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The article focuses on the ENR (Engineering News-Record) Best of the Best Projects of 2022. It highlights the top 20 construction projects in the U.S. that were completed between May 2021 and May 2022. It is reported that the projects were selected based on their teamwork, safety, overcoming challenges, innovation, and quality.

The article highlights two developers announcing new U.S. production facilities for lithium battery components, emphasizing their longevity and absence of nickel or cobalt. Topics include American Battery Factory Inc. starting construction on a 1.2 billion dollars Tucson plant for lithilun-iron phosphate battery cells and Wildcat Discovery Technologies planning a nickel-free and cobalt-free integrated cathodes plant.

The article talks about the 202 South Mountain Freeway, the largest highway construction project in Phoenix and highway public-private-partnership in Arizona history. It mentions that largest highway project in Arizona history uses diverging diamond interchanges and the first Arizona use of Utah bulb tee girders.

The article discusses the journal's 2018 ENR Texas and Louisiana Top Specialty Contractors ranking which is based on 2017 revenue. The contractors reportedly posted a slight decline in revenue compared with 2016 which include Mastec Inc., Strike, and Emcor Group Inc. Topics include innovations in industry, key construction projects, and labor shortages.

The article presents the journal's six Top Young Professionals in the engineering industry in the U.S. Northwest, graded on criteria including professional achievements, industry involvement, contributions to their area's built environment and service to their communities. The honorees discussed include Lacey Ahlf of Skanska, Brett Earnest of Clark Construction Group and Corianne Hart of Carollo Engineers.

The article focuses on new infrastructure and energy projects that dominated the Top Starts list in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Mississippi and Arkansas in 2017. It highlights two athletic facilities in Texas, which were near the top of the list. It refers to the New Yuhuang Chemical Methanol Plant as the largest 2017 start.

The article discusses the top young professionals in the California including Christine Adler, Project Manager at Millie and Severson, Eron Ashley, Managing Principal at Hart Howerton Ltd., and Brady Edwards, Senior Project Manager Layton Construction. Topics discussed include inducing the LEED Platinum by Christine, creating large-scale sustainable places project by Eron and mentions the views of Hadley, on his work.

The article presents the top young professionals and their contributions to the U.S. Construction industry. Among them are assistant professor Vahid Balali, corporate director Kendall Despenza, and design director Brian Glodney. The significant highlights of these professionals, their career development, and their future plans are provided.

The article reports that work on the 550-mile bidirectional 525 kilovolt (kV) high-voltage direct current transmission line extending from central New Mexico to south-central Arizona is scheduled to begin in early 2023.

The article discusses the efforts of Texas and Louisiana subcontractors to seek growth by pursuing diverse market sectors and new territory. Al Bargas, president of the Pelican Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors, notes the steady growth overall in the energy and chemical manufacturing industries that continues to provide economic support to other sectors. He added the anticipated less federal regulation in the Gulf Coast as a result of President-elect Donald Trump's victory.

The article reports that Everingham Student Union has built a dynamic gateway to Central Arizona College's Signal Peak Campus which features a student-networking and dining facility. It mentions that the project created a welcoming meeting and living room for students, faculty, staff and the community and also highlights it created the contemporary-style building houses a dining hall.

The article focuses on Matthew Walsh, co-founder of family-owned construction firm Walsh Group in Chicago, Illinois. Information regarding Walsh's leadership skills in terms of scheduling, adaptability, and communication, his strategies in personnel management, and the success in business, are mentioned. Also discussed is Walsh's commitment to provide grants for education, church, and civic charities under the Walsh Foundation.

The article focuses on construction project of the Biomedical Sciences Partnership Building of University of Arizona in Phoenix, Arizona which got Higher Education and Research category award at the Award of Excellence of the periodical. Topics discussed include the project was designed by CO Architects and constructed by DPR Construction, cladding is perforated to reflect light and cast shadows reminiscent of striated canyon walls and use of the patterns of building information modeling.

The article reports on the killing of a worker at a New Mexico hospital project on August 18, 2015 following the collapse of 21 -ft-long section of the six-story-high scaffold at Presbyterian Rust Medical Center in Rio Rancho, New Mexico.

Region’s Top 75 design firms log $5.1 billion, a near 25% increase in revenues that extends a multi-year growth streak. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The top 25 projects of 2014 totaled $28.94 billion, more than doubling previous year's total volume [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on renovation of the 1936 Beaux-Arts office building in San Francisco's Civic Center National Historic Landmark District in Northern California.

The article focuses on renovation of the Bair Island, former salt pond within the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, in California.

A review is offered for a mixed-used building including retail space, condominiums and parking, located at 38 Dolores Street, San Francisco, California.

The article focuses on renovation of the Hollyhock House, a building in the East Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.

The article focuses on renovation of the Tolman-Bacher house, a mission-style building, located in Southern California.

A review is offered for the Poipu Beach Grand Wyndham Resort located in Koloa, Hawaii.

The article focuses on renovation of 140 New Montgomery Street, an Art Deco office tower, located in Northern California.

The article looks at the construction of the Daniel K. Inouye Regional Center of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) by the construction firm Walsh Construction.

A review is offered for the Admin Center Waterfront Park located in San Diego, California.

A review is offered for the Enrique S. Camarena Elementary School building located in Southern California.

A review is offered for the laboratory classroom of the Oakland Hills High School in Oakland, California.

A review is offered for the Tom Bradley terminal at Los Angeles International Airport in California.

A review is offered for the head office of software developer Mozilla Corp. located in California.

An review for the corporate office and headquarter of the internet service provider Mozilla Corp. located in California built by the construction firm BNBuilders is presented.

An review for the corporate office of the software maker GitHub Inc. located in San Francisco, California built by the construction firm BNBuilders is presented.

The article looks at a reconstruction work done at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, located at in Los Angeles, California by Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Co.

The article looks at the construction of the Kaiser San Leandro Medical Center located in San Leandro, California and mentions that the construction of the hospital is done by the construction company Rudolph and Sletten Inc.

The article looks at the rebuilding and expanding project of the Kaiser Permanente Hospital campus located in Oakland, California and mentions that the reconstruction work done by the construction company McCarthy Building Cos.

An review for the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, a solar thermal power plant in the California, is presented.

The article looks at a renovation work done at the arboretum at Christ Cathedral located in California and mentions that reconstruction work was done by the construction company Cannon Building.

The article looks at the reconstruction work done at the California's Bob Hope Airport Regional Intermodal Transportation Center by McCarthy Building Cos.

The article looks at the reconstruction work done at the California's San Francisco, International Airport's terminal 3 boarding area done by Hensel Phelps Construction Co.

The article looks at the renovation work done at the real estate builders and construction company DPR Construction's San Francisco office to achieve net-zero energy use as of December 2014.

The article focuses on the firm California Drywall's revenue growth due to technical innovation, team-based project management and safety initiative. Topics discussed include the firm's contribution to local philanthropy and construction technology, views of David Garrett, chief operating officer at the firm, on Drywall's strategies during the Great recession, and the firm's reorganized team-based management structure contributing to its performance.