The 44 projectsfeatured in the following pages are among the largest projects that broke ground in 2009 and beyond. In total, these projects will provide over $3.5-billion in construction activity for Arizona, New Mexico and Nevada over the coming years.

The steel-framed Maricopa County Court Tower building rises 14 stories above downtown Phoenix and two levels below grade. The target LEED silver building is the second largest Arizona project on this year�s top starts ranking. Photo: Patti Reznik Photography
Photo: Patti Reznik Photography
The steel-framed Maricopa County Court Tower building rises 14 stories above downtown Phoenix and two levels below grade. The target LEED silver building is the second largest Arizona project on this year�s top starts ranking.

Top starts from the past six years, as well as an electronic version of this year�s ranking, are available on our web site atwww.southwest.construction.com.

The projects are ranked by construction costs, in some cases estimated.

亚利桑那州�年代最大的项目开始是500美元——数百万n Coolidge Generating Station, being built by The Industrial Co. for TransCanada. Also ranking high was the $252.5-million Maricopa County Court Tower. Several Arizona Dept. of Transportation highway projects also made the list.

内华达�年代开始包括史密斯P中心erforming Arts and the Interstate 15 South, Blue Diamond Road to Tropicana Avenue, together adding $500-million in work to the hard-hit Las Vegas market. The project sizes fall sharply from there, making this year�s top starts the smallest in years.

Starts in New Mexico are topped by the multi-faceted Spaceport America project and a new hospital in Rio Rancho.

Information on many of these projects was supplied by the building teams or via a questionnaire on our web site. If you would like to participate in future surveys, please check our web site for announcements. Supplemental data was provided by the McGraw-Hill Construction Network, public records and press releases. All information is presented as up-to-date as possible at press time.?