Articles by David M. Brown

Region’s contractors are seeing commercial slowdowns, a decrease in backlogs and labor and material shortages.

Regional contractors continue to adjust their expectations for availability of labor and materials––and their hopes for business as usual in the near future.

Many areas in the Southwest have escaped the widespread government-mandated shutdowns from the coronavirus pandemic, but several key regional projects have been halted, and planned starts for others are in jeopardy.

Slated to be operational in 2021, the one-level distribution hub for Red Bull products is expected to generate 100-plus construction jobs at peak.

The destination-lodging concept will integrate game-themed design, components and activities such as tournaments and conventions.

The first building in phased construction of the Lucid Motors plant, an investment of $300-plus million on a 500-acre site, should begin between April and June of this year.