SAN DIEGO, Calif. — A team of 66 employees of McCarthy Building Companies, Inc., stepped up the firm's tradition of charitable community involvement by participating in the World Famous Mud Run on June 16 aboard the Camp Pendleton Base north of Oceanside, Calif. This year's Mud Run was held at the military base over three consecutive weekends. Proceeds raised from the race benefited the Camp Pendleton Armed Services YMCA. McCarthy employees — 45 men and 21 women — comprised almost half of the 155-member Clark/McCarthy team, which together raised a total of $5,000 to help military members and their families. … Read more

PHOENIX, Ariz. — The first known memorial dedicated to Native American Veterans who served in any American war is under construction at the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Ariz. The groundbreaking was punctuated with tribal traditions and attended by American Indian Veterans of all ages. The American Indian Veterans National Memorial is anticipated to be a major attraction for the Heard Museum when completed in November 2012. The project spans more than 30 yards, and will feature the last monumental sculpture created by Allan Houser (Chiricahua Apache, 1914-1994), on long-term loan from the New Mexico-based Houser Foundation. “We believe there will … Read more

TUCSON, Ariz. — Beginning at midnight on Friday, June 8, Sundt Construction, Inc. executed the first of two massive concrete pours that will form the foundation of the new 290,000-square-foot courthouse shared by Pima County and the city of Tucson, Ariz. Construction at the site, located at Toole and Stone avenues in downtown Tucson, began Feb. 1 and is scheduled for completion in August 2013. The first seven to nine months of the job are being spent on the foundation, just getting to grade level. The concrete mat slab is divided into two parts: A and B. Section A was … Read more