Tag: Arizona
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Amkor relocates $2B semiconductor facility to larger Arizona site
Dive Brief: Chipmaker Amkor Technologies is relocating its planned $2 billion semiconductor advanced packaging and test facility to a larger site in north Peoria, Arizona. The facility will be built on a 104-acre site at the Peoria Innovation Core, a technology hub in development, following Amkor’s recent approval for an amended land swap from the…
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Northern Arizona Univ Wins First Place in Big Beam Contest
Northern Arizona University won the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute’s PCI) 2025 Big Beam Competition, a nationwide challenge that encourages college students to demonstrate excellence in structural design, teamwork, and innovation using precast, prestressed concrete. The winning Northern Arizona University team was led by faculty advisor Ben Dymond with support from PCI producer TPAC. Team members include Payton Correia, Zachary…
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Arizona utilities sign up for gas pipeline project, spurred by data center development
Arizona Public Service Co. and Salt River Project will buy capacity on Transwestern Pipeline’s just-announced Desert Southwest expansion project, which aims to deliver natural gas from the Permian Basin in Texas to Arizona, the utilities said Wednesday. APS, the project’s anchor customer, will use gas from the pipeline for gas-fired power plants that will support…
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New water infrastructure firm launches in Arizona
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Two former coworkers have launched RS Contracting, a Scottsdale, Arizona-based general contracting firm specializing in the construction and rehabilitation of water and wastewater infrastructure throughout the state, according to a May 16 news release shared…
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Arizona Builders Alliance Picks Jacob’s Hope for Project
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Arizona Builders Alliance (ABA), the state’s leading construction industry association, announces Jacob’s Hope as the recipient of its annual Community Service Project. The ABA will provide free construction and renovation services to support the nonprofit’s mission. Jacob’s Hope, a Mesa-based nonprofit, is a specialty care nursery providing 24-hour medical care to substance-exposed newborns and prenatal support to expectant…
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Arizona Builders Alliance selects Jacob’s Hope for pro-bono project
Arizona Builders Alliance (ABA), the state’s leading construction industry association, announces Jacob’s Hope as the recipient of its annual Community Service Project. The ABA will provide free construction and renovation services to support the nonprofit’s mission. Jacob’s Hope, a Mesa-based nonprofit, is a specialty care nursery providing 24-hour medical care to substance-exposed newborns and prenatal support to expectant…
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Arizona SkillsUSA competition showcases trade options
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The construction industry faces a stark shortage of workers, but programs and people across the country are working at the local level to solve the problem. This series highlights those efforts helping to recruit the next generation…
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Arizona construction leader: ‘Say yes often’
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. This article is one in a series of conversations with women leaders in the construction industry. Click here for past discussions. When Kim Davids was in eighth grade, her geometry teacher assigned a project that involved recreating her home…
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Kore Power nixes plans for $1.25B battery plant in Arizona
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Kore Power has shelved its plans to build a $1.25 billion battery plant in Buckeye, Arizona, after its slated production site was quietly listed for sale in recent weeks. Kore did not immediately respond to…
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Arizona Congressman Sponsors Bill To Abolish OSHA
On January 3, 2025, Andy Biggs (R – AR – 5) introduced a new, if exceedingly brief, piece of legislation that would result in the abolition of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Its formation was the result of the Occupation Safety and Health Act, signed into being by former Republican President Richard Nixon on…