The 20 projects recognized in 2022 are the result of a nearly yearlong effort by ENR editors and roughly 100 construction industry members who judged contest entries at various stages.
The almost century-old seawall lining the banks of the Hudson River along its path through Troy, N.Y., was in need of repair after sustaining damage during Hurricane Irene.
Built to serve foster and community children and at-risk families in Chicago’s Roosevelt Square area, this 11,000-sq-ft community center was completed in just 13 months.
The first large-scale prefabricated and multimodular Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) manufacturing facility built in the nation also helps the National Cancer Institute produce an experimental therapy.
For GoodRx, an app-based health care company increasing access to affordable prescriptions, the goal was to bring a “homey” feel to its new 76,000-sq-ft headquarters building.
The abandoned former Cook County Hospital building was a wreck. “The term ‘fully depreciated’ was an understatement,” says Kenneth Johnston, senior project manager with Walsh Construction.
Constructing a cruise terminal at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic was a surreal experience for the project team, but pandemic disruptions did not derail work on the Norwegian Cruise Line Terminal B, now a soaring landmark at the Port of Miami that can handle cruise ships carrying up to 5,000 passengers.
The Brent Spence Bridge carries interstates 71 and 75 across the Ohio River between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Covington, Ky.
Tasked with rebuilding a historic Tampa elementary school that was nearly destroyed in 2017 by the one-two punch of Hurricane Irma and ensuing fire, contractor JE Dunn Construction Co. and architect Fleishman Garcia began a painstaking effort to revive the early 1900s-era brick building into a modern facility.
When the University of Texas at Dallas wanted to consolidate its physics and space sciences departments into a single facility, it took the opportunity to build a signature gateway building to the campus.
The team working on this Chicago riverfront tower faced a variety of constraints, from the narrow trapezoidal site to historic preservation requirements and a city-mandated public walkway.
The 125,000-sq-ft First Americans Museum is both a cultural center and museum that pays tribute to the history of Native American tribes and their connection to Oklahoma.
The construction of the $96-million, 115,000-sq-ft, LEED Gold-certified athletics and educational community college facility in Redwood, Calif., would test Blach Construction’s safety program in unique ways.
The $1.4-billion expansion of a Phillips 66 natural gas liquids complex in Sweeny, Texas, was “the best example of teamwork I have seen in my 30-plus year career,” says John Parker, senior vice president of construction at project design-builder S&B Engineers and Constructors.
Completion of Atlanta’s $321.3-million, five-year project in late 2020 to expand its strained regional water supply comes as conditions may be worsening.
Something fishy is happening among the salmon that spawn in the rivers and streams that flow through Puget Sound.
The US Dept. of Veterans Affairs facility is the first agency project to include private money for construction while also using funding from available VA appropriations.
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building’s roof, designed to resemble the billowing clouds of Texas—and including 23 separate structures—proved to be this museum project’s biggest challenge.
The 1.75-million-sq-ft, 65,000-seat domed Allegiant Stadium—home to the NFL’s Las Vegas Raiders—features one of the largest cable net roofing structures in North America, and the first to be constructed in the U.S.
Little Island Park turned a former pier into a 2.4-acre public space over the Hudson River that includes 132 giant concrete pots planted with full sized trees that connect via walkways to each other and to an outdoor performance venue.
There’s a lot we can learn from this year’s Newsmakers, chosen by the editors of ENR. One led the construction of hospitals in Haiti; another built a bridge to connect Turkey’s two-continent expanse.
Mike Williams loves it when a plan comes together, especially on megaprojects such as the new $4.5-billion Salt Lake City International Airport.
Ex-investment banker took a risk in 2019 on $500M Long Ridge project, betting that tech sector customers and others will embrace the new fuel as a draw to locate in a struggling Ohio region; as the energy transition unfolds, he says the gamble is set to pay off.
In 2004, as a 16-year veteran in the mental health field, clinical psychologist Sally Spencer-Thomas thought she knew a lot about how the mind works.
With thousands of Afghan evacuees arriving in the U.S. daily in late August as part of Operation Allies Welcome, the federal government was faced with several major logistical questions.
Whether campaigning for President Obama or supporting stem cell research, Bob Clark, founder and executive chairman of contractor Clayco has never shied away from speaking his mind.
When Khaled Naja was a kid, his favorite toys were Legos—but he didn’t like following instructions on how to use them.
When the clock struck midnight, ringing in New Year’s Day 2022, it signaled a heartrending moment for Harold Mitchell Jr.—the anniversary of his father’s death from lymphoma.