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Granite wins $55M Tucson, Arizona, road-widening job

Construction Dive

The Grant Road Improvement Project is part of Pima County’s $2.1 billion, 20-year regional transportation plan.

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ADOT Partners With Tucson-Area Tribe On Construction Academy

Construction Equipment

Twenty-seven members of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe earned their certification to work as flaggers on tribal construction projects through a free Construction Academy sponsored by the Arizona Department of Transportation.

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ADOT Partners With Tribe On Construction Academy

Construction Equipment

Twenty-seven members of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe earned their certification to work as flaggers on tribal construction projects through a free Construction Academy sponsored by the Arizona Department of Transportation.

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Firms Creating New Models for Student Internships

ENR Construction

When student intern Ana Padilla left her job with Sundt Construction in Tucson, Ariz., this past summer, she received plenty of hugs and well-wishes from her colleagues on the Interstate 10-Ina Road interchange project.

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Caterpillar's Doug Oberhelman Receives ARTBA’s Highest Honor

Construction Equipment

is the sole recipient of the American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) highest honor—the “ARTBA Award.” 6 during the association’s national convention, held in Tucson, Arizona. Doug Oberhelman, chairman and chief executive officer of Peoria, Illinois-based Caterpillar Inc., It was presented to Oberhelman Oct.

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The Free Droid Apps have me Hooked

Carol Hagen

Google Navigator with Voice Search – for Hands free navigation (Garmin-like GPS with voice recognition) – Found my way to appointments in Tucson with no glitches the day after I purchased. Bizkit – for tracking expenses on the road, meetings, events and finding my nearest contacts.

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The History of the Straw Bale Revival with Matts Myhrman

Natural Building

I knew a little bit about tools and working with my hands, but I didn’t have any real exposure to construction. I was teaching geology in Tucson at the time and living in a house that functioned miserably in the Tucson climate. I learned a fair amount of construction by working with Rocky. I got right on that.