CTL Wins Five-Year Contract/United Rentals Opens Eagle Branch/DOTA Named Small Business of the Year

Larimer County awarded CTL/Thompson's Fort Collins office a five-year contract to provide construction observation and materials-testing services for the county on various projects, including County Road 38 and County Road 5 intersection improvements and the 2006 resurfacing program.

CTL/Thompson Contracts with Larimer County

CTL/Thompson in Fort Collins won a five-year contract with Larimer County; the firm will provide construction observation and materials-testing services for the county on various projects.

Three specific projects are the County Road 38 and County Road 5 intersection improvements, the 2006 resurfacing program and the Lincoln and Link Lane intersection improvements.

The County Road 38 and County Road 5 intersection project will include complete reconstruction of the intersection. The firm will provide all required material testing for this project, including all necessary lab testing to support the field work.

The 2006 resurfacing program project will include patching, leveling and overlay of approximately 12 miles of County Road. Larimer County will conduct the field testing while CTL/T will receive samples of asphalt from county field representatives to perform lab testing

DOTA Named 2006 Small Business of the Year

The Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce honored David Owen Tryba Architects with its Small Business Award.

The firm was selected from hundreds of applicants for its contributions to the Denver metro community, including the design of significant urban infill projects such as the Wellington E. Webb Municipal Office Building (with RNL Design), Clayton Lane, Englewood City Center, Lowry Town Center, and 16 Market Square.

David Owen Tryba Architects is currently the master urban design architect for the new Denver Justice Center.

Palace Constructs Home for Builders Blitz 2006

Palace Construction participated last month in Habitat for Humanity's Home Builders Blitz 2006 - the only Denver-area commercial general contractor to take part in the national project.

Palace built one of 15 houses at Tollgate Crossing in Aurora; the other 14 were constructed by home builders. The houses were 500 houses that were constructed throughout the country during Builders Blitz.

United Rentals Opens New Location in Eagle

United Rentals, which offers customers access to more than 600 types of equipment and 9,200 contractor supplies, opened a branch in Eagle last month at 751 Chambers Ave.

The Eagle branch carries a broad range of equipment for commercial and industrial construction, renovation and maintenance, including the latest technologies in aerial work platforms.

Communications Supply Acquires Liberty Wire & Cable

Communications Supply Corp. has acquired Liberty Wire & Cable Inc. in Colorado Springs, a leading provider of connectivity and infrastructure products to the residential and commercial professional audio video markets.

The transaction brings the number of CSC full-service branch locations across the United States to 32. Liberty distribution centers in Colorado and North Carolina will continue to service Liberty customers globally.

Golden Rotary Honors Andrews & Anderson

The Rotary Club of Golden presented Andrews & Anderson Architects PC this spring with the club's first-ever Ethics in Business Award.

The firm was chosen from a list of 10 finalists that included the Coors Brewing Co.

The award was created to recognize businesses that exhibit high ethical standards with courage, integrity and conviction. Criteria included treatment of customers, social responsibility and community involvement.

Arber Celebrates 25 Years with Water for People Donation

Rick Arber started Arber Associates 25 years ago to help communities develop their water, wastewater and reuse systems. Since then, the firm has expanded and completed hundreds of projects throughout the Rocky Mountain region and the western United States.

To celebrate its anniversary, Arber Associates recently donated to Water for People, an international, nonprofit humanitarian organization committed to increasing access to safe drinking water and improving sanitation.

Heath Construction to Build $4.6M Lafayette Police Facility

The city of Lafayette selected Heath Construction of Fort Collins to build the community's new $4.6 million, 24,000-sq-ft police facility.

The new facility will provide the city with a municipal court, additional holding cells and upgraded offices for police officers and administrative personnel. The new police headquarters will feature state-of-the-art internal and external security measures.

The project team responsible for landing the contract through the competitive bid process included Heath's chief estimator, Chris Claflin; architect Ed Bledowski of the DLR Group; and Kevin Gibbs, owner representative.

Magazine Names Marshall-Rodeno 'Rep of the Year' for 2006

Marshall-Rodeno Associated is in the spotlight now as Supply House Times' 2006 Rep of the Year; the Denver-based company is featured in a six-page spread in the magazine's June issue.

Marshall-Rodeno, which has served the Rocky Mountain region for more than 50 years, specializes in products for plumbing, commercial mechanical, industrial, power, mining and oil and gas industries, with a customer base that consists of wholesale distributors, engineers, architects and home builders.

The magazine lauded the company for fostering a culture that supports and responds to its clients and employees.

eBlueprint Expands Operations with New Denver Location

eBlueprint has opened a new location at 1408 Wazee St., Denver.

The opening of the new facility comes as the company unveils significant technology enhancements, providing expanded service to customers in the real estate, design and building industry.

Nearly half of the documents produced by eBlueprint are received in digital format through the company's Web site, www.eBlueprint.com. Today, the company's online database offers customers and their team members' 24-hour access to files. Registered users can download or print files through the projects section of the Web site.

JR Engineering Handling 104th Avenue Improvements

Commerce City awarded JR Engineering the contract to manage and design the 104th Avenue corridor improvements.

The project consists of eight miles of corridor improvements, including a six-lane arterial road, traffic signal design, intersection design, an at-grade railroad crossing coordination, drainage and utilities coordination and landscape theming.

The construction cost for the first phase of the project is $46 million.

Cleanup, Redevelopment Planned at Former Plant

Hamilton Sundstrand signed an agreement this spring that will expedite environmental cleanup of its former manufacturing facility and adjacent land located on West 70th Avenue in unincorporated Adams County.

The move paves the way for redevelopment of the property.

The agreement involving Hamilton Sundstrand, Arcadis, Carma Colorado Inc. and BPI Westminster LLC was finalized last Monday. It outlines a framework for addressing the remaining environmental issues and creating beneficial reuse of the land.