Awards & Accolades
1. DP Electric President Danielle Puente has been honored as a Rising Star in AZ Big Media’s Spotlight Awards.
2. Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Director of Aviation Services Chad Makovsky has been awarded the distinction of Accredited Airport Executive by the American Association of Airport Executives.
3. The following companies have been awarded AZ Big Media’s Arizona’s Most Admired Companies of 2023 based on five key areas: Customer Opinion, Innovation, Leadership Excellence, Social Responsibility and Workplace Culture:
- Burch & Cracchiolo,
- CHASSE Building Team,
- Canyon State Electric,
- Clayco,
- Colliers in Arizona,
- Corbins,
- Cresa,
- DP Electric,
- Fennemore,
- Haydon Building Corp.,
- JE Dunn Construction,
- LGE Design Build,
- Lovitt & Touché, A Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC Company,
- Mark-Taylor Residential,
- Meritage Homes Corporation,
- P.B. Bell,
- Salt River Project,
- Suntec Concrete,
- Terracon Consultants,
- WillScot Mobile Mini,
- Willmeng Construction.
4. 132 Arizona companies made the Inc. 5000 list for 2023. Some of the honored A/E/C- and CRE-relevant companies (in order of ranking in the overall list), their fields of service and locations included:
- Advocate, Construction, Scottsdale;
- Creation Equity, Real Estate, Phoenix;
- Phoenix Water Solutions, Environmental Services, Phoenix;
- Tricor, Construction, Scottsdale;
- Homestead Fence Co., Construction, Mesa;
- Venture REI, Real Estate, Scottsdale;
- Max Restoration, Construction, Glendale;
- Willmeng Construction, Construction, Phoenix;
- LGE Design Build, Construction, Phoenix;
- The RFP Success Company, Business Products & Services, Tempe;
- Air Control Air Conditioning, Construction, Lake Havasu City;
- Venn Construction, Construction, Scottsdale;
- A Finer Touch Construction, Construction, Scottsdale;
- Land Profit Generator, Real Estate, Phoenix;
- On Q Property Management, Real Estate, Gilbert;
- Redline Electric & Solar, Construction, Tempe;
- Cambridge Companies, Construction, Scottsdale;
- The Realty Agency, Real Estate, Yuma;
- PICOR, Real Estate, Tucson;
- Re-Bath, Construction, Phoenix;
- Rainforest Plumbing and Air, Construction, Mesa;
- Suntec Concrete, Construction, Phoenix;
- Rockridge Construction, Construction, Tucson; and
- SHADE Industries, Construction, Phoenix.
Company News
5. Founded in Tucson in 1963 as Finical and Dombrowski, GLHN is celebrating its 60th anniversary. The name was changed to GLHN in 1989, and the firm became 100% employee-owned in 2008. GLHN also moved to its current location on Tucson’s Sunshine Mile in 1998 and opened its midtown Phoenix office in 2015.
6. National electrical contracting firm E-J Group has acquired CS Construction Inc. Headquartered in Phoenix, CS Construction has operated in Arizona, California, Colorado and Nevada since 1980 and is comprised of two divisions: concrete structures, and broadband, traffic signal/street lighting.
Promotions
7. Shane Kirby was promoted to Senior Associate Engineer, Nick Yuen was promoted to Senior Associate Engineer, and Ana Lopez was promoted to Associate Engineer at Buehler.
New Hires
8. The City of Buckeye has appointed Bret Hodne as the city’s new Public Works Director.
9. Kyle Ferry has been hired as Southwest Regional VP at Atmosphere Commercial Interiors.
10. Brinkmann Constructors has hired Mary Veldkamp as Senior Project Manager.
11. Noah Schott has joined Tower Capital as a Capital Advisor.
12. Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR have welcome two new professionals. Kameron Norwood has been appointed as an Investment Sales and Leasing Specialist, and Mary Lou Lara has started work with the Property Management team.