Drew Simmons The construction industry has always been a competitive landscape for small and large contractors alike. Now, with the...

Is the just-released 80-page Sep/Oct issue of Arizona Contractor & Community Magazine a history publication masquerading as a...

Michelle Dodds Concrete denotes something solid, with great strength, and permanence. Perhaps that’s why there was such a clamor way-back...

After two years in the concrete industry, Ed Wagner of Portland, Oregon, realized the need for a more efficient way to handle the heavy...

“Do it big, do it right, and do it with style,” said actor Fred Astaire. Apparently, famed Valley developer John F. Long was listening....

Jennifer M. Levstik Even the most innocuous objects have stories to tell. Tucson’s El Presidio Fountain is one of them. Constructed at...

Luke M. Snell, P.E. When I was a young engineer, one of my first jobs was to provide quality control for a lightweight concrete project....

Doug Sydnor, FAIA Concrete is not only a long-lasting material; humans have also used it for a long time. Its origins are a concrete-like...

Heather M. David I am a blockhead. A mid-century modern (MCM) blockhead. I have been one for as long as I can remember. I started...

Luke M. Snell, P.E. The Boulder Canyon Project, now called the Hoover Dam, was awarded to The Six Companies in the spring of 1931. For...

Douglas Towne “I loved spending time with my dad hunting, camping, or any other activity,” Phil Chesley says about his father, Elmo...

William Horner I recently connected with a family with an impressive legacy of truck driving in the Valley. This linkage occurred when I...

In this 96-page “cementitious” July/Aug issue of Arizona Contractor & Community Magazine, we’ve focused on a building material that is...

Q&A with Brent Meyers, Vice President of Sales for Comdata What are the key shifts commercial construction companies have made in the way...

There’s nothing as appetizing as nostalgia, at least where Helsing's Coffee Shops are concerned. The four Phoenix-based restaurants were...

By Douglas Towne Some Valley residents probably know Bentson Contracting Co. only from its sidewalk stamps around the city. That’s a...

By Jason Krankota Construction has been one of the slowest industries to adopt technology. That’s partly cultural: folks in the industry...

By Ross Kimbarovsky Construction is a popular industry, but it has a high failure rate as more than 60 percent of businesses close within...

By Luke M. Snell, P.E. A concrete precaster recently contacted me with problems from bubbles forming during casting and white streaking...