Significant year-to-year changes among ENR’s national Top 400 Contractors are not unusual. But Phoenix-based Willmeng Construction’s vault from outside the rankings to No. 129 on this year’s list evidences the big difference a strong year can make.
Those working in construction are familiar with how constraints shape projects, but what about people parameters? Projects and people both succeed despite limits. Just ask Jerry Barnier, founder and chairman of Suntec Concrete.
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.
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.
Designed to re-envision the way neuroscience care is delivered, the $36.2-million medical building for the renowned Barrow Neurological Institute is located on the St. Joseph’s Hospital & Medical Center campus in Phoenix.
Located at the southwest corner of Terminal 4, this 275,000-sq-ft concourse is the final one to be added to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport’s busiest terminal.