Project of the Year Award

Winner

• CDL Rapid Screening Consortium by Creative Destruction Lab

  The CDL Rapid Screening Consortium (RSC), led by Creative Destruction Lab, is a privately led, not-for-profit initiative formed in August 2020 with the goal of establishing a robust rapid screening system and operational implementation strategy to be delivered as a public good to Canada and then the world.

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• U.S. Department of State, Diplomatic Security Service, Foreign Affairs Security Training Center (FASTC)

  General Services Administration in partnership with the U.S. Department of State

  The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) led a $426 million phased design and construction project for the U.S. Department of State (DOS) Diplomatic Security Service, Foreign Affairs Security Training Center (FASTC) in Virginia on time and on budget. The 1,350-acre campus consolidated 11 hard-skills training sites and opened in November 2019 as the nation’s largest provider of foreign affairs security training. A 10-year partnership between GSA and DOS solidified while planning and delivering a mission-critical facility for the Department’s security personnel, diplomats, foreign service officers and families trained to be safe in today’s overseas environment.

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• DAMMAM 7 Supercomputer Project

  Solutions by STC

  Solutions by STC was selected by Saudi Aramco to deliver a groundbreaking supercomputer and data center revolutionizing the seismic survey data processing and imaging vital to its exploration. Called Dammam 7, the new supercomputer is ranked as the second highest-performing commercial computer in the world by Top 500. While Dammam 7 may see further and deeper under our earth than ever before, the team could not have foreseen the disruption to the project caused by the global Covid pandemic. While the pandemic created many obstacles and project challenges, the Solutions by STC team’s response and ability to deliver at the height of the pandemic was outstanding.

• Savannah River Site Salt Waste Processing Facility Commissioning

  Parsons Corporation

  The commissioning of the Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF) completes the startup of the Department of Energy’s newest Hazard Category Nuclear Facility. The facility is the last major piece of the Savannah River Site liquid waste processing system. SWPF will process the majority of the site’s salt waste by separating the highly radioactive constituents for treatment via vitrification from the predominately low radioactivity salts, which will be treated for disposal on site. Removing this salt waste is a major step toward closing the Site’s 43 remaining high-level waste tanks and eliminating the most significant environmental risk to the region.

Winner

• The Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) Project

  TANAP Natural Gas Transmission Company

  Ankara, Turkey

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Finalists

• Fort McMurray West 500 kV Transmission Project

  ATCO

  Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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• Revitalisation de la Tour de Montréal – Montréal Tower Revitalization Project

  Parc Olympique

  Montréal, Québec, Canada

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Winner

• E190-E2 Program Development

  Embraer

  São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil

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Finalists

• AZUR Project New Montreal metro cars

  Société de transport de Montréal

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• Bassein Development Project

  L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering Ltd

  Mumbai, India

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Winner

• Project Legacy – Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System Replacement Medical Center Activation

  Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System

  Budget: US$616.36 million

  New Orleans, LA, USA

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Finalists

• Horizonte 2

  Fibria Celulose S/A

  Budget: US$2.7 billion

  Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

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• McDonald’s Digital Acceleration

  McDonald’s Corporation

  Budget: US$164 million

  Oak Brook, IL, USA

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Winner

• Hanford Double Shell Tank AY-102 Recovery Project

  Washington River Protection Solutions, LLC

  Budget: US$107.3 million

  Hanford, Washington, USA

  Highlight: Tank AY-102 is a 1 million gallon capacity double shell tank commissioned in 1971 storing radioactive and chemical waste. In August 2012, this storage tank was found to be leaking nuclear waste. The nuclear waste needed to be removed and transferred to a double-shell tank for safe storage. The project closed ahead of scheduled and US$8.7 million under budget.

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Finalists

• Gahcho Kué Project

  De Beers Canada / Hatch Ltd.

  Budget: CA$1.1 billion

  Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada

  Highlight: De Beer’s Gahcho Kué mine was built deep in Canada’s Northwest Territories just below the Arctic Circle. The project was to build a diamond mine and production facility in one of the world’s harshest climates. The facility started production two months early.

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• University Link Light Rail Extension

  Sound Transit

  Budget: US$1.8 billion

  Seattle, Washington, USA

  Highlight: Seattle Washington is the second worst city in the U.S. for time commuters are stuck in traffic. In order to reduce rising roadway congestion, this project was implemented to extend the light rail system 3.2 miles (5 kilometers) via underground tunnels. The rail line opened six months ahead of schedule, and the project closed US$200 million under budget.

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Winner

• National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II)

  Department of Energy’s Office of Science and the Brookhaven National Laboratory

  Budget: $912,000,000

  UPTON, NEW YORK, USA

  Highlight: This project resulted in the creation of the world's most powerful photon microscope. The microscope creates X-rays that allow scientists to see how materials in systems—such as batteries or fuel cells— behave at the nano-level while operating in real-world conditions. By the time the project was completed in March 2015, it was six months ahead of schedule and under budget.

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Finalists

• Lady Cilento Children's Hospital

  Aurecon

  Norman Park, Queensland, Australia

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• Guaiba 2 Project

  CMPC Celulose Riograndense Guaiba

  Guaiba, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

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Winner

• El Segundo Refinery Coke Drum Reliability Project

  Chevron Products Company

  Budget: 157,000,000

  El Segundo, California, USA

  Highlight: Project leaders got creative to complete a high-profile refinery upgrade on a compressed timeline—and finished ahead of schedule, $7 million U.S. dollars under budget and with a spotless safety record

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Finalists

• River Corridor Base Scope Project

  Washington Closure Hanford, LLC

  Richland, Washington, USA

• Oregon Transportation Investment Act III State Bridge Delivery Program (OTIA)

  Oregon Transportation, HDR, Inc. and Fluor

  Oregon, USA

Winner

• AP60 Phase 1

  Rio Tinto Alcan, SNC-Lavalin, Hatch

  Budget: CA$1.3 billion

  Jonquière, Quebec, Canada

  Highlight: The project, completed ahead of schedule, showcased how to scale a new technology while improving safety standards.

  Design and build a new aluminum plant to demonstrate the industrial viability of a proprietary smelting technology

Finalists

• Access Health CT

  Access Health CT, Deloitte, KPMG, Connecticut Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Connecticut Department of Social Services

  Budget: US$180 million

  Hartford, Connecticut, USA

  Highlight: The site launched without a hitch despite an unmovable deadline, compressed schedule and fluctuating scope

  Create an online marketplace for Connecticut, USA residents to purchase health insurance

• Energy Systems Integration Facility

  U.S. Department of Energy, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Alliance for Sustainable Energy LLC

  Budget: US$135 million

  Golden, Colorado, USA

  Highlight: The project’s design-build approach helped fast-track the schedule and significantly reduce project risks, allowing the project to finish ahead of time

Winner

• Adelaide Desalination Project

  SA Water Corporation

  Adelaide, Australia

Finalists

• Savannah River Site Recovery Act Project

  Savannah River Nuclear Solutions

  Aiken, South Carolina, USA

• Nemours Children's Hospital Project

  Nemours

  Orlando, Florida, USA

Winner

• Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility Operations Phase

  Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility URS and the U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency

  Hermiston, Oregon, USA

Finalists

• Procter & Gamble Ordering, Shipping and Billing Projects

  Procter & Gamble

  Cincinnati, Ohio, USA and Kronberg, Germany

• Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s Capability Replacement Laboratories

  Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

  Richland, Washington, USA

Winner

• Prairie Waters Project

  City of Aurora - Aurora Water & CH2M Hill, Inc.

  Aurora, Colorado, USA

Finalists

• Oak Grove Steam Electric Station

  Fluor Corporation and Luminant

  Franklin, Texas, USA

• EMAL Smelter Complex

  SNC-Lavalin and Worley Parsons

  Al Taweelah, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Winner

• National Ignition Facility Project

  Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  Livermore, California, USA

Finalists

• Dallas Cowboys New Stadium Project

  Manhattan Construction Company

  Arlington, Texas, USA

• Norton Brownsboro Hospital Project

  Norton HealthCare

  Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Winner

• Hatch, Ltd

  The QIT-Fer et Titane plant kept up business as usualeven as a project teamworked behind the scenes to boost production by more than 20 percent.

Winner

• Fluor Corporation

  PMI Southwestern Ohio Chapter

  Fluor closed a Cold War nuclear facility in less time and with less money than anyone thought possible but first the company had to gain the trust of the community.

Winner

• Kaiser-Hill Co. LLC for the U.S. Department of Energy Rocky Flats Closure Project

  PMI Mile Hi Chapter

Winner

• Quartier International De Montreal Project

  PMI Montreal Chapter

Winner

• Haradh Gas Plant Project

  Saudi Aramco

Winner

• Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games of 2002

  Salt Lake Organizing Committee (SLOC)

Winner

• Hawiyah Gas Plant Project

  Saudi Aramco

Winner

• Mozal Smelter Project

  SNC Lavalin and Murray & Roberts

Winner

• Trojan Reactor Vessel Project

  Portland General Electric Company

Winner

• Qatargas Lng Plant

  Chiyoda Corporation

Winner

• Advantix, Advanced Photo System

  Eastman Kodak Company

Winner

• 1 B Processor Story

  Lucent Technologies

Winner

• Benfield Column Repair Project

  Sastech Engineering Services

Winner

• Logan Expansion Project

  Fluor Daniel, Inc.

Winner

• Metro Red Line Segment 1 Project

  Rail Construction Corporation

Winner

• Atigun Mainline Reroute Project

  Alaska Pipeline Service Company

Winner

• New Propylene/Polypropylene Factory for Sasal Chemical Industries (pty) Ltd

  Sastech

Winner

• Limerick Generating Station Unit 2

  Philadelphia Electric Company

Winner

• Delta Airlines Terminal 5 Expansion at LAX