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If not for the Great Recession and Sean Beatty, construction of the curvaceous reinforced concrete sea-creature tanks in the 50,000-sq-ft Seattle Aquarium Ocean Pavilion would have been even more arduous.

Guiding the state’s push to reach nation-leading goals in clean energy deployment, the chief of the NY State Energy Research and Development Authority acknowledges the “heavy lift” ahead amid construction headwinds but says the challenge to mitigate climate change is "compelling."

Visionaries making the path to decarbonization easier to follow and skilled managers called in to create expedited fixes in the face of structural failures or to avert disaster are among the 25 individuals who came up with the needed solutions last year.

Information derived from Industrial Reports, a market intelligence firm specializing in industrial construction and equipment leads.

Project news from Dodge Data & Analytics.

ENR’s 20-city average cost indexes, wages and materials prices. Historical data and details for ENR’s 20 cities can be found at ENR.com/economics

The funds cover expenses incurred for highway and bridge repairs and other costs after hurricanes, floods and other disasters in recent years.

Global construction volume will grow by 1.2% this year and by 3% annual average over the rest of the decade, forecasts London-based Global Construction Perspectives in a report released Jan. 23.

Working three blocks apart in Phoenix’s downtown Central Avenue corridor, Layton Construction Co. teams are completing two high-rise projects that will collectively add almost 2.5 million sq ft of mixed-use space.

Annual program reveals another group of up-and-coming leaders who are helping the Southwest construction industry address myriad challenges.