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The Southwest Construction Views blog examines the current events, issues and challenges of development, design and construction in the Desert Southwest
The Nevada Department of Transportation says it has obligated all $201 million of its American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Highway Funds. While the DOT accomplished this a month ahead of schedule, most of the obligations were for pavement preservation projects. According to Scott Magruder,
The sad state of the Phoenix condo market continues to deteriorate with today’s news that 44 Monroe in downtown Phoenix will likely be headed to foreclosure, according to this Arizona Republic article. A trustee sale is scheduled for April for 182 unsold condos, comprising most of the 34-story building’s
CityNorth, the beleaguered mixed-use development in north Phoenix, has been hit with a $290-million foreclosure. While developers and analysts blame bad timing and the recession for the project's misfortune, were there other reasons that could have been prevented?
A unique new home for a low-income family was honored with the highest LEED for Homes certification level yesterday by USGBC President and CEO Rick Fedrizzi prior to the kickoff for Greenbuild 2009 in Phoenix. The first concrete Net-Zero Energy home in central Arizona was built by Habitat for Humanity in 12 weeks with the
Lower numbers were reported by design firms in this year’s Top Design Firms ranking, appearing in the October issue of Southwest Contractor here. Behind the numbers lie some interesting trends. While total numbers are down from last year, they are still higher than five years ago. New Mexico is significantly higher
A new $15 million aquarium attraction is being planned for the Phoenix area, from the company behind the LEGOLAND theme parks. U.K.-based Merlin Entertainments Group, which also owns the Madame Tussauds wax attraction chain, plans to build SEA LIFE, a 26,000-sq-ft indoor aquarium inside the Arizona Mills Mall, located in
With plummeting Arizona sales tax revenue leading to lower returns on the half-cent share going to fund transportation projects, the hot topic at the last few monthly meetings of the Maricopa Association of Governments’ Transportation Policy Committee has been ways to bridge the expected $6.6 billion deficit in
The U.S. is abuzz about ethics. News stories from Bernie Madoff to Michael Jackson’s doctor are keeping water coolers busy nationwide. Where most of us see many gradations of gray between cutting in front of someone in the airport security line and pilfering millions from innocent victims, Dr. Marianne M. Jennings sees
The Phoenix City Council moved two projects forward that could signal a turning of the economic tide for development and construction in the Valley of the Sun.
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