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2022 ENR Mountain States Best Projects: Projects Push Past Pandemic Threats

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This year’s winners showcase grit and creativity.

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ENR Mountain States Project of the Year: Pikes Peak Summit Visitor Center

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Project of the Year sets a new benchmark for high-altitude construction.

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Best Project, Sports/Entertainment: Ed Robson Arena and Yalich Student Services

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The 270,000-sq-ft multipurpose arena is designed to maximize the student-athlete experience and enhance Colorado College’s ability to recruit the nation’s top high school hockey talent.

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Best Project Health Care, Project of the Year Finalist: University of Utah NBICU Ronald McDonald Family Space

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Remodeling existing operational hospital space is a challenge for any team. This project transforms space within the University of Utah’s Women’s & Children’s Inpatient Nursing Services unit to provide a state-of-the-art newborn intensive care unit.

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How CMiC Helps Construction Teams Stay Ahead of Project Risk

CONSTRUCT™ by CMiC delivers structured project management built for the realities of construction. It brings together RFIs, submittals, drawings, and punch lists in a connected environment that prevents gaps in communication and documentation. Risk is managed in real time with issue tracking, automated compliance checks, and daily journals that surface hidden patterns.

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Best Sustainability, Award of Merit Safety, Award of Merit Water/Environment: South Adams County Water

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The 12 alluvial wells that supply the South Adams County Water and Sanitation District’s 66,000 customers produce severely hard water, requiring local homeowners to frequently replace plumbing and water heaters and purchase costly in-home softeners that release corrosive brine waste into the sewer.

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Best Project, Water/Environment: North Michigan Creek Dam Rehabilitation

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North Michigan Creek Reservoir and its surrounding facilities are among the main recreational attractions at State Forest State Park.

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Best Project Airport/Transit: Vineyard Commuter Rail

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The project added a new station to the existing FrontRunner commuter rail system, which shares a corridor with the Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) freight main line.

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Award of Merit Office/Retail/Mixed Use: Roy Innovation Center

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This project includes four of the five buildings planned for a campus that serves a defense contractor and its team working on the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) Program at Hill Air Force Base in northern Utah.

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Best Project, Specialty Construction: Pikes Peak Visitor Center

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The Pikes Peak Visitor Center matches the beauty of the surrounding environment while also providing new ways to understand and enjoy the great outdoors.

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The Constructor's Digital Transformation Playbook: Reducing Risk With Technology

Speaker: Dylan Secrest

Construction projects are high-stakes operations where even minor inefficiencies can lead to costly delays, safety concerns, and budget overruns. Managing risk in construction has always been a challenge, but as projects grow in complexity, traditional methods no longer cut it. Enter Digital Transformation - a game changer approach that replaces inefficiency with AI-powered analytics, real-time monitoring, and automated workflows to proactively manage risk.

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Award of Merit, Specialty Construction: Meow Wolf

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Numina is one of the signature spaces of the immersive Meow Wolf art center.

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Award of Merit Sports/Entertainment: Ken Garff Red Zone at Rice-Eccles Stadium

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Facing a stringent deadline to be ready for the first Utes football game of the 2021 season, the project team building this 6,000-seat addition to the stadium had to effectively manage a broad range of stakeholders to keep the project on track.

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Best Project Cultural/Worship: Pocatello Idaho Temple

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The construction of this three-story, 68,000-sq-ft temple serves as a prototype for new temples built by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and it included an owner challenge to the project team to reduce costs and schedule by 20%.

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Award of Merit Cultural/Worship: Granite Library

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Goals for this library included integrating collections from two older branches into an inviting, accessible and sustainable 21st-century facility that better meets the demands of its growing service area.

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Guide to Solving Labor, Equipment, and Materials Management Gaps

Specialty contractors operate in a high-pressure environment where labor, equipment, and materials must be managed with precision. Delays, misalignments, and compliance gaps can derail performance and cut into margins. This guide offers a structured approach to managing LEMs using integrated systems, predictive analytics, and transparent workflows. From reducing idle equipment time to maintaining compliance and tightening inventory control, every recommendation in this guide is built around impr

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Best Project Higher Ed/Research: Utah Tech University Science, Eng & Tech

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This 163,000-sq-ft building at the recently renamed Utah Tech University (formerly Dixie State) serves as a technical innovation hub for students and provides a talent pipeline to businesses in the Saint George area.

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Award of Merit Higher Ed/Research: Scott C Keller Building & Brandon D Fugal Gateway

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This 205,000-sq-ft, four-story building is the new home for the growing student population enrolled in Utah Valley University’s Woodbury School of Business.

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Best Project Govt/Public Building, Best Sustainability: Ivins City Hall

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This 15,000-sq-ft building is designed to be highly energy efficient and keep maintenance costs low.

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Best Project Interior/Tenant Improvement: MHTN Architects Office

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Knowing their current lease was up in 2021, MHTN Architects embarked on the design of its new studio in 2019. The space is in Salt Lake City’s historic 1923 Ford Motor Building, which was designed by acclaimed architect Albert Kahn.

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Avoiding Lease Accounting Pitfalls in 2025: Lessons Learned from Spreadsheet Errors

Speaker: Abdi Ali, Sr. Lease Accounting Consultant

Join this insightful webinar with industry expert Abdi Ali, who will discuss the challenges that can arise from managing lease accounting with spreadsheets! He will share real-world examples of errors, compliance issues, and risks that may be present within your spreadsheets. Learn how these tools, while useful, can sometimes lead to inefficiencies that affect your time, resources, and peace of mind.

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Award of Merit Interior/Tenant Improvement: Ivanti HQ

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Design for this 180,000-sq-ft workplace was completed for a single tenant in June 2020, but when the pandemic compelled the tenant to adopt a hybrid workplace, a more efficient and flexible design was adopted.

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Best Project Landscape/Urban Development, Project of the Year Finalist: Kathryn Albertson Park

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When local entrepreneur Joe Albertson gifted land to the city of Boise in 1979, his intent was for the city to create a park for people and wildlife.

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Award of Merit K-12, Award of Merit Safety: American Heritage HS

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This private school offers a curriculum focused on U.S. history and government.

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Award of Merit Landscape/Urban Development: Eaglepointe Landslide

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A 2014 landslide on a hill above a residential subdivision destroyed one home and required the evacuation of several others.

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How Top Construction Firms Reinvent Cost Control

Construction firms that rely on fixed budgets and outdated procurement methods are losing ground fast. This guide reveals how market leaders are managing financial risk by shifting to incremental budgeting, regional sourcing, and real-time cost tracking. Learn how to structure contracts with price protections, streamline procurement workflows with automation, and avoid labor cost increases with smarter workforce planning.

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Best Project Manufacturing: Cytiva Cleanroom Expansion

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Cytiva needed to expand its clean room capabilities to install additional and updated liquid pharmaceutical formulation and bottling equipment, which involved a new stand-alone structure on the Cytiva campus.

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Best Small Project: Davis County Clearfield Library

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This 14,000-sq-ft library conjoins media and technology with traditional book-loaning services to serve a diverse user demographic.

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Best Project Office/Retail/Mixed Use: 95 S. State

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This 515,000-sq-ft, Class A high-rise combines 23 floors of leasable office space with two floors of ecclesiastical space for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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Best Project Energy/Industrial: Clover Creek Substation

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This substation supports a 560-acre, $80-million solar farm built west of Mona Reservoir in rural Juab County, Utah. Generating 80 MW of energy, the facility replaces coal-fired power with low-cost solar power.

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Every Contractor Needs An Effective Website - Unlock the Key to Increased Leads

Grow Leads & Visibility! Contractors need more than word-of-mouth. A strong website boosts visibility, draws in leads, showcases skills, and enhances your credibility. Learn how a quality site, that is easy to manage, can set you apart from the competition, and help can take your construction business to the next level. Marketpath is a leading provider of high-quality website solutions tailored for contractors and the construction industry.

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Award of Merit Energy/Industrial: Clover Creek Solar Field

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The Clover Creek Solar Field features steel piles that support single-axis movable panels that are designed to follow the sun.

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Best Project Residential/Hospitality: Liberty Sky

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This 21-story apartment tower is Salt Lake City’s first high-rise apartment community and includes 278 apartments and five parking decks.

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Award of Merit Residential/Hospitality: The Hearth on Broad

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This eight-story, 222,000-sq-ft apartment community provides 161 homes and 5,000 sq ft of retail/restaurant space in the heart of downtown Boise.

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