Mountain States

FlatironDragados Combines Three New York-Area Firms Into Single Entity

jriceenr@gmail.com (Justin Rice) — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 16:01:54 -0400

SPC Construction Co. links Schiavone Construction Co., John P. Picone Inc. and E.E. Cruz & Co. Inc.

John Yonushewski, Rich Thorn Selected as 2023 ENR Mountain States Legacy Award Winners

Wed, 21 Dec 2022 09:38:36 -0500

ENR Mountain States is pleased to announce the winners of this year’s regional Legacy Awards.

2020 Legacy Award Winner and Architect Dave Hammel Built His Career Designing Rec Centers

Mon, 14 Dec 2020 13:52:00 -0500

Architect and his firm forever changed the way generations of Americans experience their communities.

2017 Colorado Legacy Award: Bob Thompson

Mon, 18 Dec 2017 14:10:00 -0500

Colorado Legacy Award winner Bob Thompson improves geotechnical-engineering practices and mentors young engineers.

2017 Intermountain Legacy Award: Dave Wadman

Mon, 18 Dec 2017 13:45:00 -0500

Intermountain Legacy Award winner Dave Wadman strives to build community connections and maintain a 'family feel' at Wadman Corp.

Thompson, Wadman Selected as 2017 ENR Mountain States Legacy Award Winners

Wed, 04 Oct 2017 15:30:00 -0400

The Legacy Awards are given annually by the ENR regional editors to individuals who have achieved a lifetime legacy of service in design and construction.

Ray Nunn of Nunn Construction Honored as 2016 Colorado Legacy Award Winner

Mon, 19 Dec 2016 12:40:00 -0500

Colorado Springs general contractor Ray Nunn has spent his career building projects that matter.

Peter Catchpole of POWER Engineers Honored as 2016 Intermountain Legacy Award Winner

Mon, 19 Dec 2016 12:30:00 -0500

Aerial daredevil Nik Wallenda took just 25 minutes to walk across a 2-in.-thick high wire strung 200 ft above Niagara Falls in June 2012, but the event required months of innovative planning.

2015 Colorado Legacy Award Winner Gene Commander: Finding a Way Forward

Mon, 14 Dec 2015 00:00:00 -0500

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.”

2015 Intermountain Legacy Award Honoree Sam Clark Creates a Legacy of Trust

Mon, 14 Dec 2015 00:00:00 -0500

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.

2014 Colorado/Wyoming Legacy Award Winner: Denny Pehrson

shawm@enr.com (Mark Shaw) — Fri, 31 Oct 2014 12:00:00 -0400

Denny Pehrson admits that he has the instincts of a teacher as much as a builder. Pehrson, 75, honed his teaching skills working as a foreman, superintendent and senior superintendent during 57 years in the industry—a career in which he mentored hundreds of young constructors. He officially retired five years ago from Adolfson & Peterson Construction, Aurora, Colo., but Pehrson continues to visit A&P jobsites to offer suggestions, safety tips and "an occasional kick in the pants" to younger colleagues. In July he celebrated 49 years with the company. Photo courtesy of Adolfson and Peterson Construction Retired senior superintendent Denny

2014 Intermountain Legacy Award Winner: Robert F. Babcock

shawm@enr.com (Mark Shaw) — Fri, 31 Oct 2014 12:00:00 -0400

Some attorneys like the dynamics of a trial, the verbal combat of litigation. While longtime construction attorney Robert F. Babcock certainly doesn't shy away from confrontation, he says he prefers to find out-of-court answers that work for everyone. Photo courtesy of Babcock Scott & Babcock Salt Lake City construction attorney Robert F. Babcock has built a reputation for finding workable solutions to disputes without resorting to expensive litigation. Related Links: Wyoming Lien Laws Utah's Liquidated Damages Clauses Babcock, 61, a partner and co-founder of Salt Lake City law firm Babcock Scott & Babcock, has been working for more than 35

2013 Mountain States Legacy Award: Charles Keyes

shawm@enr.com (Mark Shaw) — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 12:00:00 -0400

Charles Keyes, a structural engineer with Martin/Martin Inc., is the 2013 recipient of the ENR Mountain States Legacy Award, given to an individual who has contributed significantly to the regional architecture-engineering-construction sector and the community. Photo courtesy of Martin/Martin Inc. Chuck Keyes stands on the construction site of Denver's Currigan Hall in 1967, where he led the structural engineering design for its patented space-frame system. Related Links: AIA Colorado Honors 2011 Award Winners ACEC Scholarships Keyes, 72, is beginning a "phased retirement" after 45 years at the Lakewood, Colo., firm and its predecessors. He is best known for his structural

Legacy Award: Mont Wilson

shawm@enr.com (Mark Shaw) — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 12:00:00 -0400

Chances are, if you’ve driven almost anywhere in Utah on Interstate 80 or flown into Salt Lake City International Airport, you’ve used roads and tarmac paved by Mont Wilson. Photo: Alan Blakely Photography Related Links: Intermountain Best of 2010 Wilson, now a part-time consultant for Granite Construction Co., Salt Lake City, has worked in the Utah paving industry for more than 45 years—and laid down a lot of asphalt across the state during that time. In his 20-year tenure at Granite, Wilson oversaw the company’s Portable Paving Division as division manager and helped to lead the expansion of Granite, headquartered

Legacy Award: Wally Prebis

shawm@enr.com (Mark Shaw) — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 12:00:00 -0400

Wally Prebis knows as much about structural concrete as one person can. Related Links: Back to Gold Hard Hat Awards Prebis has spent his entire career, 41 years, telling anyone who would listen that prestress concrete is one of the best building materials around and why it should become a staple of the construction industry. PREBIS Now, Prebis, 79, who founded and led the Colorado Prestressers Association as its executive director for four decades, retired from the job this fall, and his calm, confident voice will be sorely missed. As the CPA leader, he convinced an entire industry, from owners

Legacy Award: John Cameron Industry Leader, Community Patron

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:00:00 -0500

If you want to find a 7-11 store in Salt Lake City, just ask John Cameron. Cameron, the CEO of Salt Lake’s Cameron Construction Co., knows most of the city’s 7-11’s inside and out. He built 55 of them in only four years as his small contracting business grew from a small $600K - $1 million operation into one of the city’s most-respected midsize general contractors doing a thriving $23 million-$26 million a year. Photo: Cameron Construction Cameron Construction built the Temple Har Shalom church in Park City, a 30,000-sq-ft, two-story Jewish community center and synagogue. Related Links: Intermountain Best

Legacy Award

shawm@enr.com (Mark Shaw) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:00:00 -0400

The Mentor Retired contractor Ed Wambsganss sees life parallels where others might not—like the motivation he got from helping his mother wash chicken eggs on the family farm in Kansas when he was a boy, because “we got two cents more per egg if they were clean when she took them to the hatchery,” he says. Related Links: 2009 Legacy Award Architectural Design Project Engineering Design Project Project Managemen Project Civil/Public Works Project Cultural Project Project Environmental Project Government/Public Project Green Building Project Healthcare Project Higher Education/Research Project Industrial Project Design/Tenant Improvement Project K-12 Education Project Multifamily/Hospitality Project Renovation/Restoration Project