The Southwest Construction Views blog examines the current events, issues and challenges of development, design and construction in the Desert Southwest
This year’s Top General Contractors survey for the Southwest is closed, and we are analyzing the results now. The rankings and analysis is set to publish in ENR Southwest’s July 16 issue. However, I wanted to give readers of this blog an early sneak peek at the results. The news is mixed.
During a renovation of the 15-story Manzanita Hall dormitory on Arizona State University’s Tempe campus, crews stopped in their tracks after stumbling upon a trespasser. While demoing the exterior skin of the 45-year-old building earlier this week, workers found a large hawk, nesting with her three eggs. The nest was
It’s Canstruction week in Phoenix, so be sure to make a trip down to the Phoenix Convention Center by April 7th to view the elaborate sculptures put together by Arizona design and construction teams. I had the honor of judging the competition again this year, along with four other construction industry and media
Coming soon in ENR Southwest’s May issue is the annual Top Design Firms ranking. Along with the charts showing the largest firms by revenue, we also select our Design Firm of the Year. That firm is: SmithGroupJJR!
ENR Southwest will produce its annual ranking of the Top Design Firms working in Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico in the May issue. As a preview, here is a list of the 70 firms that submitted surveys that will appear in the ranking. The firms are in alphabetical order here, but when the list is published in May, you will be
While the Southwest region is showing encouraging signs of recovery from the recession, and many companies have started to increase staffing, it’s a poignant reminder that things are still not back to normal when a contractor with a major Arizona presence decides to withdraw from the region. That’s exactly what
Every year ENR Southwest presents its list of the top construction starts of the previous year. The Top Starts 2011 ranking will appear in the March 19 issue of ENR Southwest, and will feature 25 projects that are valued at more than $7 billion Many of these large-scale projects will continue to create jobs and add to the
Choosing award winners is a difficult process. After 14 years of organizing ENR's regional Best Projects competitions and four years of holding the national awards, the editors of ENR suddenly found themselves tasked with choosing the Editors' Choice winner. But first, an independent jury of construction
Want to brag about a big project that broke ground in 2011? In this economy, any project start is a reason to celebrate -- so take advantage of some free publicity and let us know about your top starts of the past year for our annual Top 25 Starts ranking.
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