Thu August 31, 2017
PB Materials Completes the Acquisition of Ready-Mix Concrete and Aggregate Assets
PB Materials Holdings, Inc. (PBM), a leading, regional producer of aggregates and ready mix concrete in the Permian Basin that is majority owned by funds managed by WL Ross & Co. LLC. (WL Ross), has completed the simultaneous acquisitions of substantially all of the assets of ARM Trucking Limited Company (ARM Concrete), Kermit Concrete Co....
Wed August 30, 2017
N.M. Land Office Pursues 'Dirt Bandits'
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) The New Mexico State Land Office is going after a West Texas county after it was learned that loads of dirt, sand and gravel were disappearing from a parcel of state trust land along the border....
Wed August 16, 2017
Navy Battalion Volunteers to Build Housing on Navajo Nation
GALLUP, N.M. (AP) A Navy battalion is wrapping up its second summer of volunteering to build housing on the Navajo Nation for those who otherwise could not afford it. The Gallup Independent reports the Navy New Mexico Construction Battalion 22, or the Seabees, partnered with the Southwest Indian Foundation and the Navajo Housing Authority to construct modular homes on the reservation....
Susan Montoya Bryan - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed August 02, 2017
Facebook Plans to Expand New Mexico Data Center
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Facebook's plans for New Mexico now call for a half-billion-dollar investment and a data center that will span an area equal to 17 football fields. Gov. Susana Martinez's office announced on July 18 that the social media giant will be doubling its investment in the state with the planned expansion of its data center currently under construction near Los Lunas, a rural area just outside of Albuquerque, N.M.'s largest metropolitan area....
Ayana Byrd - Wed July 26, 2017
Update: Border Wall Construction Continues Without Environmental Impact Study
Though funding for the estimated $21.6 billion U.S.-Mexico wall has not yet been secured, the federal government continues to move forward with construction. In the latest development, the Trump Administration intends to invoke a 2005 anti-terror law to avoid conducting an environmental review of the impact the wall will have on a national wildlife refuge....
Fri July 21, 2017
AGC Releases Latest Construction Employment Numbers by Sate
Forty-one states added construction jobs between June 2016 and June 2017 amid continuing widespread demand for construction services, while 25 states and the District of Columbia added construction jobs between May and June, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of Labor Department data released July 21....
Fri July 21, 2017
Volvo Makes a Splash in Colorado
Nestled in the Animas River Valley, surrounded by the San Juan Mountains is the city of Durango, Colorado. The region's evergreen forests and babbling creeks are adored by locals and nature enthusiasts alike; attracting a steady flow of holidaymakers throughout the year....
Chuck Harvey - Wed June 21, 2017
NMDOT Oversees McCarty's $12.5M Bridge Replacement
Construction is under way on a $12.5-million bridge replacement project at the Interstate 40 and NM 124 interchange (Exit 96) in McCarty's, west of Albuquerque, N.M. The bridge will be built over I-40....
Thu June 08, 2017
Sandia Awards 14 N.M. Construction Companies $135M in New Contracts
Fourteen New Mexico companies, most of them small businesses, have been chosen to provide about $135 million in general, electrical, mechanical and civil construction work at Sandia National Laboratories....
Wed June 07, 2017
Route 66 Landmark to Be Redeveloped
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) Redevelopment of another old motel along historic Route 66 will begin soon. Albuquerque-based Construct Southwest was selected last July by the city of Albuquerque to bring the De Anza Motor Lodge back to life....
