Articles Tagged with ''2022 ENR Southwest Best Projects''

ENR Southwest’s 2022 Best Projects competition drew 48 entries from across the three-state region of Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico.

Completed in April 2022 on budget and on schedule for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, this is the first design-build water treatment plant for the Jicarilla Apache and Navajo nations.

Celebrating the city’s Mid-Century Modern architectural legacy, this $14.7-million conference and fitness center in downtown Phoenix incorporates simple yet bold forms that blend indoor and outdoor spaces through large openings, such as five garage doors, connections to a walkable campus plan and natural lighting through ample fenestration including clerestory windows.

A $240-million transformation of the 30-year-old center, home to the Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury, was delivered below budget and completed on time in October 2021 despite a variety of scheduling challenges resulting from COVID-19.

The LEED for Homes Gold permanent supportive housing facility opened in February 2022 as Albuquerque’s first “single site” community for those with documented chronic homelessness and a mental disorder or alcohol/drug dependency.

Located on 55 acres at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, the $92.3-million expansion and renovation project included 60,339 sq ft of construction and 39,624 sq ft of renovations.

Completed May 2021, the 213,000-sq-ft Tower D was constructed at budget and on schedule south of the main entrance at the Chandler Regional Medical Center.

This 18-level, 290-room downtown Tempe hotel, completed at budget and on schedule October 2021, features the highest open-air rooftop bar in the Valley, a designer lobby suggesting desert canyon walls, a restaurant with an exhibit kitchen, as well as a coffee shop and extensive meeting and event space.

Completed in August 2021 on-time and on budget at a cost of $45 million, the 238-room, eight-story hotel is just blocks from the Phoenix Convention Center; near Chase Field; Talking Stick Resort Arena, home court of the Phoenix Suns professional basketball team; and shopping, restaurants and cultural amenities such as the landmark Orpheum Theater.

The $798,000 Desert Aviation Center at the North Las Vegas Airport is a completely transformed 1970s building, including office and hangar space, landscaping additions, parking lot improvements and energy-efficient LED lighting to replace outdated exterior incandescent fixtures.