Community Impact Leaders

In this issue, Colorado Construction launches a new section in which we profile the companies, people and projects that have had a significant impact on communities outside the Denver metro area. These influences come in many forms: new development, innovative technologies for solving local problems, landmark projects that help create more jobs or upgrade the local infrastructure, and bold initiatives that have changed the face of a community. Full Story >>

Contractor of the Year: FCI Constructors Inc.

Versatile contractor/construction manager FCI Constructors Inc. has amassed an impressive portfolio of churches, multifamily housing, schools, libraries and health care, municipal and recreational facilities in Colorado, Arizona and Wyoming. Full Story >>

Health Care

When the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth, Kan., founded their not-for-profit hospital in Grand Junction, Colo., in 1896, they probably never envisioned it would one day become the largest medical facility between Denver and Salt Lake City. Full Story >>

Site Work & Utilities

Now that the summer construction season is well under way and more jobsites across Colorado have accelerated their schedules, they are also likely to see an increase in the number of stormwater inspections conducted by the Environmental Protection Agency and local municipalities compared to last year. Full Story >>

Design Matters

The July edition of Design Matters continues our series of reports on Colorado neighborhoods undergoing redevelopment, expansion and change. This month we feature Olde Town Arvada, the site of new transit-oriented development that has brought mixed-use projects and plans for many more, despite uncertain deadlines for completion of the area’s light rail line, which sparked the redevelopment. Full Story >>

Punchlist Commentary

On any construction project, there can be differences of opinion about plans and specification requirements, disputes, change orders, delays and events/issues that require prompt decisions by the owner and contractor. The question is not whether these types of issues will arise, but how they will be resolved when they do.
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