Navigating unexpected karst formations and other challenges, crews are upgrading two critical intersections in Austin.

Among the challenges the project team faced were unprecedented flood threat and maintaining critical functions during construction.

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ENR Texas & Louisiana Best Projects competition represented work completed over the past year in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Texas. Judges ultimately selected 34 projects across 18 categories, including 17 Best Projects and 17 awards of merit.

Tulsa’s idiosyncratic new Gathering Place incorporates a variety of uses to provide a unifying place for the city’s diverse population.

An innovative plan for erecting structural steel improved safety, quality and scheduling on the Ellington Airport Air Traffic Control Tower and Utility Building project in Houston.

Laser-scan mapping technology and the prefabrication of a massive gold dome allowed the project team on the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral expansion to preserve the structure’s historic facades while introducing a stunning new focal point.

The team behind the $113-million Frost Tower project faced the task of constructing San Antonio’s first office high-rise in nearly three decades, bringing a 21st-century addition to the city’s skyline.

Unconventional sequencing and green building practices helped the team on the $61-million Andrews Distribution project construct a facility that would consolidate multiple Fort Worth locations and meet environmental standards.

The new replacement campus for Houston’s High School for the Performing and Visual Arts is a five-story, 168,000-sq-ft state-of-the-art facility that will accommodate 750 students specializing in theater, writing, music, visual arts and dance.