Midwest Construction’s Best of 2010 Construction and Design Awards recipients were recently chosen from a pool of 175 nominated projects in Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota and Ohio.

Midwest Construction�s annual awards program recognizes the best construction projects in eight states.
Credit: James Steinkamp/Steinkamp Photography
Midwest Construction�s annual awards program recognizes the best construction projects in eight states.

Project evaluation and voting were conducted Sept. 16 at the McGraw-Hill Construction offices in Chicago. Judges selected 60 projects as the Midwest’s Best of 2010.

The winners will be officially recognized during a Dec. 14 awards event at the Renaissance Chicago.

The following judges participated in this year’s selection process: John Mick, Baxter & Woodman Consulting Engineers; David Cullen, J.P. Cullen & Sons Inc.; Dave Alexander, James McHugh Construction Co.; Michael Kaufman, Goettsch Partners; Brian Teyema, Hill Mechanical Group; and Garret Browne, Thornton Tomasetti Group.

The judges’ decisions were based upon on the following project criteria:

• Solutions to challenges

• Project management

• Construction innovation

• Client service

• Safety

Projects were eligible for the following awards:

• Best of 2010 Judges Award in Construction or Design - the best overall project from all entries

• Project of the Year by category

• Awards of Merit

In the pages at left, each winning project is recognized with a brief project description and photo. Congratulations to all the winners.