2025 ENR Texas & Southeast Best Projects

As readers of ENR Texas & Southeast certainly know, the regional publication’s editorial protection space expanded in 2025, becoming a member of collectively the already sprawling Texas & Louisiana area with the sturdy Southeast zone right into a single, huge super-region comprising 11 states in addition to Puerto Rico.

On the identical time, although, we’re ensuring to totally and persistently cowl these sturdy building markets by guaranteeing that every subject of ENR Texas & Southeast continues to incorporate options and information from inside each sub-regions. And that dedication continues with our annual Finest Initiatives subject, which showcases the most effective in design and building from throughout this extensive panorama, with separate teams of successful initiatives for every sub-region.

Common Studios’ Find out how to Practice Your Dragon attraction was certainly one of this yr’s Mission of the 12 months finalists.
Photograph by Chad Baumer

Judging panelists collectively reviewed a complete of 18 totally different mission classes, starting from airport/transit to water/surroundings whereas evaluating elements corresponding to security, innovation, design execution, craft high quality and group or business profit.

As at all times, we assembled separate units of judging groups for each the Texas and Louisiana area and for the Southeast, with the quite a few panels every reviewing and individually scoring all entries in a wide range of classes earlier than assembly with their fellow judges by way of video convention name to find out the successful initiatives and their respective award ranges. Initiatives vying for the separate award classes of Excellence in Security and Excellence in Sustainability have been judged individually.

ENR extends a thanks to the business professionals listed beneath who assisted with this yr’s judging.

• Michelle Alvarez, water/wastewater engineer, Hanson Skilled Companies
• Scott Bartkowski, president/founder, Dwelling Shoreline Options
• Robert Brown, senior director/native enterprise lead, WSP
• Stuart Bruening, senior vice chairman, JE Dunn Development
• Keith Douglas, government vice chairman, The Whiting-Turner Contracting Co.
• Robbie Ferris, president, SfL+A
• Julia Hodgins, architect, RNGD
• Dan Nawrocki, senior vice chairman, PC Development
• Ron Osterloh, vice chairman, Moffatt & Nichol
• Natalie Pagano, director of promoting and communications, Manhattan Development Group
• Ray Riddle, vice chairman, Holder Development Co.
• Shirshant Sharma, senior mission supervisor, AtkinsRéalis
• Grace Sober, technical chief, LAN Inc.
• Susan Stabler, regional vice chairman/division supervisor, Brasfield & Gorrie
• Aaron Thomas, president/CEO, Metcon Inc.
• Ron Whalen, vice chairman, Roger B. Kennedy Development

The Mickey Leland Worldwide Terminal D mission was a contender for this yr’s Mission of the 12 months.
Photograph by Cloyce Wall

ENR might be presenting these Finest Initiatives winners to their respective groups at separate awards occasions. The Texas & Louisiana initiatives might be acknowledged on Oct. 16 in Houston, and the Southeast area initiatives might be honored Oct. 23 in Orlando.

At every occasion, ENR can even be recognizing the respective 2025 Companies of the 12 months, together with the Proprietor of the 12 months, Design Agency of the 12 months, Contractor of the 12 months, Specialty Contractor of the 12 months and Legacy Award honorees.

We invite you to learn on, and choose for your self the deserves of 2025’s ENR Texas & Southeast Finest Initiatives award winners.