CH2M Hill's Scott Ingvoldstad keeps his copy of the "Little Yellow Book" on his desk. The simple sketchbook of values was written in 1982 by the engineering and construction company's co-founder Jim Howland and serves as a reminder of how to incorporate the basic concepts of ethics and integrity into everyday situations. Related Links: Engineering News Record Architectural Record Ingvoldstad, who is CH2M Hill's director of government affairs for the central U.S., says customer satisfaction and an overriding goal to "keep clients delighted" permeates the firm's culture. Recognized by the Ethisphere Institute as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies

Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital has begun a series of concrete pours on the first floor deck at the replacement hospital’s jobsite—at an elevation of exactly 5,280 ft—well suited for the newest hospital being built in the Mile High City. The Denver office of Mortenson Construction, the project’s general contractor, started the first concrete pour on May 17, and will eventually include 4,643 cu yd of concrete, becoming the foundation of the hospital’s 115,68-sq-ft first floor. Photo courtesy of Mortenson Construction The new hospital will eventually include 4,643 cu yd of concrete, forming the foundation of the hospitals 115,68-sq-ft first floor.

The Regional Transportation District received two competitive proposals in mid-June for the I-225 Light Rail Project. The competing teams are Balfour Beatty Ames Joint Venture, which includes Scotiabank Global Banking and Markets, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Markets; and  Kiewit Infrastructure Co., which includes Mass. Electric Construction Co., AECOM, and RBC Capital Markets.The teams submitted proposals as part of RTD’s request for proposals process. Kiewit first approached RTD earlier this spring with an unsolicited proposal. After reviewing the initial proposal, RTD staff determined it was consistent with the agency’s Unsolicited Proposals Policy and worthy

Merrick & Co., an international engineering, architecture, design-build, surveying, and geospatial solutions firm headquartered in Aurora, has acquired the water-engineering firm of McLaughlin Water Engineers of Denver and Aspen. The acquisition was announced this week by Christopher Sherry, senior vice president at Merrick. McLaughlin has served the water systems, wastewater, water resources, drainage and flood control, utility economics and whitewater design markets in the Rocky Mountain region since 1966. This acquisition provides Merrick with the added wet-infrastructure resources to continue its reach throughout the U.S. in the firm’s focus markets of energy, sustainable infrastructure, life sciences, national security and geospatial

Children’s Hospital Colorado broke ground May 23 on its future $100-million Children’s Hospital Colorado South Campus in Highlands Ranch. Slated to open at the end of 2013, the South Campus will offer a wide range of pediatric services, including urgent care, outpatient specialty, inpatient and surgery care along with state-of-the-art imaging and diagnostic services. Rendering courtesy of Davis Partnership/FKP Architects The 175,000-sq-ft Childrens Hospital Colorado South Campus to be built in Highlands Ranch, Colo., expects to treat nearly 80,000 patients per year. Children’s Colorado expects to host nearly 80,000 patient visits at the South Campus during its first year. The

The University of Colorado Boulder’s new volleyball and basketball practice facility has received a LEED-Platinum rating from the U.S. Green Building Council. It is the first sustainable athletic facility on the CU-Boulder campus and one of only two Platinum-rated athletic facilities in the Pac-12. The 43,000-sq-ft facility, built adjacent to the Coors Events Center, opened in August and houses two NCAA-regulation-size basketball courts. They are shared by the men’s and women’s basketball programs, as well as the women’s volleyball program.Other spaces in the building include a ticket booth, lobby, locker rooms and offices.“This facility promotes the success of our student

The stately red-brick Emerson School, originally built in 1885 in Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, was recently upgraded to incorporate state-of-the-art green building features and remodeled as the new home for eight nonprofits, including several organizations dedicated to historic preservation. Photo courtesy of the National Trust for Historic Preservation National Trust for Historic Preservation President Stephanie Meeks, center, holds the ceremonial ribbon-cutting scissors, to celebrate the grand opening with other nonprofit leaders whose organizations will be part of the new preservation and conservation hub at the former Emerson School in Denver. Built in 1885, the school was designed by Colorado’s first

he Colorado Dept. of Transportation has several projects completed, others already under way in southwest Colorado, and others getting started throughout the summer. A few of the projects are being continued from last season, and others include a final phase next season. 
“Altogether, we will have more than 110 miles of highway, bridges and intersections under construction, totaling nearly $80 million in project contracts—some spanning two seasons,” CDOT Region 5 Director Kerrie Neet said. “We have several projects that will improve or replace poor bridges and a few long-anticipated projects that will resurface vital stretches of highway.”
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The Colorado Dept. of Transportation, partnering with the Federal Highway Administration, says it will rework the Draft Environmental Impact Statement that outlines future improvements to the Interstate 70 East Corridor from Brighton Boulevard to Tower Road in Denver.  
 Courtesy of CDOT An alternate plan for rebuilding I-70 East corridor in north Denver involves dropping the highway 30 ft below grade and putting a deck over a 200-ft section of it near Swansea Elementary School. After failing to gain support for an earlier proposed solution to build a larger viaduct in the same area, CDOT presented a new alternative to

Construction manager/general contractor Pinkard Construction Co., with Aller Lingle Massey Architects, broke ground in late May on an $8.9-million independent-living facility for the housing authority of the city of Loveland, Colo. Courtesy of Pinkard Construction The Mirasol Phase II groundbreaking was led by, from left: Cody W. Fullmer, branch president, Bank of Colorado; Cecil Gutierrez, mayor, City of Loveland; Samuel G. Betters, executive director, Housing Authority of the City of Loveland; Sue Mendenhall, president, Mirasol Resident Council; Kim Pardoe, vice president, The Richman Group Affordable Housing Corp.; Shelley Marquez, vice president, Wells Fargo; Cris White, executive director, Colorado Housing and