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A local project has earned bragging rights as the most significant project in the country for 2010, according to the Associated General Contractors.

The Lake Oswego Interceptor Sewer project was named winner of the Grand Award when the Aon Build America awards were handed out by AGC last week.

was the contractor for the project, which also earned a top award in the best new municipal and utilities category. Work consisted of the replacement of a 50-year-old hazardous sewer line and required crews to drill 270 feet into bedrock to install system anchors. The project, which required more than 1,200 commercial dives, was completed without any lost-time accidents.

Ted Aadland, AGC president and CEO of Portland-based , said the Lake Oswego project and the others honored were jobs that most contractors “dread starting” but “dream of completing.”

Nineteen other projects, including two in Oregon, were named Aon Award winners in individual categories. The Round Butte Dam Selective Water Withdrawal project handled by was honored as best new environmental construction while ‘s Savage Rapids Dam Removal project was selected as the best environmental renovation.