A famous jazz singer was once asked if “jazz was coming back.” Her response was: “Where did it ever go?”
The same might be said of Hensel Phelps Construction, ENR Mountain States’ 2016 Contractor of the Year for Colorado and Wyoming. Many industry observers believed that the $3.1-billion, Greeley, Colo.-based firm had downplayed the local market, especially during the recession, only to roar back recently with several high-profile Colorado projects. Those include the 40-story 1144 15th Street building in Denver, being built for developer Hines, and Union Tower West, an office-hotel complex at Union Station, underway for Portman Holdings LLC.