Construction

DENVER – Vertix Builders, a Denver-based culture-focused construction company, is pleased to announce that the company has been awarded the contract to build a new 21,000-square-foot surgery center and physical therapy building in Laramie, Wyoming.  The new building is being built on behalf of Premier Bone and Joint, an orthopedic group …

DENVER — The University of Colorado Denver recently announced its plans for a new building for the College of Engineering, Design and Computing on the Auraria Campus. Designed by ZGF Architects, the new engineering building will be on Speer Boulevard between Arapahoe and Champa streets, across from the Performing Arts Complex. …

CAÑON CITY – A groundbreaking ceremony was held Monday at Washington Elementary School in Cañon City, Colorado, launching the construction of a new facility that will serve about 400 students in kindergarten through fifth grades. Washington Elementary school is part of a multi-school project in Fremont RE-1 school district made …

By Steve Cox, CSP, District HSE Manager, PCL Construction With so many large construction projects underway in Denver, on very compact construction sites, the risk of falling objects from building heights has been amplified. The threat of tools and materials falling to the ground below puts people and property in jeopardy, and it’s …

DENVER — Southwest Airlines has announced plans to begin construction on its first maintenance hangar at DIA this summer. The nearly $100 million investment will allow Southwest’s Mechanics to work on up to three aircraft inside the 130,000-square-foot hangar. There will be parking and facilities outside the hangar for eight additional aircraft. …

By Katie Rapone Denver-based Zocalo Community Development recently broke ground on its largest project to date, a 13-story, 381-unit apartment community at 35th & Walnut in RiNo that aims to give renters, primarily those in their late 20s and early 30s, the opportunity to live in a top-class, high-design, high-energy building …

LOUISVILLE – OZ Architecture has been tapped to design Finland-based Vaisala OYJ’s North American headquarters. The two companies are breaking ground soon on the new 38,000-square-foot office building located at 152 S. Taylor Ave. in Louisville, Colorado. Vaisala OYJ is a global leader in weather, environmental and industrial measurements. The architecture and …

LOVELAND — Pinkard Construction Company, with alm2s architects, has broken ground on phase three of the Mirasol Senior Living Community, an independent living facility for the Loveland Housing Authority. The $12,901,000 phase three expansion provides an additional 60 units of independent senior housing in a new 63,711 square foot building. The building has a …

FORT COLLINS – The C. Wayne Mcllwraith Transitional Medicine Institute at Colorado State University (CSU) celebrated its grand opening with a ribbon cutting ceremony at the facility on May 6. Design-Builder JE Dunn Construction, partnered with architectural and engineering firm The Clark Enerson Partners for this project. This project is the first public-private partnership …

DENVER – Koelbel and Company has officially unveiled plans for its latest office project Watershed, slated to break ground next year, opposite Koelbel’s successful Catalyst HTI development. The nine-story, 180,000-square-foot building in an area of RINo that is destined to become Denver’s Most Iconic New Business District. The complex will include 167,000 …