These are the builds that construct IBR’s Top Projects 2025

Building on the momentum of 2024, 39 projects from around Idaho are in the running for Idaho Business Review‘s 2025 Top Projects.

IBR revealed the selections for Top Projects on Aug. 15, and the winner of the Project of the Year will be announced at the 21st annual Top Projects awards event on Oct. 16, along with the top three projects in each category. A special publication profiling the projects will also be available at the event.

Projects are considered for one of five categories: Infrastructure/Utility; Private; Public; Renovation; or Transportation. Last year’s winner of Project of the Year the Idaho Outdoor Field House in the private category and located in Boise. The build cost more than $1 million.

To be considered for an award, the project must have been built in Idaho — substantially completed between June 1, 2024, and May 31, 2025 — and valued at more than $1 million in construction costs.

The People’s Choice award will also be announced at the event. The award winner is based on results from online voting that runs from Sept. 8 through Sept. 26 at idahobusinessreview.com. The award is sponsored again by Idaho Power.

Idaho Associated General Contractors is once again sponsoring the Specialty Contractor of the Year award, now in its sixth year, which will also be announced during the awards ceremony. The 2024 recipient was Rocky Mountain Electric.

The 2025 Idaho Top Projects awards event will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 16, 2025, at Boise Centre East in downtown Boise. To attend, purchase a ticket at https://idahobusinessreview.com/event/tp/

Finalists for this year’s categories are:

Infrastructure/Utility

Gooding Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvements

Neon Grove as Part of Rebuild Linen Blocks on Grove Street

Pleasant Valley Solar

Pleasant Valley Solar 1

US 2, JCT US 95 to Montana State Line

Private

America First Credit Union

Aren Luxury Apartments

Bardenay

Bluebird

Boys and Girls Club Kuna

Brundage Mountain Adventure Center

Dry Creek Ranch Clubhouse

JTS – Mission Critical Group Building

Kendall Commercial & Fleet Service Center

Loose Screw Beer Co.

Materials Fuel Complex Protective Forces Security Building

Money Metals Exchange

Philip E. Batt Education Building

Project Gold

Suntado Dairy Processing Facility

The Arthur

The Hemingway

The Jaxon

U-Haul Moving & Storage of West Meridian (Franklin Road)

Wilson Station Apartments

Public

ACHD Traffic Operations Center

Boise Fire Station No. 5

Collister Elementary School Addition and Renovation

Lincoln County Courthouse Remodel

McCall Public Library Expansion and Renovation

Zoo Boise Phase 1A – Red Panda Exhibit

Renovation

ESI Headquarters

Graeber & Company and Roast & Vine

Hemlock

Hoffman Construction Office

Les Schwab Tire Centers Modernization

The Sparrow

Transportation

Idaho Transportation Department I-15 Fort Hall Interchange

Jct. US-20/SH-33 and US-20/University Blvd. Diverging Diamond Interchanges