Wed August 02, 2017
Colorado's Wildlife Safety Mitigation Efforts Prove Beneficial
One evening in early April, Deb, a Southwest Colorado resident, was traveling on U.S. Highway 160 near Mancos when she hit a deer. “Well, that deer actually hit me,” Deb explained. “I did not have a moment to react....
Wed July 26, 2017
Feds to Give $50M to National Parks for Infrastructure Projects
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke and Colorado Senator Cory Gardner announced on July 22 that the National Park Service is teaming up with partners across the nation to distribute nearly $50 million in high priority maintenance and infrastructure projects at 42 parks in 29 states....
Fri July 21, 2017
AGC Releases Latest Construction Employment Numbers by Sate
Forty-one states added construction jobs between June 2016 and June 2017 amid continuing widespread demand for construction services, while 25 states and the District of Columbia added construction jobs between May and June, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of Labor Department data released July 21....
Fri July 21, 2017
Volvo Makes a Splash in Colorado
Nestled in the Animas River Valley, surrounded by the San Juan Mountains is the city of Durango, Colorado. The region's evergreen forests and babbling creeks are adored by locals and nature enthusiasts alike; attracting a steady flow of holidaymakers throughout the year....
Juliet Linderman - Thu July 20, 2017
Hotel, NFL Arena May Sport Flammable Panels
In promotional brochures, a U.S. company boasted of the "stunning visual effect" its shimmering aluminum panels created in an NFL stadium, an Alaskan high school and a luxury hotel along Baltimore's Inner Harbor that "soars 33 stories into the air."Those same panels — Reynobond composite material with a polyethylene core — also were used in the Grenfell Tower apartment building in London....
Dan Grossman - Thu July 20, 2017
State Seeks Solution to Boost Construction Staffing
It is not news to say Denver is growing. Nor is it really news to say cranes have become as much of a staple of the contemporary Denver skyline as the Republic Plaza. What is news is that all those cranes don't have nearly enough construction workers operating behind them....
Wed July 19, 2017
CDOT Announces 11 Members of 2017 Transportation Commission
The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) announced the 2017 Colorado Transportation Commission. The Transportation Commission is comprised of 11 Colorado citizens who represent specific districts across the state....
Wed July 19, 2017
Denver Plans Will Enhance Mobility
Mayor Michael B. Hancock announced a reorganization of Denver Public Works to elevate and better address the city's growing transportation and mobility needs. The restructuring will serve as a precursor to the proposed new cabinet-level Department of Transportation and Mobility....
Wed July 19, 2017
CDOT Trains Local Talent for Central I-70 Project
The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), Mayor Michael B. Hancock, Speaker Crisanta Duran, members of Denver City Council, city officials, Gary Community Investments (GCI), Community College of Denver (CCD), Emily Griffith Technical College and construction training providers gathered to celebrate the opening of a new Neighborhood Career Training and Resource Center in the Elyria-Swansea neighborhood....
Wed July 19, 2017
As Temperatures Rise, Roadway May Be Affected
As temperatures rise and stay above 85 degrees, concrete pavement can either break or buckle. Recently, the Colorado Department of Transportation maintenance crews have had to conduct emergency repair work on CO 83 between Belleview and Stroh Road to clean-up broken concrete, gut the damaged section of roadway out and lay asphalt pavement as a temporary repair....
