A major interchange is undergoing a role reversal in Arizona's second- largest metropolitan area. Designed to solve traffic headaches and a dire safety problem, the Interstate 10 interchange project in Tucson is "flipping" the grade of Prince Road so that it will pass over, instead of under, I-10.
After enduring several years of revenue declines, construction firms finally saw an increase in work during 2011, reflected in the $10.4-billion project value among the 25 projects ranked on ENR Southwest's Top Starts list. It was more than triple the total of 2010's top 25 starts, when only $2.9 billion of new work was generated for contractors and design firms in Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico. Related Links: See the ranking of the Top 25 Starts of 2011 in Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico The biggest single project start in 2011 was the $5-billion Intel Fab 42 Semiconductor Manufacturing Facility,
ORIENTMark Orient has joined Tishman Construction Corp. as senior vice president, based in Washington, D.C. He formerly held the same title at Tompkins Builders Inc., a Washington-based unit of Turner Construction Corp. Tishman, acquired by AECOM in 2010, also promoted Steve Dimond and Ken Harris to first vice president and Vince Giganti to vice president of mechanical-electrical-plumbing services.CNH Global N.V., a Netherlands-based global construction and agricultural equipment manufacturer and distributor, has enamed Mario Gasparri to be president of its U.S. construction equipment unit in Burr Ridge, Ill., effective April 1. He replaces James McCullough, who retires March 31. Gasparri
A major new residential project broke ground in downtown Phoenix. Located on a 3-acre site south of Roosevelt Street, between Third and Fourth streets, the $52-million project adds fuel to a current building boom of campus-related housing in the Southwest region. Developed by Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Concord Eastridge and Memphis, Tenn.-based EdR, the unnamed apartment complex will contain 326 units within two buildings, one seven and the other eight stories high. The ground floors will include a total of 7,500-sq-ft of retail space, to be subdivided among several tenants depending on demand.Crews with Phoenix-based general contractor Hardison/Downey Construction began working on site infrastructure
Photo courtesy ABC Romney won the endorsement of the Associated Builders and Contractors following his address to the group's board of directors last week in Phoenix. Photo courtesy ABC Anirban Basu, ABC's chief economist, gave an upbeat view of the improving economy during a presentation at BizCon in Phoenix. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney promised to undo much of the regulatory and labor initiatives of the Obama administration, he said during a speech Thursday to the Associated Builders and Contractors' board of directors in Phoenix. Later that day, the association of construction industry executives threw its hat behind Romney's candidacy
Phoenix-based contractor Kitchell completed construction of The Sonntag Academic Pavilion at Barrow Neurological Institute. Located at the St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, the facility is part of nearly $150 million worth of work performed by Kitchell at the hospital, including construction of the 438,000 sq-ft Barrow Patient Care Tower, renovation of a children’s rehab unit and modifications to house high-tech medical scanning equipment. Photo by Kevin Korczyk The pavilion is named for neurosurgeon Volker K.H Sonntag, MD, former director of Barrow's neurosurgery program. Designed by Phoenix-based Orcutt I Winslow architects, the 3,000-sq-ft Pavilion—named for a well-known neurosurgeon
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney energized a crowd of construction industry executives by promising to undo much of the regulatory and labor initiatives of the Obama administration, during a speech Thursday in front of members of the Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. in Phoenix. Just hours later, ABC announced its endorsement of Romney's candidacy during its board of directors meeting. Photo courtesy ABC Romney won the endorsement of the Associated Builders and Contractors following his address to the group's board of directors on Thursday in Phoenix. Romney, who had sparred the night before with Republican primary opponents at the party’s
HealthSouth Corp., Birmingham, Al., has acquired land in Phoenix and plans to construct a new 48,000-sq-ft inpatient rehabilitation hospital. Located at the intersection of N. 91st and Pinchot avenues, construction is expected to begin at the site in the fourth quarter, with completion by the third quarter of 2013. Image courtesy HealthSouth The new 48,000-sq-ft rehabilitation hospital is expected to be completed by third quarter 2013. Image courtesy HealthSouth Similar to HealthSouth's Mesa hospital completed in 2009, the Phoenix facility will include specialized rehabilitation programs using advanced technology to help patients recover from major injuries and surgeries. Plans for the
