Tempe Planning $349M in Bond Requests

By Paulina Pineda for The Arizona Republic  Tempe likely will ask voters to approve a $349M bond issue to pay for dozens of capital projects in the next five years, ranging from road improvements to park upgrades.  The city weighed asking voters for about half the proposed bond amount — $174M— to help pay for projects planned in […]

FMI Releases Positive 2018 Growth Outlook

By Roland Murphy for Arizona Builder’s Exchange Management consulting and investment banking term FMI, which is, “dedicated exclusively to engineering and construction, infrastructure and the built environment,” has released its, “Construction Outlook First Quarter Report,” and is forecasting a 7 percent increase in total construction and engineering spending across the U.S. in 2018. For comparison, […]