Awards & Accolades
1. Civil engineering firm EPS Group was named Southwest Design Firm of the Year by ENR in its annual look at the Top Design Firms in the region. Some of the recent projects that EPS Group has worked on that helped it post a record 2021 are the Phoenix Rising Stadium at Wild Horse Pass Sports Park in Chandler; the US 60X for the Arizona Department of Transportation in Gilbert, and Bella Vista Farms in San Tan Valley.
2. The Top Architecture Firms have been released for the 2022 edition of Ranking Arizona.
Nine Architects or Fewer:
- Cawley Architects
- LGE Design Group
- dpa architects
- HDA Architects
- Ideation Design Group
- ADM Group
- Perlman Architects of Arizona
- Phoenix Design One
- Butler Design Group
- 180 Degrees Design + Build
10 Architects or More:
- Corgan
- SmithGroup
- Gensler
- DAVIS
- Orcutt | Winslow
- SPS + Architects
- Cuningham Group Architecture
- DLR Group
- Archicon Architecture & Interiors
- CCBG Architects
3. The Top General Contracting Firms have been released for the 2022 edition of Ranking Arizona.
Firms with Staffs of 187 or More:
- CORE Construction
- SDB Contracting Services
- Haydon Building Corp
- DPR Construction
- Hunter Contracting Co.
- McCarthy Building Companies
- Willmeng Construction
- Hensel Phelps
- Kitchell
- Okland Construction
Firms with Staffs of 61-186:
- Caliente Construction
- Kowalski Construction Inc.
- Ryan Companies US
- Holder Construction Company
- Stevens Leinweber Construction
- Bjerk Builders
- Layton Construction Company
- Wespac Construction
- Chasse Building Team
- Skanska USA Building
Firms with Staffs of 76 or Fewer:
- Sun Eagle Corporation
- LGE Design Build
- FCI Constructors
- Johansen Interiors
- JE Dunn Construction
- Concord General Contracting
- The PENTA Building Group
- Adolfson & Peterson Construction
- The Weitz Company
- W.E. O’Neil Construction Company of Arizona
4. Chandler-based real estate brokerage Rusch Gledhill has been acquired by North&Co.
5. Real Estate Intelligence Marketing and Young|Ottosen have created a joint venture that seeks to connect single-sale residential and commercial real estate brokerage services.
Promotions
6. Tabitha Perry has been named to serve as Planning Manager for the City of Glendale. She had been in the post of Interim Planning Administrator for the past 10 months.
7. Michelle Romero has been promoted to Workplace Studio Leader, and Mark Adams has been promoted to Workplace Practice Director at SmithGroup.
8. Clay Creaser has been promoted to VP at JE Dunn Construction.
New Hires
9. Kris Miller has joined Conor Commercial Real Estate as Senior Development Manager.
10. Danielle Hoyt has joined DFDG Architecture as a Senior Interior Designer.
