New Mexico

Fri June 02, 2017

Construction Sign Causes Social Media Stir

A construction site in southern New Mexico, which sparked buzz with a fake sign announcing it as a future home of a Cheesecake Factory, is really a future emergency center. The Las Cruces Sun-News reports (https://goo.gl/aIJF5k) that officials say pranksters put up the bogus sign on a gate as a joke....

Bruce Krasnow - Wed May 24, 2017

New Mexico's Construction Industry Booming in 2017

With work under way on a Facebook data center in Los Lunas, a major rapid transit project in Albuquerque and hospitals and roads in Santa Fe, New Mexico's construction industry is off to one of its best starts in years....

Chuck Harvey - Wed May 24, 2017

ART Project Speeds Ahead on Old Route 66

A $119 million Albuquerque Rapid Transit (ART) project will culminate with an 8.8-mi. electric-powered bus line with 20 stations on Central Avenue, formerly a portion of Route 66 that runs through New Mexico's largest city....

Wed May 10, 2017

PDC Wins AGC's Best Building Award for UNM Renovation

The Association of General Contractors (AGC) of New Mexico announced that The University of New Mexico's Chemistry building renovation, completed last year, was deserving of the best “Construction Management-at-Risk” award for 2017....

Fri April 07, 2017

Machine Recycles Beer Bottles Back Into Sand For Construction Sites

DB Export has announced its mission to help save New Zealand's beaches by producing a man-made sand product. The brewery was motivated by the knowledge that New Zealand beaches are retreating partly due to sand mining which occurs on some of these beaches -- DB Export is turning glass bottles that can't be recycled into a sand substitute suitable for everyday use....

Mon April 03, 2017

'The Pit' Receives Kudos for Going Green

The University of New Mexico's legendary basketball arena, a mid-century fixture that was modernized as part of a multimillion-dollar renovation a few years ago, is being recognized by the U.S. Green Building Council....

AP News - Mon January 23, 2017

New Mexico County to Update Water Infrastructure

The northwestern New Mexico city of Aztec will spend $3 million on water infrastructure projects, including some intended to provide relief to residents who have had to boil their water for months. The Daily Times reports that the San Juan County Commission approved a request from the city of Aztec to use $3 million intended for the Flora Vista wastewater system on other projects....

Mon January 09, 2017

GSA Awards Contract for New Port of Entry in Columbus, N.M.

The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) awarded the construction contract for the new Land Port of Entry (LPOE) in Columbus, N.M., to Hensel Phelps Construction Co., of Austin, Texas. The new LPOE will provide the Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection (CBP) with facilities to help the agency fulfill its mission of keeping America's borders safe and secure....