PROJECT COST: $131 Million PHOTO: HENSEL PHELPS Mariposa Land Port of Entry PHOTO: HENSEL PHELPS Mariposa Land Port of Entry This project was funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to expand and modernize Arizona�s largest commercial point of entry, the Mariposa (Nogales West) Port of Entry. Hensel Phelps began the $20.87-million first phase -- site and earthwork -- in November. This includes demolition of selected existing buildings and infrastructure, constructing retaining walls, compacting soil and installing utilities. The contractor will then bring the $110-million building vertical mid-2010, designed to be a safe, secure yet uplifting �desert oasis�. All
McCarthy Building Cos. Inc. is expanding the Indian Springs Collection & Treatment Plant for the Clark County Water Reclamation District. The $14.7-million expansion project calls for construction of a new, half-million gallon per day wastewater treatment plant that will serve the Indian Springs community and Creech Air Force Base. McCarthy will also upgrade the existing facilities currently serving Indian Springs which includes two lift stations, one on Creech AFB and one near the Indian Springs Casino. Additional work will include demolition of the existing Creech AFB water/wastewater treatment plant. In all, McCarthy will install and re-route more than 4 mi
PROJECT COST: $103 Million IMAGE: DEKKER/PERICH/SABATINI 2. Presbyterian Rio Rancho Medical Center This medical center consists of 300,000 sq ft in three structures, a five-story patient tower, two-story diagnostic and treatment building and a central plant. The hospital will have a 66-bed capacity and will include a full-service emergency department with a helicopter pad, women�s center, labor and delivery and a neonatal intensive care unit. The hospital will also offer intensive care, operating rooms, pharmacy, administration and a catheterization lab. Location: Rio Rancho, N.M.Started: November 2009Target Completion: August 2011Owner: Presbyterian Healthcare ServicesDesign Firm: Dekker/Perich/SabatiniGeneral Contractor: McCarthy Building Cos. NM, Inc.Civil
PROJECT COST: $30.8 Million IMAGE: VAN H. GILBERT ARCHITECT PC 6. Mesa Middle School IMAGE: VAN H. GILBERT ARCHITECT PC 6. Mesa Middle School div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" This 118,000-sq-ft school is designed for 870 students with each grade housed in self-contained �academic house� structures. The academic buildings housing adaptable classrooms and labs are connected to other campus buildings via canopy-covered walkways arranged around a central courtyard anchored by a multi-use amphitheater. Three additional structures include an administration center, gymnasium/cafeteria/media center and the arts center. Play fields are located within the school�s secure perimeter. Sustainable features include geothermal
PROJECT COST: $70 Million IMAGES: BOMEL/FINE PROPERTIES LLC 5. Metropolitan Police Headquarters Campus IMAGES: BOMEL/FINE PROPERTIES LLC 5. Metropolitan Police Headquarters Campus Located on 14 acres at the northwest corner of Martin Luther King Boulevard and Alta Drive in Las Vegas, this project consists of three buildings: two, four-story buildings and a five-story structure, totaling 390,000-sq-ft. The public-private partnership is being built as lease-purchase with Clark County and the city of Las Vegas and will consolidate dozens of offices and up to 1,400 workers from throughout the Las Vegas Valley into one campus. A new five-level, 1,671-stall parking garage is
Native American students in northwestern New Mexico will soon be able to attend the new, environmentally friendly, 18,000-sq-ft Zuni Christian Mission School at the Pueblo of Zuni. Designed by Hibbard Architecture & Planning, the two-story pueblo-style building uses structural insulated panels -- large-size, insulated wall and roof components used in place of conventional wood framing, concrete blocks or concrete tilt-up walls -- manufactured by Premier Building Systems to reduce air leakage and heat loss. Other green features include solar water heating, interior lighting with natural sunlight and rainwater collection from the roof. General contractor Murphy Builders is constructing this first
PROJECT COST: $72 Million PHOTO: MOHAVE COUNTY Mohave County Correctional Facility The 242,000-sq-ft facility will house 688 beds in pod-style living unit configurations, but includes shell space which will allow expansion to 848 beds. The site can also accommodate an adjacent structure which will allow expansion to a total of 1,100 beds. Therefore, all services, mechanical, electrical, kitchen, laundry and medical are sized to accommodate the full expansion to 1,100 beds. Location: Kingman, Ariz.Started: August 2008Target Completion: October 2010Owner: Mohave CountyDesign Firm: DurrantGeneral Contractor: FaulknerUSAConsultant: RNL DesignSubcontractors: Hi-Tech Steel; JSC Concrete; Helix Electric; Cobb Mechanical Contractors; Legg Inc.; Norment Security
PROJECT COST: $44 Million IMAGE: MOLZEN-CORBIN & ASSOCIATES 4. University of N.M. Arena - �The Pit� IMAGE: MOLZEN-CORBIN & ASSOCIATES 4. University of N.M. Arena - �The Pit� div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" This famous arena is getting a face lift as the school�s first construction manager at-risk project, including state-of-the-art locker room facilities, new scoreboards, an expanded concourse, new restrooms, expanded concessions and a high-rise look out front. The renovation will also include 40 new luxury suites and 300 club seats. The new concourse will be expanded to give fans more walking space, and with new glass surrounding
Phoenix is building a new transit project that one day will shuttle people at Sky Harbor International Airport from terminal to terminal in air-conditioned comfort. Sky Harbor officials hope the $1-billion PHX Sky Train will also reduce traffic by nearly 20%, removing 20,000 vehicles from surrounding roadways for less gridlock and pollution. The initial $625-million, 1.92-mi-long segment will connect the city�s METRO light-rail station at 44th and Washington streets with the airport�s 4,630-space east economy parking lot and 88-gate Terminal 4, which serves 80% of Sky Harbor�s passengers. Sky Train�s initial segment is expected to attract 28,000 daily riders or
PROJECT COST: $42.3 Million IMAGES: RENDA PACIFIC/SNWA 6. Lake Mead Intake #3 Connector Tunnel IMAGES: RENDA PACIFIC/SNWA 6. Lake Mead Intake #3 Connector Tunnel This project, near Alfred Merritt Smith Water Treatment Facility (approximately 20 miles southeast of Las Vegas) is part of the larger $709.6-million Lake Mead Intake #3 to add a new water intake at Lake Mead to protect against dropping water levels which threaten to take out intake #1. The connector tunnel will link intake #3 with the previously built intake #2. It includes a 20- by 20-ft modified horseshoe tunnel approximately 300 ft long and a
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