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ENR's annual Best Projects award program is dedicated to honoring the best construction projects and the companies that designed and built them in all 50 states plus Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico.
Natural Impacts With High-Tech Results Define Northwest Best Projects
Honored work includes innovative space for the technology and research industries and infrastructure that ties into the Northwest's natural beauty
Many of the Best Project and Award of Merit winners in the latest incarnation of the competition conquer and compliment nature on high-tech and infrastructure projects alike
Best Sports Entertainment - University of Oregon - Jane Sanders Stadium
Home to the Oregon Ducks softball team, the 1,500-seat Jane Sanders Stadium in Eugene, Ore., includes locker rooms, meeting spaces, coaches' offices, training rooms and equipment space.
Award of Merit Water/Environment - Colorado Dam Safe Passage (Bend Whitewater Park)
The creation of Bend Whitewater Park rehabilitated a stretch of the Deschutes River in Bend, Ore., creating an improved habitat for fish and wildlife as well as a safer passage for river rafters with the West Coast's first "adjustable standing wave" kayak/surfing run.
Best Water/Environment - Asplund WWTF Disinfection Upgrade Project
The $11-million upgrade to the Asplund Wastewater Treatment Facility's disinfection system allowed the Anchorage, Alaska, facility to stop using hauled-in chlorine gas for disinfection and instead use potentially less dangerous sodium hypochlorite to create chlorine gas on demand.
Small Project under 10 million Award of Merit - Ivar's Pier 54 Piling and Apron Replacement
Originally built in the 1980s for industrial use, the historic Ivar's Pier 54 was deteriorating and in need of seismic improvements following the 2001 Nisqually earthquake and a decade of deferred maintenance.
Best Residential/Hospitality - Hassalo on Eighth
The Hassalo on Eighth eco-community in Portland, Ore., is a mixed-use and multiblock development.
Best Office/Retail/Mixed Use - Karuna East & West Buildings at One North
The $18.5-million Karuna East & West in Portland, Ore., was built on a brownfield site that had been unoccupied for 40 years.
Office/Retail/Mixed Use Award of Merit - SRMKII Phase 2 Tech. Office Core and Shell
Located in Kirkland, Wash., the 180,000-sq-ft project involved redevelopment of five acres of brownfield into a shell for build-to-suit offices.
Best Healthcare - Seattle Children's South Clinic
Built to bring outpatient services closer to patients, Seattle Children's South Clinic is located within a shopping center in a former Circuit City store.
Healthcare Award of Merit - Navos Behavioral Healthcare Center for Children, Youth & Families
The $13-million Navos Behavioral Healthcare Center for Children, Youth & Families sits on the shores of Lake Burien and includes five buildings on 7.5 acres.
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