HDR Acquires E2M/Mortenson Selected to Build COF at Fort Carson/PCL Helps Make DPS’s LOAS a Success

HDR Acquires Denver’s Engineering-Environmental Mgt.

Denver engineering consulting firm HDR has acquired Engineering-Environmental Management Inc. (e2M), an environmental sciences and engineering firm headquartered in Denver.

Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Going forward, e2M will conduct business as HDR | e2M.

Founded in Denver in 1989, e2M employs more than 366 environmental professionals and engineers in 14 offices in the United States, Guam and Kuwait. The firm specializes in environmental compliance, conservation and planning, restoration, engineering and information technology services to public and private sectors, with more than 90% of its clients representing the federal government.

Under the new corporate structure, Michael A. Cassio, e2M president and CEO, is a senior vice president reporting to Elwin Larson, executive vice president and director of HDR’s Environmental and Resource Management group.

Mortenson Selected to Build Fort Carson’s New COF

Mortenson Construction, with offices in Denver and Colorado Springs, has been selected to build the new Company Operations Facilities at Fort Carson Army Base, working for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

The new $70-million, LEED-Gold complex will include six buildings ranging from 55,000 to 89,000 sq ft each, located adjacent to the 47th Infantry Division Tactical Equipment Maintenance Facilities buildings.

The COF buildings are designed to accommodate numerous U.S. Army companies ranging in size from 100 to 250 soldiers per company. Each COF consists of three distinct elements: Readiness Module, Administrative Module and Covered Hardstand area. Company command offices, platoon offices and conference rooms within the administrative area support the individual companies.

Mortenson’s design-build team includes the Minneapolis office of Leo A Daly for architecture, structural engineering and project management services, PBS&J for civil design services, U.S. Engineering with McGrath for mechanical and plumbing design-build and Dynalectric with Leo A Daly for electrical design-build.

PCL Helps Make Second Annual DPS Olympiad a Success

On May 7, Denver Public Schools, Mile High United Way and Denver’s PCL Construction teamed up to host the second annual After School Olympiad event, in collaboration with the Lights on After School initiative.

PCL employee Jen Hall keeps score as two schools compete in the basketball tournament at the second annual After School Olympiad event. (Photo courtesy of Mile High United Way)

More than 400 students from six Denver middle schools, Cole Arts and Sciences Academy, Kunsmiller, Lake, Morey, Rishel and Skinner, met for the second time to compete in an afternoon of kickball, basketball, tennis, soccer, an academic bowl, relay games, chess, Lego building and egg drop competitions and creating a graphic arts wall at Skinner Middle School.

Lights on After School is designed to reduce middle and high school dropout rates and increase academic performance in the Denver Public Schools through quality after-school programs for Denver’s at-risk youth. PCL Construction has committed $1 million over four years to the program and serves as LOAS’ largest corporate sponsor, contributing to the more than 9,000 Denver students who have participated in the program to date. PCL also provided volunteers for the Olympiad event.