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Platte Valley School District Renovation and Addition Under Way
05/08/13 By Mark Shaw
Design and preconstruction are under way on a project to consolidate two existing campuses and create a single PK-12 school in the Platte Valley School District.

Photo courtesy of Platte Valley School District

New Lowry Fire Station Construction Begins in Denver
05/08/13 By Mark Shaw
A much-anticipated new fire station in Denver’s Lowry neighborhood, designated as Fire Station 18, moved into the construction phase with an early May groundbreaking.

Photo courtesy of City and County of Denver

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05/10/13	CDOT Selects Design-Build Team for U.S. 6 Mobility and Safety Project The Colorado Dept. of Transportation has selected the team of Felsburg Holt & Ullevig and Edward Kraemer and Sons Inc. for the $98-million U.S. 6 design-build project.
05/08/13	I-70 Twin Tunnels Widening Begins With Major Rock Blasting The $106-million Twin Tunnels Project adds one eastbound lane from the East Idaho Springs interchange to U.S. 6.
04/25/13	Mortenson Tops Out Exempla Saint Joseph Heritage Project The new Saint Joseph replacement hospital is located adjacent to the current hospital campus east of downtown Denver.
04/24/13	CDOT Announces Summer Work in Northeastern Colorado CDOT says that nearly 200 miles of highway and more than 24 bridges will be under construction in the northeastern section of Colorado this summer.
04/24/13	Utah Transit Authority Opens Airport Light Rail Link By Brian Fryer The Utah Transit Authority and Salt Lake City recently opened the six-mile light rail line to Salt Lake City International Airport.
04/22/13	2012 List of Top Starts Show Healthy Mix of Public and Private Projects By Mark Shaw This year’s list includes complex infrastructure and energy projects, plus large-scale commercial and multifamily buildings in the private sector.
04/22/13	New NREL Energy Lab Could Help Expand U.S. Power Grid By Paula Moore The new lab will perform tasks ranging from fuel-cell development to smart-power testing.
04/10/13	CDOT Selects Design-Build Team for Phase 2 of U.S. 36 Project By Mark Shaw The project is CDOT’s first public-private partnership.
04/10/13	Auraria Campus Will Build 5th Street Parking Garage Construction on the $17-million parking structure is expected to start in mid-May.
03/28/13	New 25/70 Mixed-Use Campus Being Developed in Denver 25/70 will offer a mix of nationally recognized residential and commercial design showrooms mixed with specialty retail, restaurants, conference and event spaces.
03/27/13	First Phase of CSU Moby Arena Additions Is Complete The first phase of the two-phase Moby Arena additions project on the Colorado State University campus in Fort Collins is complete.
03/27/13	Ralph L. Carr Judicial Center Team Wins National AIA Award It is the association’s highest award for a team that integrated building information technology into a project.
03/26/13	Colorado Springs Utilities Breaks Ground on SDS Water Treatment Plant The plant will treat up to 50 million gallons of water per day upon the project’s completion in 2016.
03/25/13	Union Station Interior Will Become New Denver Living Room By Paula Moore Historic station is being renovated to house a boutique hotel, restaurants, retail and transit services.
03/25/13	Landmark Building Redo Primes Old SLC Neighborhood By Brian Fryer The Granite Furniture building, which dates to 1910, is transformed into a mixed-use business anchor for a Salt Lake City neighborhood.
03/25/13	Denver Union Station Begins New Life as a Regional Hub By Paula Moore This $500-million makeover on a 40-acre site will link commuter and light rail lines, regional rail and a create greatly expanded bus center.
03/14/13	Modernized Cesar E. Chavez Building Becomes Neighborhood Gateway By Mark Shaw After 28 months of construction, the U.S. General Services Administration rededicated the César E. Chávez Memorial Building in Denver on March 7.
02/26/13	RTD Receives Unsolicited Proposal for North Metro Rail The confidential proposal was submitted February 22 from a team led by Graham Contracting Ltd. of Canada.
02/26/13	Mortenson Breaks Ground on UCCS Parking Structure The parking lot is a 1,230-stall, cast-in-place structure that includes an athletic field on the top level.
01/30/13	RTD Debt Refinance Plan Could Accelerate North Metro Rail Line By Mark Shaw Refinancing a portion of RTD's debt could allow it to build the North Metro Rail Line to 72nd in Commerce City sooner than expected.
01/03/13	UDOT Completes I-15 CORE Project $260M Under Budget By Mark J. Shaw I-15 CORE is the fastest billion-dollar public highway project ever built in the United States.
01/03/13	Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotech Building Earns LEED Platinum By Mark Shaw The Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotechnology Building on the University of Colorado Boulder’s East Campus has earned LEED-Platinum.
12/24/12	New Federal Courthouse on Schedule in Downtown Salt Lake City By Mark J. Shaw The courthouse will house the expanding needs of the U.S. District Court in Utah.
12/21/12	Glenwood Springs Replacement Bridge Project May Include New Pedestrian Bridge The new pedestrian bridge is being considered as a design option for addressing bicyclist and pedestrian needs across the Colorado River, I-70 and the Union Pacific Railroad.
12/21/12	New Childrens Hospital Tower Built Using Integrated Project Delivery By Mark Shaw The 335,000-sq-ft tower was built in part to house a new program, the Maternal and Fetal Institute.
12/06/12	Upscale Alta City House Apartments Break Ground Next to Union Station By Mark Shaw Alta City House, a five-story, 281-unit luxury apartment community has broken ground in the heart of the bustling Union Station neighborhood.
12/06/12	Ralph L. Carr Judicial Center in Denver Completed Two Months Early The team designing and delivering the Ralph L. Carr Colorado Judicial Center has delivered the project two months earlier than originally anticipated.
11/21/12	New Southeast Wyoming Welcome Center Opens By Mark Shaw The new Southeast Wyoming Welcome Center, located just north of the Colorado-Wyoming state line off Interstate 25, offers much more than just restroom facilities to road-weary travelers.
10/25/12	Air Force Academy Center for Character and Leadership Development Breaks Ground The CCLD is the first new building since 1981 to be erected on the terrazzo, or central square, of the Air Force Academy campus.
10/25/12	CU Boulder Project Team Working on New Campus Utility System By Mark Shaw CU Boulder is upgrading the utility infrastructure that serves the entire main campus.
10/24/12	USTAR Biotech Building Will Attract Academic Innovators The new facility plays an important role in shaping Utah's economy by creating jobs and opportunities for entrepreneurs and innovators.
10/24/12	Big Cottonwood Canyon Fire Station Serves Remote Area The new three-bay station provides full-time emergency service for residents and businesses in remote Cottonwood Canyon.
10/24/12	Centennial Civic Center Park Is a Creative, Family-Friendly Venue The park is also peppered with information about Colorado history.
10/24/12	Central Wyoming Powerplant Brings New Generating Capacity Dry Fork Station is a 420-MW greenfield, coal-fired powerplant built in the heart of Wyoming coal country.
10/24/12	City Creek Center Offers a Walkable, Sustainable Urban Community Multi-level sidewalks feature six acres of green space, fountains and a stream.
10/24/12	City Creek Center Retail Development Revives SLC Business District City Creek Center welcomes visitors and shoppers with ample green space, dynamic water features and open walkways.
10/24/12	Clearlink Call Center Design Helps Connect Team Members Workstations are located along exterior windows and illuminated with natural light.
10/24/12	Climate Research Spurred By Green Design of Supercomputing Center The 153,000-sq-ft facility hosts one of the world’s most powerful supercomputers.
10/24/12	Best Overall Project in Colorado: Clyfford Still Museum Shines as a Concrete Jewel The $15.5-million art museum was conceived to present and preserve the work of a single abstract expressionist.
10/24/12	Columbine Elementary School Replaces Outdated Boulder Facility The new school’s design will significantly reduce annual operations and maintenance costs.
10/24/12	Complex Concrete Work Creates Distinctive Clyfford Still Museum The building provides intimate spaces for display and study of the museum’s extraordinary collection.
10/24/12	CU Boulder Campus Expands a Key Biophysics Research Facility The facility hosts some of the world’s leading scientists, including Nobel laureates in physics.
10/24/12	CU Dormitory Renovation Improves Quality of Student Life Improvements to Smith Hall were the fourth step in the renovation of all dorms in CU Boulder’s Kittredge Complex.
10/24/12	Denver Metro Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrades Its Systems The plant had to modify aeration basins and secondary clarifiers to meet more stringent discharge regulations.
10/24/12	New Denver Police Crime Lab Improves Forensics Capabilities The new lab building boosts the department’s ability to identify and investigate suspects and prosecute criminal cases.
10/24/12	Eastside Human Services Center Brightens Denver Neighborhood The building provides employees with efficient space to better serve an estimated 80,000 clients.
10/24/12	Falcon Hill Creates New Public-Private Partnership for the Air Force Falcon Hill could bring in 15,000 new aerospace jobs and generate 60,000 additional jobs over the next 50 years.
10/24/12	Fort Carson Rehab Facility Helps Wounded Soldiers Wounded and ill soldiers receive high-quality rehabilitation care at the base’s new Warrior in Transition barracks.
10/24/12	Gallivan Center Adds New Amenities for Concerts and Ice Skating The newly renovated facility has double the concert viewing area and a new building that can be rented for weddings and private parties.
10/23/12	Geneva Road Upgrade Increases Development Opportunities The project added up to three additional travel lanes on Geneva Road and 60% more sidewalk space.
10/23/12	Golden Road Upgrade Improves Access to NREL Campus The new Moss Street extension and roundabout improve access to the southern entrance of the NREL campus.
10/23/12	Google Office Renovation Introduces Creative Elements The project team created an unusual corporate environment inside a former big-box retail building.
10/23/12	Green Garage Teaches Customers How to Make Their Cars More Sustainable The shop “green tunes” cars to run cleaner and cheaper with proven energy-saving maintenance practices.
10/23/12	Hunter Station Powerplant Safety Issues Required Constant Monitoring All employees and subcontractors received a 10-hour orientation that covered site-specific hazards.
10/23/12	Huntsman Cancer Hospital Addition Improves Patient Services The expansion added 156,000 sq ft to the hospital, including four operating rooms and better cancer-detection technologies.
10/23/12	Design of Bennett Consulting Offices Achieves Vintage TV Look The premise of the 4,300-sq-ft design is based on the hit TV show “Mad Men.”
10/23/12	Jacobs Engineering Moves to Newly Renovated Denver Office The new multi-floor office space sits atop the sixth tallest building in downtown Denver.
10/23/12	Kilgore Cos. Office Addition Uses Innovative Tilt-Up Concrete Panels The architectural concrete was the ideal, cost-effective structure for an emerging company.
10/23/12	Layton High School Gets Top to Bottom Upgrade As part of the renovation, classrooms were demolished and the space used to construct a new common area, cafeteria and counseling offices.
10/23/12	Massive Solar Energy Project Rises in San Luis Valley The site of the 30-MW solar facility was chosen for its outstanding sunlight and high elevation.
10/23/12	Natural History Museum of Utah Blends Natural Elements Into Design Nature is a key part of the $103-million building’s structure as well as its visitor experience.
10/23/12	Best Overall Intermountain Project: Natural History Museum of Utah Reflects Its Landscape The 163,000-sq-ft building is home to a collection of around 1.2-million regional artifacts.
10/23/12	New Agriculture Building Lifts Utah State University Campus Profile One of the visions for the project was to create an open atrium space evoking collaboration among the building occupants.
10/23/12	AIA Colorado Office Houses More Meeting Space and Galleries The 4,290-sq-ft office just east of downtown also maintains the design chapter’s urban presence.
10/23/12	New C-470 Interchange Finishes Four Months Ahead of Schedule The project’s use of precast pier caps saved an estimated 1,890 man-hours of work.
10/23/12	New Centennial Junior High Enhances Virtual Learning Opportunities The district prototype school features numerous enhancements based on technology and community participation.
10/23/12	Denver Zoo Elephant Exhibit First in Nation to Earn LEED Platinum The zoo will turn more than 90% of its waste into gases that can be harnessed for energy.
10/23/12	New Green School in Erie Encourages More Student Interaction The daylighting and good views throughout the building also keep its occupants connected to the outside.
10/23/12	New History Colorado Center Enhances Visitor Experience The new museum is designed as a thought-provoking center for civic conversation about the state’s history and geography.
10/23/12	New ICU Boosts Services at University of Utah Hospital The project included state-of-the-art medical booms, patient lifts and nurse call systems in all patient rooms.
10/23/12	New Jordan River Light Rail Service Center Rises From Old Warehouse The model service center incorporates the latest technology for rail communications and maintenance.
10/23/12	New Kansas City Soccer Stadium Is Most Technologically Advanced in the League The corkscrew, sloping roof canopy is designed to emulate the movement of a soccer ball.
10/23/12	New LDS Bishops Storehouse Built to Withstand Natural Disasters The warehouse and distribution facility could be up and running within 60 minutes after a maximum-scale earthquake.
10/22/12	New Fire Dispatch Center Surpasses Its Sustainable Goals The center’s many green elements make it environmentally friendly and more efficient to operate.
10/22/12	Promenade and Man-Made Creek Enhance Steamboat Ski Area The Promenade project has increased visitor activity at the base of the ski area in both summer and winter seasons.
10/22/12	New Provo Elementary School Blends With Downtown Core The new Provo Peaks Elementary replaces the original 1930s school building.
10/22/12	New South Jordan Health Center Serves Southwest Salt Lake Valley The three-story facility offers primary, emergency and specialty care services with plenty of amenities.
10/22/12	New Special Needs School Offers Diverse Curriculum in a Safe Environment The design provides for shared, integrated programs for both elementary and special-needs students.
10/22/12	New Technology Center Graces Remodel of SLC Old Main Library Building The library was recently replaced by a new LEED-Gold-certified facility on the same downtown Salt Lake City block.
10/22/12	New Woodmen Road Interchange Improves Mobility in Busy Corridor The need to handle rapid growth on the east side of Colorado Springs led to the Woodmen Road corridor improvements.
10/22/12	NREL Research Support Facility Earns Perfect Green Marks The RSF project achieved all 59 targeted LEED points and a perfect score in the energy category.
10/22/12	Park City Recreation Center Gets Indoor, Outdoor Upgrades The first phase of the project included adding an outdoor leisure pool with a new pool deck, fencing and upgraded utilities.
10/22/12	Provo Reservoir Canal Enclosure Saves Water, Enhances Public Safety Enclosing the open canal will save an estimated 8,000 acre ft of water a year.
10/22/12	Questar Corp. Project Creates Lively, Mixed-Use Urban Crossroads The facility features 6,000 sq ft of street-level retail and restaurant space and a public plaza.
10/22/12	New Vail Mountain Restaurant Built in Tough Conditions The 10th Restaurant is a ski-in/ski-out fine dining restaurant on Vail Mountain overlooking the expansive Gore Range.
10/22/12	Regent at City Creek Sets New Standard for High-Rise Living in Salt Lake City Restaurants and shops occupy the main floor of the 20-story tower while the third-floor terrace features residential amenities.
10/22/12	Reservoir Enlargement Near Snowmass Brings Prehistoric Surprises When reservoir excavation began, equipment operators came across a giant mastodon bone that launched the world’s largest high-elevation fossil discovery.
10/22/12	Rimrock Auto Arena Revived Bigger and Better After Storm Damage The rebuilt arena includes new seating, luxury suites, better food service, lighting and performance systems.
10/22/12	Sioux Falls Completes Important Street Upgrades on Its South Side The new multilane urban roadway will meet the city's anticipated growing traffic demands and improve public safety.
10/22/12	South Platte River Restoration Presented Unique Safety Hazards The project team conducted several hazard-specific training sessions such as asbestos awareness and mitigation.
10/22/12	Tracy Aviary Guest Services Building Offers New Entrance to SLC Park The guest services portion of the building houses the Aviary entrance and ticketing areas.
10/22/12	University of Colorado Biotechnology Building Connects Academic Disciplines The Jennie Smoly Caruthers Building supports life-changing research for a variety of health issues.
10/22/12	Wasatch Loop Pipeline Winds Through Rough Mountainous Terrain The 28-mile project increased natural gas transported on the Kern River system by 266 million cu ft per day.
10/22/12	YWCA Center for Families Gets Efficient New Home on Tight Downtown Salt Lake City Site The three-level, LEED-Gold-designed building has direct access to public transportation.
10/12/12	South Platte River Restoration Project Guided by a Solid Safety Plan The project team performed a job safety analysis at least daily and whenever the tasks changed.
10/12/12	Powerplant Safety Issues Required Detailed Plan The working conditions within an operational coal-fired power plant pose a distinct safety challenge from coal ash, toxic gases, large operating equipment and high-voltage hazards.
09/13/12	Denver International Airport Launches South Terminal Redevelopment Program ccc
09/13/12	CU Boulder Building New Low-Carbon Campus Utility System By Mark Shaw The first phase of construction got under way in August on a University of Colorado Boulder utility project that will provide more efficient campus heating and cooling.
09/13/12	CDOT Announces Details of U.S. 6 Construction Program The $110-million project to upgrade Denver’s congested Sixth Avenue Freeway will begin early next year.
08/29/12	Lory Student Center Theatre at CSU Reopens After more than a year of renovation, Colorado State University’s Lory Student Center Theatre reopened its doors on Aug. 24.
08/21/12	Denver Metro WWTP Upgrades to Meet New Permitting Requirements By Mark Shaw The district is currently undergoing one of the largest conversions of pure-oxygen treatment to biological nutrient processes of any wastewater district in the U.S.
08/19/12	New Denver Crime Lab Expands City’s Crime-Fighting Capabilities By Mark Shaw The $36-million, 60,000-sq-ft facility at 14th and Cherokee streets replaces an existing 14,000-sq-ft lab.
08/19/12	Bangerter Highway Expansion Improves Mobility in Western Salt Lake Valley By Brian Fryer The project uses continuous flow intersections and signalized flex-lanes to improve mobility on Bangerter Highway and 5400 South.
08/01/12	RTD Board Approves Kiewit Proposal for I-225 Light Rail By Mark Shaw The Regional Transportation District Board of Directors has formally approved a proposal by Kiewit Infrastructure Co. to complete the I-225 Light Rail Line to Peoria by November 2015.
07/19/12	Charter School in Lamar Becomes First CHPS-Certified School in U.S. Alta Vista Charter School in Lamar has been named the first project in Colorado to attain the Verified Leader certification by the Collaborative for High Performance Schools program.
07/05/12	Fort Carson Brigade Battalion Headquarters Earns LEED Platinum Fort Carson’s 47th Brigade Combat Team Brigade Battalion Headquarters (BBHQ) at the Wilderness Road Complex has received LEED-Platinum certification.
07/05/12	RTD Breaks Ground on FasTracks Northwest Rail Line ccc
07/05/12	RTD Begins Construction on Final Phase of West Corridor Light Rail RTD broke ground June 29 on the final element of the West Rail Line that will serve Denver, Lakewood, Golden and Jefferson County.
07/05/12	RTD Staff Recommends Kiewit Team Proposal to Complete I-225 Light Rail By Mark Shaw The Regional Transportation District staff recommended to the RTD Board of Directors on July 3 to move forward with a proposal from Kiewit Infrastructure Co. to complete the I-225 Light Rail Line all the way to Peoria Street.
06/25/12	Hogle Zoo’s New Rocky Shores Exhibit Brings the Bears Back to Town By Brian Fryer The new $18-million Rocky Shores exhibit occupies about 3.5 acres and includes three separate habitats and five water features.
06/25/12	New Elephant Exhibit at Denver Zoo Is First in U.S. to Earn LEED-Platinum Certification By Paula Moore The Southeast Asia-themed project is the 116-year-old zoo’s largest, most expensive exhibit to date.
06/21/12	New Saint Joseph Hospital Will Feature a Mile-High Entrance By Mark Shaw Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital has begun a series of concrete pours on the first floor deck at the replacement hospital’s jobsite—at an elevation of exactly 5,280 ft—well suited for the newest hospital being built in the Mile High City.
06/20/12	Two Teams Submit Proposals for I-225 Light Rail Project The Regional Transportation District received two competitive proposals in mid-June for the I-225 Light Rail Project in Aurora, Colo.
06/07/12	Green Rehabilitation of Historic Denver School Unveiled By Mark Shaw Emerson School, originally built in 1885 in Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, was recently upgraded to incorporate state-of-the-art green building features.
06/07/12	First Sustainable Athletic Facility at CU Boulder Earns LEED-Platinum The new practice facility is estimated to be 40% more energy efficient and 30% more water efficient than recent buildings of similar size and function.
06/07/12	Childrens Hospital Colorado South Campus Breaks Ground Children’s Hospital Colorado broke ground May 23 on its future $100-million Children’s Hospital Colorado South Campus in Highlands Ranch, Colo., south of Denver.
06/07/12	CDOT Will Redraft I-70 East Environmental Impact Statement By Mark Shaw CDOT's new alternative for I-70 East in north Denver would replace the elevated viaduct with a lowered highway that includes a partial cover, or deck, to better address public concerns about neighborhood connectivity and quality.
06/07/12	CDOT Announces Summer Projects in Southwest Colorado CDOT has 110 miles of highway, bridges and intersections under construction, totaling nearly $80 million in projects in southwest Colorado this year.
05/18/12	Trimble Breaks Ground for New Colorado Campus Construction-technology provider Trimble broke ground May 14 for its new 125,000-sq-ft, four-story Rockies campus in Westminster, Colo.
05/16/12	Regional Transportation District Breaks Ground in Aurora on I-225 Light Rail Line The 10.5-mile light rail extension will travel through Aurora and a small section of Denver.
05/16/12	New CU Biotechnology Facility Opens on East Boulder Campus By Mark Shaw Faculty, staff and students working in the new $160-million Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotechnology Building at CU Boulder come from five departments on campus.
05/16/12	CDOT Announces Summer Projects in Northeast Colorado More than 150 miles of highway will be under construction, with costs totaling more than $110 million in Boulder, Larimer, Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, Weld and Yuma counties.
05/10/12	New History Colorado Center Debuts a Walkable Work of Art The ”Great Map of Colorado” is a 40-ft-by-60-ft terrazzo map of Colorado’s topography imbedded into the museum’s atrium floor.
05/10/12	CDOT Announces Summer Projects in Northwest Colorado This summer CDOT will have more than 100 miles of highway under construction in dozens of projects in northwest Colorado totaling more than $100 million in contracts.
05/09/12	DaVita World Headquarters Is Designed to Create Strong Community Spaces By Mark Shaw The new DaVita World Headquarters was designed around a “community first, company second” theme that dominates the design of the building and places people at the top of its corporate priorities.
04/23/12	Kennecott Building New Molybdenum Autoclave Facility West of Salt Lake City By Brian Fryer Constructing the new autoclave plant is part of KUC’s plans to extend the life of the Bingham Canyon mine past 2020 and into mid-2030.
04/23/12	Southern Delivery System Pipeline Working Its Way Toward Colorado Springs By Paula Moore The new SDS pipeline will allow water to be transported nearly 55 miles from Pueblo to the municipal water system in Colorado Springs.
04/12/12	JE Dunn Completes Two Medical Office Buildings on St. Anthony Campus Denver’s JE Dunn Construction, a commercial general contractor, recently completed two medical office buildings (Medical Plaza 1 and 2) on the St. Anthony Medical Campus in Lakewood, Colo.
04/12/12	RTD Breaks Ground on Wadsworth West Light Rail Parking Structure The Regional Transportation District broke ground on April 11 on a 1,000-space parking structure at 14th Avenue and Wadsworth Boulevard in Lakewood.
04/12/12	Western State College Tops Out New Student Apartment Complex Western State College of Colorado in Gunnison and JE Dunn Construction recently topped out the $16-million Pinnacles student apartment complex.
03/27/12	Prairie Waters Facility Wins Two National AGC Awards The Aurora Prairie Waters Peter D. Binney Water Purification Facility, and the project’s contractor, Denver-based Western Summit Constructors Inc., was one of eight firms to receive AGC’s Alliant Build America Merit Award in March.
03/27/12	CDOT Begins Construction on Interstate 70 Parachute Interchange The Colorado Dept. of Transportation and its contractor, SEMA Construction, began work March 26 on a new interchange west of Parachute on I-70 at approximately Milepost 72.
03/27/12	RTD West Rail Corridor Team Completes Track Work, Tests Line By Mark Shaw The RTD FasTracks West Corridor project team recently installed the final segment of track on the West Rail Line.
03/23/12	Denver Firm Designs New Center for Women in Afghanistan By Mark Shaw The International Center for Afghan Women’s Economic Development will become the new home for the U.S.-Afghan Women’s Council, several other nongovernmental organizations and a university program focusing on women’s economic development.
03/19/12	CDOT Selects Ames-Granite Joint Venture to Build U.S. 36 Express Lanes By Mark Shaw The Colorado Dept. of Transportation recently elected the Ames-Granite joint venture team as the design-build contractor for the $310-million U.S. 36 Express Lanes project between Boulder and Denver.
03/19/12	Pinkard Completes ERA Office and Laboratory Expansion A project team led by Pinkard Construction has completed the 66,000-sq-ft office and analytical laboratory build-out and addition for Environmental Resource Associates in Golden, Colo.
03/19/12	DHA Begins Demolition For Phase 2 of South Lincoln Redevelopment in Denver The Denver Housing Authority has started demolition for a major phase of redevelopment at the former South Lincoln Homes site in Denver near the West 10th Avenue & Osage Street light rail station.
03/19/12	New Building for the Bard Planned in Southern Utah By Brian Fryer The new $26-million facility will follow the Elizabethan-era design cues of the festival’s current Adams Theater.
02/27/12	New Salt Lake City Public Safety Building Consolidates Key Departments in One Location By Brian Fryer The new Public Safety Building will fulfill a multitude of needs, including consolidating the administrative offices of the police and fire departments, central dispatch and disaster/emergency operations center.
02/27/12	Tablet Software Technology Upgrades May Yield Big Savings on Eagle P3 Rail Project in Denver By Paula Moore Tablet software enhancements allow a Denver consulting firm to electronically send key reports on the rail project in a day or two, rather than the month it can take for paper reports.
02/13/12	New Prospect Ridge Academy Charter School Opens in Broomfield ccc
02/11/12	Pinkard Completes Westwood Homes Renovation for the DHA Construction manager/general contractor Pinkard Construction Co., Lakewood, working with Parikh Stevens Architects, Denver, has completed renovation of the 192,000-sq-ft Westwood Homes for the Denver Housing Authority.
02/02/12	Denver City Council Approves Marycrest Redevelopment Plan The Denver City Council recently approved a plan to redevelop Marycrest, a former convent at the northeast corner of West 52nd Avenue and Federal Boulevard in Denver.
02/01/12	Turner Construction Team Preparing to Build Iconic Aspen Art Museum The four-story Aspen Art Museum will feature 12,500 sq ft of exhibition space, including six galleries, an education classroom, bookstore, museum shop, cafe, office space and art storage.
01/25/12	Salt Lake City Wraps Up Seismic Stabilization of Schools By Brian Fryer Of the 36 school buildings in the district, 22 were replaced and 16 were retrofitted to the point they could survive a 7.0 magnitude earthquake.
01/04/12	ENR Announces 2011 Best of the Best Project Winners Nationwide Utah's Montage Deer Valley and Boulder's Casey Middle School are among ENR's Best of the Best Projects nationwide in 2011.
01/04/12	Civic Center Park in Denver Named 2011 Masonry Project of the Year Denver’s Civic Center Park was honored in December as Masonry Construction magazine’s Masonry Construction Project of 2011. Approved by Denver voters in 2007, the $9.5 million in Better Denver Bond funding enabled restoration of Civic Center’s historic Greek Theater, Voorhies Memorial, balustrade wall and Broadway Terrace.
12/19/11	Justice Is Being Served With Building of New Ralph L. Carr Colorado Judicial Center By Jennifer Seward The new Ralph L. Carr Colorado Judicial Center is a monument to sustainability and completes Denver's Civic Center master plan.
12/19/11	New Pharmacy Building at University of Utah Goes for LEED Gold By Kelly Davidson The Skaggs building features energy-efficient features not usually found in a campus laboratory and research facility.
12/19/11	New Visual Arts Center at University of Wyoming Opens in January By Jennifer Seward University of Wyoming’s newest campus building balances its industrial look with an energy-efficient design and a strong sense of place.
12/09/11	New Natural History Museum of Utah Opens to Big Fanfare By Brian Fryer The $102-million Natural History Museum of Utah in the Rio Tinto Center began welcoming visitors in mid-November.
12/04/11	Williams Village North at CU Boulder Earns LEED Platinum Certification The $46.5-million Williams Village North, at 131,246 gross sq ft, is projected to be nearly 40% more energy and water efficient than modern code-compliant buildings of the same size.
11/29/11	Denver's Central Platte Campus Earns DBIA Excellence Award The $28-million, 105,000-sq-ft Central Platte Campus service center provides state-of-the-art facilities for the City of Denver’s fleet maintenance, solid waste management, street maintenance, traffic engineering and right-of-way enforcement service
11/29/11	New Clyfford Still Museum Opens in Denver in November By David Hill, Architectural Record The new Clyfford Still Museum opened to the public in Denver on Nov. 18.
11/29/11	New Natural History and Conservation Center Opens at University of Wyoming By Jeremy King The new Berry Center at the University of Wyoming will become an interdisciplinary focal point for both research and teaching and aims to be an important resource for both faculty and students.
11/10/11	Ground Broken for Fireclay Villages in Murray, Utah Fireclay Villages, a 26-acre, $80-million transit-oriented development, recently started construction in Murray, Utah.
11/10/11	Denver Health Opens New Pavilion M Outpatient Facility Denver Health recently celebrated the opening of Pavilion M, a new outpatient facility built by Denver’s Mortenson Construction.
10/31/11	Montage Deer Valley Brings New Level of Resort Luxury to Park City Montage Deer Valley is a new LEED-Silver, first-class luxury resort constructed on 16 acres at the Deer Valley Ski Resort in Park City, Utah.
10/31/11	Projects in Design and Planning Across the Mountain States Region McGraw-Hill Dodge offers summaries of key projects planned, in design or bidding across the Mountain States region.
10/28/11	Boulder's Casey Middle School Earns Best Overall Project Honor in Colorado for 2011 Boulder's Casey Middle School earned top honors as the state's Best Overall project in the 2011 Best Projects competition sponsored by ENR Mountain States magazine.
10/28/11	USTAR Laboratory Will Boost the State’s Biotech Research and Teaching Profile Utah State University’s new 110,000-sq-ft, LEED-Gold USTAR laboratory is a model of sustainable design.
10/13/11	First Section of Ambitious Mountain View Corridor Opens to the Public By Brian Fryer The $120-million Mountain View Corridor project, known locally as 2100 North, includes design, right-of-way acquisition and construction of the roads, two railroad overpasses, two bridges over the Jordan River and improvements to the river’s trail system.
10/12/11	Construction of History Colorado Center Completed on Time ?History Colorado celebrated a building milestone in early October with the on-schedule and on-budget completion of construction on the new History Colorado Center—just one year after it topped out.
10/12/11	Wyoming’s SWAN Ranch Business Park Adds OIl and Energy Tenants By Paula Moore The 4,000-acre Swan Ranch development, which contractors believe is currently the largest in the state, is situated near Interstates 25 and 80, and served by the Union Pacific and BNSF railroads.
09/28/11	Metro State College Tops Off Its New Hotel and Hospitality Learning Center Metropolitan State College of Denver topped off the new Hotel and Hospitality Learning Center on the school’s campus on September 23.
09/28/11	University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy Officially Dedicated The University of Colorado’s $63-million Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences was formally dedicated on Aug. 29 at the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora.
09/15/11	CSU Research Innovation Center Earns LEED Gold The 60,000-sq-ft Research Innovation Center on Colorado State University’s Foothills Campus in Fort Collins has earned LEED-Gold certification.
09/14/11	New Denver Police Crime Laboratory Building Tops Out By Mark Shaw Denver’s new 60,000-sq-ft Police Crime Laboratory celebrated its topping out in early September. The $36-million facility will replace the city’s existing 14,000-sq-ft lab.
09/01/11	Federal Funds Will Improve U.S. 160 Near Mesa Verde A project to improve the US. 160 interchange to Mesa Verde National Park, as well as the U.S. 160 corridor that services the area, is getting a substantial boost with federal funding.
08/29/11	Dixie Drive Interchange Promises Relief From Traffic Congestion By Brian Fryer A new $58-million interchange in St. George, Utah, should help relieve traffic congestion on the city’s busy I-15 freeway.
08/29/11	Gallatin Field Expansion Doubles Bozeman Airport Capacity By Kelly Davidson After a $40-million expansion project, the regional airport in Bozeman, Mont., can serve up to 1.5 million passengers a year.
08/15/11	New Walking Mountains Science Center Is A Green Laboratory The August 20 grand opening of the new Walking Mountains Science Center in Avon offers visitors a glimpse at a special place that teaches kids about outdoor science.
08/05/11	Chavez Building Getting a More Modern, Efficient Exterior Skin The $37.4-million César E. Chávez Memorial Building project, funded by the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, completely replaces the exterior skin on the 10-story, 147,156-sq-ft office building that houses five federal agencies.
08/04/11	LVI Begins Demolition of Loveland Dog Racing Track Loveland, Colo.-based developer McWhinney recently awarded LVI Environmental Services of Denver a $1.2-million contract for the green deconstruction/demolition of the abandoned Cloverleaf Kennel Club near the intersection of I-25 and Highway 34 in Loveland.
07/20/11	Children’s Hospital Colorado Expansion Tops Out Construction on the new $230-million East Tower at Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora reached a milestone with the early July topping out of the 10-story structure.
07/20/11	Provincetowne Affordable Housing Community Opens in Fort Collins CARE Housing’s Provincetowne, one of Colorado’s newest green-built, affordable multifamily communities, recently celebrated its grand opening in Fort Collins, Colo.
07/12/11	Redesigned Fillmore Plaza in Denver Serves Multiple Purposes The recent completion of a streetscape renovation of Fillmore Plaza in Denver’s Cherry Creek North Business Improvement District allows the plaza to be easily converted from a special events venue into an open street for limited vehicle traffic.
07/07/11	Brighton Oasis Family Aquatic Park Replaces 50-Year Old Pool The City of Brighton, Colo., recently completed its $5.3-million Brighton Oasis Family Aquatic Park, which replaces the city’s 50-year-old outdoor pool at Benedict Park, including a large pool area, two slides and a lazy river with a wave machine.?
07/07/11	Georgetown Dedicates New Wastewater Treatment Facility The Town of Georgetown, Colo., dedicated its newly expanded wastewater treatment facilities on June 21.
07/07/11	NREL Research Support Facility Certified LEED Platinum By Jennifer Seward The Research Support Facility on the campus of the U.S. Dept. of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colo., was recently certified LEED Platinum for New Construction by the U.S. Green Building Council.
06/24/11	New CSU Parking Garage Wins National IPI Award The Lake Street Parking Garage at Colorado State University in Fort Collins is among 12 winners of the International Parking Institute’s awards for outstanding parking facilities and operations.
06/23/11	Barker Rinker Seacat-Designed Recreation Center Earns AGC Building Award in New Mexico Denver's Barker Rinker Seacat served as design architect on the Las Cruces Regional Recreation Center, which recently won an award from AGC of New Mexico.
06/23/11	Upscale Alta Aspen Grove Apartments Open in Littleton, Colo. Alta Aspen Grove, a new 280-unit luxury apartment complex, officially opened its doors in mid-June in Littleton, Colo., just west of Denver.
06/22/11	Utah’s Provo Canal Enclosure Will Save Water, Add To The Community Trail System By Brian Fryer The $130-million Provo Reservoir Canal Enclosure will replace the open-water channel with a buried 126-in. steel pipeline.
06/09/11	Restoring Granite Steps Are First Phase of Repairs to Denver City and County Building The granite front steps of the Denver City and County Building will be in pristine condition when the inauguration ceremony for Michael Hancock, Denver’s 45th mayor, is conducted there on July 18.
06/09/11	Creekside West Senior Living Celebrates Grand Opening Metro West Housing Solutions recently hosted the grand opening of Creekside West in Lakewood, the latest installment to its Creekside Senior Living Campus and MWHS’s greenest community to date.
06/08/11	Aspinall Building Modernization Seeking LEED Platinum Upon completion in 2013, the renovation of the Wayne N. Aspinall Federal Building in Grand Junction is expected to be the GSA’s first net-zero-energy building on the National Register of Historic Places.
06/08/11	Veterans Plaza in Fort Collins Celebrates Grand Opening Northern Colorado military veterans and their families and members of the community celebrated the grand opening of Veterans Plaza in Fort Collins on May 29.
06/08/11	Colorado’s Walking Mountains Science Center Targets LEED Platinum ? Since fall 1998, the Walking Mountains Science Center in Avon, Colo., has inspired environmental stewardship through natural science education.
06/08/11	Boulder's Washington Village Breaks Ground Wonderland Hill Development Co. started construction in late May on Washington Village in Boulder.
06/06/11	Improvements at Grand Canyon’s Mather Point Unveiled On June 15, the National Park Service and Denver landscape architecture firm DHM Design dedicate a new experience at the south rim of the Grand Canyon.
06/06/11	Renovation of Premier Colorado Springs Resort Complete Turner Construction recently completed a $20-million renovation of the meeting spaces and guestrooms at Cheyenne Mountain Resort in Colorado Springs.
05/18/11	Mulvaney Becomes First LEED-Gold Medical Office Building in Idaho Boise’s Mulvaney Medical Office Building recently earned a LEED-Gold certification based on the LEED for Core & Shell™ rating system from the U.S. Green Building Council.
05/17/11	State’s First High-Performance School To Open This Fall Located in southeast Colorado in Prowers County, Lamar is home to nearly 7,900 residents. Sustainability has already found its way into the county, which is home to the world’s fifth largest wind farm, converting renewable wind energy into usable electricity.
05/18/11	Portneuf Medical Center in Pocatello Celebrates Grand Opening The new 353,000-sq-ft Portneuf Medical Center, located in Pocatello, Idaho, and being lauded by some as “the jewel of the Gem State,” celebrated its grand opening at the end of April.
05/17/11	Barge Brought In to Complete City of Brighton Project White Construction Group, a Colorado-based commercial general construction firm, was recently awarded the Ken Mitchell Lake Park Boardwalk & Fishing Pier project for the city of Brighton. Faced with the problem of having to install a fishing pier in a filled lake, White built a platform to hold the 125-ft crane needed to drill caissons 45 ft below the surface of the lake.
05/11/11	The Weitz Co. Starts Construction on AlloSource Campus The Weitz Co., Denver, broke ground in early May on a new two-story building addition on the AlloSource campus. The project, designed by Intergroup Architects, also includes renovation of more than half of the company’s existing facility.
05/11/11	New Green Senior Living Community Opens to Residents A new green senior living community in Lakewood is complete and ready for tenants—the Creekside Residences West located near Pierce Street and Colfax Avenue. The project is the second phase of the Residences at Creekside Community.
05/11/11	New Arts Rehearsal Space in Denver Celebrates Grand Opening Tomorrow Tower One Construction, a Denver-based general contractor, recently completed the Newton Theater Rehearsal Space located at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House in the Denver Performing Arts Center.
04/26/11	CSU Pueblo to Open Library & Academic Resources Center Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper and Lt. Gov. Joseph Garcia will be among the dignitaries to cut the ribbon at the grand opening of the Library & Academic Resources Center (LARC) at Colorado State University-Pueblo on April 22.
04/25/11	New Arts Rehearsal Space in Denver Celebrates Grand Opening Tomorrow By Mark J. Shaw Big road projects in Utah and a healthy dose of new campus buildings in Salt Lake City dominate the regional construction scene
04/25/11	University of Utah Builds a Community By Brian Fryer New master plan for the Salt Lake City campus aims to increase density, boost mass transit and encourage more students to live and gather
04/25/11	Divers Replace Old Valves On an Aging Denver Dam By Kelly Davidson The 105-year-old structure provides nearly half of the water supply for the Denver metro area, so it could not be drained during construction
04/25/11	DHA Builds Houses And Communities By Kimberly MacArthur Graham The Denver Housing Authority is pursuing a new model of sustainability and social responsibility in its community developments
03/31/11	J.L. Sorenson Recreation Center Opens in Merriman, Utah The new 107,000-sq-ft J.L. Sorenson Recreation Center—Salt Lake County's largest and most energy-efficient recreation facility—celebrated its grand opening on March 18.
03/31/11	Utah Lane Gain Project Wins National Paving Award The National Asphalt Pavement Association recently presented Utah’s Staker Parson Cos. the 2010 Sheldon G. Hayes Award, recognizing the Davis County Lane Gain project as the single best highway...
03/31/11	Regional Projects Win AGC Build America Awards Recipients of the Aon Build America Awards were revealed at last week’s AGC National Convention in Las Vegas. Several Mountain States region projects were honored, including Utah’s Pioneer Crossing,...
03/16/11	Green Valley Ranch Library Opens in Denver The $11.4-million Green Valley Ranch Branch Library in east Denver celebrated its grand opening on March 12.
03/03/11	Recycled Denver Tire Wall Is Award Finalist Felsburg Holt & Ullevig of Centennial is a finalist in the American Council of Engineering Cos.’ 45th Annual Engineering Excellence Awards competition for the 6th Avenue Waste Tire Noise Wall Project...
02/28/11	Jackson Hole Spruces Up The Front Door to Paradise By Kelly Davidson When the Jackson Hole Airport decided three years ago to expand and renovate the terminal, the design was driven by location, location, location.
02/28/11	Doing Justice to a Green Courthouse Renovation By Jennifer Seward Modernization of the 1960s-era Byron G. Rogers Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in downtown Denver is putting new chilled-beam technology to work to help reduce energy use in the building’s...
02/28/11	UTA Light-Rail Service Center Is On Target By Brian Fryer With the rebirth and expansion of light-rail service in the Salt Lake Valley, a warehouse that once housed fur coats for high-end retailers has been converted into a maintenance and storage barn for new trains.
02/17/11	Green Parking Facility Comes to Denver Airport The recently completed Canopy Airport Parking project at Denver International Airport is the first of its kind to receive LEED-Gold designation from the U.S. Green Building Council.
02/17/11	Denver Stadium Gets Upgraded Lights Chris Hoag, the chief electrician at Invesco Field at Mile High, was looking to add eye-catching lights to the west side of the stadium.
02/17/11	New Foundation Technology Applied at McCoy Springs In Colorado’s resorts, where land values are often as steep as some of the building sites, terra firma can literally be a moving target and provide builders and developers with some special challenges.
02/03/11	FASTER Funds Approved for Local Transit The Colorado Transportation Commission has awarded $15 million of FASTER (Funding Advancement for Surface Transportation & Economic Recovery)funds to governments and agencies statewide for...
02/02/11	Fentress-Designed RDU Terminal 2 Opens The final phase of Terminal 2 at Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) in North Carolina opened earlier this week.
02/02/11	Vail’s Four Seasons Resort Offers World-Class Luxury Construction on Vail’s new five-star luxury resort, the Four Seasons, was complete late last year.
02/02/11	Fort Carson Continues March Toward Gold The Fort Carson Soldier Family Assistance Center has been recognized by the U.S. Green Building Council with a LEED-Gold certification.
01/21/11	Pinkard Completes Erie’s Leon A. Wurl Service Center Construction manager/general contractor Pinkard Construction Co., Lakewood, has completed the town of Erie’s Leon A. Wurl Service Centerunder budget and 56 days ahead of schedule.
01/21/11	Marine Corps Chapel Wins Project of Year Award The Semper Fidelis Memorial Park Chapel in Quantico, Va., designed by Denver’s Fentress Architects, was recently recognized with a Best of 2010 Project of the Year award in the worship category by...
01/21/11	Alamosa Schools Win Two Concrete Industry Awards Alamosa School District in Alamosa tied for first runner-up in the commercial, heavy division of the 2010 Insulated Concrete Form Awards at the World of Concrete conference in Las Vegas.
01/11/11	H-House Designed With Modern Aesthetic to Enhance Views Designed architect Pierre Langue, founder of Axis Architects, Salt Lake City, this strikingly modern residence located high on the Salt Lake City East Bench offers commanding views of the entire city...
01/11/11	Construction of National Cyber Security Center Gets Under Way in Utah By Brian Fryer Construction on the nation’s first data security center for the National Security Agency officially launched with a groundbreaking Jan. 6 on a 240-acre site at the Utah National Guard’s Camp Williams facility...
01/06/11	I-15 CORE Project By Sheila Cain When the Utah Dept. of Transportation sent out an RFP for the $1.1-billion reconstruction of a portion of Interstate 15 south of Salt Lake City, it expected proposals that would include a fair amount of...
01/06/11	AMA Completes FirstBank Corporate HQ Remodel Lakewood’s AMA Construction recently completed a three-month renovation of the FirstBank Corporate Headquarters in Lakewood, Colo.
12/02/10	Central Park Tower Enhances Broomfield and Interlocken Corridor By Kelly Davidson The owner of the new Central Park Tower at 385 Interlocken Crescent in Broomfield’s Interlocken Business Park is creating a headquarters-style building in a multi-tenant setting.
12/01/10	Sustainable Projects Roundup Here is a sampling of sustainable projects underway or recently completed throughout Colorado and Wyoming.
12/01/10	Sustainable Projects Roundup Here is a sampling of sustainable projects throughout Utah, Idaho and Montana.
12/01/10	ABC Rocky Mountain Honors 2010 EIC Award Winners The Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Associated Builders and Contractors recognized its Colorado member contractors for exceptional construction projects during the 2010 Excellence in Construction...
12/01/10	ASAC Hosts 26th Annual Construction Industry Awards The American Subcontractors Association of Colorado held its Annual Awards Program at the Arvada Center for the Performing Arts on Oct. 9.
12/01/10	ACEC/CO Presents Its 2011 Engineering Excellence Awards
12/01/10	AGC Colorado Presents 2010 ACE Awards The Associated General Contractors of Colorado honored winners of the 2010 ACE Awards of Construction Excellence at the association’s 23rd annual awards banquet in Denver on Nov. 12.
12/01/10	AIA Denver Recognizes 2010 Member Achievements in Architecture The American Institute of Architects Denver chapter recognized its 2010 architectural design, honor and president’s awards recipients during a ceremony on Sept. 24 at Mile High Station in Denver.
12/01/10	Solar Flares By Kelly Davidson Solar energy projects continue to shine in Colorado, but there may be clouds on the horizon.
12/01/10	Green Stewards By Brian Fryer Sometimes the reason for building green can run deeper than simply the desire to conserve resources, achieve LEED certification or reduce operating costs.
12/01/10	Macho Main By Joe Evancho Idaho Power’s new $45-million Hemingway substation near Melba, Idaho, will be the terminus of two transmission lines.
12/01/10	A Better Ben Lomond By Candice L. Macfarlane Ben Lomond High School in Ogden, Utah, has been an integral part of the community since 1960, and now it’s ready to go for another century.
11/12/10	INL Haul Road in Idaho to Ease Onsite Nuclear Transport Issues By Joe Evancho In order to move radioactive material to and from three separate facilities at the Idaho National Laboratory, the U.S. Dept. of Energy plans to build 10 miles of new road that will allow it to transport the waste...
11/01/10	Intermountain Best of 2010 The annual Best of Awards is a competition to determine the best regional projects completed by fi rms in Utah, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. Firms involved in some aspect of a project submit the entries,...
11/01/10	Air Apparent By Angelle Bergeron When CooverClark & Associates designed the $34-million Wyoming Air National Guard’s new aviation support facility in Cheyenne, the Denver-based firm married functionality, technology and energy...
11/01/10	Preparing for Takeoff By Kelly Davidson Despite the economic slowdown, airport construction projects are continuing in the Mountain States region, where population and air traffic are increasing.
10/14/10	Prairie Waters Supply Project Calms Colorado Drought Fears By Melissa Leslie Aurora, Colo., took a big step to avoid becoming a dry city with the fall completion of Prairie Waters, a $653-million pump, pipeline and purification project.
10/01/10	Gold Hard Hat Awards The Best Projects of 2010 From Colorado & The Plains.
10/01/10	Community Booster By Brian Fryer Planners in Springville and Spanish Fork, two communities about 50 miles south of Salt Lake City, are making improvements to ensure that electricity keeps flowing uninterrupted to meet current and future...
10/01/10	North Temple Revival By Brian Fryer North Temple Street in Salt Lake City is in the midst of a $250-million extreme makeover to prepare for an extension of the Utah Transit System’s TRAX light rail that will run 6 miles from the downtown...
09/01/10	Integrated Design By Kimberly MacArthur Graham When the U.S. Dept. of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden released its 506-page RFP for a non-negotiable LEED-Platinum-certified office building, it wasn’t clear how something...
09/01/10	Solving the Human Equation By Brad Fullmer The first two projects to be built under the Utah Science Technology and Research initiative are under construction, with one project slated for completion in the fall and the other about halfway done.
09/01/10	A Long Hike By Joe Evancho The new 400-acre YMCA camp—nestled on the mountainside above Horsethief Reservoir, 10 miles east of Cascade in central Idaho—will offer youngsters a one-of-a-kind outdoor experience.
09/01/10	Pioneering Modernity By Joe Evancho The Manwaring Student Center on the BYU-Idaho campus in Rexburg, Idaho, represents the final phase of on-campus construction—a transition that has seen the small pioneer academy grow from...
09/01/10	From the Ground Up By Daniel DeCristoforo Boulder’s Casey Middle School employs a North Face backpack of energy-saving tools that make it one of the most sustainable new schools in the state.
09/01/10	Under One Roof By Kelly Davidson The new science facility at the Auraria campus in downtown Denver upgrades the original mid-1970s building and provides additional space necessary to bring the offices and classrooms for three...
09/01/10	A Mountain of Growth By Daniel DeCristoforo Stone mantles in the lodge-like great rooms of the three recently completed residence halls at Colorado State University-Pueblo boast rock retrieved from their namesake peaks: Crestone, Culebra and...
08/26/10	Ballpark Renovations Breathe New Life Into Great Falls Baseball By Joe Evancho After eight years of renovations, the minor league baseball enthusiasts of Great Falls, Mont., now have a stadium that offers modern amenities, new skyboxes and a home field on which to comfortably test...
08/26/10	New Press Keeps Local Newspaper Ahead of the Curve By Joe Evancho While newspapers across the country are looking for ways to cut costs or change operations, TPC Holdings of Lewiston, Idaho, has invested $12 million in a state-of-the-art press and a new two-story,...
07/01/10	All-Season Luxury By Kelly Davidson Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts is banking on its new property in Denver’s theater district to buck the downward trend that many hotels around the country have fought during the recession.
07/01/10	Tower of Power By Daniel DeCristoforo 1800 Larimer St. is the first office tower built in Denver’s central business district in nearly 25 years and the first to achieve LEED Platinum.
07/01/10	Stemming the Tide By Joe Evancho For nearly 100 years, Hebgen Dam has held back the water of Montana’s Madison River, forming Hebgen Lake, a 15-mile-long, 2.5-mile-wide popular vacation and fishing spot near Yellowstone National Park.
07/01/10	Restoring a Treasure By Jennifer Seward Designed by Utah architect Richard K.A. Kletting, the $2.7-million Utah State Capitol was dedicated in 1916 and combined a neoclassical style with modern construction methods and materials, including...
06/01/10	Top 2010 Intermountain Projects Western Utah County in north central Utah has seen big growth during the past 10 years. An area that was once open range and farmland now boasts two towns—Eagle Mountain and Saratoga Springs—...
06/01/10	Top 2010 Colorado & Wyoming Projects Welcome to Mountain States Construction’s annual ranking of the biggest projects to be completed this calendar year in Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, Nebraska, North and South Dakota’s, plus a list of new...
06/01/10	Denver Justice Center Complex Boosts Civic Center Profile By Daniel DeCristoforo A longtime Denver dream reaches fruition July 5 with the opening of the Lindsey-Flanigan Courthouse on the west side of Dale Tooley Plaza opposite the handsome new...
05/01/10	Top IDOT & MDOT Projects of 2009-10 Here is a list of ongoing or recently completed projects from the Idaho Dept. of Transportation and Montana Dept. of Transportation.
05/01/10	Top CDOT Projects of 2009-2010 Here is a list of ongoing or recently completed projects statewide from the Colorado Dept. of Transportation.
05/01/10	Top UDOT Projects of 2009-2010 Here is a list of ongoing or recently completed projects statewide from the Utah Dept. of Transportation.
05/01/10	I-15 CORE By Brad Fullmer The $1.725-billion Interstate-15 CORE project in Utah County – the largest and most expensive highway job in the Beehive State’s history – officially kicked off at the end of March at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi.
05/01/10	Multi-modal Complexity By Candice L. Macfarlane After more than seven years in the planning phase, construction on the Mountain View Corridor is underway. Earthwork on the project, one of the biggest-ever road projects in Utah, began this spring.
05/01/10	Building Western Sustainability By Melissa Leslie The University of Utah is looking to renovate its 40-year-old College of Architecture + Planning building into the nation’s first institutional facility to meet net-zero-energy standards.
05/01/10	Safely Over, Safely Under By Joe Evancho Studies show that wildlife-vehicle collisions have doubled in the past 15 years in the Intermountain West, says Rob Ament, ecology program manager for the Western Transportation...
05/01/10	A Grand Achievement By Joe Evancho The Idaho State Capitol in Boise has been returned to state government and the public after a three-year, $120-million renovation and expansion.
03/01/10	A Grand Lodge By Kelly Davidson What was once an asphalt parking lot for the Peak 8 base area of Breckenridge Ski Resort is now a premier residential property.
03/01/10	All Aboard By Brad Fullmer The Utah Transit Authority in Salt Lake City is currently in the midst of more than $1.15-billion worth of construction on five major projects along the Wasatch Front.
03/01/10	Colorado & Wyoming Resort Projects Roundup Here is a sampling of resort projects recently completed or currently under construction in Colorado and Wyoming.
03/01/10	Making History By Dan DeCristoforo The new Colorado History Museum—rechristened the History Colorado Center—located on 12th Avenue between Lincoln and Broadway in Denver, and the new Ralph L. Carr Justice Center, just north of the...
03/01/10	Five-Star Excellence By Brad Fullmer The 11-story, 460,000-sq-ft St. Regis Deercrest hotel/condominium project in Park City, Utah, is a five-star property that offers luxury amenities, amazing views and a year-round pool that dazzles the senses.
03/01/10	Utah Resort Projects Roundup Here is a sampling of resort projects recently completed or currently under construction in Utah.
03/01/10	Under the Dome By Joe Evancho The 33-year-old William H. Kibbie-ASUI Activity Center in Moscow, Idaho (aka the Kibbie Dome) is undergoing a $12-million renovation that will make the northern Idaho icon safer, more functional and...
03/01/10	Habitat for Humanity By Angelle Bergeron Twenty-four families will receive a hand up from Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver when the $3.4-million Bails Townhome Community, the organization’s first green transit-oriented development, is...
03/01/10	Five-Star Excellence By Brad Fullmer The 11-story, 460,000-sq-ft St. Regis Deercrest hotel/condominium project in Park City, Utah, is a five-star property that offers luxury amenities, amazing views and a year-round pool that dazzles the senses.
03/01/10	Under the Dome By Joe Evancho The 33-year-old William H. Kibbie-ASUI Activity Center in Moscow, Idaho (aka the Kibbie Dome) is undergoing a $12-million renovation that will make the northern Idaho icon safer, more functional and...

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