Kristine Newman has been promoted to vice president of finance for the Southwest region at McCarthy Building Cos. Newman joined McCarthy 12 years ago and served as controller for the firm’s Southwest region.
Founded in 1968, this Phoenix-based firm provides comprehensive design-build, vertical construction, and tenant improvement services for commercial developments in both public and private sectors.
Douglas Syndor has reactivated his Scottsdale, Ariz.-based architectural firm douglas syndor architect + associates inc. after having recently left Gensler of Phoenix, where he was a senior architect and client relationship leader.
The $12.1-million Val Vista Water Transmission Main Rehabilitation project was performed on more than 6,000 linear ft of pre-stressed concrete cylinder pipe that delivers water to more than 60% of the population in the city of Phoenix.
After the original rubber-bladder dam failed in 2010 and drained 1 billion gallons of water without warning from Tempe Town Lake, the city of Tempe, Ariz., engaged the construction team to design and build a more permanent replacement.