Work has started on the $41-million, 15-mi ACE Green Line, a new commuter transit line connecting Henderson, Nev., with downtown Las Vegas. Image: RTC/IBI Group The Green Line’s 23 open-air stations will each feature double-helix-shaped, steel shade canopies above metal seats plus ticket and vending machines. The platform is elevated so that passengers will be able to enter and exit the buses without navigating a gap. Image: RTC The transit system uses 104-passenger, electric/diesel-powered buses manufactured by Northern Ireland-based The Wright Group. The 33-ton StreetCar RTV model has a design reminiscent of light-rail vehicles. Related Links: Building in the Fast
The Tohono O’odham Nation is moving forward on development of a new $500-million resort and casino in the West Valley of Phoenix despite opposition from several fronts. Image: Hnedak Bobo Group The $500-million West Valley Resort’s design includes a hotel, casino, spa and convention center. The Tohono O’odham Nation is awaiting Department of Interior action to place the project’s site into a land trust in order to proceed. The tribe selected Memphis-based Hnedak Bobo Group as the lead architect firm, which has produced the initial renderings for the West Valley Resort, located near the University of Phoenix Stadium and Glendale’s
One cool dawn about 20 years ago, architect Douglas Stroh sat horseback at the top of an 8-mi trail descending into the western Grand Canyon. He’d left home in Prescott, Ariz., hours before, driving in darkness north to the trailhead near tiny Peach Springs. Though he hadn’t been on a horse since age 12, he mounted up and joined colleagues for the three-hour descent to Supai village, located 2,000 ft below the rim and home to about 500 Havasupai Indians. Stroh wasn’t sightseeing. He was on the job, headed to a Havasupai Tribal Council meeting to discuss design of a
The first Major League Baseball spring training facility in the U.S. to be built on Indian land will be ready for business early next year. Photo: Patti Reznik Photography Mortenson Construction began preparing the 140-acre site at Indian Bend Road and Loop 101 in November for the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s new Spring Training Facility. Image: HKS/SRPMIC The placement of the multipurpose facility and this 11,000-seat capacity ballpark on tribal land is historically significant because ball games have been played by Native Americans for over 2,000 years. More than 200 semicircular to oval-shaped courts (surrounded by earthen embankments for
EngineersSix engineers in the Martin/Martin Inc. Consulting Engineers’ Colorado and Wyoming offices have become licensed professional engineers. BRITTON The civil or structural engineers in Colorado are: Renee Anderson, Kyle Messmer, Nicholas Remington, Kristina Stoll and Nathan Marshall. Structural engineer Amanda Miller received her Wyoming license. She is part of the Structural Solutions Martin/Martin Inc. group, based in Cheyenne. With a staff of about 155, Martin/Martin now has 88 licensed professional engineers. DEVRIES BUCK Jared Britton recently joined Envision Engineering of Salt Lake City as a senior lighting designer. Britton is a graduate of the University of Colorado at Boulder with
More and more owners and contractors are agreeing to partner to avoid the dysfunctional conflicts that can result when differences arise on projects. In most cases, partnering results in successful outcomes for all parties. Yet, sometimes, problems persist in spite of the partnering effort. Your project management team can avoid these problems if you follow a few simple guidelines. Partnering Is a Process To some construction professionals, partnering is considered to be a charter workshop activity. But it’s really an ongoing process and commitment by everyone to communicate effectively and rigorously throughout the project to avoid misunderstandings and solve problems.
Where We Are A discussion of the current state of development, design and construction industry conditions came from an unlikely recent event: a party. The ValleyCrest Cos. hosted a Stimulus Party in March. The guest list included Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper and members of the design, construction, development and educational communities. What we learned: • Real Estate. Significant money is sitting on the sidelines while the “pricing gap” between sellers and buyers remains significant. Investors are frustrated by the lack of deals on the market, and some investors who raised capital over the past 24 months are at risk of
1. Sand Creek Byway Sandpoint, Idaho Start: Oct 2008 Finish: Summer 2012 Contractor: Parsons Contract: $98 million The byway is 2.1 miles of new alignment connecting U.S. 95 from the northernmost end of the Long Bridge directly to Idaho 200 and U.S. 95 north of Sandpoint. The project includes six bridges and 24 retaining walls. Also included is a state-of-the-art pedestrian and bike pathway. It is the largest single highway project contract ever let in Idaho. 2. Evaro - McClure Evaro, Mont. Start: Fall 2008 Finish: Summer 2010 Contractor: M.A. DeAtley Inc. Cost: $28.9 million This reconstruction project includes grading,
1. Interstate 15 South Layton Start: Aug. 2009 Finish: Dec. 2010 Contractor: Ralph L. Wadsworth Construction Cost: $97.3 million A new full-interchange is being constructed over I-15 at milepost 330 in South Layton. The design-build project reconstructs mainline I-15 between interchanges at 200 North in Kaysville and Hill Field Road to include one express lane and three general-purpose lanes in each direction. 2. Riverdale Road from Chimes View Drive to Washington Boulevard Ogden Start: Spring 2010 Finish: Fall 2010 Contractor: Granite Construction Co. Cost: $6 million Serious traffic delay and connectivity to Interstate 15 and 84 is being addressed by
1. Interstate 25 at State Highway 16 Fountain Start: March 2008 Finish: Summer 2010 Contractor: SEMA Construction Inc. (phase one); Hamon Contractors Inc. (phase two) Cost: $44.6 million (both phases) Phase one consisted of the construction of new bridges over I-25, Fountain Creek and Crews Gulch, as well as some ramps, including a new direct ramp connection from southbound I-25 into Fort Carson in Colorado Springs. Phase two widens S.H. 16 to four lanes between Fort Carson and Syracuse Street, constructs a new bridge over U.S. 85 and the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad and the Union Pacific Railroad, constructs
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