While newspapers across the country are looking for ways to cut costs or change operations, TPC Holdings of Lewiston, Idaho, has invested $12 million in a state-of-the-art press and a new two-story, 32,000-sq-ft building adjacent to their business office to house it. The Lewiston Tribune and Moscow Pullman Daily News are now being printed on a huge MAN Roland Uniset 75 offset press, providing daily newspapers for more than 32,000 subscribers in north-central Idaho and southeastern Washington. The Tribune was first published in 1892 by two brothers, Albert H. and Eugene L. Alford, the first of four generations of Alfords to
Diamond City, a nearly forgotten Montana ghost town will be rebuilt 11 mi north of Helena, Mont. The planned equine development has received an influx of global financial interest with its announcement to develop 15,000 acres into America’s first LEED-certified community. Once complete, the town will be the most sustainable carbon-neutral community on a large scale in the U.S. Robert Rule, chief executive officer of Premier II Development Group LLC of Helena, Mont. says sustainable technologies have advanced so rapidly over the past few years that a project of this scale is realistic. “Diamond City will set the example on
Before 2007, frequently used American Institute of Architects construction contract forms provided for arbitration of contract disputes to be administered by the American Arbitration Association. Because of disappointments of some industry members with arbitration, the 2007 AIA contract forms (and the newly introduced ConsensusDOCS contract forms) allow choices between arbitration, litigation or “other” (arm wrestling?). Check the box. What are the relative merits of arbitration vs. litigation? Here are a few factors to consider: Cost. Although in earlier years arbitration costs were thought to be lower because there was only limited discovery (depositions, written interrogatories and the like) and no
With the start of the second half of 2010, it appears that experts were correct in predicting that recovery from the current recession would be a long, slow climb rather than a quick leap. Declines in project starts, which started four years ago, have created a murky marketplace complete with bidding frenzies, razor-thin profit margins and an unemployment rate over 20%. But, along with the bad, there is some good coming out of the current recession. The editors of Mountain States Construction magazine have compiled a list of 10 things that are getting better in 2010. We Built This City:
T.L. Roof & Associates Construction Co. broke ground on the Pascua Yaqui Multi-Justice Center for the Pascua Yaqui Tribe. Designed by Phoenix-based Durrant Architects, the project consists of a two-story, 62,700-sq-ft structure housing office space, courtrooms, holding cells and training rooms for police and justice department functions. The project is scheduled to complete within a year. T.L. Roof also completed the addition and renovation project for the Ott Family YMCA in Tucson. The project houses a new 7,200-sq-ft gymnasium, new 1,400-sq-ft lobby addition including a new elevator and stairwell access to the existing lower level and a 975-sq-ft cardio room.
Arizona State University’s $160-million Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Building IV is starting to come out of the ground on the Tempe campus and has been steadily progressing since starting construction in March. The project was previously on hold due to the state budget crisis. Arizona State University’s Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Building IV, Tempe. The 294,000-sq-ft structure will be home to the School of Earth and Space Exploration and will include space for the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering. It will house more than 160 labs, 60 faculty offices and a 250-seat auditorium. The building combines elements from an
Meridian Contracting broke ground on a $2.4-million, ARRA-funded project to build a pedestrian overpass at the Belen Rail Runner Station. It is expected to be complete by this November. A ramp and stairs will lead directly from the Rail Runner station to the overpass, allowing pedestrians and cyclists to cross Reinken Avenue and access First or Second streets via a lighted and completely ADA-accessible walkway. The design includes architectural features that reflect Belen’s history.
Granite Construction Co. was awarded a $29-million contract by the Bureau of Indian Affairs to rehabilitate approximately 62 mi of rural highway in the Navajo Nation. The ARRA-funded project will be divided into six sections spread out over 100 mi in San Juan and McKinley Counties. Work began in August and will take approximately 11 months to complete.
Crews celebrated the hoisting of the final two steel beams atop the D-backs and Rockies clubhouses at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick, just five and a half months after the first concrete pour for the new spring training home for the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Colorado Rockies. Mortenson Construction is constructing the 140-acre project within the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community near Scottsdale. Designed by HKS Architects, the project contains an 11,000-seat ballpark, 12 practice fields, as well as Major and Minor League clubhouses, training facilities and offices for each team. The facility will open in February 2011. The
Empire Power Systems successfully installed the first 5,000 solar panels on Arizona’s largest commercial rooftop solar power system. Solar panels being installed in southwest Phoenix. Photo courtesy Empire Power Systems Located on an 850,000-sq-ft building near 27th Avenue and Buckeye Road in Phoenix, the new solar power system will allow the building’s owners, Cowley Cos., to provide tenants with renewable energy at a 25% reduction in price over typical industrial electric rates. The SunPower T-5 panels are being installed as quickly as they are received. The integrated design of this ballasted system allows the Arizona-based contractors on the project to
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