The most recent insurance estimates suggest that equipment theft costs the industry anywhere from $300 million to $1 billion annually.

Updates about construction professionals in Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico.

Dodge offers data on projected 2021 construction starts in the Las Cruces area.

Updates on projects and companies in the Southwest region.

Reports from key industry events across the Southwest region.

Facebook’s Arizona facility is touted to be among the most advanced energy- and water-efficient data centers in the world.

Steel mill and energy prices have increased more than 100%, year over year, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Producer Price Index.

Despite the overall gain, some nonresidential construction segments still show job losses in July.

KORE Power Inc. says it will build a 1-million-sq-ft lithium-ion battery manufacturing facility on a 214-acre site in Buckeye, Ariz.—40 miles west of downtown Phoenix and just south of Interstate 10.

Celebration of life service is Sunday, Aug. 29, 2-5PM, PST in Las Vegas for highway agency spokesman and much-recognized construction writer and editor who died suddenly there on July 30.