Construction in the Southwest is on the rebound. With a major transportation project in New Mexico’s largest city and numerous major resort projects popping up in Las Vegas, results from this year’s ENR Southwest Top Contractors survey point to a strengthening market.

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根据调查，2015年西南部的工作中，前十家公司的收入总计311亿美元。这比上一年增长了3000万美元。参加调查的所有公司的收入增长到2015年的64.6亿美元，而2014年为60.7亿美元，增长了3.9亿美元，尽管该调查参与了该调查，但仍增加了3.9亿美元。

As a result of the gains, builders have been challenged by the shrinking number of trained workers. While other regions have experienced labor shortfalls earlier in the recovery, it is just starting to hit the Southwest in earnest. Nationwide, the number of workers employed in construction-related occupations declined by nearly 985,000, or 15.8%, between 2005 and 2015, according to the most recent occupational employment statistics survey from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Andrea Cross, Americas head of office research at CBRE, said this is especially true in metropolitan Phoenix, where construction fell by more than 52,000 workers, or 40.3%, between 2005 and 2015.

At the same time, with development returning to the area, construction labor demand has caused the average hourly wage in Phoenix to increase by 31.7% over that same time period—second highest among the markets examined in a CBRE report.

CBRE项目管理，西南地区和多市场的高级董事总经理Susan Laganke说，劳动和电气等贸易领域的优质分包商的劳动池缺乏深度。

Cynthia Schultz, CEO of Bradbury Stamm—an Albuquerque-based firm that also has offices in Carlsbad and Clovis, N.M., and El Paso, Texas—says her firm feels very good about the construction industry in New Mexico, even if the state’s oil and gas revenue is down.

她说：“该地区的承包商有很高的积压。”他补充说，该州的医疗和高级生活设施正在上升。例如，最近在阿尔伯克基（Albuquerque）繁荣的郊区里奥·兰乔（Rio Rancho）完成了一家4000万美元的高级生活/继续护理设施。

Bradbury Stamm is currently working on six senior living projects: three in Colorado; one in El Paso, Texas; and two in Santa Fe.

“A lot is going on in that sector, and that is on par with the rest of the country,” Schultz says.

新墨西哥州还经历了与教育相关的建筑物的增加，例如在阿尔伯克基（Albuquerque）南部的新墨西哥州矿业和技术校园的地质建筑以及N.M.卡尔斯巴德（18luck官网Carlsbad）的几所小学的项目中的地质建筑。

在今年的拉斯维加斯，2008年的经济衰退似乎是一个遥远的记忆，因为许多项目破裂，包括大型赌场和较小的商业努力。18luck官网

John Cannito, chief operating officer of PENTA Building Group, says there is a lot of optimism in the Las Vegas and Nevada markets right now. “Dirt is moving, and projects that have been planned for a while are becoming a reality,” Cannito says. “From our perspective and focus in the region, we are seeing a lot of activity in the tourism and guest experience markets.”

Cannito says there seems to be a good balance between ground-up projects and renovation of existing facilities. “We’ve got a good mix of diverse projects currently under construction,” he adds.

Other PENTA projects include the almost-finished Lucky Dragon Casino and Hotel, billed as “the city’s first resort delivering an authentic Asian cultural and gaming experience,” as well as a clubhouse for the high-end Ascaya housing development and a retail addition along the Las Vegas Strip.