ENR Mountain States is pleased to announce the winners of its 2016 Best Projects competition across the nine-state region, which includes Utah, Idaho, Montana, Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota.

A panel of 12 judges from all areas of the industry—architects, GCs, green consultants, virtual designers and engineers—selected winners in each of categories. The judges also selected a number of merit winners and awarded ties in some categories.


This is our 16th year for the project awards, which are detailed below. In addition to the awards listed, we will present safety awards to several deserving projects, and one project in each area (Intermountain and Colorado/Plain States) will win top honors as the Project of the Year, along with some judges’ special recognitions. Those winners will be announced soon, so stay tuned.

The awards are split into two areas (Intermountain and Colorado/Wyoming & Plains States), to correspond with their respective awards events. They are listed by region below.

Projects will be covered in more detail in the October issue of ENR Mountain States, and the winners honored at two breakfast awards events in the last week of October: Salt Lake City on Oct. 25 and Denver on Oct. 27. (See details about those here on our website).

If you have questions, please e-mail me (Mark Shaw, Editor-in-Chief, ENR Mountain States) at shawm@enr.com.

Congratulations to the winners!
 

2016 Intermountain Best Projects Winners
(for projects located in Utah, Idaho and Montana)

Airports/Transit
No entries

Cultural/Worship

• Winner (tie): Kaysville Branch Library, Kaysville, Utah
• Winner (tie): Uintah County Conference Center, Vernal, Utah
• No merit award

Energy/Industrial

• Winner: Crude Unit #2, Great Falls, Mont.
• Merit: BYU Idaho Central Energy Facility, Rexburg, Idaho

Government/Public Buildings

• Winner: Ogden 2nd District Juvenile Courthouse, Ogden, Utah
• Merit: Carbon County Courts and Administration Building, Price, Utah

Green Project
No entries

Health Care

• Winner: Intermountain Cottonwood Medical Clinic, Murray, Utah
• No merit award

Higher Education/Research

• Winner (tie): USU Eastern Central Instructional Building, Price, Utah
• Winner (tie): Weber State University Tracy Hall Science Center
• Merit (tie): Southwest Applied Technology College Health and Technology Building, Cedar City, Utah
• Merit (tie): University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, Salt Lake City

Highways/Bridges

• Winner: SR-154 at Redwood Road; Interchange Design-Build, Bluffdale, Utah
• Merit: Ephraim to Pigeon Hollow, Ephraim, Utah

Interiors/Tenant Improvement

• Winner: Traeger Wood Fired Grills Corporate Office, Salt Lake City
• Merit: Energy Solutions Corporate Offices, Salt Lake City

K-12 Education

• Winner: Hillcrest Jr. High School Replacement. Murray, Utah
• Merit: Mount Jordan Middle School, Sandy, Utah

Landscape/Urban Development

• Winner: University of Utah Business Loop Parking Structure, Salt Lake City
• No merit award

Manufacturing

• Winner: Cabela's Distribution Center, Toole, Utah
• Merit: Overhead Door of Bountiful Office & Warehouse, Woods Cross, Utah

Office/Retail/Mixed-Use

• Winner: W. W. Clyde Corporate Office, Orem, Utah
• Merit: University Place Office Building, Orem, Utah

Renovation/Restoration

• Winner: Provo City Center Temple, Provo, Utah
• Merit: High Star Ranch DeJoria Center, Kamas, Utah

Residential/Hospitality

• Winner: La Pointe Student Housing, Boise
• Merit: The Road Home Midvale Shelter, Midvale, Utah

Small Project (Under $10 Million)

• Winner: Marmalade Branch Library, Salt Lake City
• Merit (tie): Neuroworx Medical Office Building, Sandy, Utah
• Merit (tie): Edgecreek, Orem, Utah

Specialty Contracting

• Winner: The Summit at Snowbird Ski & Summer Resort, Snowbird, Utah
• No merit award

Sports/Entertainment

• Winner: Ski Jumps at Utah Olympic Park, Park City, Utah
• Merit: Utah State University Aggie Recreation Center, Logan, Utah

Water/Environment

• Winner: North Davis Biosolids Process Expansion Project, Syracuse, Utah
• No merit award

2016 Colorado/Wyoming & Plains States Best Projects Winners
(projects located in Colo., Wyoming, Kansas, Nebraska and the Dakotas)

Airports/Transit

• Winner: Denver International Airport Hotel and Transit Center, Denver
• Merit: Denver International Airport Gate Apron Rehabilitation and Drainage Improvements, Denver

Cultural/Worship
No entries

Energy/Industrial

• Winner: BNSF Bradshaw to Aurora Capacity Improvement Project, Aurora, Neb.
• Merit: Riverton Unit 12 Combined Cycle Power Plant, Riverton, Kan.

Government/Public Buildings

• Winner: City of Aurora's Public Safety Training Center (CAPSTC), Aurora, Colo.
• Merit: Afton Readiness Center, Afton, Wyo.

Green Project

• Winner: Rocky Mountain Institute Innovation Center, Basalt, Colo.
• Merit: South Wing of the St. Vrain Community Hub, Longmont, Colo.

Health Care

• Winner: Mental Health Center of Denver Dahlia Campus for Health and Well-Being, Denver
• Merit: Pioneers Medical Center, Meeker, Colo.

Higher Education/Research

• Winner: University of Kansas Capitol Federal Hall, Lawrence, Kan.
• Merit: U.S. Air Force Academy Center for Character & Leadership Development, Colorado Springs

Highways/Bridges

• Winner: CDOT Twin Tunnels Expansion Program CM/GC, Idaho Springs, Colo.
• Merit (tie): CDOT US 6 Bridges Design-Build, Denver
• Merit (tie): US 36 Express Lanes, Boulder to Denver

Interiors/Tenant Improvement

• Winner: Matsuhisa, Denver
• Merit: Restoration Hardware Tenant Improvements, Denver

K-12 Education

• Winner (tie): Northfield High School at Paul Sandoval Campus, Denver
• Winner (tie): DPS East Quad Campus, Denver
• No merit award

Landscape/Urban Development

• Winner: Philip S. Miller Park Phase II, Castle Rock, Colo.
• No merit award

Manufacturing

• Winner: Value Plastics, Loveland, Colo.
• Merit: Woodward Industrial Turbomachinery Systems, Fort Collins, Colo.

Office/Retail/Mixed-Use

• Winner: Terumo BCT, Lakewood, Colo.
• Merit: FirstBank Headquarters Office Building and Parking Garage, Lakewood, Colo.

Renovation/Restoration

• Winner: Johnson & Wales University Centennial Hall, Denver
• Merit: Gensler Denver, Denver

Residential/Hospitality

• Winner (tie): The ART, a Hotel, Denver
• Winner (tie): Platform at Union Station, Denver
• Merit: MOTO, Denver

Small Project (Under $10 Million)

• Winner (tie): Sunset Street Bridge, Longmont, Colo.
• Winner (tie): Denver Place Lobby Renovation, Denver
• Merit: Ken Caryl Ranch Metro District Community Center Remodel, Littleton, Colo.

Specialty Contracting

• Winner (tie): Eisenhower/Johnson Memorial Tunnels Fixed Fire Suppression System, I-70, Western Colorado
• Winner (tie): SH 133 Paonia Reservoir Rockfall Mitigation, Somerset, Colo.
• Merit: University of Colorado Athletic Complex, Boulder, Colo.

Sports/Entertainment

• Winner (tie): Kansas State University, Vanier Family Football Complex, Manhattan, Kan.
• Winner (tie): University of Colorado Athletics Complex, Boulder, Colo.
• No merit award

Water/Environment

• Winner: Southern Delivery System Program, Colorado Springs
• Merit: Clifton Water District Microfiltration/Ultrafiltration Water Treatment Plant, Clifton, Colo.
   

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