The University of Arizona has selected GLHN Architects and Engineers, Inc. of Tucson to design a $42-million, 128,000-sq-ft addition to the university’s Environmental and Natural Resources Building. As architect and engineer of record for the ENR2 project, GLHN will work in association with Richard+Bauer of Phoenix on the design. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The ENR2 facility will house the Institute of the Environment, the School of Geography Development and the School of Natural Resources & Environment, and will be designed to facilitate scientific collaboration and interdisciplinary research. The project intends to create a facility that reflects the university’s
The last phase of construction to widen U.S. 62/180 from two to four lanes between Carlsbad and White City began. The $10-million GRIP project is the last of five phases begun in 2007. The previous phases were completed at a cost of $75 million. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" Approximately $4 million in federal earmark funds were allocated for an additional four-mi section of U.S. 62/180 highway from the Carlsbad airport north to the junction of U.S. 285. This future project will complete the entire reconstruction of the corridor from New Mexico-Texas state line in Eddy County to the
The U.S. General Services Administration, Dept of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation and builder/developer Ryan Companies US, Inc. broke ground on a 210,202-sq-ft facility that Phoenix-based FBI personnel will call home for the next 20 years. Image: Ryan Cos./AECOM Ryan Cos. will develop and build the new $62-million FBI headquarters in north Phoenix. AECOM is the design firm on the project. Located at 7th Street and Deer Valley Road, the $62-million facility will replace the FBI’s four current Phoenix locations, allowing expansion and consolidation of agency operations and personnel through a 20-year lease agreement with Ryan Cos. The project demands
Welcome to our annual ranking of the greenest design firms in the region. These companies generated over $110 million in revenue designing projects within Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico that were officially registered with a third party rating system such as LEED or equivalent. The ranking is based on 2009 revenue and only includes projects that are being built with certification as a goal. This total is up from $88 million in 2008. Designers reported working on 230 projects that are seeking certification, down from 281 the year before. Photo courtesy Cannon Design Ranging from one to four stories, the
This year’s ranking is based upon 2009 revenue as voluntarily reported by the 100 largest architects and engineers of Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico. Image: Orcutt | Winslow Youngker High School Performing Arts Center, Buckeye, Ariz. Related Links: Top 100 Design Firms of the Southwest Top Design Firms By Specialty Top Design Firms By State The top 100 firms reported $1.3 billion in design work for 2009, a 10.7% drop from 2008. Arizona firms fell more than 20% to $675 million while Nevada dropped 14% to just over $300 million. New Mexico was the lone bright spot: design revenue for
After breaking ground in mid-October 2009, the last structural steel beam for Swedish’s comprehensive ambulatory care center, five-story medical office building and acute-care community hospital on a 12.5-acre parcel in the Issaquah Highlands was signed by construction workers and hospital officials before being lifted into place atop the structure. General contractor Sellen Construction Co. plans to open phase one of the facility by July 2011. Photo: Swedish The construction team gathers to celebrate the raising of the final structural steel beam on the Swedish/Issaquah Campus in Issaquah Highlands, Wash. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras"
Design firms across the Northwest continued to see tough market conditions, but there were signs of improvement as 2009 came to a close. Image: HDR Ranked second overall and in the health care category, the Bellevue, Wash. office of HDR designed the $83-million Central Washington Hospital. The five-story expansion project adds 188,000 sq ft and 35 beds. Related Links: Top 44 Overall Ranking Top Breakout Ranking Top Green Design Firms Revenue of the top 44 firms totaled $1.48 billion in 2009, up more than 5% over 2008 revenue. Despite this slight gain in revenue, design staffs were still gutted in
With the news that Facebook had surpassed 500 million users, the social networking website has decided to more than double the size of its first wholly-owned data center currently under construction in Prineville, Ore. The initial $188-million project broke ground in January and has been moving along rapidly. The expansion will add another 160,000 sq ft of shell space to the 147,000 sq ft facility now being built, with the shell space being built out later as business demand dictates. Photos courtesy Sheehan Partners Photos courtesy Sheehan Partners Photos courtesy Sheehan Partners "We are making excellent progress on the first
Our annual survey of subcontractors in the Southwest shows revenue totals plummeting in 2009. Last year, we ranked 160 companies totaling $6.13 billion based on their 2008 revenue. This year, the responses fell to 113 firms with revenue totaling just $3.58 billion in 2009. Photo Courtesy Carollo Engineers Crews pour concrete for a clarifier floor during construction on the third phase of the $60-million Casa Grande Water Reclamation Facility. Related Links: Top 113 Specialty Contractors State/Worldwide Market Sectors Safest Subcontractors Even with the drop in participation, the largest firms remain fairly consistent year to year. All but five of last
School districts across the Northwest are committing to sustainability – not despite the economy, but in some cases because of it. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" One such project is the $61.8-million Redmond High School in central Oregon. Skanska USA Building’s central Oregon office is the general contractor on the 276,000-sq-ft, two-story project. Redmond School District sees benefits to seeking LEED gold beyond environmental stewardship. “Sustainability means less operating costs,” says Jerry Milstead, construction project manager with the district. “If you look at K-12 throughout the U.S. and certainly in Oregon, that’s where the problem is: funds for operations.
