Generating electricity when the sun isn't shining has long been the Achilles' heel of the solar power industry, but a new solar project in the high Nevada desert aims to solve the dilemma by becoming the nation's first commercial solar power plant to use salt storage technology. Images courtesy of SolarReserve The 60-ft-dia, cast-in-place concrete central tower rises 538 ft above the desert floor. Image Courtesy of SolarReserve A 2-sq-mile ring of reflective mirrors focuses sunlight upon a massive receiver atop a concrete tower in the center to heat salt and generate steam. The $900-million project is being built by
Barry Bartle BARTLEhas been named president at Phoenix-based NAI Horizon and will lead the strategic repositioning of the Property Management Division to help the commercial real estate firm grow its management portfolio to 10 million sq ft. With a career spanning 30 years, Bartle has led property management divisions for such firms as RREEF, Cushman and Wakefield and Pacific Office Properties, directing more than $2 billion in real estate investments for more than 100 clients. Anthony Jeffers has been hired as a project manager for Johnson Carlier, Tempe, Ariz. Jeffers has more than a decade of experience in construction management,
Ahern Rentals Inc., the 58-year-old family-owned equipment rental giant that filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Dec. 22, prided itself on not selling out. Now, at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Reno, Nev., Ahern's Chapter 11 proceedings unfold on the heels of an announced merger between the construction industry's two largest rental companies—United Rentals Inc. and RSC Holdings Inc.—which for more than a decade have been chipping away at independents like Ahern through roll-ups, volume purchasing and price competition. Tudor Van Hampton for ENR Don Ahern is a fixture at equipment shows such as World of Concrete. Photo by
Phoenix firms Orcutt|Winslow and Kitchell have been selected to design and construct a new patient tower at Chandler Regional Medical Center, located in Chandler, Ariz. Site work on the five-story inpatient tower is set to begin this month, with vertical construction slated to start by November 2012. Image courtesy Orcutt|Winslow The $125-million addition will house a new emergency department, along with operating rooms, a chapel and food service area. Image courtesy Orcutt|Winslow The new five-story building will add 96 patient rooms to the existing Chandler Regional Medical Center. With the addition of 96 new in-patient beds bringing the total number
An audacious plan is under way to build as many as 24 new schools in key markets across the U.S. solely through corporate funding, donated materials and volunteer labor. Image courtesy Stantec The 6,291-sq-ft Safari building at Roadrunner Elementary School in Phoenix will be built by donated labor and materials. Image courtesy Stantec Stantec architect Annette Zacherson designed the project to maximize natural light through clerestory windows, light shelves and shaded light wells to boost student learning. Dubbed the Green Schoolhouse Series, the idea sprung from father-and-son team Marshall and Jeff Zotara, co-founders of Cause and Effect Evolutions, a Carlsbad,
Mayo Clinic broke ground for a cutting edge cancer therapy facility at its Phoenix campus, with Hunt Construction Group, Scottsdale, as general contractor and AECOM, Minneapolis, as architect. The $182-million facility will house Mayo Clinic's Proton Beam Therapy program. Image courtesy Mayo Clinic Rendering of Mayo Clinic's new Phoenix facility, to house new proton beam therapy treatment equipment. As part of the integrated program, Mayo Clinic will build facilities on Mayo's campuses in Minnesota and Arizona. The Arizona proton beam therapy program will be located east of the Mayo Clinic Specialty Building on the Phoenix campus at 56th Street and
The critics have called it "the bridge to nowhere." It has gone through over a decade of delays and setbacks. But the 1,722-ft-long, 295-ft-tall Galena Creek Bridge, one of the costliest, most controversial projects in Nevada's history, is finally nearing completion. Julie Duewel With the bridge approaching completion, the fill that enabled crews to erect falsework is now gone from the canyon. Julie Duewel Galena Creek Bridge is the centerpiece of an 8.5-mile Interstate 580 extension being constructed between Reno and the state capitol, Carson City. Related Links: Read this April 2007 story on Galena Creek Bridge from ENR Southwest's
SnapShot November 14, 2011 Submitted By: Marsha Crockett, Brand Communications Manager, DLR Group, Phoenix Uplights wash a wing-like canopy in blue light to harmonize with the dusk desert sky at West-MEC Aviation Technology Center, a specialty high school in Glendale, Ariz. The facility’s design was inspired by Luke Air Force Base and the Glendale Airport, both located nearby. A metal facade reflects the fluidity of aircraft design. Photographer: Neil Koppes
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