The Sustainable Practices Program at the University of Colorado Boulder offers individual courses and a sustainability management certificate to help workers and job seekers meet the growing need for green knowledge and credentials in the workplace. “This is a mega-trend, similar to electrification or manufacturing,” said program manager Kelly Simmons. “The public and private sectors are realizing that sustainability-driven practices make constituents happier and save money, in addition to the obvious boon of helping to protect the environment.”About 290 people have enrolled in CU’s Sustainable Practices Program since its 2007 inception, including a journalist who now covers the smart-grid energy
In 1981, a gallon of gas cost $1.25, Lady Diana Spencer married Charles, Prince of Wales, a new music television cable channel (MTV) was launched, and Calcon Constructors, a Colorado-based commercial construction company, first opened its doors. Courtesy of Calcon Constructors Calcon has been one of the key builders on the University of Denver campus, including construction of a campus icon, the Ritchie Center, which houses many of the colleges intercollegiate athletic programs, including the arena for hockey and basketball. Founded by Calhoun “Cal” Cox, Jr., and celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, Calcon has completed more than 16 million
Hyder Construction was awarded a silver award at the 2011 AGC ACE Awards in the category of “Meeting the Challenge of a Difficult Job” for the five-star Four Seasons Resort in Vail. The 500,000-sq-ft facility includes a full-service, 121-room hotel, 16 private residences and 19 fractional residence club homes. Courtesy of Hyder Construction The 500,000-sq-ft Four Seasons Vail includes a full-service, 121-room hotel, 16 private residences and 19 fractional residence club homes. Although Hyder completed the massive project, construction began in 2007 under the management of a different general contractor. In 2009 a large banking interest foreclosed and assumed responsibility
The project team for DaVita and Saunders Construction held a topping-off ceremony on Nov. 10 for the new headquarters of the kidney care company. Courtesy of Saunders The project team for DaVita and Saunders Construction held a topping-off ceremony on Nov. 10 for the new Denver headquarters of the kidney care company. The final steel beam was placed on the north corner of the 256,400-sq-ft, 14-story building in Denver’s Central Platte Valley, just west of LoDo. The ceremony celebrated completion of the highest point of the building, which was designed by MOA Architecture. The completed tower will accommodate almost 1,000
ACEC-Montana honored the following projects at the Montana Engineering Honors Banquet held in conjunction with the Joint Engineers Conference on November 2 in Helena. Recipients of Honor Awards in their respective categories are eligible for the 2012 ACEC-National Engineering Excellence Awards competition. Courtesy of ACEC-Montana Celebrating the winners at ACEC-Montana's Awards Banquet are, left to right: Tom Adams, City of Bozeman, water reclamation superintendent; Coralynn Revis, HDR design engineer; Dan Harmon, HDR project manager; and Nancy Cormier, Morrison-Maierle Inc. project manager. ACEC-Montana Grand Project AwardHDR Engineering Inc. and Morrison-Maierle Inc.Bozeman Water Reclamation FacilityIn a tough economy, innovative design and bidding methods were used on
Wheeler Machinery Co. celebrated 60 years in business in November with an afternoon visit from Utah Gov. Gary Herbert at the company’s Salt Lake City headquarters. Wheeler has been a fixture in the Utah construction and mining marketplace as the exclusive dealer and service center for Caterpillar equipment. Photo by Brian Fryer Rob Campbell, president of Wheeler Machinery (left), talks with Utah Gov. Gary Herbert during Wheeler's 60th anniversary celebration in November. Current company president Rob Campbell led the governor on a short tour of Wheeler’s repair and service shop. Herbert watched as technicians in the company’s Component Rebuild Center
The American Council of Engineering Cos. of Colorado honored its 2012 Engineering Excellence Awards winners on Nov. 7 at the Brown Palace Hotel in Denver. Excellence-level winners and the Grand Conceptor Award winner will be entered into the national ACEC competition early next year. Photo courtesy of URS Grand Conceptor Award: The Elwha River Restoration in Port Angeles, Wash., began with the passage of the Elwha River Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration Act in 1992, determining that the river be restored to its natural condition and ecosystem. The winning projects are:Grand Conceptor Award• The Elwha River Restoration Project, City of Port
The Associated General Contractors of Colorado presented its annual ACE Awards to AGC-member companies on Nov. 4 at the Hyatt Regency Denver Colorado Convention Center Hotel. Courtesy of GE Johnson Construction Co. The new state-of-the-art St. Anthony Hospital in Lakewood has 671,154 sq ft of space for patients, including 272 private patient rooms, 30 isolation rooms, 72 ICU rooms, 24 operating rooms, two nuclear medical rooms, two CAT scans, one MRI area and three helicopter landing pads. The project was voted the Jack Mincher Peoples Choice winner for contractor GE Johnson Construction and mechanical subcontractor RK Mechanical Inc. in this
GE Johnson Construction Co., Colorado Springs and Denver, recently surpassed an industry milestone of 5 million man-hours worked continuously without a day-away-from-work injury. That equates to every hour worked on more than $2 billion worth of projects since 2005. Courtesy of GE Johnson Construction Co. GE Johnson Construction recently celebrated a major safety milestone of 5 million man-hours worked without a day-away-from-work injury. “This milestone reflects our culture of valuing our employees and ensuring that every member of our team returns home to their families each day unharmed,” said GE Johnson President and CEO James M. Johnson. “While we have
The Rocky Mountain Chapter of ABC honored exceptional efforts in merit construction while celebrating the entire construction industry during the 10th annual Excellence in Construction awards held Oct. 14 at The Westin Westminster. Courtesy of Roche Constructors Inc. Roche Constructors Inc. of Greeley won an Excellence in Construction Award from ABC Rocky Mountain for its Belmar Target Store project. The EIC awards give ABC-member general contractors and specialty contractors a forum to showcase their projects, which are among the best representations of their work. The ABC Rocky Mountain Chapter’s EIC awards competition is patterned after ABC National’s EIC program and