Think you've built on some tight sites? Try being squeezed into a narrow space surrounded on three sides by other buildings along the Las Vegas Strip at one of the busiest pedestrian and traffic intersections in the country.
John Michael Stroud STROUDwas promoted to president of J.B. Henderson Construction Co. in Albuquerque. He has been with the company for 24 years, first as a laborer and pipefitter, then moving up to estimator and project manager. Most recently, Stroud was the firm's Rio Rancho area manager. He holds a bachelor's degree from the University of New Mexico. He has served as project manager on key projects including UNM's Pete and Nancy Domenici Hall and buildings for Los Alamos National Laboratory. Related Links: ENR Southwest Current Issue of ENR Southwest Ray Moyers and Rick Jay have joined Johnson Carlier as
A huge plot of rural land in eastern New Mexico could soon become a major power hub for the U.S. if a start-up merchant transmission company is successful in developing a nearly $2-billion project to interconnect the three main power grids in the U.S. The project, known as Tres Amigas, is also expected to boost construction of new transmission lines and wind and solar farms in N.M. and the Southwest. Image Courtesy of Tres Amigas Construction on the rural N.M. site would include transmission lines, voltage converters and support buildings. Image Courtesy of Tres Amigas Map of U.S. Power Grids Related Links: New Transmission Lines
A huge plot of rural land in eastern New Mexico could soon become a major power hub for the U.S. if a start-up merchant transmission company is successful.
Phoenix mayor Greg Stanton and others commemorated the opening of the $135-million Health Sciences Education Building at the Phoenix Biomedical Campus on Friday. Related Links: Niche Markets Help Top Subcontractors Stay Above Water DPR Typifies Triple Bottom Line Approach The 268,000-sq-ft space was built via a partnership between the University of Arizona College of Medicine and Northern Arizona University, and will eventually serve up to 1,200 students plus faculty and researchers.The building’s general contractor, a joint venture of the Phoenix office of DPR Construction and Tempe, Ariz.-based Sundt Construction, reports that the building was delivered on time and on budget. The contractors
The skyline in Downtown Phoenix got a little less sparse last week with the topping off of the two-building apartment complex, now dubbed Roosevelt Point. The plot of land, stretching along Roosevelt Street between 3rd and 4th streets, will finally be occupied after years of sitting empty in the center of a burgeoning arts district. Related Links: New $52M Apartment Complex in Phoenix Adds to Student Housing Boom ENR Southwest's Ranking of the Top Regional Contractors in 2012 General contractor Hardison/Downey Construction and concrete subcontractor Suntec Concrete, both Phoenix, worked diligently to get the buildings to their final height prior
The University of New Mexico will hold a series of town hall meetings next week to gather public input on a proposed $146-million hospital in Albuquerque. The 96-bed adult-care facility was put on hold on Sept. 18 to allow for more public input as some groups in the community have expressed concerns. Image courtesy UNM The six-story hospital will house 96 beds within 195,000 sq ft of space. A future phase will add a two-story, 65,000-sq-ft medical office building. Related Links: 2010 Best Projects Awards: University of New Mexico Cancer Center Nimble Footwork: UNM Children's Hospital Expansion Steps Forward UNM
With a unique ribbon-cutting ceremony, Arizona State University inaugurated its new $110-million Interdisciplinary Science and Technology IV research building on the Tempe, Ariz. campus last week. Related Links: New ISTB IV Science Lab Uses Ample Green Systems At 298,000 sq ft, the new building is the largest single research facility on the campus. It provides the new home for the School of Earth and Space Exploration, which is involved in many NASA space missions and research. A replica of the NASA Curiosity rover currently exploring Mars graces visitors as they first enter the building.Fittingly, it was a similar autonomous rover,
Pittsburgh-based dck worldwide purchased Summit Builders earlier this month. The Phoenix-based general contractor will be renamed Summit dck, to underscore the effort to unite the capabilities of both companies and open up the Southwest market for dck. Photo courtesy Summit dck Summit recently completed Trillium North, a 274-unit apartment community in Phoenix. Photo courtesy Summit dck Summit built the 80,000-sq-ft Naco Border Patrol Station in Bisbee, Ariz., which also included a 12,600-sq-ft firing range. Related Links: Long-Stalled Tempe Condo Towers Reborn as Apartments ENR Southwest's Ranking of Top General Contractors “We’ve worked in the area but never had a strong presence
