Interlocken Business Park in Broomfield, Colo., continues to lure companies and jobs away from other cities and states. Photo Courtesy Of The Weitz Co. Photo Courtesy Of Gensler The 11-story Central Park Tower, the tallest structure along the U.S. 36 corridor, provides headquarters-style amenities in a multi-tenant setting. Related Links: Central Park Tower Enhances Broomfield and Interlocken Corridor The 900-plus-acre site in the Denver area’s northwest quadrant has the region’s lowest percentage of empty offices—and that vacancy rate is expected to drop further, according to Jessica Erickson, vice president of the Broomfield Economic Development Corp. As of September, the vacancy
Related Links: Colorado Ballot Measures Could Cost State Billions in Tax Revenues The debate over ballot measures 60, 61 and 101 has been anything but illuminating. According to the propaganda, voters should: • Vote yes to punish government at all levels for more than $1 billion in higher taxes and fees enacted without a vote of the people by Gov. Ritter and statehouse Democrats. • Or vote no because “The Ugly 3” will trigger a voter-approved recession and put thousands of people out of work. Frankly, both of those arguments are overwrought. All three measures offer some policy changes that
An oil worker is led to the edge of an offshore oilrig platform and given the command to jump into the icy waters below. The rational response, as you would guess, is an emphatic “no.” After all, why leave the comfortable confines of the rig for the unseen dangers below? But if that rig catches fire, you can bet the same worker will be the first to jump overboard to save his life. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" It is that parable of survival that is facing nearly every general contractor today. If survival can only be assured if
Denver-area construction costs have increased only 0.2% so far this year, says the latest research from global property and construction consultant Rider Levett Bucknall. Chart courtesy of RLB But it represents the first posted cost increase in Denver after seven consecutive quarterly price drops, the most significant of those a minus 7.5% change in bid prices from January 2009 to April 2009. While this current uptick in Denver construction costs is lagging behind the national trend, both national and local construction costs are leveling off and expected to remain relatively stable. Looking to the future, both nationally and locally, RLB
Aurora, Colo., took a big step to avoid becoming a dry city with the fall completion of Prairie Waters, a $653-million pump, pipeline and purification project. Photo: Courtesy of Aurora Water Crews install four-ft-long UV lamps, specially designed quartz sleeves and electrical components into the generators. UV disinfection is a key component of the multiple-step water purification process. During the drought of 2002, Aurora, a suburb at the eastern edge of Denver, saw its reservoirs plummet to 26% of capacity, a critically low level the city is unlikely to suffer again, even in future dry spells, thanks to the $1.1-billion,
Engineers div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The RMH Group of Lakewood, Colo., recently added six employees to its staff: Tracey Fisher, lighting designer and energy engineer; Brett Lee, electrical engineer; Don Cherry, electrical engineer; Jerad Meidinger, electrical engineer; Amy Laabs, drafter; and Dave McClellan, civil engineer. Salt Lake City-based Reaveley Engineers + Associates recently made the following staff appointments. Michael Buehner has been made a principal. A graduate of the University of Utah, he has been with Reaveley for 12 years. During that time, he has contributed to the Huntsman Cancer Institute Phases IIA and IIB, the U of
Corgan Associate’s Dallas office announced three new associates to add to its team of professionals with expertise in aviation and interior design. Dan Hursin, Ginger Gee and Shelly Nichols were promoted to associate. Gee received a bachelor’s degree in interior design from Harding University in Arkansas and received her master’s of architecture from the University of Texas at Arlington. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" STG Design in Austin announced the promotion of two team members, PollyAnna Little and Jeff Ervin. Little has been promoted to principal and Ervin to associate principal. Little is a graduate of the University of
Steven Katich recently joined JE Dunn Construction, Denver and Colorado Springs, as a director of business development and government relations. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" Katich joins the firm with more than 30 years of experience in marketing, government relations, public affairs, media relations and business development. Katich received a degree in political science from the University of Denver and a law degree from George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Bill Salzbrener has joined Guarantee Electrical Co. as vice president of the firm’s Western Region. He will head the company’s office in Aurora. Salzbrener, 63, has more than four
At a time when many firms are in survival mode, trimming costs and eliminating risk, Architectural Nexus is thriving, and it�s encouraging employees to pursue work they�re passionate about, even if it�s not a fi rm specialty. Formed in 2003 by the merger of Jensen Haslem Architects and Thomas Petersen Hammond Architects, Architectural Nexus now has 100 employees among offi ces in Logan, Utah; and Tempe, Ariz.; and a new LEED-Platinum Salt Lake City headquarters, an energetic design studio coaxed from a bland fi tness facility. President Donald Finlayson, who joined Jensen Haslem as a health-care specialist in 1996, became
Ralph L. Wadsworth Construction Co., Salt Lake City, a subsidiary of Sterling Construction Co. Inc., is the apparent low bidder on a $26.5-million bridge project for the Montana Dept. of Transportation. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The project is located on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Glacier County, Mont., approximately 10 miles east of the Continental Divide in Glacier National Park. Construction is expected to begin this fall and be complete by October 2012. The project scope replaces the existing bridge over Two Medicine River on U.S. 2 with a six-span, 1,520-ft, cast-in-place concrete segmental bridge on a new
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