ENR Northwest Best Projects honorees tackled a wide range of challenges
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To minimize disruption of the Columbia-Snake River navigation system, the gate replacement at the Dalles Dam Navigation Lock was completed in the depths of an Oregon winter.
Chester Morse Lake in the Cascade Mountains is the major reservoir for Seattle’s water system, providing the region with more than two-thirds of its drinking water.
The Cowlitz Indian Tribe’s $196-million reservation development is actually three projects in one.
Each step in industrial papermaking presents its own hazards, from headbox to press to dryer to winder.
Like its namesake passenger ferry that operated on Puget Sound well over a century ago, the Cyrene apartment building runs on steam.
The renovation of Denny Hall, the oldest building on the University of Washington’s Seattle campus, restored the 1890s grandeur of heavy timber and stone while modernizing building systems.
The modernization of historic Washington Hall preserved more than the original brick, plaster and wood finishes.
As a modern office building on a historic square in Seattle, the Weyerhaeuser headquarters at 200 Occidental Ave. combines the old with the new.
Infomart’s data-center expansion for its tenant LinkedIn is its most technologically advanced with a server cooling system that uses both water and Oregon’s mild climate.
Desert Hills Middle School became more than a single construction project; the 110,000-sq-ft building on a 28-acre campus is now a prototype school design for the district.
Faced with site constraints and costs soaring more than 40% over budget, the team building the Tahoma High School and Regional Learning Center in Maple Valley, Wash., knew it was time to hit the books.
The renovation of three Microsoft buildings over seven months included interior demolition and renovation to support the company’s evolving workforce.
The natural materials used in Stoel Rives’ new Portland headquarters pay tribute to the law firm’s original timber company client base.
Challenges began on Day 1 for the vertical expansion of the Kadlec Regional Medical Center in Richland, Wash., which included construction of four stories on top of the six-story active hospital.
The design and construction of the CHI Franciscan Medical Pavilion-Highline placed a high value on efficiency and flexibility, both for project teams and the clinic’s patients and staff.
By linking its water utility and power station to a heat exchanger system, the city of Anchorage is addressing multiple environmental problems at once.
The rapid completion of natural gas-fired power plant Carty Unit 1 was the result of teamwork and detailed planning.
Timing is everything for most projects. But that was especially true for a building designed to house the artifacts of a century-old museum, which ran into trouble early on.
Juneau’s remote seaside location and harsh environment posed construction challenges for the team building the Port of Juneau Cruise Ship Berths in the Gastineau Channel.
The remote fishing town of Chignik is only accessible by plane or boat, and without a new dock, its residents were in danger of losing their state ferry service.
As part of a $15-million flood-control effort, a former flood-prone brownfield on the 14-acre site of a razed shopping mall was remediated and turned into a park.
Cambridge, Mass., mixed-use project used Lean Construction principles to help finish 10-story building eight months ahead of schedule
The University of New Hampshire’s $25.3-million stadium renovation improved and increased the number of seats at the school’s multisport facility.
It took 17 months to complete a 3,000-sq-ft transit center with a dedicated busway that had been a city street—all the while maintaining access to an adjacent state building.
The team preserved historic elements of a 22-ft-long, 60-ft-wide Main Street bridge, built in 1921, and its surroundings, while it minimized shutting down portions of the center of Chester, Conn.