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Only two of the 11 key input prices have risen since November 2014.

Nonresidential construction employment increased by 9,300 jobs in November after adding 19,400 jobs during October.

Denver-based CH2M has named Peter Nicol as president of its water business. Nicol succeeds Greg McIntyre, who is now serving as president of all global business groups.

Already a commanding presence high on the east bench of the Salt Lake Valley overlooking the University of Utah Campus, the trademark beige glass block and glass facade of the Huntsman Cancer Institute is growing.

Mechanical contractor Murphy Co. established a Colorado office in the 1980s to build the Anheuser-Busch brewery in Fort Collins. That project was a natural fit for the now 100-year-old, St. Louis-based mechanical contracting firm, as it was already working for the brewer in Missouri.

Specialty contractors in the Mountain States continue to find ample work with improving margins, but familiar maladies remain

When ENR Mountain States announced that Denver attorney Gene Commander would be honored with the magazine’s 2015 Legacy Award for Colorado, fellow attorney Ryan Warren promised a resounding roast at the awards ceremony. Commander just smiled and told Warren, “Remember, I get to go on after you.”

Take a quick tour across the greater Salt Lake City area, and you will see the influence of the Dale Barton Agency all over town—from the light-rail system, the City Creek Center and the 21,000-seat conference complex for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints to the venues for the 2002 Winter Olympics, the University of Utah’s Rice-Eccles Stadium, along with more than 120 other campus buildings.

The Colorado Springs-based general contracting firm recently landed a contract to remodel dozens of Wendy’s fast-food restaurants across Colorado and Arizona.