Wed January 17, 2018
Adolfson & Peterson Tops Out UNC's New Campus Commons
University of Northern Colorado's newest gateway building was topped out, marking a significant milestone event for construction and the progress of the new facility. Alumni, faculty and staff donors signed their names onto the final structural beam, representing the importance of Alumni and donor engagement to the campus community....
Cindy Riley - Wed January 17, 2018
Colorado Builds $75M U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame
Located more than 6,000 ft. above sea level at the foothills of Rocky Mountains' Pikes Peak, Colorado's $75 million U.S. Olympic Museum will create a gateway to downtown Colorado Springs when it opens in 2019....
Wed January 03, 2018
CDOT, CEO Team Up to Offer Fresh Start for People on Parole
Individuals on probation or recently released on parole are receiving a second chance to rebuild their lives, due to a new pilot program. CDOT, the Colorado Department of Corrections and the Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) have hired a number of people with criminal records to work on its bridge structures, clear graffiti, and trim or remove unwanted vegetation....
Wed December 20, 2017
Interchange Work Complete at I-76/U.S. 85 in Henderson, Colorado
Crews have completed reconstructing Interstate 76 at U.S. Highway 85. The most noticeable changes are along westbound I-76, where the project improved the curve approaching the southbound U.S. 85 merge area and added an additional lane from southbound U.S....
Brad Broberg – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Wed December 20, 2017
Colorado's Express Lanes: A Ticket to Ride — for a Price
The Colorado Department of Transportation began work late last year to add tolled express lanes along a 12.5-mi. (20.1 km) stretch of C-470 in Denver — one of several such projects it has completed or will complete in the coming years....
Emily Buenzle - Thu December 14, 2017
Enormous Ice Castle Uses Unconventional Construction Method
Construction crews are hard at work building a castle made entirely of ice. The structure, which is being built on a baseball field in Dillon, Colo., will be large enough for visitors to walk through, once it is complete, 9 News reported....
Wed December 13, 2017
ACPA Names Recipients of Annual 'Excellence in Concrete Pavements' Awards
The American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA) has named recipients of its 28th Annual "Excellence in Concrete Pavements" awards, which recognize quality concrete pavements constructed in the United States and Canada....
Emily Buenzle - Thu November 30, 2017
State Governor Calls for Tax Increase to Fund Road Projects
Colorado governor John Hickenlooper has asked for a tax increase to help cover the annual $1 billion shortage in road construction and maintenance funding. According to Hickenlooper, neglecting to maintain Colorado's infrastructure will eventually lead to a slowdown in the economic growth it has been seeing, ABC 13 reported....
Wed November 29, 2017
CDOT, Arrivo and E-470 Announce Major Partnership to Build Hyperloop-Inspired Transportation System
The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), E-470 Public Highway Authority and Arrivo — a next-generation transportation company engineering a hyperloop-inspired infrastructure and vehicle system — announced a public-private partnership to build the first ever “Arrivo” super-urban network to serve the greater Denver region....
Tue November 21, 2017
CDOT to Fix Bottleneck on I-225 in DTC
CDOT is conducting a pilot project to expand capacity on one of the worst bottlenecks in the region: I-225 southbound in the Denver Tech Center (DTC). CDOT will convert the shoulder to an additional lane by restriping less than a mile of southbound I-225 from Yosemite Street to I-25....
