The absence of any new megaprojects starting across the Mountain States region last year was indicative of the more subdued, but sustainable, pace of work for most contractors—that is, before the upheaval brought on by the coronavirus pandemic in March.
The region still has its share of ongoing megaprojects to keep firms busy, but the two largest starts during 2019 came in at $250 million—a hospital tower in the Denver area and a major overhaul of Interstate 25 in northern Colorado. While both are significant projects, they would have been well down the previous year’s Top Starts list.