Ralph L. Wadsworth Construction Co., Salt Lake City, a subsidiary of Sterling Construction Co. Inc., is the apparent low bidder on a $26.5-million bridge project for the Montana Dept. of Transportation. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The project is located on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Glacier County, Mont., approximately 10 miles east of the Continental Divide in Glacier National Park. Construction is expected to begin this fall and be complete by October 2012. The project scope replaces the existing bridge over Two Medicine River on U.S. 2 with a six-span, 1,520-ft, cast-in-place concrete segmental bridge on a new
The Regional Transportation District broke ground in August on the $1-billion East Corridor commuter rail line, the largest single-rail project in the voter-approved FasTracks program. The Colorado Office of the State Architect awarded a design services contract for the $11.6-million Colorado State Capitol Dome Exterior Restoration Project to Lakewood�s Martin/Martin Inc. The East Corridor is part of the FasTracks Eagle P3 project, a public-private partnership that also includes the Gold Line to Arvada and Wheat Ridge and a segment of the Northwest Rail Corridor to south Westminster. Phase 1 of the Eagle P3 project includes the East Corridor, a new
Construction on a new 6,978-sq-ft administrative building for the Utah Navajo Trust Fund and Aneth Community Development Corp. finished in June. Photo courtesy of Eaton Architecture The Navajo Trust Fund and Aneth Community Development Corp. opened their new 6,978-sq-ft Montezuma Creek Administrative Building near Blanding, Utah. The new Montezuma Creek Administrative Building is located on 5.3 acres about 50 miles south of Blanding, Utah, near the intersection of Highways 163 and 262. Layton, Utah-based Valley Design and Construction built the project. The architectural design for the building was carefully researched by Salt Lake City’s Eaton Architecture to reflect symbolic elements
Commercial construction in Montana is as cool as the weather, and a warm-up is not expected in the near future. Contractors and architects that once specialized in large projects now find themselves bidding for medium-sized jobs. And given the increasing competition, those that once specialized in the medium-sized niche are now bidding for smaller projects. The State in General �Business has been OK, and we are cautiously optimistic,� says Russ Olsen, president of R&R Taylor Construction, Bozeman, which does work throughout the state. �These days, we are spending a lot more time chasing work than we have in past years.
IntermountainDave Love, president and CEO of New Star General Contractors, has been nominated to join Park City’s Peace House board of directors. Peace House is a nonprofit dedicated to breaking the cycle of domestic violence through education, support services and help from the Peace House Shelter, which New Star helped build in 1995 by donating labor and materials. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" LOVE Love was elected as Peace House’s eighth board member. He has owned New Star for 24 years. During his career, Love has managed construction projects ranging from Deer Valley’s Stein Eriksen Lodge, Talisker Park at
Vince Izzo has been named director of environmental services for HDR’s global transportation program. In his new role, he will oversee delivery of environmental planning and compliance services for transportation infrastructure projects around the world. Izzo is based in HDR’s Missoula office. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" THOMPSON IZZO Wayne Thompson recently joined CTL|Thompson where he will oversee the firm’s Longmont and Boulder, Colo., operations. Thompson comes to CTL with more than 12 years of experience in the structural and foundation engineering field and two years experience in construction estimating for a Longmont-based concrete contractor. Josh Oakeson and Brian
FKP Architects’ senior associate and project designer, Mezio S. Zangirolami, AIA, LEED AP, was recently named among the Houston Business Journal’s 2010 “40 Under 40” honorees. The annual awards program identifies 40 leaders on the rise who excel in their industries, are respected business leaders and show leadership in their communities. Zangirolami graduated from the University of Houston with a bachelor’s degree in architecture. TEXO, the combined chapter of the North/East Texas Chapter of the Associated General Contractors and the Associated Builders and Contractors North Texas, named Hank Mouser of Balfour Beatty Construction, its 2010 Safety Professional of the Year.
Denver architect John B. Rogers will be remembered for his dynamic leadership as well as his dedication to his clients. But his legacy also includes a devotion to the firm he co-founded in the 1950s and to its current and future leadership. Photo Courtesy of RNL One of Rogers’ favorite projects was his work on the original Colorado History Museum and Colorado Supreme Court Building in downtown Denver. Photo courtesy of RNL For Rogers, an architect was much more than his drawings. It was about meeting and exceeding his clients’ needs. Rogers, co-founder of Denver-based architecture firm RNL, died July
Founded in 2003, Multivista is already a recognized leader in photographic construction documentation for projects ranging from high-rise office buildings to bridges to single-family homes. Working from 37 offices throughout North America, Multivista has documented approximately 100 million sq ft on more than 20,000 projects. The company opened its first Colorado office in mid-2008. High-resolution images taken onsite are indexed (identified and organized) according to their position on interactive blueprints and floor plans created by Multivista using proprietary software. This comprehensive photographic record of construction activity and systems installation is quickly and easily accessed by users. On larger projects, as
This summer the Idaho Transportation Dept. is building a wildlife underpass near milepost 18.2 on Idaho 21 along what is known as the Ponderosa Pine Scenic Route. The bridge and wildlife fencing will help get deer and elk safely across Idaho 21. Photo Courtesy of CSHQA The restoration and expansion of the 200,000-sq-ft Idaho State Capitol is the largest public works project in the state’s history and recently received an award for Best Fire-Life Safety Upgrade from the city of Boise’s 2010 Building Excellence Awards. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" Federal stimulus funding is being used to construct the
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