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McGraw-Hill Construction’s first Best of the Best Awards recognize construction and design excellence from across the U.S. in 2008. The long road for the winners featured on the following pages began in August when each project was just one of thousands submitted to McGraw-Hill Construction’s network of 11 regional publications for consideration for a regional Best of 2008 Award. Each publication convened a local panel of industry experts to select 225 regional winners, which eventually moved on to the national Best of the Best competition.

In November, an independent 13-member jury of construction professionals reviewed the projects and narrowed them down to 70 finalists in a variety of categories, including green building, transportation and higher education. After a spirited debate, the jury arrived at 23 winners that best represented the qualities lauded by the awards program: innovation, teamwork, aesthetic quality, workmanship and contribution to the community.

Thanks to the dozens of judges who selected the regional and national winners.

Click on the individual galleries below to see which projects will be representing their region in this year’s national competition.

National Awards

	Best of the Best -2008 McGraw-Hill Construction is pleased to announce the winners of its first annual Best of the Best Awards. The competition recognizes construction and design excellence of the past year from across the U.S., choosing from the regional winners of McGraw-Hill Construction’s network of 11 Regional Publications’ Best of 2008 Awards. Read on.

Regional Awards

	Southeast Construction Southeast Construction's annual Best Of competition recognizes construction and design excellence from the Southeast region of Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina. Read on.

	New York Construction New York Construction's Best of '08 awards competition recognizes design and construction excellence. Eligible projects were located in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut and substantially completed in the past year. Read on.

	Mid-Atlantic Construction Mid-Atlantic Construction magazine's annual awards competition showcases the best projects built in Washington, D.C., Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and eastern Pennsylvania. Read on.

	Midwest Construction The Midwest Construction Best of 2008 competition is dedicated to honoring the best projects in commercial construction in Illinois, Indiana, Eastern Missouri and Wisconsin. This year 128 entries were received. Read on.

	California Construction - Southern California California Construction's annual Best Of awards recognizes construction and design excellence throughout the state with separate regional awards for Northern and Southern California. Read on.

	California Construction - Northern California California Construction recently recognized the winners of its Best of 2008 awards program in Northern California. Read on.

	Colorado Construction The annual Gold Hard Hat Awards is a competition to determine the best projects completed by Colorado firms in a calendar year. The projects are submitted by firms involved in any aspect of a project. Read on.

	Northwest Construction Northwest Construction's annual Best Of competition recognizes construction and design excellence from Oregon, Washington and Alaska. An independent jury of industry experts judged 75 projects. Read on.

	South Central Construction - Louisiana South Central Construction's annual Best Of competition in Louisiana recognizes construction and design excellence from projects across the state. An independent jury of industry experts in design and construction judged 45 nominated projects in 11 categories. Read on.

	South Central Construction - AL, AR, MS & TN South Central Construction's annual Best Of competition recognizes construction and design excellence from Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee. An independent jury of industry experts in design and construction judged 55 nominated projects in 14 categories. Read on.

	Texas Construction Texas Construction magazine's annual Best of Awards program has recognized construction and design excellence from across the state for the past twelve years. Each year, an independent jury of industry experts judges all nominated projects, which must be located in Texas and completed within the past year. Read on.

	Southwest Contractor – Arizona Southwest Contractor's 11th annual Best of Awards recognizes construction and design excellence in separate award ceremonies for Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico.Read on.

	Southwest Contractor – Nevada Southwest Contractor's 11th annual Best of Awards recognizes construction and design excellence in separate award ceremonies for Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico.Read on.

	Southwest Contractor – New Mexico Southwest Contractor's 11th annual Best of Awards recognizes construction and design excellence in separate award ceremonies for Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico.Read on.

	Intermountain Contractor Intermountain Contractor's annual 'Best of Awards' is a competition to determine the best projects completed in a calendar year by A/E/C firms in the two-state region of Utah and Idaho. Read on.

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