Not sure why, but I was able to get it working by using Field Keys. So for others that may have this issue… I replaced my original code for each radio button in my template file from:
if (get_field('project_prepared')) {
$field = get_field_object('project_prepared');
echo '<li>'.$field['label'].' <span>'.$field['value'].'</span></li>';
}
To:
$field_key = "field_57edca4cb58d1"; // project_prepared
$field = get_field_object($field_key);
if( $field ) { echo '<li>'.$field['label'].' <span>'.$field['value'].'</span></li>'; }