While no state in the Southwest posted month-over-month construction employment growth in December 2015, both Arizona and Nevada showed significant year-over-year job growth in the sector.
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The preliminary list of the region’s Top Construction Starts for the March print edition includes higher education, hospitality and public works — among other project types — in Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico.
Notable headlines include a new 75,000-sq-ft office campus on Lake Washington, a five-farm wind project in Oregon, an honorary engineering scholarship and an award-winning student group at OSU.
Notable news items include a new solar farm on the Navajo Nation, ViaWest Group launching a multi-million dollar renovation of the Biltmore Financial Center, a new name for a Las Vegas venue, and sensored construction vests for AIG.
Notable news items include an expansion of the LEED-certified Aria Resort & Casino Convention Center, new OSHA confined space regulations, and Nevada’s Hyperloop test site.
Designing and constructing the OdySea in the Desert aquarium—a circular structure formed by cast-in-place concrete and tilt-up panels—spurred the project team to elevate its use of construction technology.