Downtown Phoenix Activity Report

You’ve heard it before: Phoenix is growing at a phenomenal pace. But in a refreshing twist, much of that growth is occurring in the city’s downtown urban core instead of sprawling further into the surrounding desert. Full Story >>

Phoenix Developer of the Year: RED Development >>
Cronkite School of Journalism >>
One Central Park East >>
Taylor Place >>
Hotel Monroe >>
Essay: Phoenix – The Danger of Success >>
Phoenix through the Lens >>

Airtight

McCarran International Airport, the nation’s seventh busiest and one that handles 131,000 passengers a day, is undergoing a five-year, $3.8 billion capital improvement program. Full Story >>

Space Race >>

Special Report: Materials

Structural steel’s 2004 quantum leap in price signaled the end of one era of construction pricing and the beginning of another. Full Story >>

Workforce Solutions

Since 2003, when the AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Dept. (BCTD) and nine construction employer groups founded Helmets to Hardhats, or H2H, to transition military personnel into industry craft jobs, the continuing Iraq war has added a new crop of veterans and, as Memorial Day approaches, a poignant dimension to the union recruiting and training program. Full Story >>

Product News

The DLZ342 operator display unit is designed to assist in the safe operation of tower cranes. It keeps the operator constantly informed about crane conditions and allows for setting of specific crane-operation records. Full Story >>