By Billy Horner “New Device Gobbles Earth,” screamed a headline in the Billings Gazette in 1975. The Holland loader, an earthmoving...

By Billy Horner The Balderson family proved that big ideas could come from little hamlets. In the 1870s, they started a blacksmith shop...

Our recent March/April issue spotlighting vintage restaurants was such a hit that Arizona Contractor & Community magazine decided to...

“Our construction firm does things differently,” the late Herman Chanen told The Arizona Republic in 1962. “Most contractors are just...

Arizona Contractor & Community magazine makes the case that a couple of “L” words, logging and lumber, could be added to the state’s...

Doug Sydnor, FAIA The Carnegie Public Library has been an impressive edifice on the State government mall fronting Washington Street...

By Heather Smith Water is a life force essential for humans to exist. However, water is both a friend and foe when it comes to...

By Douglas Towne Contractors and engineers can be considered magicians, as they do the near impossible by making water run uphill. This...

Arizona Contractor & Community magazine takes readers for an exciting ride down the Colorado River in our just-released May/Jun issue,...

Billy Horner Long before contractors had the luxury of hydraulic ripping options to loosen soil, humans opted for animal-driven plows for...

Billy Horner You know that someone was born into a profession when you see baby pictures of them on the job with their father. Joe Guinn,...

Donna Reiner Few visitors to the Arizona State Capitol Museum venture to the former home of the State Library on the third floor of the...

Arizona Contractor & Community magazine spotlights Phoenix's iconic restaurants in its just-released Mar-Apr issue. These eateries range...

Michael Cady It is doubtful that when the second mayor of Phoenix, Francis Shaw, purchased a section of land on the outskirts of west...

James Logan Abell, FAIA Fred Weaver established an architectural firm in Phoenix in 1949 that grew into one of the most prolific and...

Billy Horner Contractors have a knack for understanding and operating all sorts of equipment, whether it’s a vintage cable-operated blade...

by Don W. Ryden AIA BISBEE – THE QUEEN OF THE MINING CAMPS Mining is a gamble, as is everything akin to it. Success teeters on the...

Significant changes occurred when Bagdad Copper Mines converted from underground mining to an open pit in 1945. President and Chairman of...

by William Horner Diamonds might be a girl’s best friend, but these precious stones are not part of Arizona’s mining heritage. However, I...

by Michael Bernstein A Phase I Environmental Site Assessment can be a stressful experience for all parties involved. But there are...