Despite a tumultuous year that made traveling to jobsites difficult at best, ENR readers still came through—and then some—by submitting more than 900 entries to our annual photo contest. This year’s 41 winning photographs reveal the drama, effort and grandeur behind work that the construction industry performs day in and day out, rain or shine, pandemic or not. 

Tackling the huge task of reviewing the entries were judges Emell Derra Adolphus, editor-in-chief of POB and SNIPS magazines; Joel Becks, director of safety for Herrero Builders; Ted Jackson, Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist; Amy Lebowsky, web design manager with BNP Media; and Pam Radtke Russell, ENR’s deputy editor and news director.