Craig Mongeau - CEG Editor in Chief - Thu May 24, 2018
Efforts to Find Missing Worker Continues In Phoenix
Workers have removed more than 50 tons of dirt from the site of a collapsed drilling rig in Phoenix as they try to locate a missing construction worker who is feared dead, azcentral.com reported. Phoenix Fire Department officials said the drill-rig operator was on the rig when it fell on its side May 21, 2018, during construction for the Sky Train guideway system at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport....
Raytheon - Wed May 23, 2018
Raytheon Dedicates New Facilities
Raytheon Company executives, along with federal, state and local officials, and local business leaders, dedicated new facilities at Raytheon Missile Systems. This is part of a large-scale expansion and modernization project to increase capacity and capability at Raytheon's Tucson operations....
Giles Lambertson – CEG Correspondent - Tue May 22, 2018
Arizona Set to Open First New Copper Mine in Decade
Mining is part of Arizona's economic and cultural heritage dating back hundreds of years to when Native Americans plinked for turquoise and coal. Spanish explorers invaded the region in the 1600s looking for silver and gold to carry back across the Atlantic....
Craig Mongeau - CEG Editor in Chief - Tue May 22, 2018
Search Continues for Missing Construction Worker
A search continues for a missing construction worker after a drilling rig toppled onto its side at a construction site at the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. Officials were still attempting to clear the collapsed equipment late May 21, 2018, and ceased operations around 11:45 p.m....
South Mountain Freeway - Tue May 22, 2018
Rock Removal Begins for Next Phase of SMF Project
Controlled rock blasting for the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway west of 32nd Lane began April 19, requiring brief closures of a road leading to a residential development currently under construction. Periodic closures of Shaughnessey Road are expected to last approximately 30 minutes, as crews need to secure and clear the area before breaking large rock into smaller, more manageable pieces to create a path for the freeway through two ridges at the southwestern edge of South Mountain Park....
Arizona State University - Tue May 22, 2018
Phoenix Council OKs $13.5M Investment for ASU Expansion
Arizona State University's partnership with the city of Phoenix on its 12,000-student downtown campus was reaffirmed as the Phoenix City Council approved a $13.5 million investment in a new building for Thunderbird School of Global Management, a 72-year-old international business management school that joined the university in 2014....
Arizona Department of Transportation - Tue May 22, 2018
ADOT's $24.4M I-17 Project Improves Travel to Flagstaff
An Arizona Department of Transportation project started April 30 to deliver a smoother driving surface along 28 mi. of northbound Interstate 17 leading to Flagstaff, a stretch battered by repeated cycles of freeze and thaw during the winter....
Arizona Department of Transportation - Tue May 22, 2018
ADOT Tests Pavement Treatment on San Joaquin Road
A 4.3-mi. section of San Joaquin Road between Old Ajo Highway and Milky Way Drive has been selected as a testing ground for several pavement treatments. Twelve different treatments will be tested for various factors to ascertain life-cycle return on investment leading to more cost-effective selection of pavement treatments for use in Pima County....
South Mountain Freeway - Tue May 22, 2018
Salt River Bridges Reach New Heights
The longest bridges on the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway, two half-mile-long spans over the Salt River, are quickly emerging in Laveen, Ariz. Construction is now two-thirds complete on these bridges, which will serve growing areas of the southwest Valley when the freeway opens by late 2019....
Susan Montoya Bryan – The Associated Press - Wed April 25, 2018
New Mexico Considering Approval for $2B SunZia Transmission Project
ALBUQUERQUE (AP) Developers of a $2 billion project that will serve as a path to get renewable energy from New Mexico and Arizona to large markets in the American Southwest are looking to clear another regulatory hurdle as they move toward starting construction on two massive transmission lines and other infrastructure....
