Reports from key industry events in the Southwest region.

Clune Construction Company is ENR Midwest's Contractor of the Year for 2024

Reports from key industry events in the Southwest region.

The Sun Streams 4 project, a 377-MWdc PV, 300-MWac/1200 MWh solar and 300-MWac battery storage facility 40 miles west of Phoenix, is about one-third completed and at peak workforce of approximately 250 solar construction workers, including 65-plus registered apprentices.

A growing population, aging infrastructure and more stringent effluent limits spurred the need for a large-scale expansion of the Tomahawk Creek Wastewater Treatment Facility, which first began operations in 1955 in Johnson County, Kan.

For Justin Adams, senior project director at McCarthy Building Cos., delivering the 330,000-sq-ft expansion at Mayo Clinic’s North Phoenix campus “was truthfully one of the most amazing projects and experiences that I’ve had in my career. This was different.”

McCarthy Building Cos. has standardized its subcontractor payments and most financial transactions on Oracle's Textura cloud-based payments platform. 

McCarthy Building Cos. recently began constructing two solar projects in Texas that are part of the state’s first efforts to target Inflation Reduction Act compliance, which uses apprentices to support project development.

McCarthy Building Cos. completed construction of the $92-million, 1,000-ft-long Port Houston – Bayport Wharf 6 this summer.

One of the largest solar projects ever completed in Colorado, Sun Mountain spans more than 1,700 acres and delivers more than 300 MW of energy.