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Mar/Apr Issue Featuring Arizona Architects Released
In this issue, we spotlight architects—some famous, like W.A. Sarmiento, and others hidden in plain sight, like Anne Rockfellow,...
Mar 41 min read


Jan/Feb Issue Features Recent Bridge Construction in Arizona
To start 2025, Arizona Contractor & Community Magazine spans rivers, canyons, and freeways in the 96-page, Jan/Feb issue, exploring major...
Jan 21 min read


Nov/Dec Issue Spotlighting Paradise Valley Released
The magazine's November/December issue delves into Paradise Valley to examine how this town almost became a farming district and,...
Nov 4, 20241 min read


Sep/Oct Issue on Newsstands Now!
The Sep/Oct issue takes readers to vintage establishments from blue-collar bars to swank nightclubs where construction workers swapped...
Sep 4, 20241 min read


Construction Innovations: The future is here, but are we ready?
By Brian Kassalen As the construction industry continues to boom, builders are looking for new ways to keep up with increased demand,...
Jul 15, 20243 min read


The "Over and Under" Jul/Aug 2024 Issue Features Arizona's Bridges and Underpasses
The Jul/August issue takes readers over the Colorado River and under railroad lines, spotlighting Arizona’s bridges and underpasses....
Jul 2, 20241 min read


May/June Issue Hits Newsstands Today!
The May/June issue spotlights Harold Hart's extended family and the many transfer, storage, and rigging companies that started with his...
May 1, 20241 min read


ACC Magazine Spotlights Van Buren Street in the Mar/Apr Issue
The Mar/Apr 2024 issue spotlights the neon-lit path that once guided motorists to Phoenix, a city that once had the world at its...
Mar 21, 20241 min read

How to Backfill Fast: Flowable Concrete Fill
By Luke M. Snell, P.E. and Frank Kozeliski, P.E. Concrete is often considered a building material used to construct our buildings and...
Feb 14, 20242 min read

RECAPTURING THE SPIRIT OF PLACE: KIVA CRAFTS CENTER REHABILITATION
By Doug Sydnor Part Cherokee and Scotch-Irish, Lloyd Henri Kiva New was an artist and educator who arrived in Scottsdale in 1946. Painter...
Jan 30, 20242 min read


ACC Visits Prescott in Jan/Feb 2024 Issue
The magazine enters 2024 with a special issue about the Valley’s favorite Mile High Retreat, Prescott, which locals pronounce as...
Jan 9, 20241 min read

Saluting Arizona’s Builders: Karl Ronstadt
It’s fitting to spotlight Karl Ronstadt in this water-themed issue of Arizona Contractor & Community. “I always liked dam work,” Ronstadt...
Dec 29, 20232 min read


"Sign, Sign, Everywhere Are Signs" In Just-Released Nov/Dec 2023 Issue
Signs have the power to represent places that hold great meaning in our lives, including reminding us of where we had our first dates,...
Nov 3, 20231 min read


A Whale of a Tempe Tale: One Version of Big Surf’s Origin - Part Two
By Aaron Gilbreath When my family moved down the street from Big Surf in my fifth grade year, I became a regular, spending countless warm...
Sep 29, 202311 min read


A Whale of a Tempe Tale: One Version of Big Surf’s Origin - Part One
By Aaron Gilbreath Before my dad died at age 81 in 2020 — before age eroded his legendary memory — he told me the full version of a story...
Sep 28, 20236 min read


Old School Equipment: Holland Belt Loader
By Billy Horner “New Device Gobbles Earth,” screamed a headline in the Billings Gazette in 1975. The Holland loader, an earthmoving...
Sep 15, 20232 min read


Old School Equipment: The Balderson Bowldozer
By Billy Horner The Balderson family proved that big ideas could come from little hamlets. In the 1870s, they started a blacksmith shop...
Sep 8, 20231 min read


Sep/Oct Restaurant Issue Released!
Our recent March/April issue spotlighting vintage restaurants was such a hit that Arizona Contractor & Community magazine decided to...
Sep 1, 20231 min read

Saluting Arizona’s Builders: Herman Chanen
“Our construction firm does things differently,” the late Herman Chanen told The Arizona Republic in 1962. “Most contractors are just...
Aug 2, 20232 min read


ACC Magazine Releases the "L" Issue Covering the State's Logging & Lumber Industry
Arizona Contractor & Community magazine makes the case that a couple of “L” words, logging and lumber, could be added to the state’s...
Jul 5, 20231 min read
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