The Colorado Dept. of Transportation earned more national recognition for the State Highway 82 Maroon Creek Bridge replacement project, completed in 2008, with a 2009 American Segmental Bridge Institute Award of Excellence.

The Denver Public School Board has approved plans for the development of photovoltaic solar energy projects on 16 school buildings throughout the district.

Starting with the February issue, Mountain States Construction will change its print frequency from monthly to 10 issues a year.

Drafters of the International Code Council’s International Green Construction Code are nearing completion of the first-ever integrated green code for traditional and high-performance commercial buildings, set for a public release in March.

The editors at Mountain States Construction magazine have joined Twitter, where they will deliver a regional news feed and breaking news. Follow us at www.twitter.com/mtnstatesconstr

Colorado’s economy will return to stability but not growth in 2010, according to economist Richard Wobbekind of the University of Colorado at Boulder’s Leeds School of Business.

After many months of planning and preparation, Mountain States Construction magazine is finally here. The new publication is the combination of the former Colorado Construction and Intermountain Contractor magazines. Together, we now offer comprehensive coverage of the entire mountain region, specifically: Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Utah and Wyoming.

McGraw-Hill Construction announces national Best of the Best awards

In July, the Colorado Dept. of Trans­portation started one of its largest stimulus-funded transportation projects with the multimodal rehabilitation of nine miles of the C-470 highway between Interstate 25 and Santa Fe Drive, south of Denver, and an adjacent bike path.

Colorado Construction magazine announced the winners of the 2009 Gold Hard Hat Awards today at a breakfast ceremony at the Denver Athletic Club in Denver.