As ENR Southwest’s Best Projects Competition nears its second decade of recognizing the most notable construction projects and bringing them to the attention of the construction community at large, this year’s winners are almost universally led by teams that reported doing their job faster and with less overall waste than was expected.
The $85-million, 124,920-sq-ft milk processing facility in Fallon, Nev., includes areas for milk receiving, laboratories, silos, wet processing, evaporating, drying, packaging and storage.
A $9.3-million project has transformed Tolleson’s downtown area into a mile-long pedestrian-friendly destination now rebranded as the Paseo de Luces, or “path of lights.”
To construct the two-story, 160,000-sq-ft Building One of Liberty Center at Rio Salado, builders first utilized deep dynamic compaction to densify the soil on site—which is located close to the Salt River—to eliminate the potential for differential settlement on the $14.7-million project.
Albuquerque Convention Center authorities engaged the project team to transform the 1960s-era building into a structure that would capture “Albuquerque’s unique spirit” while not impinging on operations.
The new home of the Arizona Burn Foundation features a revamped plaster finish, new exterior paint, a storage room, a multipurpose room, an open office area, a break room, small kitchen and conference room.
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