Merrick & Co., an international engineering, architecture, design-build, surveying, and geospatial solutions firm headquartered in Aurora, has acquired the water-engineering firm of McLaughlin Water Engineers of Denver and Aspen. The acquisition was announced this week by Christopher Sherry, senior vice president at Merrick. McLaughlin has served the water systems, wastewater, water resources, drainage and flood control, utility economics and whitewater design markets in the Rocky Mountain region since 1966. This acquisition provides Merrick with the added wet-infrastructure resources to continue its reach throughout the U.S. in the firm’s focus markets of energy, sustainable infrastructure, life sciences, national security and geospatial
Children’s Hospital Colorado broke ground May 23 on its future $100-million Children’s Hospital Colorado South Campus in Highlands Ranch. Slated to open at the end of 2013, the South Campus will offer a wide range of pediatric services, including urgent care, outpatient specialty, inpatient and surgery care along with state-of-the-art imaging and diagnostic services. Rendering courtesy of Davis Partnership/FKP Architects The 175,000-sq-ft Childrens Hospital Colorado South Campus to be built in Highlands Ranch, Colo., expects to treat nearly 80,000 patients per year. Children’s Colorado expects to host nearly 80,000 patient visits at the South Campus during its first year. The
The University of Colorado Boulder’s new volleyball and basketball practice facility has received a LEED-Platinum rating from the U.S. Green Building Council. It is the first sustainable athletic facility on the CU-Boulder campus and one of only two Platinum-rated athletic facilities in the Pac-12. The 43,000-sq-ft facility, built adjacent to the Coors Events Center, opened in August and houses two NCAA-regulation-size basketball courts. They are shared by the men’s and women’s basketball programs, as well as the women’s volleyball program.Other spaces in the building include a ticket booth, lobby, locker rooms and offices.“This facility promotes the success of our student
The stately red-brick Emerson School, originally built in 1885 in Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, was recently upgraded to incorporate state-of-the-art green building features and remodeled as the new home for eight nonprofits, including several organizations dedicated to historic preservation. Photo courtesy of the National Trust for Historic Preservation National Trust for Historic Preservation President Stephanie Meeks, center, holds the ceremonial ribbon-cutting scissors, to celebrate the grand opening with other nonprofit leaders whose organizations will be part of the new preservation and conservation hub at the former Emerson School in Denver. Built in 1885, the school was designed by Colorado’s first
he Colorado Dept. of Transportation has several projects completed, others already under way in southwest Colorado, and others getting started throughout the summer. A few of the projects are being continued from last season, and others include a final phase next season. “Altogether, we will have more than 110 miles of highway, bridges and intersections under construction, totaling nearly $80 million in project contracts—some spanning two seasons,” CDOT Region 5 Director Kerrie Neet said. “We have several projects that will improve or replace poor bridges and a few long-anticipated projects that will resurface vital stretches of highway.” Here is a list
The Colorado Dept. of Transportation, partnering with the Federal Highway Administration, says it will rework the Draft Environmental Impact Statement that outlines future improvements to the Interstate 70 East Corridor from Brighton Boulevard to Tower Road in Denver. Courtesy of CDOT An alternate plan for rebuilding I-70 East corridor in north Denver involves dropping the highway 30 ft below grade and putting a deck over a 200-ft section of it near Swansea Elementary School. After failing to gain support for an earlier proposed solution to build a larger viaduct in the same area, CDOT presented a new alternative to
If you don’t understand the definition of an “experience rating modification factor,” or e-mod, you are not alone. The e-mod is a critical part of many employers’ workers compensation insurance costs. While this article attempts to explain in simple terms how e-mods are determined, it does not include all the details that could affect your company’s individual e-mod. Many insurance carriers use basic business and industry classification codes developed by the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI). Under the system, each employee is assigned a class code based on job description and risk of injury. Many employers have multiple class
Construction employment fell in May by 28,000, the largest decline in two years, and is now at the lowest level since last August, according to an analysis of new federal data recently released by the Associated General Contractors of America. The drop in construction employment comes as new figures show a 1.4% decrease in public construction spending restrained overall construction activity growth to 0.3%. “With construction employment shrinking for the fourth month in a row, the industry is clearly having a difficult start to the year,” said Ken Simonson, the association’s chief economist. “In particular, cuts to public-sector investments in
The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index, which had declined slightly in April, fell further in May. The Index now stands at 64.9 (1985=100), down from 68.7 in April. The Expectations Index declined to 77.6 from 80.4, while the Present Situation Index decreased to 45.9 from 51.2 last month. Consumers’ appraisal of present-day conditions deteriorated in May. Those claiming business conditions are “bad” increased to 34.3% from 33.2%, while those saying business conditions are “good” decreased to 13.6% from 15.5%. Consumers’ appraisal of the job market was also less favorable. Those claiming jobs are “hard to get” increased to 41.0% from
Construction manager/general contractor Pinkard Construction Co., with Aller Lingle Massey Architects, broke ground in late May on an $8.9-million independent-living facility for the housing authority of the city of Loveland, Colo. Courtesy of Pinkard Construction The Mirasol Phase II groundbreaking was led by, from left: Cody W. Fullmer, branch president, Bank of Colorado; Cecil Gutierrez, mayor, City of Loveland; Samuel G. Betters, executive director, Housing Authority of the City of Loveland; Sue Mendenhall, president, Mirasol Resident Council; Kim Pardoe, vice president, The Richman Group Affordable Housing Corp.; Shelley Marquez, vice president, Wells Fargo; Cris White, executive director, Colorado Housing and
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