June - 2022

Jun 30
3 min

WORKMANSHIP COMPLAINTS: ROC license suspensions and Recovery Fund awards

On a residential project, even a minor ROC discipline against your contractor’s license can trigger a Recovery Fund award and a second license suspension. By Andrew Wenker If an ROC workmanship complaint results in a short suspension of a contractor’s license, some contractors choose not to appeal and instead serve the suspension and assume that the case is closed. However, if the complaint involves a residential property, that may be where the real trouble begins. Recovery F

Jun 29
3 min

Oval But Not Forgotten: Manzanita Speedway

Douglas Towne Before the Valley hosted major league teams in luxurious stadiums, local sports fans reveled in homegrown competitions filled with motor-induced drama and dust. Phoenix was a hotbed of auto racing, with more than a half-dozen raceways constructed after World War II. These speedways were modest facilities with dirt tracks and wooden grandstands. What the racetracks lacked in glitz, the drivers made up for in racing action. Split-second decisions behind the wheel

Jun 28
2 min

GC Needed as Lincoln Property Plans to Develop 1 Million SF Tucson Warehouse Facility

77-acre land buy paves way for new Class A, four-building $260 million industrial development LPC Desert West, the Southwest division of Dallas-based Lincoln Property Co., has announced it will develop a more than 1 million-square-foot, Class A industrial development in the Tucson, Arizona airport submarket, highlighting the rising relevance of Tucson as a strategic industrial location. Plans for I-10 International include four warehouse/distribution buildings totaling 476,00

Jun 27
2 min

Business Bottlenecks: How to Identify and Overcome

Jeani Ringkob founded StoryBuilt Growth Strategy & Marketing after nearly a decade in the asphalt paving business and has helped several businesses grow and develop in the construction world. In her talk at World of Asphalt 2022, “Overcoming the Bottleneck in Your Business: How to Identify It Fast and Fix It Right, Every Time,” she explained that businesses are a lot like airplanes. Ringkob explained in Nashville that both businesses and airplanes require constant attention,

Jun 24
2 min

Phoenix Design One Promotes Sophia Humphrey to Principal

Joins executive leadership team, responsible for vision and growth of Scottsdale-based firm Award-winning interior architecture firm Phoenix Design One Inc. (PDO) has promoted long-time team member Sophia Humphrey to the position of Principal. In her new role, Humphrey will continue to manage the PDO studio and directly oversee more than 40 buildings, of which PDO is the architect of record. She also joins the PDO executive leadership team, responsible for the vision and grow

Jun 23
2 min

Gorman & Company Awarded Tax Credits in Ariz., Ill., Wis.

Developments to provide quality affordable housing in growing communities. GLOBE, Ariz. – Gorman & Company won $2.5 million in state and federal funding for Hill Street School Redevelopment in Globe, Arizona. The Hill Street School project received a 9% LHITC award and a state tax credit allocation of $1 million. The former historic school building will be an adaptive reuse project to serve as an affordable housing community for primarily older residents. The project will res

Jun 22
2 min

MOHR CAPITAL CLOSES ON 46 ACRES FOR ARIZONA BUSINESS PARK DEVELOPMENT

Construction on two Class A industrial buildings totaling 704,472 square feet to start in August 2022 Mohr Capital, a Dallas-based privately held real estate investment firm, acquired 46.26 acres in one of Arizona’s fastest-growing cities to develop Summit Business Park, a Class A industrial business park in the West Valley. Summit Business Park will offer a combined space of 704,472 square feet of leasable industrial space with 453,960 square feet in Building 1 and 250,512 s

Jun 21
2 min

HOW SUSTAINABILITY WORKS FOR YOUR CONTRACTING COMPANY

Sustainability is a growing concern for all segments of the economy, including construction and paving companies. Not only because of the environmental impact on the community, but for the economic impact on companies as well. In their World of Asphalt 2022 session “Developing a Sustainability Program that Works for Your Company,” University of Nevada Reno Professor Adam Hand and Granite Construction Sustainability Manager Raven Adams made the case for asphalt pavement and in

Jun 20
2 min

McCarthy Holdings Promotes Jeremy Melvinto to Executive Vice President, Human Resources

McCarthy Holdings Inc., one of the nation’s largest 100% employee-owned construction companies, recently promoted Jeremy Melvin to executive vice president, human resources. Prior to assuming this national role, Melvin served as vice president, human resources for the company’s Southwest region in Phoenix. Melvin remains in Phoenix and takes over for Executive Vice President Al Berardi, who is transitioning into a strategic support role until his retirement within the next ye

Jun 17
2 min

Old School Equipment: The Buffalo-Springfield Roller Company

Douglas Towne Construction machinery not only moves mountains, it can become a part of pop culture. One equipment line, the Buffalo-Springfield Roller Company, found fame simply by having its steamroller parked in the right spot at the right time. The location was outside music producer Barry Friedman's house in Los Angeles, where future Rock and Roll Hall of Fame members, Stephen Stills and Richie Furay, were staying in 1966. Their search for a name for their new band ended

Jun 16
2 min

Digital Twin platform powers the State of New Mexico in transitioning to a carbon neutral future

New Mexico is launching a new ‘smart infrastructure’ and carbon-neutral energy era on a grand scale, after its 2019 Energy Transition Act (ETA) positioned the US state as a global leader to fight Climate Change. Its ambition will be enabled by partnership between The Agile Fractal Grid (AFG), developing a new integrated power and broadband network, and Cityzenith, creator of the revolutionary Digital Twin platform SmartWorldPro. The state and these partners predict the multi-

Jun 15
2 min

Unbound sells 154 acre industrial development near Phoenix Mesa Gateway Airport

Phoenix-based Unbound Development set the table for a large-scale industrial development near Phoenix Mesa Gateway Airport and recently completed a transaction with Greystar, who will now finish the process. Unbound sold the 154 acres consisting of 6 different parcels in a double escrow transaction and provides Greystar, which is one of the largest multifamily owners and management firms in the country, with a Class A industrial development opportunity as it tries to expand i

Jun 14
0 min

Historical Construction Equipment Exposition in Bowling Green this Fall

Jun 13
1 min

Nation’s largest passive house project breaks ground

Eco Terra, a seven-story, 348-unit luxury mixed-use apartment complex formerly known as Garden Station that is now under construction, has just become the largest project in the country to earn key passive house and net zero certifications. The development, just outside of Chicago, also showcases the ability to combine green building with an upscale living environment including amenities such as a fitness center, swimming pool, theater, dog park, dog grooming station, and We

Jun 10
2 min

Arcadia Management Group Names Chelsea Wardrop as Partner

HR and legal director joins executive team during time of exponential market growth Phoenix-based property management leader Arcadia Management Group (AMG) has promoted long-time employee Chelsea Wardrop to the position of Partner. Wardrop’s promotion follows her more than five years as Human Resources Director and General Counsel for the firm, which provides property management, construction management, maintenance and accounting services for more than 60 million square feet

Jun 9
3 min

Survey: B2B Construction Ecommerce Missing the Mark with Buyers

More than half of construction sector buyers unhappy with their online purchasing experiences; data shows it's time for suppliers to refocus their digital transformation efforts As the construction sector continues an upward growth trajectory, e-commerce sites are failing to meet critical needs of its B2B buyers. Recent data commissioned by Sana Commerce shows a significant disconnect between buyers’ expectations and their actual customer experiences, with over half (51%) of

Jun 8
2 min

GC Still Under Consideration for Avanterra Town Square by Continental Properties

Continental Properties announced the groundbreaking of Avanterra Town Square, a brand-new luxury, 102 single-family home rental community in Gilbert, AZ. The community is located off S Gilbert Rd just north of E Ray Rd., less than 3 miles from downtown Gilbert. Avanterra Town Square will be the first single-family rental home community in Gilbert and will feature homes ranging from one bedroom to four bedrooms. Architects for the development are BSB Design https://www.bsbdes

Jun 7
1 min

WSM Online Vehicle & Equipment Auction

You're Invited to our Online-Only Vehicles & Equipment Auction! Bidding Ends: Saturday, June 11th at 8:00 am PST Visit us online at wsmauctioneers.com Start Bidding Now Invoices will be emailed to the successful bidders We make the online bidding process easy by offering two platforms – ProxiBid and EquipmentFacts Our mailing address is: WSM Auctioneers 1616 S 67th Ave Phoenix, AZ 85043-7700 #WSMAuctioneers

Jun 6
2 min

Carmelite Monks of Wyoming use technology to bring stone Gothic construction into digital age

High in the Rocky Mountains of Wyoming, a Catholic, brown-robed Carmelite Monk reviews a line of programming code before pushing the start button on a stone carving machine the size of a two-car garage. The CNC robotic arm moves, twirls, and gently applies a spinning diamond cutting tool into a solid block of limestone the size of a chest freezer. Slowly, the figure of an angel emerges from the stone. "We originally wanted to bid out the stone carving," explains Brother Isido

Jun 3
3 min

With the Power of Autonomous Iron, Caterpillar Pulls Off Trick Shot in Cat Trial 12: No Hands

The latest heavy equipment challenge from Caterpillar is live. Cat Trial 12: No Hands, released May 24, 2022, features two autonomous machines—a Cat® 299 D3 Semi-Autonomous Compact Track Loader and a Cat 794 AC Electric Drive Autonomous Mining Truck—teaming up with Major League Soccer (MLS) and FIFA World Cup soccer legend, DaMarcus Beasley, in a trick shot only possible with Cat equipment. The concept for "No Hands" was born out of a desire to highlight the precision of the

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