Phoenix mayor Greg Stanton and others commemorated the opening of the $135-million Health Sciences Education Building at the Phoenix Biomedical Campus on Friday. Related Links: Niche Markets Help Top Subcontractors Stay Above Water DPR Typifies Triple Bottom Line Approach The 268,000-sq-ft space was built via a partnership between the University of Arizona College of Medicine and Northern Arizona University, and will eventually serve up to 1,200 students plus faculty and researchers.The building’s general contractor, a joint venture of the Phoenix office of DPR Construction and Tempe, Ariz.-based Sundt Construction, reports that the building was delivered on time and on budget. The contractors
The skyline in Downtown Phoenix got a little less sparse last week with the topping off of the two-building apartment complex, now dubbed Roosevelt Point. The plot of land, stretching along Roosevelt Street between 3rd and 4th streets, will finally be occupied after years of sitting empty in the center of a burgeoning arts district. Related Links: New $52M Apartment Complex in Phoenix Adds to Student Housing Boom ENR Southwest's Ranking of the Top Regional Contractors in 2012 General contractor Hardison/Downey Construction and concrete subcontractor Suntec Concrete, both Phoenix, worked diligently to get the buildings to their final height prior
The University of New Mexico will hold a series of town hall meetings next week to gather public input on a proposed $146-million hospital in Albuquerque. The 96-bed adult-care facility was put on hold on Sept. 18 to allow for more public input as some groups in the community have expressed concerns. Image courtesy UNM The six-story hospital will house 96 beds within 195,000 sq ft of space. A future phase will add a two-story, 65,000-sq-ft medical office building. Related Links: 2010 Best Projects Awards: University of New Mexico Cancer Center Nimble Footwork: UNM Children's Hospital Expansion Steps Forward UNM
With a unique ribbon-cutting ceremony, Arizona State University inaugurated its new $110-million Interdisciplinary Science and Technology IV research building on the Tempe, Ariz. campus last week. Related Links: New ISTB IV Science Lab Uses Ample Green Systems At 298,000 sq ft, the new building is the largest single research facility on the campus. It provides the new home for the School of Earth and Space Exploration, which is involved in many NASA space missions and research. A replica of the NASA Curiosity rover currently exploring Mars graces visitors as they first enter the building.Fittingly, it was a similar autonomous rover,
Pittsburgh-based dck worldwide purchased Summit Builders earlier this month. The Phoenix-based general contractor will be renamed Summit dck, to underscore the effort to unite the capabilities of both companies and open up the Southwest market for dck. Photo courtesy Summit dck Summit recently completed Trillium North, a 274-unit apartment community in Phoenix. Photo courtesy Summit dck Summit built the 80,000-sq-ft Naco Border Patrol Station in Bisbee, Ariz., which also included a 12,600-sq-ft firing range. Related Links: Long-Stalled Tempe Condo Towers Reborn as Apartments ENR Southwest's Ranking of Top General Contractors “We’ve worked in the area but never had a strong presence
A contractor working for Australian mining giant BHP Billiton was killed on Sept. 22 at the Pinto Valley Mine, about 5 miles west of Globe, Ariz. Operations at the site were immediately stopped at the mine, which is undergoing a $195-million construction project to restart the mine. Image: ENR Pinto Valley Mine is located approximately 5 miles west of Globe, Ariz. Related Links: Safety Experts Caution Contractors About Hot Weather Danger in Wake of Tucson Death Safety in Construction: Safety-Culture Clash Meant 13 Workers Never Made It Home [9/2008] BHP officials said in a statement that an investigation into the
Pat Maciulla MACIULLAhas joined Lang Wyatt Construction in Tucson, Ariz., as director of operations. He brings nearly 40 years of experience, including 20 years with Giles Construction, where he served as president for more than a decade. Related Links: ENR Southwest People ENR Southwest Lee & Associates of Phoenix has hired veteran broker Scott Smith as a principal for the firm's industrial team. Smith transfers from the Lee & Associates office in Orange, Calif. where he started in 2002. He has worked in the industry for nearly 30 years, starting his career at CB Richard Ellis in 1983 and later
Southern Nevada's boom-to-bust construction market is slowly reinventing itself with private-public-partnership projects, now set to include a proposed $1.5-billion mixed-use health-care village to be sited on 151 acres outside of Las Vegas near U.S. Highway 95 and Galleria Drive. Image courtesy Union Village Union Village will include four hospitals and 1,000 homes for senior living, plus medical office space, restaurants, shopping, hotels and a movie theater. With Clark County construction employment down from 110,000 in 2006 to just 36,200 jobs generated in July, according to state figures, project backers are leveraging multiple public and private funding resources and tapping into
Two sports stadiums now under construction required intensive community outreach and careful coordination among the design and construction teams to become a reality. Related Links: Read about other challenging projects on the ENR Southwest Projects Page UNM Renovates Legendary 'The Pit' Arena in Albuquerque (Aug. 2009) Albuquerque Public Schools' $35.9-million Community Athletic Facility is the first stadium to be built by the New Mexico school district in more than 40 years. Meanwhile, the University of Arizona is expanding and improving its 84-year-old Lowell-Stevens Football Facility in Tucson.Welcome to the NeighborhoodFor decades, just two stadiums have been serving all of the
Mark Henderson had a lot to learn when he took over his father's company in 1990. He already knew a lot about construction, having worked at Jack B. Henderson Construction Co. since 1968 as an estimator, project manager and superintendent. But he knew little about running the business side and issues such as bonding, insurance and banking. Related Links: ENR Southwest's Top Specialty Contractors Ranking Niche Markets Help Top Subcontractors Stay Above Water How times have changed. In the 22 years since he took the reins as CEO, Henderson has led his Albuquerque-based firm from being a small family business
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