It was another bumpy ride for the region's top specialty contractors in 2011. Respondents to ENR Southwest's annual survey saw the volume of subcontracting work in Arizona rise, but those gains were offset by steep declines in Nevada and New Mexico. Firms that succeeded did so by finding new niches or adding specialties that dovetailed with their existing skills. Related Links: Top Specialty Contractor Rankings Specialty Contractor of the Year: J.B. Henderson Finds Success In High-Stakes Jobs Arizona subcontractors reported $1.4 billion in work during 2011, up 4% over the previous year. But New Mexico subcontracting work fell 27%, and
Hot on the heels of the startup of Nevada's first wind power project on public land, the forecast for the nation's wind industry is beginning to turn, well, not so swell. Sector layoffs and plant shutdowns this year are up and are expected to continue next year, which many industry players largely blame on the scheduled expiration of the renewable energy production tax credit (PTC) by year-end. Photo Courtesy of Pattern Energy New Turns: Pattern Energy's new 151.8-MW Spring Valley wind farm is Nevada's first on public lands. Even so, this has been a strong year for U.S. wind-power capacity
Arizona State University and YMCA broke ground on a 64,283-sq-ft addition to the Lincoln Family Downtown YMCA at 350 N. First Ave. in downtown Phoenix. The building was originally erected in 1955 and was last renovated in 2006. Related Links: New ASU ISTB IV Science Lab Uses Ample Green Systems NAU's Health & Learning Center Combines Four Programs Under One Roof The ASU Downtown Phoenix Campus Recreation Center (or Y@ASU for short) is one of four fitness centers across the ASU university system that students voted to fund with an increase to their recreation fees of $75 per each semester
Mayo Clinic is planning a major expansion to its Phoenix campus that will create a single-site, integrated Cancer Center. The $130 million new facility will add three additional floors and 217,200 sq ft of clinical and office space above the first level of Mayo Clinic's Proton Beam Therapy Building on Mayo Clinic’s Phoenix campus at 56th St. and Loop 101. Image courtesy Mayo Clinic Mayo Clinic's $130-million consolidated cancer center facility will be built atop a portion of the underway $182-million Proton Beam Therapy Building, pictured here. Related Links: Mayo Clinic Begins Construction on Phoenix Proton Beam Facility [Dec. 2011] The
Banner Estrella Medical Center broke ground today on a new $151-million patient tower. Designed to accommodate 175 beds, the new six-story patient tower is the second on the campus located on the southeast corner of the Loop 101 Freeway and Thomas Road. Image courtesy Banner Health The six-story patient tower addition at the Banner Estrella Medical Center in Arizona will provide 175 beds and expanded emergency room services. Related Links: A Banner Year for Hospitals: Banner Health Injects Vigor into the Valley's Health Care Sector New MD Anderson Banner Cancer Center Becomes a Beacon of Hope for Patients in Arizona With nearly 100,000
Intel Corp. plans to add one more facility to its growing crop of buildings in Chandler, Ariz. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based manufacturer announced that construction is already underway on a new $300-million research and development facility at the Chandler Blvd. campus. Photo by Patti Reznik Photography Intel's new $300-million R&D facility is in addition to the already underway $5-billion Fab 42 manufacturing facility in Chandler, seen here. Related Links: Top 25 Starts of 2011 Inject $10.4 Billion Into Southwest Economy Solar Project Heats Up Intel Site The new building will be used to expand Intel’s packaging operations. “The innovation set to take place within the
A decade ago, Pima County's Regional Wastewater Reclamation Dept., or RWRD, was facing a problem: The Arizona Dept. of Environmental Quality had ruled that the levels of nitrogen coming from RWRD's network of 10 wastewater-stripping and treatment plants were too high. As a result, RWRD embarked on a $720-million Regional Optimization Plan (ROMP) to improve the quality of its effluent. Related Links: DAF Placement Saves on Capital Costs Archeological Discoveries Coexist With Construction Crews at Pima County Project The ROMP program is using innovative techniques as it expands and upgrades the 37.5-million-gallons-a-day Ina Road plant to 50 mgd and replaces
Bill Doelle groans every time he reads a newspaper headline that says “Archeology Find Halts Construction Project.” As the president of Tucson-based Desert Archaeology Inc.—consultant to Pima County on the cultural preservation efforts during the Regional Wastewater Reclamation Department’s $720-million Regional Optimization Plan—Doelle and his team were just as attentive to the present day needs of construction crews as they were to investigating the past. Related Links: Nitrogen Diet Reduces Arizona Drinking Water Threat Scientific Discoveries at the Panama Canal “The county has been developing for 25 years a pretty standardized procedure of assessing what’s in the ground and taking
More than 40 million passengers fly in and out of Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix every year. City officials couldn't risk stifling this sizable economic engine during construction of a much-needed passenger train project. Related Links: PHX Sky Train Phase 1 Takes Flight - ENR Southwest (June 2010) Phoenix Airport Sky Train Project Performs First Test Run To stay out of the way of planes, PHX Sky Train's guideway design takes it 90 ft over an active taxiway—billed by airport officials as a worldwide first—and then dips underneath two more taxiways before rising up to pass over a passenger
ALLREDChristian Allred was hired as a senior low voltage designer for the Phoenix office of Dewberry, a privately held professional services firm. Allred has more than 10 years of experience, predominately in upgrading systems at detention facilities. He will be responsible for expanding Dewberry's services to justice architecture clients in the Southwest on projects that include security electronics, telecommunications and detention equipment. Allred attended ITT Technical College, where he majored in computer-aided design. Related Links: ENR Southwest's People Page Southwest People Showcase Gallery J.B. Henderson Construction Co. Inc., Albuquerque, added numerous personnel to its microelectronics, government and commercial construction sectors.
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