Two Haskell projects, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Temple in Casper, Wyoming, and the Orlando Health Neuroscience Institute in Orlando, Florida, have been chosen to receive 2025 National Awards of Merit from the Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA), the organization has announced.
Merit awards honor the top three entries in each of 10 categories, and recipients are automatically nominated for the National Award of Excellence.
“Congratulations to our customers and Haskell team members on delivering these amazing projects,” said John Paul Saenz, Haskell Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. “Both the JCLDS Temple and the Orlando Health Neuroscience Institute benefited immensely from the design-build delivery process. Integrating design and construction services under one team, and partnering with our customers, produced all the successful outcomes everyone envisioned.”
Haskell is a founding member of the Design-Build Institute of America, which comprises architectural, engineering and construction professionals, owners, academics and students, and provides education, certification and collaboration to empower collaborative success in design-build projects.
“The DBIA Project/Team Awards are more than recognition of a single success,” said DBIA Executive Director/CEO Lisa Washington, CAE. “They represent where the industry is heading. These projects and teams demonstrate that design-build’s collaborative mindset creates a ripple effect of better outcomes for Owners and teams, stronger communities and a new standard of innovation for the built environment.”
Merit winners will be recognized, and additional winners will be announced at DBIA’s Design-Build Conference & Expo Awards Ceremony on November 6 at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas.
Here is a brief look at the winning Haskell projects:
Orlando Health Neuroscience Center
Orlando, Florida
The three-story, 45,000 sq. ft. Orlando Health Neuroscience Institute combines previously scattered neuroscience practices — including neurodiagnostic, neurosurgery, pain management and subspecialty services — in one centralized location. By consolidating care under one roof, patients benefit from a single, more convenient destination, while physicians gain immediate access to colleagues and patients without navigating the busy campus.
The project was Orlando Health’s first delivered via design-build. The owner, designers, engineers and construction team collaborated from concept through completion, creating an integrated, communication-driven environment that ensured the project stayed on budget and on schedule.
The Neuroscience Institute reflects a commitment to patient comfort, accessibility and well-being. Reduced travel distances, zero-elevation entry points and intuitive wayfinding make navigating care easier, especially for patients with mobility or cognitive challenges. Interiors feature a calming color palette, adjustable lighting and abundant daylight to reduce stress and support healing.
The project team navigated a tight urban footprint, active campus logistics and post-COVID supply chain constraints. Early procurement of long-lead items, such as a prefabricated exterior wall system, kept the project moving forward. At the same time, creative problem-solving and continuous communication ensured construction proceeded smoothly despite the site’s constraints.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Temple
Casper, Wyoming
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints partnered with Haskell to build the Casper, Wyoming, Temple, bringing temple access to within 200 miles for every member in the region. Haskell’s modular design and construction approach reduced costs and accelerated the schedule.
The Casper Temple was the Church’s first temple to use a full glass-fiber reinforced (GFRC) concrete façade system, providing lower costs and a quicker timeline since the panels are easier to install than traditional stone. Steel-framed modules combined with a steel superstructure for the upper parapet walls and tower support the GFRC façade, which is set on a secondary concrete stem wall and tied to the top of the modules.
This modular design system reduced the building’s footprint by half, increasing climate resilience and lowering long-term maintenance demands while preserving the intricate finishes and sacred character of a traditional temple. The 25 modules were fabricated off-site to 30% completion, including MEP systems and finishes, then shipped and assembled.
Weekly meetings with Church representatives kept design intent, QA/QC and schedule on track. Local subcontractors delivered key scopes, and donated modular panels were repurposed for transitional housing, which extended the project’s community benefit.
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