Mortenson to Continue Construction Work at Fort Carson Army Base

The Colorado Springs office of Mortenson Construction recently announced that the company will begin work on a $20-million tactical equipment maintenance facility and an engineering squadron TEMF at Fort Carson Army Base on behalf of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
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Shigeru Ban to Design New Building for Aspen Art Museum

Tokyo’s Shigeru Ban Architects has been selected to design a new 30,000-sq-ft facility for the Aspen Art Museum. Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson, director and chief curator of the AAM, recently announced the selection. Full Story >>

ConocoPhillips Announces Partnership with Colorado Center for Biorefining, Biofuels

ConocoPhillips recently announced it has signed a $5-million, multiyear sponsored research agreement with the Colorado Center for Biorefining and Biofuels, a research center of the Colorado Renewable Energy Collaboratory, to develop new ways to convert biomass into low-carbon transportation fuels. Full Story >>

Lone Tree Parcel Will House New Westin Hotel

A new Element brand Westin Hotel will be built on a parcel of land along Park Meadows Drive in the Lone Tree Entertainment District. The owner, Denver Hospitality LP, purchased the 2.78-acre parcel on June 5 for $1.989 million. Full Story >>

Majority of Landscape Architects Busy, Fewer Planning to Hire

While the majority of landscape architects remained busy last quarter, fewer than three in 10 firms plan to hire in the short term, according to the latest Business Quarterly survey by the American Society of Landscape Architects.Full Story >>