Thank you to all of our employee-owners, clients, colleagues, friends, and family for making our 30th anniversary year spectacular. Here are some of the many highlights from this year.

City of Phoenix Val Vista Transmission Main Rehab CMAR Project Wins AZ AGC Build Arizona Award

This award was in the Reconstruction Over $10 Million Municipal/Utilities Construction category.

AZ AGC Safety Professional of the Year, Cesar Martinez

Cesar has been directly responsible for numerous valuable innovations that have helped him to create a culture of safety awareness and support from all levels at Achen-Gardner.

Achen-Gardner Construction Merger

We are excited to have merged with Emery Sapp & Sons and become part of a 100% employee-owned ESOP.

Pima County Bar Screen Project Wins Southern AZ APWA Award

This award was in the Structures, Less Than $5M category.

Celebrating 30 Years

Achen-Gardner Construction celebrated our 30th Anniversary in February 2019.

We Are the Champions

Team Achen-Gardner won first place in the 2019 Engineers Without Borders Softball Tournament. The tournament raised more than $5,300 for Engineers Without Borders.

New Intersection in Chandler

Our Price Road Reclaimed Water Line and Wells Fargo North Driveway Improvements DBB project included roadway, sidewalk, and landscape modifications.

One Week, Two Conferences

We attended two great conferences in April: the AZ Water Association 92nd Annual Conference and Exhibition and the ACEC Arizona 68th Annual Conference on Roads and Streets.

City of Peoria Fusible PVC Sliplining

We completed the sliplining of the longest section of Fusible PVC installed in Arizona.

Downtown Chandler Canal Restoration Wins AZ APWA Project of the Year Award

This award was in the category of Historical Restoration/Preservation, Less Than $5M.

Primus Line Demonstration at AZ APWA Statewide Conference

We conducted a demonstration of pressure pipeline rehabilitation using Primus Line and discussed our Primus Line Installation project for the City of Peoria.

AZAGC Racers

Achen-Gardner Construction was a Gold Sponsor and sent an all-women team to the Arizona Chapter Associated General Contractors of America event at Octane Raceway.

Downtown Chandler Canal Promenade Wins ACEC Arizona Award

The Commonwealth Canal Promenade has won the Grand Award and the Best Small Project Under $2.5M Award from ACEC Arizona.

Sky Kids Soar

We were proud to sponsor and support the Sky Kids Fly Day Events for the eighth year in a row, allowing more than 200 special kids to experience the wonder of flight.

Ak-Chin Pipeline Repair

Achen-Gardner crews exposed and repaired segments of 78” prestressed concrete cylinder pipe as part of our Link Pipeline Repair and Mitigation Design-Build project for the Ak-Chin Indian Community.

Touch a Truck

Achen-Gardner Construction sponsored the Touch a Truck event in Glendale in October. Employees passed out goodies and showed off some of our equipment: a 305 excavator and combo roller.

CAP Salt River Siphon Repair

We completed a four-phase Design-Build project for the Central Arizona Project to dewater, assess, and repair the 8,900-foot-long, 21-foot-diameter Salt River Siphon.