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ENR's Top 25 Newsmakers - The construction industry is filled with amazing leadership—people with the passion, drive and courage to tackle the most difficult challenges and make our world a better place. At the end of every year since 1964, Engineering News-Record editors look through the stories that have appeared in ENR and select individuals for special recognition.
The Legacy Award is given annually by ENR regional editors to an individual in their regions who has achieved a lifetime legacy of service, both to the AEC profession and the community.
At ENR’s annual Award of Excellence, Top 25 Newsmakers and Best of the Best Projects ceremonies held in New York City April 13 and 14, two vital aspects of the construction industry were center stage: workforce safety and the need for public transportation infrastructure.
The 20 projects recognized here are the result of a nearly yearlong effort by ENR editors and roughly 100 construction industry members who judged contest entries at various stages.
In the cartography of human accomplishment, you’ll find ENR’s Top 25 Newsmakers in past years all over the map. I mean that literally and figuratively.
As varied as their backstories and accomplishments are, these 25 Newsmakers are united in their efforts to make the industry—and their communities—better places to live and work. Read their stories here and meet them in person at ENR’s Award of Excellence gala on April 13 at Pier 60 in New York City.
The sudden collapse of Pittsburgh’s Fern Hollow Bridge early on Jan. 28, 2022, gained national attention, occurring the same day as a pre-planned visit to the city by President Joe Biden and just weeks after Congress passed the $1.2-trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, in part to restore the safety and integrity of aging U.S. transportation systems.
Team player Kevin Antonelli went from bidder on Google’s Bay View Campus in Mountain View, Calif., in its first iteration a decade ago to later becoming the revamped project’s biggest cheerleader from the owner’s side, helping to successfully and safely complete its ultra-sustainable, complex structures.
Mario Rodriguez likes to talk about the word “sawubona”—the Zulu greeting that translates to “I see you.” Engineers, he asserts, just want to be seen for the good work they do.
The ENR Regional Best Projects Awards are a series of special events to celebrate and honor the building teams that created the best projects of the past year. The regional Firms of the Year and Legacy Award winners are also recognized.
The ENR Regional Best Projects Awards are a series of special events to celebrate and honor the building teams that created the best projects of the past year. The regional Firms of the Year and Legacy Award winners are also recognized.
The ENR Regional Best Projects Awards are a series of special events to celebrate and honor the building teams that created the best projects of the past year. The regional Firms of the Year and Legacy Award winners are also recognized.
The ENR Regional Best Projects Awards are a series of special events to celebrate and honor the building teams that created the best projects of the past year. The regional Firms of the Year and Legacy Award winners are also recognized.
The ENR Regional Best Projects Awards are a series of special events to celebrate and honor the building teams that created the best projects of the past year. The regional Firms of the Year and Legacy Award winners are also recognized.
The ENR Regional Best Projects Awards are a series of special events to celebrate and honor the building teams that created the best projects of the past year. The regional Firms of the Year and Legacy Award winners are also recognized.
The ENR Regional Best Projects Awards are a series of special events to celebrate and honor the building teams that created the best projects of the past year. The regional Firms of the Year and Legacy Award winners are also recognized.
The ENR Regional Best Projects Awards are a series of special events to celebrate and honor the building teams that created the best projects of the past year. The regional Firms of the Year and Legacy Award winners are also recognized.
The ENR Regional Best Projects Awards are a series of special events to celebrate and honor the building teams that created the best projects of the past year. The regional Firms of the Year and Legacy Award winners are also recognized.
The ENR Regional Best Projects Awards are a series of special events to celebrate and honor the building teams that created the best projects of the past year. The regional Firms of the Year and Legacy Award winners are also recognized.