The 2017 Best Projects awards in the Mountain States featured 106 entries, the most in the competition’s 10-year history, and it was led by more public-sector work than in years past. Projects were judged on design and construction quality, contribution to the community and the industry and how they overcame unusual challenges through teamwork and innovation.
To be eligible, projects had to be in any of the seven states comprising the Mountain States region: Utah, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado and North Dakota and South Dakota. Projects with a construction-related fatality on the jobsite were not allowed to enter.
This year’s Best Projects judges were: Rachel Attebery, business technology analyst, Black & Veatch; Lindsay Auble, former process engineer for AECOM; Rhiannon Cooper, senior construction engineer, AECOM; David Koel, design principal, CTA Architects Engineers; Jered Minter, principal and partner, Bennett Wagner & Grody; Derek Oliver, vice president, Haselden Construction; Tricia Pilny, business development, R&O Construction; Brit Probst, principal, Davis Partnership Architects; and Joanna Slominski, construction executive, Mortenson.
所有2017年安全奖法官都是往年小组的退伍军人:前哨安全顾问校长John Hymel;JE Dunn Construction安全总监Matt Ogle;蒂姆·巴茨(Tim Batz),风险控制团队负责人,IMA Inc。;苏黎世北美的高级风险工程师里克·泽伦(Rick Zellen)。
In addition to the category winners, judges chose by consensus one project from the Colorado side and one from the Intermountain area to stand as the Projects of the Year—entries that clearly outdistanced other winners. This year, those honors went to the Sanford Medical Center in Fargo, the first-ever big winner from North Dakota, and the Beverley Taylor Sorenson Center for the Arts in Cedar City, Utah.
Other Project of the Year finalists, honored herein as Judges’ Special Recognitions, included, on the Colorado side: Pioneer Crossing Restaurant on Peak 7, Breckenridge, Colo., and the Polsinelli office tenant improvement, Denver. For the Intermountain area, they were 111 Main, Salt Lake City, and Three Peaks Solar, Cedar City, Utah.
- IM Project of the Year, Cultural/Worship Best Project, Excellence in Safety Award of Merit: Beverley Taylor Sorenson Center for the Arts
- IM Best Project Excellence in Safety: City Center Plaza
- IM Airport/Transit Best Project: Hanksville Utah Airport Runway Reconstruction
- 我的文化/敬拜奖:爱达荷瀑布庙
- IM Energy/Industrial Best Project: Three Peaks Solar
- IM Energy/Industrial Award of Merit: Kihomac
- IM Government/Public Building Best Project: Provo Power
- IM Government/Public Building Award of Merit: Unified State Laboratory Module II
- IM Best Green Project: Ascent Office Building
- IM Green Project Award of Merit: Canyon Country Discovery Center
- IM Health Care Best Project: University of Utah Health Care Farmington Health Center
- IM Health Care Award of Merit (tie): Intermountain Healthcare Park City Hospital Outpatient Expansion & Third Floor Med/Surgical Unit Build
- IM Health Care Award of Merit (tie): Telos U.
- IM Highway/Bridge Best Project: Provo Westside Connector
- IM高速公路/优点奖:SR-132
- IM Interior/Tenant Improvement Best Project: Utah Cultural Celebration Center
- IM Interior/Tenant Improvement Award of Merit: Jet.com
- IM K-12 Education Best Project: Skyridge High School
- IM K-12教育奖优点:Ridgevue高中
- IM Landscape/Urban Development Best Project: Wardle Fields Regional Park
- IM Landscape/Urban Development Award of Merit: Moab Giants Dionsaur Park
- 我办公室/零售/混合用途开发lopment Best Project: 111 Main
- 我办公室/零售/混合用途开发lopment Award of Merit: Entrata Corporate Headquarters
- IM Renovation/Restoration Best Project: Joseph Smith Memorial Building Exterior Renovation
- IM Renovation/Restoration Award of Merit: OC Tanner Corporate Headquarters
- IM Residential/Hospitality Best Project: Stein Eriksen Residences
- IM Residential/Hospitality Award of Merit, Excellence in Safety Award of Merit: Inn at 500
- IM Small Project (Under $10 Million) Best Project: Utah Valley 911 Dispatch Center
- IM Small Project (Under $10 Million) Award of Merit: VOA Youth Resource Center
- IM Sports/Entertainment Best Project: University of Utah Ski House
- IM Sports/Entertainment Award of Merit Utah State University: Maverik Stadium Westside Renovation
- IM Water/Environment Best Project: Basin Creek Water Treatment and Ancillary Facilities
- Colorado Project of the Year, Health Care Best Project, Excellence in Safety Award of Merit: Sanford Medical Center
- Colorado Airport/Transit Best Project: DEN Gate Apron Project
- Colorado Cultural/Worship Best Project: Our Lady of Loreto St. Joseph Ministry Center
- 科罗拉多州的文化/崇拜奖:Silverthorne表演艺术中心
- 科罗拉多州政府/公共建筑最佳项目:Auraria图书馆翻新
- Colorado Government/Public Building Award of Merit: DEN Fire Station #35
- Colorado Best Green Project: Block 32 Utilities Administration Building
- 科罗拉多州绿色项目奖项:科罗拉多州健康基金会总部
- Colorado Health Care Award of Merit: HCA Swedish Medical Center Neuro Expansion and Renovation
- Colorado Higher Education/Research Best Project, Excellence in Safety Best Project: University of Wyoming High Bay Research Facility
- 科罗拉多州高等教育/优点研究奖:丹佛大学工程与计算机科学学院
- Colorado Highway/Bridge Best Project: I-25 & Fillmore Street Diverging Diamond Interchange
- Colorado Interior/Tenant Improvement Best Project: Polsinelli Tenant Improvement
- Colorado Interior/Tenant Improvement Award of Merit: Front Range Community College Westminster Campus Renovations
- Colorado K-12 Education Best Project: Graland Country Day School - Corkins Center
- Colorado K-12 Education Award of Merit: Roots Charter Elementary School
- Colorado Landscape/Urban Development Best Project: Red Rocks Park & Amphitheater Stormwater Detention & Upper Parking Lot Improvements CM/GC
- Colorado Manufacturing Best Project: PESCO Operations and Technology Center
- Colorado Manufacturing Award of Merit: Broadcom Limited Expansion and Renovation
- Colorado Office/Retail/Mixed-Use Development Best Project: Inova Office Building 1
- Colorado Office/Retail/Mixed-Use Development Award of Merit: Union Tower West
- Colorado Renovation/Restoration Best Project: ELEMENTS Discovery Center
- Colorado Renovation/Restoration Award of Merit: Vail Fire Station #1 Renovation
- Colorado Residential/Hospitality Best Project: Pioneer Crossing Restaurant on Peak 7
- Colorado Residential/Hospitality Award of Merit: Dairy Block Development & The Maven Hotel
- Colorado Small Project (Under $10 Million) Best Project: Blue Moon RiNo Brewery and Restaurant
- Colorado Small Project (Under $10 Million) Award of Merit: Poudre Valley Hospital NICU Renovation
- Colorado Specialty Construction Best Project: The Industrial Company - Training Center
- Colorado Specialty Construction Award of Merit: Blue River Restoration
- Colorado Sports/Entertainment Best Project: Pepsi Center Club Lexus and Storage Annex
- Colorado Water/Environment Best Project: City of Westminster Pump Stations Improvements Project
- Colorado Water/Environment Award of Merit: Nitrogen Upgrades Project