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Photos courtesy (L to R): HKS; Satterfield & Pontikes Construction; and Cloyce Wall/Austin Commercial
Project of the Year finalists, from left: Cook Children’s Medical Center, Dodson Specialty Clinics Expansion; Freeman High School; and IAH Mickey Leland International Terminal D.
Earlier this month, ENR Texas & Louisiana—the sub-region of ENR’s Texas & Southeast super region—announced the 37 winning entries from our 2025 Regional Best Projects contest. Now, we are pleased to announced the three projects nominated to vie for ENR Texas & Louisiana Project of the Year honors.
- Cook Children’s Medical Center, Dodson Specialty Clinics Expansion, Fort Worth, Texas.
Submitted by Linbeck Group - Freeman High School, Houston. Submitted by Satterfield & Pontikes Construction
- IAH Mickey Leland International Terminal D (MLIT), Houston. Submitted by Austin Commercial
The recipient of this year’s Project of the Year award will be announced at ENR Texas & Louisiana’s annual Best Projects Awards event, to be held Oct. 16 in Houston.
We’ll also be honoring 2025’s Firms of the Year recognized from throughout the year: Owner of the Year: Sempra Infrastructure; Design Firm of the Year: Volkert; and Contractor of the Year: Performance Contractors.
This year’s Texas & Louisiana Legacy Award honoree, Kurt Evans, formerly CEO of Digital Engineering & Imaging, will also be recognized at the Houston event. Finally, we’ll also be recognizing the 2025 Specialty Contractor of the Year, which will be announced soon.
