Sustainability Continues Inroads Into all Construction Sectors

Green building is rapidly becoming the norm rather than the exception. The projects and topics profiled in this special report illustrate the variety of opportunities and challenges facing green designers and builders in the Southwest today.
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Papago Gateway Brings Green to North Tempe

In a city with a growing number of public green buildings, Papago Gateway is unique. The six-story, curved structure will provide green lab space to private bio-tech companies in Tempe near scenic Papago Park.
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UNLV Building to Produce Grads the Green Way

The Greenspun College of Urban Affairs will provide UNLV students and faculty with a brand new five-story classroom and office building that may reach LEED gold certification.
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James Learning Center LEEDs the Way in Prescott

The $1.2 million James Learning Center, which houses the Highlands Center for Natural History, is expected to become Prescott's first LEED certified building.
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Teams Find Ways to Ensure Green Products, Services are Really Green

Although no data exists to quantify how much greenwashing occurs, designers and contractors have become wary that as green building gains in popularity, people or companies trying to jump on the trend will tout more greenness than they deliver.
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Bank Launches Loan Program Targeting Green Building Criteria

Community Bank of Arizona uses ENERGY STAR® and EPA green standards as criteria in underwriting commercial loans for an interest-rate discount.
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BIM and Green Building: a Perfect Match

Building information modeling and collaborative project delivery methods like CM@R can help construction teams create sustainable high-performance buildings.
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ADOT Upgrades S.R. 179 to Sedona

Being built in two phases, the $70 million improvement project rebuilds a stretch of State Route 179 weaving through Sedona ’s red rock country.
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High Country Hails New Conference Center

A new $42 million convention center, 158-room hotel and parking structure are being built in Flagstaff through a unique partnership between private and public entities.
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Remote Navajo School Poses Unique Challenges

The $18 million Jeehdeez’a Academy, located miles from the nearest paved road in the Four Corners region, will soon be reborn as an 80,000-sq-ft school built by and for the Navajo community.
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New Civic Center Nestles into Historic Downtown Site

The Santa Fe Civic Center will provide 76,000 sq ft of multi-function space atop two levels of underground parking. The design melds indoor and outdoor space and conforms to downtown Santa Fe's historic pueblo style.
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New Gilbert Sports Complex Fosters Big League Dreams

The $33 million Big League Dreams Sports Park in Gilbert opens this fall with eight small-scale recreations of famous ballparks from around the country.
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High Schoolers Are Engineering Early Birds

This month’s syndicated column from ENR focuses on academies at the high school level designed to attract the future workforce.
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Convenience, Comfort Focus of New Loader Options

Bobcat and Mustang announced new options for their respective loaders that enhance safety and comfort, while Ingersoll-Rand released a new air compressor unit.
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