Albuquerque Activity Report

Crews are busily underway on several major publicly-funded projects in Albuquerque, including the San Juan Chama Drinking Water Project and the $22 million Isleta Boulevard Phase 2 project. Yet some of the most exciting projects in Albuquerque's current growth spurt are innovative public and private developments designed to help bolster future economic development in the city.
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Albuquerque Studios Ushers in New Era of NM Film

New Mexico's film industry entered a new era in January with the opening of the first phase of Albuquerque Studios, a $74 million movie studio at Mesa del Sol. Developed by Albuquerque-based Union Development Corp., the project was ushered into reality with an aggressive incentive program from the state's economic development office
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UNM Embarks on a New School of Engineering

The $42 million Centennial Engineering Center at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque will replace several outdated existing buildings for the School of Engineering. The 147,445-sq-ft building will be the largest new structure ever built at the main campus.
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Albuquerque Preps Airports for Economic Growth

With the infrastructure improvements to both Double Eagle II Airport and Albuquerque Sunport, the city hopes to provide the economic engine for burgeoning new industries to take flight.
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Las Vegas Airports Take Flight

McCarran Airport is preparing for Las Vegas' ever-growing influx of visitors by opening a new consolidated rental car facility, expanding two existing gates and adding a new terminal. Meanwhile, the $4-billion new airport planned for the Ivanpah Valley moves forward
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Lovelace Medical Center Goes Under the Knife

The renovation of Albuquerque's Lovelace Downtown Medical Center will modernize the 10-story hospital, which will serve as a central inpatient and cardiac center. In the meantime, the local star is also ready for its national close-up, as it is being featured as the set for a Hollywood film while some floors are closed for renovation.
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Renovation of McMicken Dam Mitigates Growing Fissures

The 10-mi long McMicken Dam, an earthen flood control structure in Phoenix's West Valley, began developing earth fissures due to subsidence. Engineers immediately went to work rehabilitating the sections of the dam that were most affected. In the process, ground-breaking monitoring and construction techniques were developed with wide-reaching applications.
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Gulf Coast Crisis Forces Cohesive Plan

Construction was already experiencing a national workforce crisis when hurricanes Katrina and Rita walloped the Gulf Coast region with a one-two punch in 2005 and left an unprecedented amount of work in their wake.
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Quick Work Needed to Avoid Shortage Crisis

The construction industry is approaching a labor shortage of crisis proportions and its leaders are trying to figure out what it will take to fix the problem in Arizona and the entire nation.
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Nevada Building Boom Stretches Workforce Thin

Southern Nevada's building boom has stretched its construction workforce paper-thin, causing contractors to compete for top talent, including project managers, engineers and superintendents. Demand for skilled labor has also resulted in everything from out-of-state recruiting and signing bonuses to flex hours and 401Ks.
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