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Renewable energy projects were prominent on this year’s Top Starts ranking, and manufacturing contracts kept delivering in 2023.

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.

Two concourses will replace existing structures at the Reno-Tahoe International Airport by the end of the decade.

The opening of new lanes along Interstate 10 and a rebuilt interchange in Tucson by the end of 2024 is just one of the Arizona Dept. of Transportation’s efforts for the year.

A joint venture of Mortenson Construction and McCarthy Building Cos. was earlier announced as the project's construction manager.

The Bureau of Reclamation released is plan for dam operations through 2026 and reached three more water system conservation agreements.

ENR Southwest's Top Starts ranking of projects that started construction in 2023 will publish in the March 11 print edition.

Quanta Services' 550-mile transmission line under construction in Arizona faces pushback from tribes, others over claimed threats to historic and cultural sites in San Pedro River Valley.

Tech manufacturer's $20B expansion of its microchip production facilities in Arizona has had a tremendous impact on the Southwest region.

Projects totaling more than $1.3 billion are revamping major sections of highway throughout the Phoenix metropolitan area.