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Features - September 2003

Tucson Meets Tuscany

New Casino Raises the Bar in Arizona Gaming
Tucson is the new home to a little bit of Tuscany after the recent opening of the expanded Casino del Sol in west Tucson, where designers and contractors recreated a little bit of Italy for the Pascua Yaqui Indian tribe, which owns the elaborately themed casino. Full Story >>
> Hofbrauhaus Heaven
> Mesa Goes Artistic
> Theater in the Round

Alternate Project Delivery Systems

Most public construction has traditionally used the Design Bid Build (DBB) method of project delivery. This is the familiar process in which the public entity hires an architect/engineer to design the required facility. The fully designed project is then put out for bid and the lowest bidder is awarded the contract for construction. Full Story >>

Aiming for the Stars

Project to Ease Telescope Reconditioning
Twinkle, twinkle little star," is just a nursery rhyme for most people, but astronomers have been frustrated by that "twinkle" for centuries. Full Story >>

Building A Pen

Penitentiary Project Creating Massive Prison
If you fight the law and the law wins, your next stop could be at one Arizona's largest construction projects, once it is completed. Full Story >>

Building a Presence

Avondale Civic Center Centralizes City Services
It's a story that's as old as Arizona: Developer sees land. Developer falls in love with land. Developer buys land. Developer builds thousands of homes, creating an influx of new residents, all of whom need city services. Full Story >>

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