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Creating the SLS Las Vegas out of the 50-year-old Sahara Hotel entailed a complete reinvention of a 1.5-million-sq-ft property and included three hotel towers.

Jaynes Corp. built this four-level parking structure with a capacity of more than 1,700 vehicles next to Sandia Casino without impinging upon any of the resort’s operations.

The centerpiece of virtually all sports programs on the University of Arizona campus, McKale Center saw heavy use for more than 40 years.

Sister facilities Hohokam Stadium and Fitch Park underwent concurrent $25.6-million, one-year renovation and expansion projects when the city of Mesa added the Oakland Athletics baseball club to the city’s storied Cactus League.

The $105.5-million wastewater treatment expansion project for the city of Chandler increased capacity at the facility to 22 million gallons per day from 15 million.

Facing possible bankruptcy, the Spanish power behemoth Abengoa has filed for preliminary creditor protection and is winding down construction projects worldwide.

The construction industry in the Southwest had a busy month in November. Los Alamos Nature Center received top honors, the NvMA recently named new officers, and malls in Phoenix are ripe for mixed-use redevelopment. In other news, one of the country's largest airports continues to be a safe bet for investors and a new veterans facility opened in Mesa.