Architecture and design firm Dekker announced today the appointment of Emily Allen as chief executive officer, effective immediately. Allen succeeds Benjamin Gardner, who has served as CEO since 2019 and will transition to managing principal of the firm's Government Studio. Allen follows a deliberate succession process led by Dekker's executive leadership team and was unanimously selected to lead the firm into its next chapter. “After more than two decades working alongside E

State-of-the-art facility will enhance public safety, officer wellness, andresponse times for the rapidly growing community Willmeng Construction recently joined the City of Surprise to celebrate the groundbreaking of the Surprise Police Department's first-ever substation. Located at the northwest corner of 163rd Avenue and San Ysidro Road, the nearly 32,000-square-foot facility is designed to serve as a fully equipped operational hub and keep pace with the rapid population g

National nonresidential construction spending increased 0.1% in April, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data published today by the U.S. Census Bureau. On a seasonally adjusted annualized basis, nonresidential spending totaled $1.250 trillion. Spending was up on a monthly basis in 10 of the 16 nonresidential subcategories. Private nonresidential spending was down 0.2%, while public nonresidential construction spending was up 0.4% in April. Spend

Alidade Capital, Pine Creek Real Estate Partners developing TenSixty Interchange small-bay project On behalf of Alidade Capital and Pine Creek Real Estate Partners, Phoenix-based general contractor Stevens-Leinweber Construction (SLC) today broke ground on TenSixty Interchange, an office-to-industrial redevelopment that will bring new mid-size, infill industrial product to the Interstate 10/Baseline Road corridor in Tempe, Arizona. The groundbreaking comes after months of d

Bidding Begins Closing: Saturday, June 13th at 8:00 am Live Preview Live Preview Tuesday - Friday 7 AM - 3:15 PM 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 ProxiBid Our mailing address is: WSM Auctioneers 1616 S 67th Ave Phoenix, AZ 85043-7700 #WSMAuctioneers

The construction industry had 259,000 job openings on the last day of April, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey. JOLTS defines a job opening as any unfilled position for which an employer is actively recruiting. Industry job openings increased by 25,000 last month and are up by 52,000 from the same time last year. “This release of April data suggests that contra

Associated Builders and Contractors announced today that experienced industrial construction and business leader Joel Thames will be the association’s new vice president of health, safety, environment and workforce development. As a key member of ABC’s executive leadership team, Thames will lead health and safety, environment and workforce development initiatives. Thames brings to ABC 20 years of construction experience and a strong passion for workforce development. He has b

Diversified Partners, a leading real estate brokerage and development firm, has officially closed on the landmark Scottsdale waterfront property that will become The Lakefront at Scottsdale, a mixed-use redevelopment designed to revitalize one of the area’s most recognizable lakefront sites. The Lakefront represents the revitalization of a landmark waterfront site in Scottsdale, transforming a long-established location into a destination for dining, curated retail and gathe

Bidding Begins Closing: Tuesday, June 9th at 8:00 AM Preview Date: Live Preview Thursday, Friday & Monday 7 AM - 3:30 PM 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 ProxiBid Our mailing address is: WSM Auctioneers 1616 S 67th Ave Phoenix, AZ 85043-7700 #WSMAuctioneers

Expanded guidance offers practical tools for smarter, more strategic teaming The Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) has released Design-Build Teaming Agreements: A Design-Build Done Right® Deeper Dive, an expanded resource that builds on DBIA’s existing teaming agreement guidance with updated recommendations, practical tools and real-world considerations for increasingly complex design-build pursuits. The publication provides practical guidance for design-builders, desi

Primak Construction Group (PCG), a leading Arizona-based commercial and industrial contractor, has completed a significant expansion and partial remodel of an automotive corrosion-testing facility on a vehicle-testing campus in Stanfield, Arizona. The client remains undisclosed per agreement. Delivered via a phased schedule following a September 2024 groundbreaking, the project required detailed coordination to execute new construction alongside ongoing facility operations.

Expanded catalog serves safety professionals with flexible, regulatory-focused virtual training. Arizona Chapter National Safety Council (ACNSC), a nonprofit safety advocate focused on eliminating preventable death and injury, announced an expansion of its safety training portfolio with more than 700 new online courses. The expanded catalog delivers frequent, flexible training to help organizations strengthen safety practices, manage risk, and demonstrate compliance as regula

The National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Preserve Route 66 initiative and HOPE Crew are working together with the Historic Route 66 Association of Arizona and the Arizona State Historic Preservation Office to offer the 2026 Arizona Preserve America Youth Summit: Route 66 Centennial & Next Generation Stewards, a four-day program, June 1-4, 2026 featuring significant historic places associated with Route 66 including historic places in: Flagstaff, Williams, Kingman and th

New Tenant Commitments Mark Continued Redevelopment Momentum at Landmark Destination RED Development has fully leased the office building at Biltmore Fashion Park, signing Van Trust and Phoenix Design One (PDO), to bring the over 30,000-square-foot building to full occupancy. VanTrust, a national, family-held real estate development company, signed a lease on the second floor, relocating from its existing Phoenix office. PDO, a full-service interior architecture firm specia

By Alison Bailin Millennium High School marked a major milestone on May 19, celebrating the “wall breaking” of its Phase 2 redevelopment project for the Agua Fria High School District campus in Goodyear. Designed to reimagine the heart of the campus while maintaining full school operations throughout construction, the multi-phase project will add more than 45,000 square feet of new educational space and modernized learning environments through Spring of 2028. Traditional cer

Strengthening heavy civil, materials, and aggregate operations in Southeast Arizona. W.W. Clyde & Co., a subsidiary of Clyde Companies, Inc., has acquired CKC Construction & Materials. This integration expands W.W. Clyde’s portfolio operations, introducing new expertise and extending reach to communities throughout southeast Arizona. “CKC is a legacy family company, similar to WW Clyde, and we are proud to add their legacy of building better communities to ours in Southeas

US Merchants expands metro Phoenix footprint with $63.8M, rail-capable acquisition The Phoenix Office of JLL announced that it has completed the sale of the 453,960-square-foot Building One at West Summit at Surprise, a new two-building industrial project developed by Mohr Capital in Surprise, Arizona – one of Arizona’s fastest growing cities. US Merchants, a leading North American manufacturer of consumer goods and packaging, purchased Building One for $63,887,560, creatin

Reimagining Agricultural Heritage Through Community Design In the fast-growing Southeast Valley of Arizona, a 473-acre stretch of land presented an opportunity to create something more than a conventional residential subdivision. For Tempe based ABLA, the goal was to structure a master-planned community with a distinct identity rooted in place, landscape and experience. The result is Soleo, a single-family master-planned community shaped through the lens of Napa Valley-insp

Construction input prices increased 1.7% in April compared to the previous month, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Producer Price Index data released today. Nonresidential construction input prices increased 1.8% for the month. Overall construction input prices are 7.0% higher than one year ago, while nonresidential construction input prices are 7.4% higher. Prices increased in all three energy subcategories last

The national March not seasonally adjusted construction unemployment rate was 6.7%, a 1.3% increase from March 2025, according to a state-by-state analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data released today by Associated Builders and Contractors. The analysis found that only two states—Louisiana and Ohio—had lower estimated construction unemployment rates over the same period, four had the same rate and 44 had higher rates. All but six states had construction unemployment