining the banks of the Hudson River along its path through Troy, N.Y., was in need of repair after sustaining damage during Hurricane Irene. 

Built to serve foster and community children and at-risk families in Chicago’s Roosevelt Square area, this 11,000-sq-ft community center was completed in just 13 months.

The first large-scale prefabricated and multimodular Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) manufacturing facility built in the nation also helps the National Cancer Institute produce an experimental therapy.

For GoodRx, an app-based health care company increasing access to affordable prescriptions, the goal was to bring a “homey” feel to its new 76,000-sq-ft headquarters building.

The abandoned former Cook County Hospital building was a wreck. “The term ‘fully depreciated’ was an understatement,” says Kenneth Johnston, senior project manager with Walsh Construction.

Constructing a cruise terminal at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic was a surreal experience for the project team, but pandemic disruptions did not derail work on the Norwegian Cruise Line Terminal B, now a soaring landmark at the Port of Miami that can handle cruise ships carrying up to 5,000 passengers.

The Brent Spence Bridge carries interstates 71 and 75 across the Ohio River between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Covington, Ky.

Tasked with rebuilding a historic Tampa elementary school that was nearly destroyed in 2017 by the one-two punch of Hurricane Irma and ensuing fire, contractor JE Dunn Construction Co. and architect Fleishman Garcia began a painstaking effort to revive the early 1900s-era brick building into a modern facility. 

When the University of Texas at Dallas wanted to consolidate its physics and space sciences departments into a single facility, it took the opportunity to build a signature gateway building to the campus.