Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Tue August 27, 2019
Pipeline Brings More Water to Boulder Area
At a cost of $45 million, construction crews in northern Colorado are working on a pipeline project that will provide a secure, year-round water supply in Boulder and Larimer counties. Upon completion, the Southern Water Supply Project II (SWSP) pipeline will bring additional Colorado-Big Thompson Project and Windy Gap Project water to the city of Boulder, town of Berthoud, Left Hand Water District and the Longs Peak Water District....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Wed July 31, 2019
U.S. 36 Sinkhole No Match for CDOT
The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) wasted no time getting to work repairing a sinkhole on a heavily trafficked highway connecting Boulder to Denver, hiring a contractor only days after the damage was revealed....
Associated Press - Wed July 17, 2019
Work Begins on $70M I-70 Express Lane
DENVER (AP) Colorado plans to add another tolled express lane on Interstate 70 near Idaho Springs. The Denver Post reports the $70 million project west of Denver will include a 12-mi. (19-km) zone where construction began July 15....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Tue July 02, 2019
Colorado DOT Works Around 'Memorial Rock'
Traffic on a southwest Colorado highway damaged by a massive rock fall over Memorial Day weekend should be back to normal this summer — with one key difference, the added sight of an 8.5 million-lb....
Epiroc - Mon July 01, 2019
Epiroc USA Moves Headquarters to Suburban Denver Technology Hub
Epiroc, a productivity partner for the mining and infrastructure industries, has relocated its U.S. headquarters from Commerce City to Broomfield within the Denver, Colo., metropolitan area. The company joins a dynamic business community in a tech corridor known as the "Rocky Mountain Silicon Valley."According to the company, the move to a technology hub is a natural one for Epiroc, a global company that provides drill rigs, rock excavation and construction equipment and tools, along with service products and solutions....
Hyder Construction - Wed June 19, 2019
The Hooper Breaks Ground in Denver
The Hooper at 26th and Welton in Denver's historic Five Points neighborhood broke ground on April 24. This $31 million project is a new construction of a nine-story mixed use building with a restaurant/bookstore; two floors of office space; a fitness center (for use by nearby Rossonian hotel guests); and more than 100 apartment units....
Craig Mongeau - CEG Editor in Chief - Wed June 19, 2019
ETI Launches Repair Facility to Expand Customer Service
An equipment dealer in northern Colorado is thinking about the entire world. Equipment and Trucks Inc. (ETI) has launched ETI Fluid Power — a hydraulic service and repair business — in Loveland, Colo., and will open a second location soon....
Colorado DOT - Wed June 19, 2019
CDOT Makes Decision to Re-Route Road Around Massive 'Memorial Rock'
Instead of demolishing and hauling away an 8.5-million-pound boulder that contributed to the destruction of a section of Colorado Highway 145 between Cortez and Telluride on May 26, the Colorado Department of Transportation is instead going to re-route the roadway around it — and save $200,000 in the process, according to news reports....
Colorado Department of Transportation - Wed June 05, 2019
CDOT Asks for Public's Input
The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) was joined by Lt. Gov., Dianne Primavera and transportation planners from across the state to start a transportation conversation with all Coloradans to create a new 10-year plan of priority transportation projects....
Associated Press - Wed June 05, 2019
Workers Blast Giant Boulder Blocking Colorado Highway
CORTEZ, Colo. (AP) Workers have blasted apart a house-sized boulder that crashed onto and shut down a southwestern Colorado highway linking Durango and Ouray. The Colorado Department of Transportation said trucks are hauling away fragments of the 1,150-ton (1,047-t) rock from state Highway 145 while workers build a temporary bypass....
