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Back When: Bully for Roosevelt Dam!
Theodore Roosevelt was a busy man when he arrived in Phoenix in 1911 to dedicate the dam named after him. He had championed the passage...
Jan 31, 20201 min read


Christia Gibbons, ACC's ASU Cronkite School Liaison, Retires
#ASUWalterCronkiteSchoolofJouranlism #ChristiaGibbons #KatieMayer
Jan 15, 20201 min read


ACC Starts 2020 With the Salt River Issue
ACC magazine begins our ninth year of publication with a special issue focused on the lifeblood of the Valley: The Salt River. We explore...
Jan 14, 20201 min read


Building on the Past 1961: Scottsdale’s Executive House Hotel
Scottsdale went “hi-fi” in 1961 when the Executive House Arizonian opened in the “West’s Most Western Town.” The $3 million, 210-room...
Jan 6, 20201 min read


The Riskas of H & J Construction: Innovators in Building
One of the Valley’s most innovative mid-century construction companies was started in 1949 on a shoestring budget by brothers, Harry and...
Dec 30, 20193 min read


Holiday Greetings from ACC Magazine
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Dec 24, 20191 min read


Back When: H & J Construction's Ranger
Before Wayne Newton was "Mr. Las Vegas," he was a budding teenage star in Phoenix. He performed with his brother, Jerry Newton, as the...
Dec 3, 20191 min read


Tenec Coatings Offers Expertise in Material Selection, Environmental Performance
Some would say the entrepreneurial journey for Daniel and Leane Owen has come full circle. They say they’re just getting started. Earlier...
Nov 13, 20193 min read


Nov/Dec ACC Magazine Featuring H & J Construction Now Available
Who would have thought a print publication launched in 2012 would still be flourishing 8 years later? Arizona Contractor & Community...
Nov 4, 20191 min read


Architect’s Perspective: HonorHealth John C. Lincoln Medical Center: A Healthy and Wellbeing Legacy
The Desert Mission has been helping Sunnyslope families address their health and social needs for more than nine decades. Now a part of...
Oct 18, 20192 min read


All in the Family: Building with Preach Supply
There’s nothing quite like working with family. At Preach Building Supply, it’s been a vital ingredient to a successful business for...
Oct 16, 20192 min read


Sunnyslope’s Dutch Village “Electrifies” Phoenix
“It’s Tulip Time at Dutch Village” sounds like a promotion for a plant nursery, not a Phoenix housing tract. But the subdivision located...
Oct 14, 20192 min read


Bank "Guarantees" Pigeon Housing
The "Back When" column in Arizona Contractor & Community Magazine is a rare photo that captures bank executives performing manual labor...
Sep 24, 20191 min read


North Central News Features Article on ACC "Sunnyslope" Special Issue
Thanks so much to the North Central News and their new editor, Colleen Sparks, for featuring an article about the just-released...
Sep 6, 20191 min read


ACC Releases Second Sunnyslope Special Issue
The first Sunnyslope special issue (Fall 2017) of Arizona Contractor & Community Magazine focused on the community’s more exotic...
Sep 3, 20191 min read


Retrofitting Sustainability Part 2: The Local Perspective
In last month’s installment of this two-part series, we discussed retrofitting sustainable systems into historic and existing buildings....
Jul 23, 20193 min read


New Storage Space Has a Fast, Discounted Past
"When renovating an existing facility, especially an older one, everyone knows there will be some unexpected existing conditions that...
Jul 19, 20192 min read


Budding CACTUS Program Teaches Kids about Construction Careers
Madison Park Middle School in Phoenix has piloted an afterschool program called CACTUS — careers in architecture and construction...
Jul 10, 20192 min read


Derailed Success: The Hidden Legacy of Western Architect Luther R. Bailey
Teen flapper Doris Bailey, 17, had a burst appendix. She nearly died in 1927, in those dangerous days before antibiotics, and stayed in...
Jul 5, 20193 min read


Arizona Contractor & Community Spotlights Sunstate Equipment Founder Mike Watts Reopening of His
Arizona Contractor & Community magazine continues our eighth year of publication focusing on Castle Hot Springs, one of Arizona's oldest...
Jul 3, 20191 min read
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