The company is also giving back to the industry by hiring and training young masons and has established a masonry scholarship with the Rocky Mountain Masonry Institute to ensure that talented young people will continue to enter the trade.
The firm, which did nearly $5 million in revenue in 2011 and also performs work outside the state, owns the majority of its own equipment and maintains a modest storage yard populated with piles of stone and brick from historic buildings around the state—ready to be reused at some point.
“What we do helps to protect the architectural legacy of places,” Maas says. “This is not a disposable world. Treasures are treasures and must be treated that way.”
Notable Local BRS Projects
Emerson School
Lucky Pings
FCI Silverton
Bird World, Denver Zoo
Equitable Building
McNichols Building
1660 17th Street condos
U.S. Mint
Merrill Middle School
Coors Field (various projects)
Denver Botanic Gardens
Museum of Outdoor Arts (Englewood)
Red Rocks Plaza and Loading Dock
City and County Building
Cheesman Gate
Avery Building (Ft. Collins)
Byron White Courthouse
Denver Athletic Club parking garage
Monte Vista Methodist Church
