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....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Wed May 22, 2019
Crews, Equipment Scale Colorado's Pikes Peak
Crews began mobilizing in early May for the 2019 construction season on the new $60 million Pikes Peak Summit House, arguably the highest elevation project in the country. It's also likely one of the more daunting as work takes place at 14,000 ft....
Colorado Department of Transportation - Wed May 22, 2019
CDOT Begins Improvements on CO 145 North of Telluride
CDOT and contractor Oldcastle SW Group Inc., have begun a project on CO Highway 145 just northwest of Telluride. The work will improve safety for motorists by widening the two-lane highway, adding a southbound, uphill passing lane (towards Telluride) and improving shoulders between mile point (MP) 73.9 at lllium Road (County Road 65L) and MP 75.1 at Deep Creek Road....
