The $1.85B complex is the first to use abundant geothermal brine near the Salton Sea to produce lithium for large scale EV battery production

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

When Ray Kowalik first interviewed with a recruiter at Kansas City, Mo.-based Burns & McDonnell after graduating from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1987 with a bachelor’s degree and a master’s in civil engineering, the concept of employee ownership didn’t bear all that much weight.

To bring Saudi Arabia’s new multicultural theme park from concept to completion in just 80 days in late 2022, a team of 70 design-build contractors worked across three shifts on a 24/7 jobsite. Careful coordination and supervision ensured quality and cohesion across the project.

This $522-million water treatment facility will clean 7.5 million cu m of water per day to expand farming land and combat water scarcity in northwestern Egypt.

Crews navigated mid-project changes and evolving materials challenges on this 6-acre development, all while maintaining a no-nonsense focus on safety.

Building three adjacent structures concurrently for Colorado State University’s Spur Campus on a brownfield site required extensive collaboration.

Spanning 1.1 million gross sq ft, the $1.8-billion Intuit Dome is the latest in a long series of sports arenas to rise along the West Coast.

Across Buist Electric’s primary stomping grounds of western Michigan, business continues to be strong. The Byron Center, Mich.-based electrical contractor is on track to grow its regional revenue by 25% in 2023, continuing a pace set over the last several years.

Business continues to grow for Ogden, Utah-based Staker Parson Materials & Construction, a CRH Company, which has provided infrastructure, commercial and residential construction services to all market sectors in the Intermountain region for the last 70 years.