ENR Mountain States previously announced the region’s 2023 Best Projects award winners and the Safety and Sustainability winners (see my editor’s blogs here and here). After tabulating final results and polling our judges, we are pleased to announce the finalists for Project of the Year in both the Intermountain area (Utah, Idaho and Montana) and Colorado, Wyoming and the Dakotas.  

The voting for Project of the Year candidates was close again this year, but a handful of projects emerged as front runners. The winners of this prestigious award will be announced at our Best Projects award ceremonies the first week in December and featured in the Nov. 27 issue of ENR Mountain States.

All winning project teams — as well as our Owner of the Year, Design Firm of the Year, Contractor of the Year, Specialty Contractor of the Year and Legacy Award winner — will be celebrated in Salt Lake City on Dec. 6 at the Marriott Downtown at City Creek and in Denver on Dec. 8 at the Embassy Suites Hotel Denver Downtown Convention Center. 

This year’s Mountain States judging team included:

  • Tara Bettale, HDR
  • Matt Betts, JE Dunn Construction
  • Jeremy Bringard, CRSA
  • Megan (Burke) Boutin, Tryba Architects
  • Matt Cecere, 4240 Architecture
  • Dennis Cigana, Jacobsen Construction
  • Becky Hawkins, Method Studio
  • Kristopher Kreymborg, JHL Constructors
  • Adam Mercer, RS&H
  • Daniel Milinazzo, Hensel Phelps Construction
  • Matt Ogle, JE Dunn Construction
  • Will Peterson, AECOM
  • John Rehring, Carollo Engineers
  • Courtney Tucker, GH Phipps
  • Rick Zellen, Zurich North America

Here are the finalists in alphabetical order.

Colorado/Wyoming/Dakotas Project of the Year Finalists

Chasing Rabbits
 Vail, Colo.
 Submitted by PCL Construction 

This project won first place in the Renovation/Restoration category.

Colorado State University Spur Campus at the National Western Center
 Denver
 Submitted by JE Dunn Construction 

This project won first place in the Higher Education/Research category.

Electric Pass Lodge
 Snowmass Village, Colo.
 Submitted by Haselden Construction 

This project won first place in the Residential/Hospitality category and first place for sustainability.


Intermountain Project of the Year Finalists
(for projects in Utah, Idaho and Montana)

Brighton High School
 Cottonwood Heights, Utah
 Submitted by Hogan & Associates Construction & MHTN Architects

This project won first place in the K-12 Education category and earned a merit award for safety.

Primary Children’s Hospital
 Salt Lake City
 Submitted by Jacobsen Construction Co.

This project won first place in the Health Care category.

The West Quarter (Phase 1)
 Salt Lake City
 Submitted by Jacobsen Construction Co.

This project won first place in the Residential/Hospitality category and first place for safety.

Congratulations to the 2023 Project of the Year finalists!