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AEI's Award-Winning Streak Continues – Seven Projects Nominated in the 2024 ENR Best Projects Program
Building Brighter
Futures Together —
Continuing Excellence
In addition to commemorating our three 2023 ENR National Best of the Best Projects, we are honored to share that seven AEI projects have earned 2024 ENR Regional Best Project awards. This only amplifies our commitment to delivering innovative engineering solutions that meet diverse client needs. From revitalizing spaces for modern dramatic arts education and pioneering environmental sustainability with demanding operational needs to elevating public health and advancing education in healthcare, data science, and technology, AEI remains focused on one goal: solving our clients' most complex challenges and driving their success forward.
University of Southern CA United University Church Adaptive Reuse for School of Dramatic Arts
ENR California Best Project, Renovation/Restoration
- 110
- seat flexible theater
- 48
- offices, including the Dean’s suite
Consolidating the university’s theater department, this 38,000-square-foot adaptive reuse project blends traditional and innovative learning spaces with a highly sustainable, all-electric, and technologically advanced design, transforming dramatic arts education.
United Therapeutics Corporation Project Lightyear
ENR Southeast Best Project, Manufacturing
- Zero
- net energy
- Zero
- onsite carbon emissions
Introducing a holistic approach to resilient and sustainable CGMP infrastructure, this 55,000-square-foot, first-of-its-kind facility integrates geothermal systems, microgrid standby power, photovoltaic panels, and smart building technology while expanding life-saving pharmaceutical production.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Roper Hall
ENR Southeast Best Project, Higher Education / Research
- 6
- simulation labs
- 25,000
- square feet of immersive spaces
Shaping the future of healthcare education and research, this 176,000-square-foot, nine-story facility accommodates interactive and experiential learning with 24 exam rooms and a 400-seat Active Learning Theatre, underscoring the university’s dedication to enhancing the quality of healthcare.
University of Florida Malachowsky Hall for Data Science & Information Technology
ENR Southeast Award of Merit, Higher Education / Research
- 3
- programs united under one roof
- 30+
- purpose-built laboratories
Spanning 263,000 square feet and seven stories, this sustainably-designed facility consolidates data scientists from pharmacy, medicine, engineering, and bioinformatics to create an interdisciplinary hub, advancing research and education in AI, computing, communication, and cyber-technologies.
Valleywise Health New Medical Center
ENR Southwest Award of Merit, Healthcare
- 34,550
- square foot emergency department
- 10
- operating rooms
Arizona State University Bateman Physical Sciences Center Renovation
ENR Southwest Award of Merit, Higher Education / Research
- 50+
- years of infrastructure revitalized
- 87,900
- square feet modernized
University of Colorado Health Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion III
ENR Mountain States Award of Merit, Healthcare
- 120,000
- square feet of patient rooms
- 40
- behavioral health inpatient beds
Providing critical patient beds and services, the 658,600-square-foot, 11-story tower boosts patient care capacity, offers shell space for future expansion, and enhances behavioral health care, ensuring patients in psychiatric crisis receive treatment in a safe, healing, trauma-informed environment.
What’s Next in the 2024 ENR Awards Program?
Following the judges’ selection of regional winners in 18 specialized project categories ranging from airports to education, each region will announce its Project of the Year at its respective Best Projects event. Top regional winners will move on to the ENR National Best of the Best Projects competition, where they will be compared with the best projects from across the country. A national jury of industry experts will select the top project in each category, and one project will be recognized as the 2024 Project of the Year.