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Jan 18, 20182 min read

Having Reservations About Your Preservation Strategy? Take Our Test!

We’ve all seen it. Something just doesn’t look right about that old house or building, but it's tough to articulate the incongruous...

Jan 9, 20186 min read

Remembering Bill Heeter

In 2013 the Arizona Contractor & Community magazine published a spread on Bill Heeter. Today would have been Bill’s 80th birthday. We...

Jan 9, 20181 min read

First 2018 Issue "Long" on Articles

Arizona Contractor & Community Magazine L.L.C.makes its bi-monthly debut (Jan/Feb) with the cover story, "Inadvertent Homebuilder: John...

Dec 22, 20171 min read

Anvik Appointed to Water Design-Build Council’s Advisory Board

PHOENIX (Dec. 20, 2017) — Chris Anvik, project director with the Water Services team at McCarthy Building Companies Inc....

Dec 12, 20171 min read

Big Dig in the Desert Raises $$$ for Pediatric Cancer Research

The American Cancer Society held its second annual Big Dig in the Desert, raising over $175,000 for pediatric cancer research at DMB’s...

Dec 8, 20172 min read

Markham Builds on Four Decades in Industry

Markham Contracting celebrates 40 years of laying the groundwork for more than 4,000 municipal, commercial, residential projects in...

Dec 6, 20174 min read

Tempe Construction Rises to Challenges

In October 2016, nearly an entire city block on the northwest corner of University Drive and Forest Avenue in Tempe was just a surface...

Dec 2, 20172 min read

Luxury Student Houses “RISES” in Tempe

Shepley Bulfinch, a national architectural firm, has completed a new luxury student residence building in Tempe for Chicago-based CA...

Nov 27, 20171 min read

Downtown's Oldest Neon Beacon

One of the biggest conundrums in the Valley is the New Windsor Hotel in downtown Phoenix. The hotel is both the city's oldest building...

Nov 9, 20171 min read

When Shuffleboard Courts Were A Prerequisite For Creating A Mid-Century Gem

"From Casa to Condos" is the "Back When" column from the Winter issue of Arizona Contractor & Community Magazine L.L.C. The title alludes...

Nov 7, 20171 min read

Magazine's Historic Images On Display at Grand Avenue Festival

Do you enjoy the historic images found in Arizona Contractor & Community magazine? If so, you can view our favorite images of Grand...

Oct 30, 20171 min read

Winter Issue Now Out!

It's not even Halloween yet but we've released the Winter 2017 issue of Arizona Contractor & Community Magazine L.L.C. to prepare for our...

Oct 30, 20171 min read

Big Dig in the Desert Set for Nov 4th

Skanska, one of the world’s leading construction and development firms, announced it will once again participate as a founding sponsor of...

Oct 20, 20171 min read

"Books" Now Features Magazine Back Issues

Publisher Billy Horner and Books owner Mary Anne Ramirez pose in front of her creative signboard in honor of the bookstore now carrying...

Oct 17, 20172 min read

Ghostly track meets its unmaker

Iconic? Haunted? Movie stage? Trotting track? Gone? Off in the near distance of I-10 west of Goodyear, generations of Valley dwellers and...

Oct 10, 20171 min read

Magazine Featured on Front Page

Thanks to the North Central News for putting Arizona Contractor & Community Magazine L.L.C. on the front page of its October issue! Teri...

Oct 5, 20171 min read

Sunnyslope Fry's Gets New Parking Lot

Grading crew for Ace Asphalt, Phoenix, began this morning on phase one of asphalt pulverizing and regrading. The project is divided into...

Sep 23, 20172 min read

Casa Grande Elementary School District and McCarthy Building to create 3-school campus

Casa Grande Elementary School District has partnered with McCarthy Building Companies on a project to add Casa Grande Elementary onto the...

Sep 23, 20171 min read

Who Can Solve the Mystery of Sunnyslope's Stonehenge?

My editor's column in the Fall 2017 special issue on Sunnyslope in Arizona Contractor & Community Magazine L.L.C. covers some intriguing...

Sep 22, 20173 min read

Top 10 Tips to Hiring a General Contractor

Our thanks to Tammi Keckler, CFO, CEO and partner at JGL Consulting, for her thoughts on what to keep in mind when hiring a general...