This year’s 2025 ENR New England Best Projects winners includes 22 projects awarded in 14 main categories.
In addition to the 2025 main category winners found in the list below, the Best Projects safety and sustainability awardees, which are juried by a separate group of safety and sustainability experts, will be announced soon in the ENR East free e-newsletter. Finalists for this year’s ENR New England Project of the Year will also be announced soon in the ENR East newsletter.
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Judges’ selection for this year’s overall Project of the Year from the Best Project-level winners listed below will be announced in the November issue of ENR East and at the ENR New England Best Projects awards event on Dec. 11 in Boston.
For more information about the Regional Best Projects event, please visit https://www.enr.com/enr-best-projects-awards/boston.
This year’s winning projects in the main categories—listed at the bottom of this post—will also be profiled in depth in the November print issue of ENR East. Projects were all located in Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine.
Projects were evaluated on the ability of the project team to overcome challenges, safety, construction/design quality, and contribution to the industry and the community. Due to the large number of entries, we can only cite a fraction of projects submitted each year, so projects that did not win this year can be submitted next year if they are still eligible!
This year’s New England judges for the main categories were Matthew Arnold, founder at ArnoldAnd, Scott Bascom, associate architect at Sasaki and Aidan Sullivan, assistant project manager at Consigli Construction.
Judges could select any combination of Best Project-level and Award of Merit category winners. In some categories, judges decided not to give an award. Judges did not score or vote on projects submitted by their own companies.
Here’s this year’s list of winners:
Project Category: Airport/Transit
Regional Award Level: Award of Merit
Project Name: South Coast Rail
Location: Boston, Fall River and New Bedford, Mass.
Submitted By: HNTB Corp. and VHB Joint Venture
Project Category: Energy/Industrial
Regional Award Level: Award of Merit
Project Name: University of New Hampshire Thermal Energy Storage Tank (TES)
Location: Durham, N.H.
Submitted By: Consigli Construction Co. Inc.
Project Category: Government/Public Building
Regional Award Level: Best Project
Project Name: Tekαkαpimək Contact Station at Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument
Location: Patten (T3 R7 WELS), Penobscot County, Maine
Submitted By: Wright-Ryan Construction
Project Category: Higher Education/Research
Regional Award Level: Best Project
Project Name: Ragon Institute of Mass General Hospital, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Harvard University
Location: Cambridge, Mass.
Submitted By: Consigli Construction Co. Inc.
Project Category: Higher Education/Research
Regional Award Level: Award of Merit
Project Name: The University of Vermont Athletic Campus On Campus Multipurpose Center
Location: Burlington, Vt.
Submitted By: PC Construction
Project Category: Highway/Bridge
Regional Award Level: Best Project
Project Name: Madawaska-Edmunston International Bridge Replacement
Location: Madawaska, Maine
Submitted By: HNTB Corp.
Project Category: Highway/Bridge
Regional Award Level: Award of Merit
Project Name: Blue Hill Falls Bridge Replacement
Location: Blue Hill, Maine
Submitted By: Cianbro Corp.
Project Category: Interior/Tenant Improvement
Regional Award Level: Best Project
Project Name: 200 Club
Location: Boston
Submitted By: Commodore Builders
Project Category: Interior/Tenant Improvement
Regional Award Level: Award of Merit
Project Name: HarbourVest Partners, LLC Headquarter Relocation – One Lincoln Street
Location: Boston
Submitted By: Gilbane Building Co.
Project Category: K-12 Education
Regional Award Level: Best Project
Project Name: Josiah Quincy Upper School
Location: Boston
Submitted By: Turner Construction Co.
Project Category: K-12 Education
Regional Award Level: Award of Merit
Project Name: Concord Academy – Centennial Arts Center
Location: Concord, Mass.
Submitted By: Windover Construction
Project Category: K-12 Education
Regional Award Level: Award of Merit
Project Name: Doherty Memorial High School
Location: Worcester, Mass.
Submitted By: Fontaine Bros. Inc.
Project Category: Manufacturing
Regional Award Level: Best Project
Project Name: IDEXX Horizon Center
Location: Scarborough, Maine
Submitted By: Ci Design Inc.
Project Category: Office/Retail/Mixed-Use
Regional Award Level: Best Project
Project Name: Parcel 12
Location: Boston
Submitted By: Suffolk
Project Category: Office/Retail/Mixed-Use
Regional Award Level: Award of Merit
Project Name: The LEGO Group U.S. Headquarters, Boston, MA
Location: Boston
Submitted By: Structure Tone
Project Category: Renovation/Restoration
Regional Award Level: Best Project
Project Name: The Newbury of Brookline
Location: Brookline, Mass.
Submitted By: RAMSA (Robert A.M. Stern Architects)
Project Category: Residential/Hospitality
Regional Award Level: Best Project
Project Name: The Cove
Location: Worcester, Mass.
Submitted By: NEI General Contracting
Project Category: Residential/Hospitality
Regional Award Level: Award of Merit
Project Name: Kanso Milford
Location: Milford, Mass.
Submitted By: AvalonBay Communities Inc.
Project Category: Small Project
Regional Award Level: Best Project
Project Name: Thomas Brook Rail Bridge Replacement
Location: Oakfield, Maine
Submitted By: Sargent Corp.
Project Category: Sports/Entertainment
Regional Award Level: Award of Merit
Project Name: Cohen Eastern Greenwich Civic Center
Location: Old Greenwich, Conn.
Submitted By: Wohlsen Construction Co.
Project Category: Water/Environment
Regional Award Level: Best Project
Project Name: Populatic Water Treatment Plant
Location: Medway, Mass.
Submitted By: Walsh Construction Co. II LLC
Project Category: Water/Environment
Regional Award Level: Award of Merit
Project Name: Goose Pond Dam Improvements
Location: Canaan, N.H.
Submitted By: Michels Corp.
