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Southwest Contractor Hosts Banquets to Honor Best of 2007 Winners

Last year’s immensely successful Best of 2007 Awards were capped off with several awards presentations held to recognize the teams that built 2007’s top projects.

In December, Southwest Contractor honored its Best of 2007 winners with three awards banquets drawing over 800 people from the construction industry.

New Mexico's event was held on December 5th. Southwest Contractor partnered with ACEC/NM and SMPS/NM for this successful event, which drew over 250 attendees.

Next were the Nevada awards, held on December 11th. John Restrepo, principal with Restrepo Consulting Group LLC, gave this year's 254 attendees an extremely informative economic outlook before the awards presentation.

On December 13th, nearly 300 people convened at the Arizona Biltmore to celebrate the Arizona winners and to hear an economic outlook provided by McGraw-Hill Construction's Cliff Brewis. Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon gave the introductory remarks, and Tempe Mayor Hugh Hallman accepted the award for the Best Steel Project, Tempe Center for the Arts.