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New CU Biotechnology Facility Opens on East Boulder Campus
05/16/12 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.

Rendering courtesy of CU Boulder

Kennecott Building New Molybdenum Autoclave Facility West of Salt Lake City
04/23/12 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.

Photo by Brian Fryer

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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	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	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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