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Associated Builders and Contractors recently congratulated the winners of its annual Excellence in Construction Awards, where the top construction projects and the firms that displayed exemplary commitment to safety and diversity in 2012 were recognized Feb. 20 at the Harbor Beach Marriott Resort in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Courtesy of ABC Hensel Phelps Construction Co., Greeley, receives the ABC National Diversity Excellence Award.  “ABC is pleased to present these industry-leading construction projects and firms with our Excellence in Construction, National Safety Excellence and National Diversity Excellence awards,” said ABC President and CEO Michael D. Bellaman. “This year’s winners are exceptional examples

Firestone-based Flatiron Construction Corp. was honored recently for its efforts to build three much-needed footbridges in Nicaragua as part of the Bridges to Prosperity program. As a result, the construction firm was one of eight organizations nationwide to win the AGC in the Community Award from the charitable arm of the Associated General Contractors of America, AGC Charities Inc. “Completing great construction projects improves cities and towns, but giving back to the community improves people’s lives,” said Jim Clemens, chairman emeritus of Philadelphia, Pa.-based Clemens Construction Co. and the chairman of AGC Charities. “These award winners represent the noblest our

The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index, which had declined in January, rebounded in February. The index now stands at 69.6 (1985=100), up from 58.4 in January. The Present Situation Index increased to 63.3 from 56.2. The Expectations Index improved to 73.8 from 59.9 last month. 
 Consumers’ assessment of present day conditions improved in February. Those claiming business conditions are “good” rose to 18.1% from 16.1%, while those stating business conditions are “bad” decreased to 27.8% from 28.4%. Consumers’ appraisal of the labor market was mixed. Those saying jobs are “plentiful” increased to 10.5% from 8.5%, while those claiming jobs

The Associated General Contractors of Utah recently awarded the Healthcare Project of the Year (Under $25M) to University of Utah Health Care’s Clinical Neurosciences Center (CNC) and Jacobsen Construction. Image courtesy of Jacobsen Construction Weighing nine tons, the scanner was installed on a ceiling-mounted rail system, allowing it to move into the OR or the angiography room, and provide real-time MRI images during brain-related surgeries and procedures. 
The AGC award, presented during its 91st annual convention, honors the creation of the CNC’s Intra-operative Magnetic Resonance Imaging System (IMRIS) Suite, which is among the first of its kind in the western

Troy North of Gramoll Construction, Salt Lake City, was recently recognized as the Superintendent of the Year at AGC of Utah’s Annual Awards Banquet. The event honors the Utah construction industry’s best. North’s recent work on the Donna Garff Marriott Honors Residential Scholars Community Building at the University of Utah led to the achievement. 
The award was based on an individual or company that best exemplified the AGC theme of “skill, integrity and responsibility.”Commenting on Troy’s leadership specific to the award criteria, Barb Remsburg, director of Housing & Residential Education at the University of Utah, said, “His (Troy North’s) outstanding leadership,

Denver's Mortenson Construction began construction in mid-February on the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs parking structure located on Stanton Street on the UCCS campus. Rendering courtesy of Mortenson Construction The project will be built into the side of an existing hill that leads to an arroyo, which will be protected and preserved. Pedestrians will enter the field on the high side of the structure from Stanton Street. The project, valued at $21 million, is a 1,230-stall, cast-in-place structure that includes an athletic field on the top level. Mortenson is leading a design-build team that includes architects Davis Partnership, engineers

The Regional Transportation District says it has received a confidential, unsolicited proposal for the North Metro Rail Project, part of RTD’s FasTracks program. The proposal was submitted February 22 from a team led by Graham Contracting Ltd. RTD staff will conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the proposal consistent with the agency’s Unsolicited Proposals Policy to see if the proposal has merit. If so, RTD will then pursue a competitive procurement process and release a request for proposals (RFP) for competing proposals, consistent with RTD’s policy and previous announcement to release an RFP later this year.In January, RTD announced it would

Caution! Webster defines conundrum as “a confusing and difficult problem or question.”That is what construction contractors, design professionals, subcontractors and suppliers may face if or when they do work, supply materials or provide designs for businesses engaged in the cultivation, distribution and/or sale of marijuana in Colorado.Although Colorado now has laws legalizing marijuana under defined conditions, marijuana is a “controlled substance” under federal law and therefore its manufacture, distribution and possession is illegal.So what does that have to do with the Colorado construction industry?  There’s no easy answer.Recently, a federal bankruptcy court judge in Denver ruled that a landlord who

Prices for construction materials moved higher in January, propelled by large jumps in items used in new housing and nonresidential building renovations, according to an analysis of new federal figures recently released by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials said that contractors were paying more for materials even as the pending federal spending “sequestration” threatens to cancel an estimated $4 billion worth of construction activity this year. “Contractors had to contend with huge leaps in prices for gypsum, wallboard and lumber, as well as significant increases in the cost of insulation and architectural coatings such as paint,” said