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With a site situated at an altitude of 9,500 ft, three tower cranes were needed to construct this $222-million hotel and casino in the heart of Cripple Creek.

Seated across a 7-acre site in Sioux Falls are two new mixed-use residential buildings with street-level retail and restaurant spaces, a six-story office building with commercial space and a 10-story Class A office building, plus various amenities and a 650-space parking garage.

Situated at 11,207 ft above sea level, this $26-million, two-story restaurant features a seamless connection to Copper Mountain ski resort’s American Eagle gondola, which unloads on the second-floor deck, providing easy access for guests. The space also offers 180-degree views of the Gore Range and the Ten Mile Range.

As part of a three-mile greenway project that connects neighborhood green spaces, this pocket park and intersection improvements project turned outdated infrastructure into safe and culturally relevant play spaces.

A $286-million 12-story patient tower now sits on the western side of UCHealth’s Aurora hospital, adding much-needed health care space and services to metro Denver. Completed in May 2024, the tower offers 215 private inpatient rooms, 10 operating rooms and expanded emergency services.

Constructed on what was a 65-acre cornfield, this $107.4-million high school spans 230,000 sq ft and will accommodate 1,300 students.

This $34.1-million project included a 55,000-sq-ft expansion for technical education and STEM education programs as well as a 41,500-sq-ft renovation in an effort to bolster Brighton High School’s capacity to provide life-changing programming for its students.

A four-month tenant improvement project converted a portion of Meow Wolf’s Denver exhibition Convergence Station into an immersive bar lounge that features just one 90-degree angle and an overall circular design with curvature walls and a ceiling-suspended stage crown.

A former department store has been transformed into a modern office space and laboratory for Biodesix, a life sciences company that develops tools to detect lung disease.

On the final 18-mile, four-lane stretch of I-25 between Denver and Colorado Springs, a $330-million project has added a tolled express lane in each direction, improved safety for the traveling public and added four wildlife underpasses, more than 28 miles of wildlife exclusion fence and widened shoulders.