Denver Banked $9.4B In New Construction Last Year. Will 2019 Keep The Pace?
For now, construction companies are still busy, so if there was a slowdown most people might not notice at first.
For now, construction companies are still busy, so if there was a slowdown most people might not notice at first.
I-70 both directions between Brighton and Colorado, plus corresponding ramps, will be closed from 10 p.m. on Jan. 4 to 6 a.m. Jan. 5, 2019.
Denver terminated the contract with Trammell Crow on Tuesday, citing misconduct in a $233 million expansion project.
Women are an untapped resources for contractors and municipal governments across the country that are struggling to find enough blue-collar workers.
Average rents in the Denver area have grown to $1,500 a month. Downtown averages $2,000 a month.
The long-term unemployed are still unable to find jobs, while some employers are struggling to find qualified workers.
The number of construction jobs has risen 54 percent since bottoming out in 2011.
The proposal at issue would limit new residential building to 1 percent of existing units a year, or about 670 houses, townhomes or condos.
Enrollment has almost doubled in an apprenticeship program run by the Colorado chapter of Independent Electrical Contractors over the last six years, but the industry says it still can't keep up with the demand for skilled labor.
Today, there are around 15,000 less construction workers in Colorado than there were in 2007, when the state hit its peak.