Green Valley valedictorian earns Michael T. Martin Scholarship
By Scott Smith

An entrepreneurial spirit, a desire to learn and a willingness to give back to his community have landed Green Valley High School graduate Skyler Holloway the 2009 Michael T. Martin Memorial Scholarship from AGC Las Vegas.
Holloway, first in his class of nearly 600 at Green Valley, bested three other finalists to take home the $12,000 award given to a southern Nevada high school graduate for use in furthering his education in the field of construction, engineering or architecture. Holloway will take his drive, determination and inquisitive nature to Arizona State University, where he plans to double major in construction management and civil engineering. He will enroll in the Barrett Honors College.
He believes the double major will help him “understand both of these aspects of construction [and] prepare me for a successful and rewarding career. One of my long-term goals is to eventually own and operate my own construction company,” Holloway wrote in his scholarship essay.
But he’s also willing to pay his dues. He said he hopes to begin his professional construction career as a project engineer or project manager, to gain a hands-on perspective what goes on at the jobsite. Read More

Clark completes UNLV’s Greenspun Hall
By Scott Smith

Clark Construction Group has completed Greenspun Hall, the new home of the UNLV College of Urban Affairs. For the first time, six of the college’s seven departments will be under one roof, in an environment designed to foster collaboration and innovation. Greenspun Hall, registered with the U.S. Green Building Council with the certification goal of LEED Gold, was formally dedicated in December.
The $93.7 million, 120,000-square-foot building’s exterior is comprised of sandstone, brick, metal panels, curtain wall, punched windows and exposed architectural concrete. The building’s plaza includes a galvanized 163-kW photovoltaic panel array, brick pavers and desert landscaping. Located at a natural gateway to the UNLV campus, the site is punctuated by a 125-foot brick tower bearing the university’s name, welcoming visitors turning west off Maryland Avenue. The In addition to the PV array, which offsets 15 percent of regulated energy consumption, the building’s energy conserving elements include a chilled beam heating and cooling system. Light shelves – surfaces with reflective tops placed near the tops of windows – mitigate solar heat gain and allow light to penetrate further into a building by reflecting it onto the ceiling, then off the ceiling and back into the room. Read More