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Ralph L. Wadsworth Construction Co. LLC, Draper, Utah, recently named Con L. Wadsworth as president of the firm, effective July 24. Kip Wadsworth, who has been serving as president of RLW since 2002, ceded the presidency to Con Wadsworth. Kip will continue to serve as chief executive officer of RLW.
 Con L. Wadsworth has been with RLW for 35 years. During his tenure, he has served as laborer, foreman, superintendent, project manager, operations manager, vice president of operations and general manager. Wadsworth’s expertise in every facet of heavy highway construction has helped enhance RLW’s expertise in the areas of design-build, CM/GC

When the U.S. Dept. of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory, headquartered in Golden, Colo., launched the Executive Energy Leadership Program (Energy Execs) in 2007, the goal was to inform private and public decision-makers about renewable energy and energy efficiency as well as inspire them to adopt clean-energy technologies. From President Obama touring the rooftop solar installed at Denver Museum of Nature & Science to Business Modeling for Solar to Hydrogen Energy Storage, the program has yielded many significant success stories. But 2007 Energy Execs graduate and Prologis Vice President for Renewable Energy Drew Torbin has raised the bar—significantly.Recently, DOE announced

Barker Rinker Seacat Architecture of Denver was recently honored with an Aquatics International Dream Designs award for its design of The Salvation Army Ray & Joan Kroc Corps Community Center in Salem, Ore. According to the Aquatics International website, “the Dream Designs showcase is an annual program that highlights extraordinary aquatics facility design projects.” Photo courstesy of BRS Architects The 91,500-sq-ft community center represents part of the program initiated by a $1.8-billion gift from the late Joan Kroc, wife of McDonalds founder Ray Kroc. The Dream Designs program considers such factors as the incorporation of sustainable technology and/or equipment, creative

Boise-based design firm CSHQA’s recent renovation of the First National Bank of Driggs has won a 2011 Orchid Award from Preservation Idaho. Courtesy of CSHQA The Key Bank renovation revealed its original neo-federal brick faade. Courtesy of CSHQA The original building, circa 1916. Every year, Preservation Idaho hosts the Orchids and Onions Awards, designed to celebrate individuals and organizations that have made a positive contribution to historic preservation (an Orchid), and in turn to bring awareness to those projects that have shown insensitivity to the state’s cultural history (an Onion).CSHQA and KeyBank were honored in the Contribution to Historic Preservation

In June, Salt Lake City’s Hunt Electric hosted over 180 guests to an open house in celebration of the company’s 25 years in business. Hunt CEO Richard Hunt told the gathering that the company got started when, “I started playing around with some tools in my garage” in 1986.  Today, the company has over 250 employees and has moved from providing traditional electrical contracting to design-build and engineering, renewable-energy services, infrastructure and traffic, communication and preventative maintenance—a full-service electrical contractor.   The current City Creek Block 76 project involves six of the company’s divisions.Hunt Electric has been successful by instilling cutting-edge

The Déjà vu Rendezvous in Denver on May 13 raised $217,000 for the Assistive Technology Partners program at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. ATP supports people with disabilities through innovative technologies and services. More than 650 people attended the annual fundraiser, which has raised nearly $700,000 over four years. “This event was first envisioned as a way to unite past and current members of the Colorado construction community annually and celebrate the industry and relationships we have established,” said Mike Harms, senior vice president at Denver’s GE Johnson Construction Co., and one of the event organizers. “It has

Design firms across the mountain states are reportedly suffering the same malaise: financially stalled projects, a sluggish economic recovery and too much competition for shrinking public-sector work. Rendering Courtesy of RNL The RNL-designed Metro State Student Success Building will become the western gateway to the Auraria Campus in Denver. Rendering Courtesy of Anderson Mason Dale Architects The Southeast Wyoming Welcome Center in Cheyenne has a cutting-edge residential appeal. An AIA Architecture Billings Index national survey of April business activity confirms at least part of the story, with 63% of firms surveyed reporting they have at least one project stalled from

Garney Cos. Inc. of Denver has been awarded more than $375 million in contracts to improve Colorado’s water infrastructure, the company announced in early JUne. Two projects were awarded independently by the Denver Metropolitan Water Reclamation District and Colorado Springs Utilities. Structured as an employee-owned private company, or an “S corporation employee stock ownership plan” (S ESOP), Garney has 720 employee-owners who operate with a vested interest in the company’s growth and development. 
Garney is teamed with CH2M Hill as the design-builder for the 24-MGD Northern Treatment Plant, which will be part of the Metro District’s service to about 1.7 million

The Hispanic Contractors of Colorado honored industry leaders and member firms at the association’s 21st Annual Awards Banquet on March 5 at the Denver Grand Hyatt. The community awards featured: • Phillip A. Washington, general manager of Denver’s Regional Transportation District, who received the Public Achievement Award for his overall leadership and spearheading of the Eagle P3 Project, a public-private partnership serving as a pilot program that allows the U.S. Dept of Transportation to study PPPs, including completion dates, projections of costs and benefits and overall project performance.  • Ismael Guerrero, executive director of the Denver Housing Authority, who received