New construction starts in September advanced 10% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $604.1 billion, according to McGraw Hill Construction, a division of McGraw Hill Financial. The increase followed an up-and-down pattern during the previous two months and brought activity to its highest level so far during 2014. Nonresidential building registered a sharp gain, helped by an elevated pace for several institutional categories plus another brisk month for manufacturing plants, while the nonbuilding construction sector (public works and electric utilities) also strengthened. Running counter in September was a decline for residential building. During the first nine months of 2014,
Distributed solar photovoltaic system prices dropped by 12% - 19% nationwide in 2013, according to the third edition of a jointly written report on PV pricing trends from the Dept. of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, Calif. In addition, 2014 prices are expected to drop another 3% - 12%, depending on system location and market segment. Industry analysts expect this trend to continue over the next couple of years, keeping the nation on track to meet the DOE SunShot Initiative’s 2020 targets.“These price drops are consistent with previous annual reductions achieved
EBay's new 85,000-sq-ft Salt Lake City "data center of the future" deploys Dell's EPIC module, which packs more than 1 MW of IT power capacity into 24 racks, and HP's EcoPod module, adding 1.4 MW of capacity in 44 gear racks.
The Denver Union Station Transit Improvements project transformed 42 acres of blighted former rail yards into the centerpiece of a bustling lower downtown neighborhood.
The LEED-Gold-designed Mountaineer Field House and Recreation Center provides Western State Colorado University with training facilities that rival those at many NCAA Division 1-A universities.
The Colorado Chapter of The American Institute of Architects (AIA Colorado) and its local sections (AIA Denver, AIA Colorado North and AIA Colorado South) recognized its 2014 architectural design and honor award recipients on Oct. 9 during a presentation at the Silverthorne Pavilion in Silverthorne, Colo. Photo courtesy of Weifield Group Contracting Pearl Izumi in Louisville, Colo., creates the world's foremost line of technical-performing and quality manufactured sports apparel. Design by Arch11 Inc. and ZGF Architects LLP. Photo courtesy of White Construction Group The Source, on Brighton Boulevard in Denvers RiNo District, is an adaptive re-use and historic rehabilitation of
After a year of major renovations, the historic Byers Junior High School in Denver re-opened in late August. It is the most recent campus to be added to Denver School of Science and Technology. Photo by James W. Jenson Photography The project team replaced more than 220 windows at Byers Junior High, matching the original designs, but far surpassing the old windows in energy efficiency. The 110,000-square-foot building sat vacant for a decade after Denver Public Schools closed the facility. Arvada’s Swinerton Builders won a hard bid contract in June 2013 to renovate the 1921 building in time for the
The confidence of Colorado business leaders in the economy continues to be positive heading into the fourth quarter and has increased moderately compared to a year ago. That is the key message from the most recent Leeds Business Confidence Index (LBCI) recently released by the University of Colorado Boulder’s Leeds School of Business. It’s not as bullish, however, the LBCI says, as it was a quarter ago, with slight drops across the board resulting in a current overall reading of 59.5, down from 61.2 heading into the third quarter of 2014.“I wouldn’t put too much concern in a slight dip
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