Southern Nevada's busiest thoroughfare, Interstate 15, sees more than 200,000 vehicles a day and is plagued by gridlock and accidents. Photo courtesy of Las Vegas Paving Corp. The project includes a total of 26 bridge segments to help alleviate traffic snarls and improve safety. Design-build contractor Las Vegas Paving Corp. began work in late 2009 on a solution: a $246.5-million widening of I-15 South between Silverado Ranch Boulevard and Tropicana Avenue. Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., Pasadena, Calif., performed design.The project is being underwritten by the Las Vegas Convention Visitors Authority, the public-private entity charged with bringing more visitors to town
A vocal group of local residents has spurred a debate over the route of a new, seven-mile stretch of road in north Phoenix being built to access an area of Sonoran Desert preserve. Opponents claim the new thoroughfare will draw unwanted traffic to a quiet neighborhood. Photo courtesy of Haydon Building Corp. Three traffic bridges and 10 steel truss pedestrian bridges are included in the project. Bridges over normally dry washes are built to withstand flash floods. The Phoenix City Council on June 14 placed construction of the contentious west third of the project on temporary hold, pending mediation. Work
Do your employees trust you? The brutal truth is—probably not. It may not be fair, and you may not want to hear it, but chances are that previous leaders have poisoned the ground on which you’re trying to grow a successful business. Make no mistake: Unless you and all the leaders in your organization can gain the trust of your employees, performance will suffer. And considering how tough it is to survive in today’s business environment, that’s bad news for your company. Before a team can reach its full potential, leaders must act in ways that transcend employees’ fears of
With the first phase of PHX Sky Train from the 44th Street Metro Light Rail in Phoenix to Sky Harbor Airport’s Terminal 4 on track for a 2013 opening, many wondered why the second stage to connect the airport’s other terminals to the system wasn't set to open until 2020. That changed earlier this month after the Phoenix City Council voted to move up completion of a .6-mile section to connect Terminal 4 with Terminal 3, along with a walkway for passengers to access Terminal 2, to early 2015. This portion was originally part of a second phase that would
Successful parties in lawsuits seeking to recover monies are awarded damages. Most damages are generally intended to compensate parties for losses they have suffered. Typically, therefore, damages are intended to make parties whole, that is, in the same condition they would have been had they not suffered a loss at the hands of a third party. For example, damages would compensate an owner the dollar amounts sufficient to allow the owner to have defective work of a contractor repaired or replaced. In appropriate circumstances, the owner may also recover consequential damages such as loss of rents that would have been
A dramatic pedestrian bridge under construction across Tempe Town Lake will soon connect the shores of the 220-acre lake's west end near the Tempe Center for the Arts. The 912-ft-long bridge will open to foot traffic in late August. Photo by James M. Doyle Crews placed the first of four 228-ft-long steel arch sections, each weighing in at 165,000 lbs, in mid-May. Photo by James M. Doyle Workers prepare the deck steel along the arch spans already in place while another span is readied for hoisting in the background. Related Links: Click here to view a video of the first steel arch
The newest Las Vegas Strip attraction isn't another mega-resort or Cirque du Soleil show. Rather, it is a heavy equipment playground that lets visitors operate life-size Tonka toys. Photo courtesy Dig This LLC Dig This patrons can operate a Caterpillar D5 track-type bulldozer to create earthen mounds. Photo courtesy Dig This LLC Visitors are put through skill tests that include scooping basketballs from atop safety cones. “Dig This” is a construction theme park developed by New Zealand-born Ed Mumm, who stumbled upon the idea while using a rented excavator to build his home in Steamboat Springs, Colo. After a couple
In an all-cash deal, Moon Township, Pa.-based Michael Baker Corp. purchased Nevada's largest architecture firm, JMA. Financial terms were not disclosed. Image courtesy of JMA JMA's current projects include the $146.2-million, 308,990-sq-ft Las Vegas City Hall, under construction now in downtown. Photo courtesy of JMA JMA owner Thomas Schoeman will stay on board as company president. Schoeman hopes the acquisition will help double the size of JMA within five years. Michael Baker Corp. (BKR) stock was valued at $24.95/share on June 9, down 38.6% from a 52-week high of $40.64. The 71-year-old engineering, design and survey firm had $499.4 million
Construction costs are bound to increase substantially when contractors or subcontractors are faced with unexpected conditions at the jobsite. Knowledgeable members of the construction industry seek to address this problem through “differing site conditions” or “concealed conditions” clauses in their contracts.The current AIA General Conditions have a “concealed or unknown conditions” clause that says: “If the Contractor encounters conditions at the site that are (1) subsurface or otherwise concealed physical conditions that differ materially than those indicated in the Contract Documents, or (2) unknown physical conditions of an unusual nature that differ materially from those ordinarily found to exist or
Spring is in the air for two firms selected to construct a new spring training and western headquarters facility for the Chicago Cubs Major League Baseball team in Mesa, Ariz. Populous, Kansas City, Mo., beat out nine competing firms to win the design contract, while Hunt Construction Group, Scottsdale, Ariz., bested eight others for the general contractor job. Image courtesy City of Mesa Conceptual drawings show possible layouts for the Cubs' new spring home. Image courtesy City of Mesa The new spring training venue pictured here in a concept drawing will replace the Cubs' existing facility in Mesa, Hohokam Park.
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