Table of Contents:

Features

• From the Editor: Auto Trails: How Americans Motored Before Route 66 - Douglas Towne

• Contributor Profiles: Manny Loyden & Mohamed Yousuf 

• Back When - Smudging Central Avenue - Douglas Towne

• Wing It and Warn ’Em: Arizona’s Early Days of Traffic Control - Billy Horner

• From Fire to Light: Reflections on the Evolution of Work Zones in Phoenix - Douglas Towne

• The Lone Warning Light That Triggered Dick Cole’s Barricade & Light Rental Company

• - Billy Horner

• A Snowbound Construction Crew’s Struggle for Survival at the Grand Canyon’s North Rim - Peter Corbett

• Wendell Moate’s World-Record Concrete Placement Company: Part 1 - Billy Horner

• Old School Equipment: Roll-Over Protective Structures - Billy Horner

• Building on the Past: 1942 – Slowing Down for Victory: Arizona’s War Speed Limits - Billy Horner

• Saluting Arizona’s Builders: Jeff Johnson - Douglas Towne

• Architect’s Perspective - International Style Roots at ASU From 1950-1951 - Doug Sydnor,FAIA

• Digging Through the Archives – Charles “Wally” Wallace: His Concrete Ready-Mix Story -Billy Horner

Construction Around Arizona: Projects – People – Practices

• CHASSE Building Team passes halfway point on The Fieldhouse at Copper Sky - Alison Bailin

• McCarthy Tops Out Hilltop School for the Arts and Theater Beam in Litchfield Park 

• CHASSE Nearing Completion on Mesa’s Pecos 17 Project

• Phoenix Construction Market Stabilizes as Data Center Projects Create Labor and Equipment Pressures - LGE Design Build

• Mammoet builds oversized modules at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport

• German Cement Industry Benefits from Mammoet’s 3D Engineering Lift Capability

• How Mesa’s Downtown Found Its Voice: Interview with Jeff McVay - Christina Noble

• Middle Schoolers Take Construction Challenge on the Gridiron - Marcus Reichley, ASU Walter Cronkite School of Journalism

• WillScot Employee Pens Book About Rosco, A Rescued Pitbull

• The Backstory of the Lonesome Concrete Post on our Nature Trail - Luke M. Snell

• HR in AEC Is Carrying More Than Ever, and the Data Proves It - Manny Loyden, founder, HR Fuse

• Real-World Examples of Cost-Effective Tech Adoption in Large-Scale Projects - Clark Lowe, President & CEO — O’Connor Company

• Why Using AI to Schedule Can Save Construction Companies on Hidden Costs - Mohamed Yousuf, CEO – Smart Workforce AI

• How Trade Education Is Changing to Meet the Modern Workforce 

• New Court Decision on Arizona Subcontractor Invoices - Brian Pouderoyen, Lang Thal King & Hanson

Special Advertising Insert: Rummel Construction’s 30-year Anniversary