No price tag, timeline or construction procurement status for the major work were disclosed in a vision plan released Oct. 17 developed with design firms Arup and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.

As firms continue to struggle to find experienced workers, federal funding bolsters investment in infrastructure and elevates firm revenue.

The winners of the ENR Texas/Louisiana Top Young Professionals competition are as diverse a group as the specialties and career paths in the construction industry itself—with backgrounds ranging from senior transportation engineers and planning leads to vice presidents and communication professionals.

Winners of the 2024 ENR Mountain States Top Young Professionals competition are architects, engineers, constructors, virtual design experts, project managers and even a transportation industrial rope access program leader.

The ENR New England Top Young Professionals selected for 2024 represent the cream of the crop in the region’s construction sector.

Despite the long and storied history of design and construction in the region, top young professionals prove that there’s always room to create a new chapter.

The eight-story 160-ft-square cube, open since September, is a subdued backdrop to the 9/11 Memorial’s reflecting pools.

This year’s class of Top Young Professionals in the Midwest affirms that the future of design and construction in the region belongs to the firms that are willing to adapt and innovate.<

For the past eight years, Senior Art Director Scott Hilling has had a huge influence over the award-winning visual impact of ENR. His efforts are well known, due partly to a recent American Society of Business Publication Editors award, for dramatic design of ENR’s popular annual construction photo contest issue. He likened it to preparing “an art exhibit in a gallery.”

Firm strengthens its position in the Northwest coming out of the pandemic by offering research-based insights and diversifying its pursuits.