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The Arizona State University downtown campus will have another large and brand-new facility now that the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law is finalizing plans for a 250,000 sq ft, six story, $130 million move from the Tempe campus.

The judges have completed their work and the winners of the ENR Southwest Excellence in Safety awards have been announced. The competion is part of the Best Projects 2013 competition that will be spotlighted in the next edition of ENR Southwest. The awards banquet will be held Nov. 12 in Phoenix.

A long simmering battle in southern Nevada has culminated in the Public Utility Commission dismissing a complaint in regard to a $36 million contract for energy distribution at Creech Air Force Base, the home of most remotely-piloted aircraft systems.

There were more than 90 projects in 19 categories entered by owners, contractors, architects and others in the ENR Southwest 2013 Best Projects contest. ENR Southwest is honored to announce this year’s Best Project contest winners.

More than 35 years ago, the Beatles penned the lyrics, “It’s Getting Better All The Time,” and while that might not have been true in regards to construction in the recent past, it seems like indeed things are getting better in the southwestern construction market.

Kiewit Development Co., Kiewit Infrastructure West Co., Sundt Construction, Inc. and Parsons Corporation, working under the name South Mountain Development Group, has suggested a public-private partnership to construct the proposed South Mountain Freeway.

ENR Southwest is proud to announce we are currently analyzing the results for its top specialty contractors survey and will publish the ranking of the top specialty contractors in the September issue.

Picking a top contractor as the ENR Southwest General Contractor of the Year is no easy task. Nearly every firm in the ENR Southwest Top General Contractors Ranking — which will be featured in next month’s print edition — had a year of which to be proud.

For those of us who live, work and play in the Southwest, heat is nothing new. But what might be surprising is just how well we have learned to prosper despite summertime temperatures that would make the devil perspire.

ENR Southwest will publish its ranking of the top contractors in the July issue. The survey for the Southwest is closed, and we are analyzing the results now. The southwest's largest firms representing over $6-billion in construction market value in 2012 will help provide a detailed look at the state of the industry in