Courtesy Tony Illia The new control tower at McCarran Airport in Las Vegas, Nev., looks to be delayed for one-year due to "construction issues," according to the FAA. The new 352-ft.-tall federal air traffic control tower at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas faces at least a one-year delay for repairs after an antimicrobial coating flaked from ductwork and became airborne, say project officials.A spray chemical was applied to dry building walls, ducts and subfloors, curbing a potentially toxic black mold called stachybotrys chartarum, which previously shutdown local buildings in the 1990s and 2000s. When the coating was placed in
By Jason Fifield Sun Devil Stadium in the midst of work to remove more than 5,00 seats from the north end zone. A little more than 55 years after it was originally constructed — and more than five years since the renovations were deemed necessary — Arizona State University announced on Thursday that Hunt Construction and Sundt Construction, Inc. will be the construction manager at-risk for the project.The university also announced that Arizona-based Gould Evans and national stadium design experts HNTB Corporation will handle design duties. Costs and details will be refined over the next year and construction is slated
Tesla inched closer to selecting a site outside of Reno, Nev., for its $4 to $5 billion factory to produce lithium batteries for electric vehicles on Thursday, confirming a 600-acre site has undergone some pre-construction work, but fell short of committing to the site over unidentified candidates in Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas.In a conference call with shareholders Thursday, Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk said the same type of work that has been completed at the recently-paused site 17 miles east of Sparks, Nev., will be duplicated at other sites before a final decision is made. The completed factory
University researchers have unveiled a new concrete bridge bent system that they say reduces earthquake damage while speeding construction. The new rocking design uses octagonal, prefabricated, pretensioned concrete columns for added elasticity and a recentering effect that minimizes seismic-related structural damage and displacement. The structural support system’s critical components are created under factory conditions for improved quality and reduced erection time. The state transportation departments of California, Washington and Nevada have expressed early interest in adopting the bridge bent system, whose only size limitations stem from transportation logistics of precast columns and beams. Image courtesy of University of Washington, Seattle/Network
The Tohono O’odham Gaming Enterprise announced Tuesday that it has selected a construction team for the long-embattled, $400 million, 1.2 million-sq-ft West Valley Resort and Casino which prompted U.S. Sens. John McCain and Jeff Flake to introduce a companion bill to an earlier House-passed measure that would prohibit the construction of any new Indian gaming operation on unincorporated land in the metro Phoenix area that is not contiguous to an existing Indian reservation. Courtesy Tohono O'odham Rendering of the proposed West Valley Resort and Casino. According to a press release issued by Tohono O’odham Gaming Enterprise, Hunt Construction Group and
Sunbaked Southern Nevada sees a scant 4 in. of rain annually. When a downpour occurs, however, it can be violent, abrupt and torrential. Often, the result is flash-flooding that particularly impacts low-lying northeast Las Vegas, where heavy rains routinely cause water damage to homes, businesses and properties. In 2011, the Federal Emergency Management Agency added 1,700 structures to the area's high-risk flood zone, making insurance premiums nearly five times pricier. Related Links: Engineering News Record Architectural Record "It meant we needed to meet a 100-year storm event. And we had never looked at the existing channel's capacity or flow rate,"
Over the last several years, construction firms performing work throughout the Southwest have been hoping that activity would pick up. For the most part, it has. In fact, six of the top 10 and five of the top seven firms responding to ENR Southwest's annual survey of general contractors reported an increase in revenue during 2013 compared with the prior year. Related Links: Engineering News Record Architectural Record But more than six years since the downturn hit the U.S., it is becoming clear to many construction executives that "recovery" doesn't necessarily mean a return to levels seen in 2006. Industry
John Tran has joined the Phoenix office of SmithGroupJJR as design principal and part of the leadership team for the firm's practice in Arizona and the Southwest. Before joining SmithGroupJJR, Tran was vice president and project designer at HKS Architects in Phoenix. Courtesy Smith- GroupJJR John Tran has joined the Phoenix office of Smith- GroupJJR as design principal and part of the leadership team for the firms practice in Arizona and the Southwest. Related Links: Engineering News Record Architectural Record Michael Malloy has been named Southwest regional director of transportation in the Albuquerque office of WHPacific. Malloy was recently president
McCarthy Building Cos. has had a standout year. From overcoming unique challenges in Las Vegas on the Hakkasan Nightclub and Restaurant to meeting the demands of the unique people-moving Sky Train at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport—and handling a plethora of projects in between—the firm has burnished its reputation and legacy. Related Links: Engineering News Record Architectural Record Due to these reasons and many others, McCarthy has been named ENR Southwest's 2014 Contractor of the Year.The company is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year. Timothy McCarthy began a lumber business in Ann Arbor, Mich., in 1864, and soon thereafter became a
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