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Two recent projects for helicopter hangars on U.S. military bases, one in Colorado and one in Kentucky, offer examples of how out-of-the-box thinking about crane design can overcome some big construction obstacles.
Squeezing work on 12 bridges and numerous ramps into 18 months and just over a mile of congested urban corridor, the Colorado Dept. of Transportation is wrapping up a $98-million project along the busy U.S. 6 corridor in Denver.
Photo by Fred Fuhrmeister, Time Frame Images CEO Bruce Young says Brundage-Bone is refocusing its energy in two key areas: "our employees and our customers." The country’s largest concrete pumping company is riding high.After a rocky few years, Brundage-Bone Concrete Pumping—headquartered in Denver with offices in 16 states—is projecting to wrap up 2015 with $135 million in revenue. That’s a healthy comeback after the firm’s annual receipts dropped from $220 million in 2007 to $80 million in 2011 at the height of the recession, says Bruce Young, the firm’s president and CEO.He says that Brundage leads the nation’s concrete pumping
A $156-million expansion is underway to consolidate University of Colorado athletic departments into one set of connected facilities. It is the largest-ever design-build sports project for the Denver office of Mortenson Construction, and the largest single-phase athletic expansion underway in the country. Mortenson is leading the design-build team and Denver-based Populous is the project architect. Related Links: CU System Selected as Mountain States Owner of the Year CU Boulder Rec Center Built With Sustainable Features The project includes a 220,000-sq-ft expansion of CU's iconic Folsom Field; a new 120,000-sq-ft, net-zero energy indoor practice facility (IPF); and a 550-stall, below-grade parking
相关链接:接班计划必须是长期的Restoration of MIT's Great Dome Looking through Shawmut Design and Construction's portfolio is like browsing a list of who's who in the industry. Headquartered in Boston, the firm has strategically placed its other offices to focus on clients in New York; Las Vegas; Los Angeles; Miami; North Haven, Conn.; Providence, R.I.; and West Springfield, Mass.The 33-year-old, $968-million national construction management firm is known for completing complex and logistically challenging projects for retail stores such as Louis Vuitton, Polo Ralph Lauren and Christian Dior; high-end hotels; celebrity-chef restaurants; Ivy League universities; and other clients
Water will begin running uphill—and north—along Colorado's southern Front Range next year when the $841-million Southern Delivery System goes on line. Related Links: SDS Pipeline Working Its Way West Ground Broken on SDS Water Project SDS is one of the largest water projects under construction in the Western U.S. and the biggest project undertaken by owner Colorado Springs Utilities in decades. The project will convey Arkansas River water stored in the Pueblo Reservoir to the cities of Colorado Springs, Fountain, Security and Pueblo West.Program manager MWH of Broomfield, Colo., has teamed up with Colorado Springs Utilities to build the multi-phased
Doing major, invasive construction surgery without compromising sensitive treatment activities in a high-intensity, critical care hospital takes extreme planning and an immersive level of quality control, but so far, about halfway through a five-phase project in Englewood, Colo., the owners representative says the contractor "has made it work." Related Links: First Phase of Craig Hospital Expansion Goes Vertical Broadmoor West Reopens After Extensive Renovation Since 1956, more than 30,000 people with spinal cord and traumatic brain injuries have been served by the patient-centered treatment and research of Craig Hospital in suburban Denver. Ranked by U.S. News and World Report as
Related Links: Saunders-Heath Partnership CU Boulder Rec Center Upgrade Seeks LEED Platinum In an industry characterized by fierce competition and risk avoidance, Saunders Construction Inc., Centennial, Colo., is collaborating with its peers in nontraditional ways that would make most commercial contractors squirm.Consistently ranked by Engineering News-Record as one of the three largest general contractors in Colorado, the 43-year-old firm is forming long-term partnerships with other like-minded companies to increase its reach, push boundaries and realize greater growth."To be a $400-million-a-year contractor in this market, you have to be a lot of things to a lot of people," says John Beeble,
Chart Courtesy of ACFE Related Links: Construction Fraud Mirrors Worldwide Ethics Problem When Surety Fraud Goes Unpunished, Small Contractors Suffer Business fraud is nothing new, but it is more prevalent in construction than in many other industries due to the great number of entities involved in most projects, says certified fraud examiner Wayne Kalayjian, a senior manager with Deloitte Financial Advisory Services in Los Angeles.Fraud accounts for roughly 8% of U.S. GDP, according to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE). "So, if our GDP was about $16 trillion in 2012, then one could argue that fraud accounted for $1.3
The Regional Transportation District's (RTD) FasTracks program—the largest transit expansion in the country—has stimulated the Denver metro area's economy ever since construction began in January 2005.