New Mexico DOT - Wed April 17, 2024
Embankment, Approach Repair Wins Best Project Award
The Best Project Program Award recognizes projects that are developed and constructed by NMDOT District personnel. The planning and coordination during a project are examples of the skills and knowledge that the men and women of the department provide every day to all constituents....
University of New Mexico - Wed April 17, 2024
University of New Mexico Project Earns AGC Construction Award
The AGC of New Mexico recently recognized the University of New Mexico for its outstanding work on the construction of the new UNM New Mexico Mutual Champions Training Center. Photo courtesy of Franken ConstructionThe AGC awarded the new facility as the Best Buildings Award within the $2.5 million to $5 million range....
New Mexico DOT - Wed January 24, 2024
N.M. Receives $67.7M Grant for First-of-Its-Kind Project
The Biden-Harris Administration awarded $67.7 million to New Mexico for the purpose of deploying chargers in local communities and along major travel corridors while promoting American jobs and leadership in electric vehicle (EV) charging....
Associated Press - Tue December 12, 2023
New Mexico Proposes $500M to Treat Fracking Wastewater
ANTA FE, N.M. (AP) New Mexico would underwrite development of a strategic new source of water by buying treated water that originates from the used, salty byproducts of oil and natural gas drilling and help preserve its freshwater aquifers in the process, under a proposal from the state's Democratic governor....
Origis - Wed October 18, 2023
Origis Commences Construction On New Mexico Solar Farm
Origis Energy recently announced construction has begun on the Escalante Solar Project near Grants, N.M. The 200-megawatt solar project is at the site of the decommissioned Escalante Station, a 253-megawatt coal-powered plant that Tri-State closed in 2020....
Business Wire - Tue August 22, 2023
Arcosa Inc., President Biden Announce New $1B Plant in N.M.
Arcosa Inc. recently announced President Biden toured the new Arcosa Wind Towers manufacturing site in Belen, N.M. "Since I signed the [Inflation Reduction Act] into law, Arcosa has received $1.1 billion of orders for new wind towers and today we are here breaking ground on a new plant that is going to create 250 new good paying jobs," Biden said....
Volvo Construction Equipment - Wed July 26, 2023
ROMCO Equipment Acquires Sierra Machinery
ROMCO Equipment, a Volvo Construction Equipment dealer that has been serving Texas for more than 60 years, is expanding its footprint in the Southwest with the acquisition of Sierra Machinery. ROMCO and its parent company, SMT, have acquired 100 percent of Sierra Machinery, which has been the exclusive Volvo CE dealer in southwestern Texas and southern New Mexico....
Associated Press - Tue June 27, 2023
Contractors Digging Deep for Ventilation Shaft Construction
CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) The U.S. Department of Energy says it's making progress on a new ventilation shaft at the nation's only underground nuclear repository that will allow the facility to ramp up operations as it disposes of tons of waste from decades of research and bomb making....
Associated Press - Wed May 31, 2023
U.S. Greenlights Transmission Line for Renewable Energy
The U.S. government is greenlighting a proposed multibillion-dollar transmission line that would send primarily wind-generated electricity from the rural plains of New Mexico to big cities in the West....
New Mexico DOT - Wed May 31, 2023
Fed Invests $585M for New Water Infrastructure Projects
New Mexico is poised to receive more than $30 million in federal funding for water infrastructure projects. The U.S. Department of the Interior announced recently that $585 million of funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will be spent on 83 projects in 11 states, including six New Mexico projects....
