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Best Value / LEAN Construction and LEAN Production are NOT the Same

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Best Value / LEAN Construction and LEAN Production are not the same. Best value / Lean construction is an integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery process that uses robust workflows, a common data environment, and collaborative teams to increase productivity, profits, and innovation in the industry. The terms “Best Value” and “LEAN” can be used interchangeably.

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Best Higher Education/Research: Bates Technical College Center for Allied Health Education

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This state-of-the-art educational building offers students modern facilities to support their education.

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Best Office/Retail/Mixed-Use: PAE Living Building

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This PAE Living Building is a dynamic structure designed and built with the goal of not just doing less harm to the environment but making a positive contribution to it.

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Northwest Project of the Year: Seattle’s $1.15-Billion Symbol of Sustainability

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The construction team battled the COVID-19 pandemic, structural challenges and material delays to deliver a net-zero carbon certified sports arena.

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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Construction firms that rely on fixed budgets and outdated procurement methods are losing ground fast.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 Airport/ Transit: North Satellite Modernization Project

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The North Satellite Modernization Project (NSAT) renovated and greatly expanded an existing airport facility while increasing the number of aircraft gates to 20 from 12.

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Project of the Year Finalist, Best Highway/Bridge: Kake Access Road

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The $34-million Kake Access Road project provides improved access to the remote Tongass National Forest on Kupreanof Island in southeast Alaska. The road also provides year-round surface transportation between the community of Kake and a new boat launch on the eastern shore of the island.

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Best Health Care: Legacy Emanuel West Expansion

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This 330,000-sq-ft expansion presented challenges in accommodating the existing hospital on the east side of the project.

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Best Energy/Industrial Project: The Juno Project

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The Juno Project is a commercial scale demonstration plant for a new recycling technology. Utilizing a proprietary process, Juno captures paper, fiber, nutrient rich water and metals from incoming municipal solid waste.

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Award of Merit – Higher Education/Research: Oregon State University-Cascades Edward J Ray Hall

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Utilizing mass timber construction, the 50,000-sq-ft building features glulam beams and columns with cross-laminated timber (CLT) floor panels.

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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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Best Interior/Tenant Improvement: 710 Holladay Renovation

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This renovation transformed a 70-year-old office building that had sat unoccupied for 12 years into a high-end core and shell for future tenants.

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Award of Merit – Interior/Tenant Improvement: Volkswagen Cloud Tenant Improvement

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This LEED Gold project transformed 36,000 sq-ft of a retail warehouse into a transparent workplace that combines contemporary amenities with the natural character of the Pacific Northwest.

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Best K-12 Education, Award of Merit – Excellence in Safety: Bush School - New Upper School Building

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The new Bush Upper School is a three-story, 20,000-sq-ft, ultra-efficient facility nestled amongst cedar trees in an environmentally critical steep slope zone.

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Award of Merit – Office/Retail/Mixed-Use: Harder Mechanical Headquarters

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This headquarters building utilizes a mass timber frame, glulam columns and cross-laminated timber floor panels.

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Explore How Generative AI Is Optimizing Every Construction Stage

Generative AI is already transforming how the construction industry operates. This concise guide walks you through its real-world impact on design, planning, job site logistics, and sustainability. Learn how contractors are using AI to reduce costs, improve worker safety, and shorten build times. Get a detailed look at the tools and platforms making it possible, including AI-driven robotics and material optimization.

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Project of the Year Finalist, Best Renovation/Restoration: Steeplejack Brewing Company

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This project transformed a historic church, originally built in 1909, into a full-service craft brewery, bar, restaurant and coffee house for Portland’s local Steeplejack Brewing.

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Best Residential/Hospitality: Trailside Student Housing

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This privately funded project entailed ground-up construction of a 265-room student housing complex that is a mixture of unit types, from studios to five bedroom apartments.

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Award of Merit – Residential/Hospitality: Spire Condominiums

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Celebrating intelligent design and connectivity, this high-rise features modern amenities that include an automated valet system, a café, co-working spaces, fitness and movement studios, a theater and rooftop terraces.

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Award of Merit – Small Project (under $10 million): North Mason Regional Fire Authority’s Headquarters Fire Station 21

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To better serve a rapidly expanding community, the North Mason Regional Fire Authority built a new headquarters fire station on 3.5 acres of land adjacent to the former structure on Old Belfair Highway.

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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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Best Water/Environment, Best Excellence in Safety: Skagit River Raw Water Pipeline and Clearwell

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The design for the Anacortes water treatment plant resiliency project called for a 42-in.-dia welded steel pipeline to be extended underneath the Skagit River.

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Award of Merit - Best Water/Environment: Spokane Riverside Park Water Reclamation Facility, NLT Phase 1 and 2

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The project team worked with the city of Spokane to establish a next level of treatment filtration system by adding a tertiary membrane treatment to remove phosphorus.

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ENR 2022 Northwest Best Projects: Nineteen Projects Named Region’s Best

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Special awards given for achievements in safety and sustainability.