Instead of coming up on stage at the National Academy of Construction’s annual meeting in Boston this year, I joined 36 industry leaders on the group’s virtual stage on Oct. 29. 

The Egyptian government has long planned to settle more people and develop farmland in the sparsely populated and arid Sinai Peninsula.

Read more about which 30 projects in 21 countries were selected for recognition—based on their innovation, challenges overcome and worldwide collaboration—from a record number of entries.

A team from throughout Australia, Europe, Asia and South Africa collaborated to deliver unprecedented levels of mobility and transit-oriented development for Sydney via the new 36-km Sydney Metro Northwest.

ENR Global Best Projects 2020: Colón, Panama urban renewal is Project of the Year and Best Renovation/Restoration

To bring Egypt’s largest desalinization plant from concept to commissioning in just 30 months, the project team was challenged to coordinate and synchronize shipments of construction materials and advanced water-treatment equipment from a worldwide network of suppliers.

Constructed more than a century ago, the 140,000-km irrigation system that serves thousands of farms in this rainfall-scarce province was plagued by leaks, poor flow regulation and sediment build-up.

Metro Line 2 provides much-needed rapid transit access to the half-million residents of Panama City’s east side.

As many as 15 million passengers will travel through this rapid transit station that connects downtown Beijing to the Universal Beijing Resort set to open in 2021.