Related Links: ULI Colorado Report Commercial real estate market to remain slow in 2010 ABC-RMC—Associated Builders and Contractors Inc., Rocky Mountain Chapter AIA Colorado - American Institute of Architects of Colorado ASPE Denver - American Society of Professional Estimators Denver CCA—Colorado Contractors Association CMAA - Construction Management Association of America Colorado Region CSI – Construction Specifications Institute Denver Chapter DBIA—Design Build Institute of America Rocky Mountain Region DDP-Downtown Denver Partnership HCC—Hispanic Contractors of Colorado SDA - Society for Design Administration ULI Colorado - Colorado District Council of the Urban Land Institute USGBC Colorado - U.S. Green Building Council – Colorado
Related Links: ULI Colorado Report Commercial real estate market to remain slow in 2010 ABC-RMC—Associated Builders and Contractors Inc., Rocky Mountain Chapter AIA Colorado - American Institute of Architects of Colorado ASPE Denver - American Society of Professional Estimators Denver CCA—Colorado Contractors Association CMAA - Construction Management Association of America Colorado Region CSI – Construction Specifications Institute Denver Chapter DDP-Downtown Denver Partnership HCC—Hispanic Contractors of Colorado SDA - Society for Design Administration ULI Colorado - Colorado District Council of the Urban Land Institute USGBC Colorado - U.S. Green Building Council – Colorado Chapter CSI SLC - Construction Specifications Institute Salt
Related Links: ULI Colorado Report Commercial real estate market to remain slow in 2010 ABC-RMC—Associated Builders and Contractors Inc., Rocky Mountain Chapter AIA Colorado - American Institute of Architects of Colorado ASPE Denver - American Society of Professional Estimators Denver CCA—Colorado Contractors Association CMAA - Construction Management Association of America Colorado Region CSI – Construction Specifications Institute Denver Chapter DBIA—Design Build Institute of America Rocky Mountain Region HCC—Hispanic Contractors of Colorado SDA - Society for Design Administration ULI Colorado - Colorado District Council of the Urban Land Institute USGBC Colorado - U.S. Green Building Council – Colorado Chapter CSI SLC
Project News Simon Contractors of Cheyenne, along with engineers Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc. of Denver and AVI Engineers of Cheyenne, have wrapped up the Cheyenne Regional Airport Runway reconstruction. The $6-million project, which started in April, rehabilitated the 150-ft-wide and 6,690-ft-long Runway 13-31. The runway was originally constructed of concrete, but the keel section, a 50-ft-wide strip down the center of the runway, was reconstructed with rubberized asphalt in the mid-1980s. Photo: Simon Contractors Reconstruction of the Cheyenne Airport runway rehabed the 150-ft-wide and 6,690-ft-long Runway 13-31. Photo: Mortenson Construction The Wilderness Road Brigade Battalion Headquarters Building at Fort Carson
Project News AGC of Utah’s new 9,000-sq-ft, $3.7-million facility was built by more than 270 AGC member firms that donated their time, crews, materials and money. The new HQ was built in the West Valley section of Salt Lake City, several miles west of downtown. It opened in mid-November. AGC of Utah’s members donated $2.2 million to construct a new 9,000-sq-ft, $3.7-million headquarters that opened in November. Related Links: Cheyenne Airport Runway Reconstruction Nears Completion/Denver Zoo Breaks Ground on Asian Tropics Exhibit IDOT Selects Contractor for U.S. 95 Reconstruction Project/Edge Construction Supply Opens New Office in Idaho Falls Rich Thorn,
Project News Interstate Concrete and Asphalt of Coeur d’Alene is the low bidder on a project that will eliminate a two-lane, two-mile bottleneck on U.S. 95 north of Hayden. Related Links: Cheyenne Airport Runway Reconstruction Nears Completion/Denver Zoo Breaks Ground on Asian Tropics Exhibit IDOT Selects Contractor for U.S. 95 Reconstruction Project/Edge Construction Supply Opens New Office in Idaho Falls The project will widen a two-lane section of U.S. 95 between Wyoming Avenue and the Idaho 53 junction to connect with four-lane segments on both ends. Widening the highway will create four continuous lanes from Coeur d’Alene to north of
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McGraw-Hill Construction is forecasting that total construction starts will climb 11% to $466.2 billion in 2010, following an estimated 25% decline in 2009. Bob Murray is vice president of economic affairs with McGraw-Hill Construction. Related Links: McGraw-Hill Construction is forecasting mixed numbers for the Southwest. After a 39% drop in construction between 2006 and 2009, an improving residential market and signs of strength in select public-sector markets such as transportation and infrastructure could spark an overall turnaround in 2010, says Bob Murray, vice president of economic affairs for McGraw-Hill Construction. "This is not a booming market; it is just inching
The airy offices of klipp in downtown Denver contrast mightily with the drab �slice of an office� that founding principal Brian Klipp describes as his first. Slide Show Brian Klipp In 1979, when he was 29, Klipp launched his own practice, hiring only a part-time receptionist, making the drafting tables himself and furnishing the remainder of the office from his apartment. “Yes, ignorance is bliss,” he says. “I charged in.” Klipp also set the phone book on his desk and started calling possible contacts and clients, A to Z. Now, 30 years later, Klipp and his architecture, planning and interiors
In the broadest sense, energy generation and consumption are affecting the engineering profession in unprecedented ways. America’s future depends on our will as a nation to stay at the forefront of technology and to become energy independent while preserving our natural environment. The connections between these forces will manifest themselves in many ways and the engineering community will be called upon to spearhead the advancements. GREEN We have already made great strides in reducing energy consumption, expanding the use of renewable energy and conserving precious natural resources as ways to address these issues. This trend is healthy and one that
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