February 26, 2025 MYR Group Companies Recognized in 2024 ENR Regional Best Projects
CSI Electrical Contractors, Inc., Huen Electric and Sturgeon Electric provided electrical construction services for seven different regional award-winning projects
Each year Engineering News Record (ENR) magazine holds its Regional Best Projects contest, honoring the best construction projects of the year. In 2024, seven projects involving three MYR Group subsidiaries earned accolades.
CSI Electrical Contractors, Inc. (CSI) provided electrical construction services to three projects recognized by ENR California, Huen Electric Inc. (Huen Electric) supported one winning project with ENR New York, and Sturgeon Electric Company (Sturgeon Electric) worked on three projects recognized by ENR Mountain States and ENR Northwest.
The project categories ranged from manufacturing, office, and educational buildings to airport and transit projects.
Huen Electric Recognized for Work On New Jersey Manufacturer’s Expansion
Huen Electric provided design/build electrical services for the underground utility infrastructure system for the Sea Box Inc. Manufacturing Facility Expansion. This project earned a 2024 Award of Merit from ENR New York.
Sea Box designs, manufactures and customizes shipping containers for government, military, commercial and medical uses.
“The project included a new manufacturing line, increased warehouse and distribution capacity” and office space, according to ENR. It required upgrades to the electrical, stormwater and sewer systems.
Huen Electric designed and constructed the new 8,000-amp, 480-volt service for the plant expansion and a replacement of the existing 2,000-amp, 480-volt service. They also designed and constructed all power and control wiring for all the plant’s equipment, fire alarm systems and general power throughout the building.
CSI Serves Three ENR California Best Projects Including ‘Excellence in Sustainability’
ENR California recognized the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine Education Building II (EDII) for both Excellence in Sustainability and an Award of Merit in Higher Education and Research.
According to ENR, “a critical portion of the scope included relocating a large existing electrical yard within the footprint of the new EDII building was to be built. This included multiple high voltage four-way switches, 12-kV high voltage circuits, a 2.5-MW generator, a 75-kV and 1500-kVA transformer, a 500-kW generator and a 12-kV switchgear substation.”
CSI joined the project in 2021 and took on this critical scope of work. They relocated this electrical yard and provided new 15kV switches that tied into the campus loop to feed the new building. The structure included a standard and emergency electrical room on level 1, with additional electrical rooms on each floor of the five-story building. CSI also provided lighting and general power throughout the building, the terrace space, and an extensive plaza area.
CSI also performed electrical construction for the County of San Mateo’s County Office Building 3 project, which earned Best Project in the Government/Public Building category and the Excellence in Sustainability award for that category. The building is the first net-zero energy, LEED Platinum, mass timber civic building in the U.S., according to ENR.
CSI was responsible for directing, coordinating, and overseeing all electrical construction for the all-electric building. They installed all the electrical infrastructure, integrated custom lighting fixtures throughout the facility, and developed the Title 24 compliant electrical design.
The third-winning project CSI provided electrical services for was the LAX Terminal Cores and APM Interface project, which earned an Award of Merit for the Airport/Transit category.
CSI’s scope of work on LAX Terminal Cores included design-build services with an engineering partner. Their design carried out integration requirements for the building management system, Liftnet, baggage handling systems, CCTV, and ACAMS throughout the project.
Their work also involved installing a substantial single-line, lighting and lighting control, power, and LV systems as well as infrastructure for future systems not yet fully designed for the Los Angeles Airport.
“The ENR recognition for the LAX Terminal Cores & APM Interface project is another example of how CSI successfully partners with our clients, subcontractors, suppliers, and stakeholders. We are honored to be recognized as it further bolsters CSI’s technical performance in electrical and low voltage systems at LAX, one of the most trafficked airports in the world,” said Andrew Soffa, CSI’s Executive Vice President of Construction.
Sturgeon Electric Provides Electrical ServiCes to Two ENR Mountain States, One ENR Northwest Award Winner
Denver Water’s state-of-the-art Northwater Treatment Plant claimed Best Project in the water/environment category for ENR Mountain States. The project also earned a Sustainability Award of Merit.
The huge multi-year project involved many parties, including Sturgeon Electric which provided electrical construction of all power components, a communications tower, smart (energy efficient) lighting infrastructure, fire and security alarm systems, and connection of the facility’s hydropower turbine.
The power components included installation and testing of medium-voltage switchgear, a massive standby generator, all SCADA panels, miles of fiber optic cable and underground duct banking, as well as hundreds of process instrumentation that communications with the SCADA system.
The second one, the I-25 South Gap project, was recognized with an Award of Merit in the highway/bridge category. Sturgeon Electric’s transportation group executed this 18-mile, four-lane highway project in Colorado which included the expansion of the express toll lanes and four new wildlife underpasses.
As the electrical contractor for the project, Sturgeon Electric relocated backbone conduit for the highway system’s existing fiber optic communication infrastructure. This allowed for the installation of new Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) devices as well as future maintenance and additions.
In addition to relocating the existing communications infrastructure, they installed a new fiber backbone the length of the project which required more than 54,000 feet of conduit. Sturgeon Electric also installed all the ITS devices, tolling, signage and a weigh-in-motion scale.
The third award-winning project Sturgeon Electric provided electrical construction services for was in Washington state. The East Link Extension of Sound Transit received an Award of Merit in the airport/transit category from ENR Northwest.
The transit line connects light rail from Seattle to Puget Sound’s east side to ease congestion. Sturgeon Electric constructed the bridge illumination system, modified the junctions box, and installed conduit pathway and conductors for both power and illumination.
MYR Group companies’ involvement on so many award-winning projects continues to illustrate their experience, the quality of their electrical construction services, and their ability to support their customers’ needs on complex and diverse projects.
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