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CityScape Phase I in Phoenix won a Best of 2010 award in the Office category.

Best of 2010 Awards
12/01/2010 By Scott Blair and Polly Sapakie

The annual awards competition honors exceptional design and construction in Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico in a variety of categories from green building to transportation.

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CityScape Phase I in Phoenix won a Best of 2010 award in the Office category.

10/01/10	Top 100 Design Firms By Scott Blair The top 100 firms reported $1.3 billion in design work for 2009, a 10.7% drop from 2008.
10/01/10	Countdown to Takeoff By David M. Brown Spaceport America Rises from the New Mexico Desert.
10/01/10	Book Smart By Tony Illia Southwest Las Vegas Library & Service Center Takes Shape.
10/01/10	Cross-Training By Michele Van Haecke NAU’s Health & Learning Center Combines Four Programs Under One Roof.
10/01/10	Water Workers By David M. Brown McCarthy Nears Completion of Deer Valley Water Treatment Plant Basins.
10/01/10	Waste Busters By Tony Illia North Las Vegas to Clean Up Its Own Wastewater.
10/01/10	Micro Medical By Tony Illia Reno’s Center for Molecular Medicine Studies Small, Thinks Big.
10/01/10	School of Thought By Neal Singer Massive New Las Cruces High Poses Challenges, Rewards Patience.
08/01/10	A Tale of Two Cities - Las Vegas, North Las Vegas Build Dueling City Halls By Tony Illia This extensive overview profiles 44 of the largest project starts of the past year throughout the Southwest.
08/01/10	Digging for Gold: Southern Nevada Tunnels Deep for Desert’s Most Precious Commodity – Water By Tony Illia Despite a recent stumbling block, work is progressing on the $447-million design-build contract to build a third raw water intake tunnel at Lake Mead—the Las Vegas Valley’s water lifeline.
08/01/10	Public-Private Partnerships: P3s Help Governments Tread Water By J. T. Long Contractors and government agencies in Arizona and Nevada are testing the public-private partnerships with mixed results in delivering buildings and roadways.
06/01/10	Top Project Starts By Scott Blair This extensive overview profiles 44 of the largest project starts of the past year throughout the Southwest.
06/01/10	Phoenix Activity Report: Construction Slump Continues, Despite Several Large Projects Large-scale projects such as CityScape and PHX Sky Train and an upswing in residential save an otherwise dismal market.
06/01/10	Cleared for Takeoff: Phoenix’s Sky Train Project Takes Flight By Tony Illia One of Phoenix’s most visible construction projects currently underway is the $1-billion PHX Sky Train at Sky Harbor.
06/01/10	Changing the Phoenix LandScape: CityScape Phase One Nears Completion, Phase Two Preconstruction Begins By David M. Brown With the 28-story tower done and almost fully leased, work continues on the two-story retail podium.
06/01/10	Another Growth Spurt: University of Phoenix Expands Hometown Presence with New Office Complex By Tony Illia Two cast-in-place office midrise towers and a massive parking structure are taking shape beside the Broadway Curve on I-10 in Tempe.
06/01/10	Phoenix Developer Spotlight: Duke Realty Brings Major Retailers and Manufacturers to West Valley Industrial Parks By Christia Gibbons With key projects for Amazon.com and Suntech Power Holdings under its belt, Duke Realty is poised to make a big splash in the Phoenix market as the economy recovers.
05/01/10	Top Contractors of the Southwest By Scott Blair and Richard Mui General contracting revenue is down, but there are success stories inside the numbers. You’ll also find our exclusive safety, state and market sector rankings, plus our new chart based on green building revenue.
05/01/10	Native American Construction on the Rise: Unique Market Sector Poses Challenges, Benefits for Builders By Michele Van Haecke The opportunities and challenges of this unique market, plus project profiles on Casino Del Sol and the Salt River Spring Training Facility.
05/01/10	Here Comes the Sun: Pascua Yaqui Tribe Starts Work on Sol Casinos Expansion By Alan M. Petrillo The Pascua Yaqui Tribe in Southern Arizona is expanding its Casino Del Sol in Tucson with a $98-million Sol Casinos Hotel and Convention Center.
05/01/10	Play Ball!: First U.S. Spring Training Facility Developed on Indian Land Underway By David M. Brown The first Major League Baseball spring training facility in the U.S. to be built on Indian land will be ready for business early next year.
05/01/10	Tohono O’odham Develops $500M Resort Amid Controversy By Scott Blair The Tohono O’odham Nation is moving forward on development of a new $500-million resort and casino in the West Valley of Phoenix despite opposition from several fronts.
05/01/10	Building in the Fast Lane: State Route 202 Expansion Poised for Early Completion By David M. Brown The State Route 202 expansion project in Phoenix and its suburbs is heading for early completion.
05/01/10	Green Line Gets the Green Light: RTC Extends Transit System from Las Vegas to Henderson By Tony Illia Work has started on the $41-million, 15-mi ACE Green Line, a new commuter transit line connecting Henderson, Nev., with downtown Las Vegas.
05/01/10	Top Contractors of the Southwest By Scott Blair and Richard Mui General contracting revenue is down, but there are success stories inside the numbers. You’ll also find our exclusive safety, state and market sector rankings, plus our new chart based on green building revenue.
03/01/10	Above and Beyond: Two Large Crane Owners Step up Safety Protocols By Tudor Van Hampton Hanging more than 200 ft over a jobsite in downtown Kansas City, Mo., James Hague doesn’t seem to notice the tiny people and equipment below his feet.
03/01/10	No Walk in the Parq: Complex Renovation Turns 1920’s Hospital into Boutique Hotel By Neal Singer Crews are busy revamping Albuquerque’s Memorial Hospital into the unique, 73-room Hotel Parc Central, which is located at the gateway to downtown.
03/01/10	Tempe Gets a Makeover: Library, Museum Revamped for the Modern Era By Scott Blair While modest in budget, the Tempe Library and Historical Museum renovations bring new life to old buildings.
03/01/10	Wiseguys Return to Las Vegas: New Mob Museum Takes over Historic Federal Courthouse By Tony Illia A $50-million museum in downtown Las Vegas will examine America’s cultural fascination with organized crime and it’s impact on the city.
03/01/10	A Banner Year for Hospitals: Arizona Health Care Construction Continues to Have a Pulse By David M. Brown Despite the recession, health care projects have been healthy in the Phoenix area.Two Banner Health hospitals were completed in the last two quarters of 2009: the Cardon Children’s Medical Center in Mesa and Ironwood Medical Center in Pinal County.
03/01/10	Vegas on a Health Kick: VA Builds New Medical Complex in Southern Nevada By Tony Illia The U.S. Dept. of Veteran’s Affairs is betting big on Southern Nevada. The federal agency in charge of soldiers’ health is building its first new hospital in more than 20 years. The 1-million-sq-ft building is going up at 6900 N. Pecos Road in North Las Vegas.
01/01/10	McGraw-Hill Construction is Forecasting Mixed Numbers for the Southwest By Bruce Buckley According to analysts at McGraw-Hill Construction, the parent company of this publication, residential construction will be higher in 2010 in all three states, with Arizona at nearly $4 billion and Nevada rising to $1.4 billion. Both multi-family housing and single family home construction will see increases over the previous year, but will be nowhere near the levels seen in 2006 and 2007.
12/01/09	Southwest Contractor's Best of 2009 Awards Honors Top Design & Construction in the Region By Scott Blair and Tom McClure It was a daunting job for this year’s judges to narrow down the almost 350 entries received via our new online entry system to the 64 winners you’ll read about in the pages ahead.
12/01/09	How Green Is Our Valley? By Scott Blair As the 28,000 attendees of the Greenbuild 09 conference depart from Phoenix today, I'm struck by how active and vibrant our green building community is in the Southwest.
11/01/09	Green Building Special Report By Scott Blair As the largest green building convention in the world descends upon Phoenix, a multitude of large and small sustainable projects are underway in the Southwest.
11/01/09	Green Las Vegas By Scott Blair With two of CityCenter’s hotels receiving LEED gold, Smith Center pursuing silver and Nevada Solar One expanding, Southern Nevada has gone green.
11/01/09	Chandler Green By David M. Brown A multitude of projects are going for LEED certification in Chandler, including the 131,000-sq-ft city hall.
11/01/09	UNM Takes LEED By Scott Blair In just a few short years, UNM has gone from having no sustainable projects to adopting a stringent energy efficiency policy for the entire campus.
11/01/09	Maricopa Court Tower By Christia Gibbons and Scott Blair The $350-million Maricopa County Court Tower will provide 14 stories of much-needed courtroom space in downtown Phoenix.

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