Egyptian wastewater reclamation facility, just east of the Suez Canal, holds two Guinness world records and can treat more than 2 billion cu m of wastewater annually; completed on time and on budget, it is set to spur development in the Sinai Peninsula.
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2021 Project of the Year and Best Water/Wastewater: Bahr Al Baqar Water Reclamation Plant
The Egyptian wastewater reclamation facility, located just east of the Suez Canal, holds two Guinness world records and has the capacity to treat more than 2 billion cu m of wastewater annually; completed on time and on budget, it is set to spur development in the Sinai Peninsula.
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Highway/Bridge, Award of Merit: FM457 Swing Bridge Replacement (Matagorda Bridge)
The team replacing the FM 457 Swing Bridge over the Gulf Intercoastal Waterway faced hurdles ranging from active vessel traffic to erratic weather to limited space for heavy lifts. Daily troubleshooting helped push the $41.2-million, 27-month project forward.
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Highway/Bridge, Award of Merit: Greater New Orleans Expressway Commission Safety Bay Improvements CMAR Project
The team replacing the FM 457 Swing Bridge over the Gulf Intercoastal Waterway faced hurdles ranging from active vessel traffic to erratic weather to limited space for heavy lifts. Daily troubleshooting helped push the $41.2-million, 27-month project forward.
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Best Highway/Bridge: Hemphill-Lamar Connector
The $31-million Hemphill-Lamar Connector in Fort Worth involved building a four-lane, 400-ft-long tunnel under the city’s primary east-west freeway and relocating four active rail lines near one of the country’s busiest rail intersections.
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Higher Education/Research, Award of Merit: Texas Tech University Weeks Hall
The $16.8-million restoration of historic Weeks Hall at Texas Tech University required the project team to transform a three-story residence hall into a fresh new space on campus where students and faculty could collaborate, study and work.
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Higher Education/Research, Award of Merit: Delgado Community College Advanced Technology Center
A collaborative approach that included creating a centralized hub where onsite workers could access the most up-to-date project information helped ensure efficiency among trades on the $9.7-million Delgado Community College Advanced Technology Center.
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Health Care, Award of Merit: Thibodaux Regional Medical Center Third Floor Medical Surgical Unit
With Thibodaux Regional Medical Center anticipating an influx of COVID-19 patients, construction teams worked two shifts daily, seven days a week to complete a 22,400-sq-ft, $10.9-million medical surgical unit in just 76 days.
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Health Care, Award of Merit: Methodist Midlothian Medical Center
When an accelerated schedule ran into unexpected setbacks, the project team on the Methodist Midlothian Medical Center went to great lengths to make sure construction kept pace with the owner’s expectations.
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Health Care, Award of Merit: Kathy and Joe Sanderson Tower at Children’s of Mississippi
A construction manager at-risk delivery method allowed contractor Brasfield & Gorrie to get involved early in the design of the Kathy and Joe Sanderson Tower at Children’s of Mississippi, a seven-story, 340,000-sq-ft expansion of the existing hospital.
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