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Meet the Judges: Best of the Best Projects 2011 Awards
The fourth annual Best of the Best Projects Awards recognize outstanding projects completed in 2011. The projects honored here were chosen from more than 730 entries received by regional juried competitions overseen by our regional editors. From the preliminary round, 119 contenders moved on to Engineering News-Record’s Best of the Best Projects 2011 Awards competition to be reviewed by the panel of 17 industry veterans from all across the U.S. and all walks of construction and design. The panel scored each project on criteria such as innovation, community contribution, teamwork, safety and design and construction excellence, and then discussed the
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Winners Attend ENR California's Best Projects Event in SF
ENR California wants to take this opportunity to thank the audience participants at last month’s Best Projects event at the Mission Bay Conference Center at the University of California, San Francisco. With the geographic scope widening last year to the Northwest, Alaska and Hawaii, the audience included AEC professionals from Oregon, Washington and Honolulu.There were 15 Best Projects in 2011 and 19 Awards of Merit.Photographer Tustin Ellison (www.tustinpix.com) captured some of the winners with their awards, so take a moment to see who attended to support their winning projects. See you in December!
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Winners Attend ENR California's Best Projects Event in SF
Best Renovation/Restoration Project: San Bernardino County Courthouse Renovation Photo by Tustin Ellison
Winners Attend ENR California's Best Projects Event in SF
Government/Public Building Award of Merit: South Correctional Entity (SCORE) Jail Photo by Tustin Ellison
Winners Attend ENR California's Best Projects Event in SF
Best Overall Project and Best Higher Education/Research Project: Kravis Center at Claremont McKenna College Photo by Tustin Ellison
Winners Attend ENR California's Best Projects Event in SF
Health Care Award of Merit: John Muir Medical Center Patient Care Tower Photo by Tustin Ellison
Winners Attend ENR California's Best Projects Event in SF
Best Cultural Project: USS Arizona Memorial Visitor Center Replacement Photo by Tustin Ellison
Winners Attend ENR California's Best Projects Event in SF
Best K-12 Education Project: Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools Photo by Tustin Ellison
Winners Attend ENR California's Best Projects Event in SF
Best Health Care Project: Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa Hospital Campus Expansion Photo by Tustin Ellison
Winners Attend ENR California's Best Projects Event in SF
Best Transportation Project: Harbor Drive Pedestrian Bridge Photo by Tustin Ellison
Winners Attend ENR California's Best Projects Event in SF
Cultural Award of Merit: Vancouver Community Library Photo by Tustin Ellison
Winners Attend ENR California's Best Projects Event in SF
Best Green Building Project: Facebook Data Center Photo by Tustin Ellison
Winners Attend ENR California's Best Projects Event in SF
Transportation Award of Merit: Long Beach Transit Mall Photo by Tustin Ellison
Winners Attend ENR California's Best Projects Event in SF
Higher Education Research Award of Merit: California State University, Northridge, Valley Performing Arts Center Photo by Tustin Ellison
Winners Attend ENR California's Best Projects Event in SF
K-12 Education Award of Merit: South Region Elementary School No. 2 Photo by Tustin Ellison
Winners Attend ENR California's Best Projects Event in SF
Best Office Project: California ISO Iron Point Facility Photo by Tustin Ellison
Winners Attend ENR California's Best Projects Event in SF
Best Civil/Public Works Project: Big Tujunga Dam Seismic Retrofit Photo by Tustin Ellison
Winners Attend ENR California's Best Projects Event in SF
Higher Education/Research Award of Merit: University of California, San Francisco Ray and Dagmar Dolby Regeneration Medicine Building Photo by Tustin Ellison
Winners Attend ENR California's Best Projects Event in SF
Best Landscape/Hardscape/Urban Development Project: Wilmington Waterfront Park Photo by Tustin Ellison
Winners Attend ENR California's Best Projects Event in SF
Higher Education/Research Award of Merit: City College of San Francisco Multi-Use Building Photo by Tustin Ellison
Winners Attend ENR California's Best Projects Event in SF
Specialty Contracting Award of Merit: Kaiser La Mesa Solar Photo by Tustin Ellison
Winners Attend ENR California's Best Projects Event in SF
Green Building Award of Merit: NASA Ames Research Center Sustainability Base Photo by Tustin Ellison
Winners Attend ENR California's Best Projects Event in SF
Best Interior Design/Tenant Improvement: Public Policy Institute of California, San Francisco Photo by Tustin Ellison
Winners Attend ENR California's Best Projects Event in SF
Best Government/Public Building Project: State of California Central Utility Plant Photo by Tustin Ellison
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ENR Announces 2011 Best of the Best Project Winners Nationwide
《工程新闻记录》宣布获胜者of its fourth annual “Best of the Best Projects” Awards for 2011, a national competition that recognizes design and construction excellence based on regional winners of ENR’s seven regional publications’ Best Projects of 2011 Awards. Related Links: Montage Deer Valley Brings New Level of Luxury Resort to Park City Boulder's Casey Middle School Designed for LEED Platinum Performance “One of the judges called me personally to tell me how impressed he was with the entries,” said Janice L. Tuchman, ENR editor-in-chief. “I was delighted to tell him that I agree completely. We are proud
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ENR Announces Best of the Best Projects 2011 Awards
《工程新闻记录》宣布获胜者of its fourth annual Best of the Best Projects Awards, a national competition that recognizes design and construction excellence based on regional winners of ENR's seven regional publications’ Best Projects 2011 Awards. Winners will be profiled in the Feb. 13 issue of ENR. “One of the judges called me personally to tell me how impressed he was with the entries,” said Janice L. Tuchman, ENR editor-in- chief. “I was delighted to tell him that I agree completely. We are proud to showcase such fine work.”Out of 119 regional Best Projects winners, an independent jury
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ENR Announces Best of the Best Projects 2011 Awards
blairs@enr.com (Scott Blair)
Two Midwest projects, the Helen DeVos Children's Hospital in Grand Rapids Mich., and BP Bright Lights, a Chicago-based office facility, are among the winners of Engineering News-Record's fourth-annual Best of the Best Projects Awards, a competition among 119 Best Projects winners awarded by ENR’s seven regional publications. Winners will be profiled in the Feb. 13, 2012 issue of ENR. Photo Courtesy of Lend Lease BP Bright Lights, Chicago, was named Best Interior Design/Tenant Improvement Project for 2011 An independent panel of design and construction professionals selected 18 winners in categories ranging from green building to transportation. Projects were judged on
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ENR California Unveils Best Projects' Award of Merit Winners
这一年# 8217;最好的项目竞争萤火虫新利18备用网址ed 116 project submissions that resulted in 15 categorical winners along with 19 Award of Merit winners.
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Massive Remodel Meets Aggressive Schedule
Begun in June 2010 and completed in just six months, the LEED- Silver-targeted Denbury Resources headquarters building includes offices; a Tier 2 data center and server room with raised flooring; and an executive boardroom featuring a 2,000-lb jumbotron with six 40-in. LED monitors.
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MD Anderson Cancer Center Pickens Tower and Faculty Center
Miner-Dederick Construction completed 17 floors of tenant build-out including the president's floor, conference rooms, a fitness center, the Lantern Café and a distance learning center at MD Anderson Cancer Center Pickens Tower and Faculty Center.
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Methodist West Houston Hospital
The Houston office of Austin Commercial served as construction manager for the six-story Methodist West Houston Hospital, built along with a six-story, 170,000-sq-ft medical office building.
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New Orleans Floodwall Sets Record for Corps
The largest design-build civil works construction project in U.S. Army Corps of Engineers history, the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal Surge Barrier in New Orleans is designed to provide a robust and sustainable post-Katrina flood-protection system for the city and surrounding area.
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Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Church Renovations and Shrine Addition
Fretz Construction Co. expanded the Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Church campus with a limestone and stucco cloister, a courtyard with marble fountain, matching additions and renovations to the existing Parish Hall, an outdoor pavilion, a new education building and a focal-point outdoor shrine whose keystone incorporates stones from the original English shrine constructed in 1061.
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Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Church Renovations and Shrine Addition
Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Church Renovations and Shrine Addition
Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Church Renovations and Shrine Addition
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Project Team Serves Up Eco-Friendly Food Facility
When ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston decided to build a $156-million state-of-the-art plant for processing its sweet potato product line, the Omaha, Neb.-based company turned to long-time construction partner Fisher & Sons, Burlington, Wash., for design/build services.
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San Antonio International Airport, Terminal B
Clark/Byrne, a San Antonio-based joint venture, constructed a 225,000-sq-ft replacement terminal at the San Antonio International Airport.
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Scaffold Secures Success Of Capitol Dome Repairs
Critical to the success of the $3.5-million Texas State Capitol Dome & Roof Repairs & Repainting project, Betco Scaffolds, Austin, Texas, provided an intricate scaffold system under a $544,755 contract with Flintco, the Austin-based general contractor.
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Teams Keep Passengers Moving During Renovation
Delivered by the Houston office of SpawGlass in August 2010, this $61-million project comprised interior and exterior renovations to Terminal C at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston.
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Teamwork on Display at Houston Zoo Project
Houst有史以来最大的设施建设on Zoo—the $25-million African Forest Exhibit—was delivered by Gilbane Building Co., Houston, on time and on budget in June 2011.
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Teamwork on Display at Houston Zoo Project
PJA Architects, Seattle, served as lead designer. Photo courtesy Gilbane Building Co.
Teamwork on Display at Houston Zoo Project
The exhibit included 11 new structures. Photos courtesy of Gilbane Building Co.
Teamwork on Display at Houston Zoo Project
The project marked the construction of the largest facility ever built at the Houston Zoo. Photo courtesy Gilbane Building Co.
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Texas A&M University Agriculture Headquarters Building
Skanska USA Building, Houston, completed Texas A&M University's Agriculture Headquarters in College Station, Texas, a month ahead of schedule and on budget. The $49-million, BIM-facilitated project includes two structures: the five-story, 170,000-sq-ft Headquarters Building and a two-story, 12,500-sq-ft Visitors Center.
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Texas State Technical College University Center
Located at Texas State Technical College, on the former Harlingen Air Force Base, the two-story, 38,000-sq-ft University Center was completed on time and on budget in June 2011 by the Harlingen office of SpawGlass Contractors.
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Texas State Technical College University Center
Texas State Technical College University Center
Texas State Technical College University Center
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U.S. Custom House Tenant Improvements
Gibbs Construction, New Orleans, renovated and restored the U.S. Custom House in New Orleans, a National Historic Landmark and one of country's finest examples of Greek Revival architecture.
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Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:00:00 -0500//www.phoneitt.com/articles/12789-us-custom-house-tenant-improvements
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Ultra Electronics Showcases Transformation
Turning a dark tilt-wall, 76,800-sq-ft warehouse with 25-ft ceilings into Class A office space for Ultra Electronics of Austin, Texas, challenged the Austin, Texas, office of SpawMaxwell, a Balfour Beatty company.
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University of Texas at Dallas, Student Services Building
The first LEED-Platinum higher-education building in Texas, the $28-million, 74,343-sq-ft Student Services Building was delivered by Hill & Wilkinson, Richardson, Texas, in August 2010.
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A Meticulous Renovation For New Orleans Garrison
As a result of a levee breach, Hurricane Katrina damaged every building on the historic Jackson Barracks in New Orleans.
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Anderson-Alkek Center Faced Host of Challenges
The $239-million University of Texas MD Anderson Alkek project comprised a 12-story vertical expansion above the operating 12-story hospital and a new 24-story elevator tower.
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Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center
The $127-million Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center is a 467,000-sq-ft outpatient cancer-treatment facility connected by sky bridge to the inpatient areas of the Baylor University Medical Center campus and two parking garages.
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Botanical Research Institute Is a Flowering Achievement
The LEED-Platinum Botanical Research Institute of Texas is a 70,000-sq-ft, two-story building delivered by The Beck Group, Dallas, in May 2011 without lost-time accidents.
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Building Team Raises the Roof for MD Anderson Hospital Expansion
For the $239.3-million University of Texas MD Anderson Albert B. and Margaret M. Alkek expansion, McCarthy Building Cos. raised the roof—figuratively and literally.
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Dallas Chapel Brings to Life Johnson's Final Design
MD Anderson Albert B. and Margaret M. Alkek expansion added 12 floors atop the existing 12-story hospital. Photo Courtesy of McCarthy Building Cos.
Dallas Chapel Brings to Life Johnson's Final Design
设施包括一个观景台。场地的照片tesy of McCarthy Building Cos.
Dallas Chapel Brings to Life Johnson's Final Design
The design-build team maintained the iconic MD Anderson pink granite appearance but used a lighter glass-fiber reinforced concrete skin and curtain wall. Photo courtesy McCarthy Building Cos.
Dallas Chapel Brings to Life Johnson's Final Design
The 503,000-sq-ft expansion adds 240 new inpatient rooms. Photo courtesy McCarthy Building Cos.
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Chalmette Cultural Arts Center, Chalmette, La.
The Chalmette Cultural Arts Center is a 90,000-sq-ft, cast-in-place concrete addition to the Chalmette High School—and a source of community pride for Katrina-devastated St. Bernard Parish.
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Children's Hospital Puts A New Twist on the Tower
The Houston office of Tellepsen completed the $149-million Texas Children's Hospital Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute ahead of schedule and under budget in October 2010—the first center in the world dedicated to the research of children's neurological disorders.
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Dallas Chapel Brings to Life Johnson's Final Design
The Cathedral of Hope Interfaith Peace Chapel—where people of all faiths, or no faith, can gather to pray, meditate and meet—was the last work sketched by famed architect Phillip Johnson, who died in 2005.
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Dallas Chapel Brings to Life Johnson's Final Design
MD Anderson Albert B. and Margaret M. Alkek expansion added 12 floors atop the existing 12-story hospital. Photo Courtesy of McCarthy Building Cos.
Dallas Chapel Brings to Life Johnson's Final Design
设施包括一个观景台。场地的照片tesy of McCarthy Building Cos.
Dallas Chapel Brings to Life Johnson's Final Design
The design-build team maintained the iconic MD Anderson pink granite appearance but used a lighter glass-fiber reinforced concrete skin and curtain wall. Photo courtesy McCarthy Building Cos.
Dallas Chapel Brings to Life Johnson's Final Design
The 503,000-sq-ft expansion adds 240 new inpatient rooms. Photo courtesy McCarthy Building Cos.
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ENR Texas & Louisiana Best Projects Completed in the Past Year
In selecting ENR Texas & Louisiana's Best Projects of 2011, our independent jury found achievement in the face of adversity.
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