Mechanical contractor Murphy Co. established a Colorado office in the 1980s to build the Anheuser-Busch brewery in Fort Collins. That project was a natural fit for the now 100-year-old, St. Louis-based mechanical contracting firm, as it was already working for the brewer in Missouri.
Two recent projects for helicopter hangars on U.S. military bases, one in Colorado and one in Kentucky, offer examples of how out-of-the-box thinking about crane design can overcome some big construction obstacles.
Squeezing work on 12 bridges and numerous ramps into 18 months and just over a mile of congested urban corridor, the Colorado Dept. of Transportation is wrapping up a $98-million project along the busy U.S. 6 corridor in Denver.
Photo by Fred Fuhrmeister, Time Frame Images CEO Bruce Young says Brundage-Bone is refocusing its energy in two key areas: "our employees and our customers." The country’s largest concrete pumping company is riding high.After a rocky few years, Brundage-Bone Concrete Pumping—headquartered in Denver with offices in 16 states—is projecting to wrap up 2015 with $135 million in revenue. That’s a healthy comeback after the firm’s annual receipts dropped from $220 million in 2007 to $80 million in 2011 at the height of the recession, says Bruce Young, the firm’s president and CEO.He says that Brundage leads the nation’s concrete pumping
A $156-million expansion is underway to consolidate University of Colorado athletic departments into one set of connected facilities. It is the largest-ever design-build sports project for the Denver office of Mortenson Construction, and the largest single-phase athletic expansion underway in the country. Mortenson is leading the design-build team and Denver-based Populous is the project architect. Related Links: CU System Selected as Mountain States Owner of the Year CU Boulder Rec Center Built With Sustainable Features The project includes a 220,000-sq-ft expansion of CU's iconic Folsom Field; a new 120,000-sq-ft, net-zero energy indoor practice facility (IPF); and a 550-stall, below-grade parking
Related Links: Succession Plans Must Be Long-Term Restoration of MIT's Great Dome Looking through Shawmut Design and Construction's portfolio is like browsing a list of who's who in the industry. Headquartered in Boston, the firm has strategically placed its other offices to focus on clients in New York; Las Vegas; Los Angeles; Miami; North Haven, Conn.; Providence, R.I.; and West Springfield, Mass.The 33-year-old, $968-million national construction management firm is known for completing complex and logistically challenging projects for retail stores such as Louis Vuitton, Polo Ralph Lauren and Christian Dior; high-end hotels; celebrity-chef restaurants; Ivy League universities; and other clients