Construction of a 550-mile southwest transmission line to supply clean energy to California is being challenged by Arizona tribes linked to the route through the historic site.
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Each year, ENR Southwest ranks the largest projects to begin construction in the past year in the states of Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico.
For this ranking, ENR Southwest uses a variety of sources, including information from the Dodge Construction Network, as well as news reports from the Engineering News-Record and other media publications. If your company started construction on a major project of $200 million or more in 2023, it’s not too late to let us know so we can add it to the Top Starts rankings this year. To do so, please email me, Scott Judy, at judys@enr.com.
As we finalize this ranking, we reach out to contractors and design firms in the Southwest to get any information they have about major projects, with a total project cost of $200 million or more, that they participated in construction that began in 2023.
For now, here’s a preliminary list of the largest projects in the Southwest to begin construction during 2023. end The Top Starts rankings will appear in the March 11 print edition of ENR Southwest.
- $4.5 million — SunZia Wind 3,500+ MW, Lincoln, NM
- $1.6 million — LG Energy Battery Plant – Cylindrical Battery Building, Queen Creek, Arizona.
- $1.1 million: Thacker Pass Lithium Mine, Nevada
- $1 billion – SunZia Southwest Transmission, New Mexico
- $850 million – KOREPlex Lithium Battery Manufacturing Facility, Buckeye, Arizona.
- $747.5 million — San Juan 598 MW Solar/Battery Storage, Waterflow, NM
- $550 million — 500 MW Yellow Pine Solar Project, Las Vegas
- $450 million — Desert Diamond Casinos West Glendale Casino, Ariz.
- $425.4 million — San Juan 1 Solar and Storage, Farmington, NM
- $385 million — South Pier (Lot 6) PH1 Residential Towers, Tempe, Arizona.
- $375 million — Atrisco Solar Farm 360 MW, Rio Rancho, NM
- $338 million – Eleven Mile Solar Center, Arizona
- $330 million — Google Data Center (Project Red Hawk) Phase 1, Mesa, Arizona.
- $300 million — Chang Chun Industrial Solvents Factory, Casa Grande, Arizona.
- $294.1 million – Nestle Manufacturing Plant (Project Raven), Waddell, Ariz.
- $273.6 million — PHX-06 Aligned Data Centers, Chandler, Ariz.
- $257.5 million — LPC Luke Field Industrial Complex, Glendale, Arizona.
- $250 million — Randolph/Brittlebush Solar Park, Coolidge, Arizona.
- $230 million — NV/DOT: US 395 Pavement Rehabilitation, Reno, Nev.
- $225 million — Kroger’s/Smith’s Distribution Center, Las Vegas
