History, art and tcchnology converged with the grand opening of the new History Colorado Center, located at 1200 Broadway in Denver, on April 28. Photo courtesy of History Colorado Center The 40-ft-by-60-ft terrazzo Great Map of Colorado is imbedded into the museums atrium floor. Replacing the former Colorado History Museum, the new 200,000-sq-ft History Colorado Center celebrates 10,000 years of Colorado and its people. The museum is a Smithsonian affiliate, one of only three organizations to achieve such an association in Colorado.Opening exhibits that incorporate high-tech, multimedia experiences combined with historic collections show and tell the story of the state,

The Construction Industry Training Council of Colorado will hold its 2012 graduation ceremony May 5 at the Arvada Center. The following graduates have completed their apprenticeship program: Courtesy of CITC One of CITC's featured student speakers at the graduation was Keith Little, graduating apprentice with Marxaire, Inc. CARPENTRYEfrain Alcala, Larimer Construction; Joshua Brookshire, Adolfson & Peterson Construction; Jesus M. Carrera, Mortenson Construction; Rodolfo Cruz; C. Lisa French; Timothy R. Kastenbauer; Adolfson & Peterson Construction; Chase Lontin, Mortenson Construction; Timothy Paul McGuire III; Jesse Navarro, GE Johnson Construction Co.; Roberto Ortega, Mortenson Construction; Shanun L. Pierce, Mortenson Construction; Andrew Rodriquez Adolfson

You now have a shot at getting your own historic bridge—for free. But there’s a slight catch. You have to disassemble it, move it and reassemble it yourself. The Colorado Dept. of Transportation is offering the National Register-listed Dotsero Bridge over the Colorado River for adoption.Any person or organization willing to relocate the structure may “adopt” it, as plans are under way to replace it later this year.
Constructed in 1935, the green Dotsero Bridge is located on the I-70 frontage road in Dotsero. It is one of just a few metal truss bridges on Colorado’s highway system that is still

The new DaVita World Headquarters, located at 2000 16th St. in Denver, was designed around a “community first, company second” theme that dominates the design of the building and places people at the top of its corporate priorities. Related Links: Saunders Tops Off New DaVita Headquarters in Denver DaVita is a fortune 500 company and one of the leading providers of kidney care in the United States. The DaVita World Headquarters was designed by the Denver-based team of MOA ARCHITECTURE and Acquilano Leslie to reflect DaVita’s corporate culture, enhance the employee experience and promote the firm’s core mission and values.

This could be a story about a local specialty contractor that has survived the recession because it is owned and run by a woman and gets by largely on its status as a small business enterprise. But that would not do justice to the real story behind the success of Denver’s Building Restoration Specialties Inc.BRS is a registered MBE/WBE/SBE firm but thrives because it has been serving the local restoration market since the mid-1980s and does difficult, detailed brick-and-stone work with the quality craftsmanship of a Renaissance artisan.Located in Denver’s Lower Downtown (LoDo) neighborhood, BRS specializes in masonry restoration and

The American Institute of Architects Colorado presented 13 awards and honors, as well as 16 scholarships and grants, during its annual Young Architects Awards Gala (YAAG) on April 20 in Denver. YAAG is held annually in April in conjunction with Colorado Architecture Month. The following awards and honorable mentions were selected from entries submitted by firms, designers, students and young architects (licensed 10 years or less) from across the state. The entries were judged by a jury of architects and community leaders, facilitated by Mark Gelernter, dean of the College of Architecture and Planning at the University of Colorado Denver.2012

Molybdenum and rhenium are not exactly names that roll off the tongue or carry the familiarity of the copper produced by Rio Tinto's Bingham Canyon mine in Utah's Oquirrh Mountains. While not familiar elements to most people, molybdenum and rhenium are nonetheless valuable to steel and petroleum producers, which is why Rio Tinto, the parent company of Kennecott Utah Copper (KUC), is investing approximately $340 million into building a one-of-a-kind facility to extract, process and package the minerals, using a process developed and patented by Rio Tinto. Kennecott's new molybdenum autoclave process (MAP) facility is rising on what was a

The $1-billion first phase of the Southern Delivery System, one of the largest water projects to be built in Colorado in decades, is well under way and headed toward completion in 2016. The SDS will bring Arkansas River water stored in the Pueblo Reservoir, located west of the city of Pueblo, north to Colorado Springs by means of a 62-mile underground steel pipeline. That water will serve the cities of Colorado Springs, Fountain, Security and Pueblo West.More than 100 Colorado companies are already at work on the project, which is owned by Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU), and more than $100

Recent projects by the City and County of Denver are strategically changing the face of the Mile High City.

The Utah Transit Authority is applying lessons learned from its first rail projects to create one of the country's largest and most aggressive rail expansions.