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Mortenson Named Development Supervisor for Denver NWSL Stadium

The $225-million Denver Summit FC NWSL stadium, positioned within the Santa Fe Yards district, shall be constructed by Mortenson. Designed by Populous, the open-air venue will characteristic a cover roof and is ready to open for the 2028 NWSL season. The 14-acre website will embrace the 14,500-seat stadium, premium areas, devoted supporter sections and a 3.5-acre public park. Preconstruction has begun, with full building beginning in spring 2026, aiming for a 2028 opening. The venture is concentrating on LEED Silver certification. This venture is the second purpose-built ladies’s soccer stadium within the U.S.

Weitz Co. Constructs $1B 4 Seasons Telluride

The Weitz Co. has damaged floor on the 4 Seasons Resort and Residences in Telluride, Colo. Situated on a 4.5-acre parcel subsequent to the Telluride gondola and Lifts 1 and 4, the property occupies the final remaining snow-front website within the city of Mountain Village. As soon as full, the 532,000-sq-ft resort designed by Olson Kundig and Clements Design will embrace 52 luxurious resort rooms, 43 resort residences and 26 non-public residences, making it the primary new luxurious resort and residential growth in Telluride in additional than 15 years.

Nunn Development, Wold Architects Break Floor On McClave PK-12 College

The McClave College District in rural southeastern Colorado has began building on its first complete, purpose-built PK-12 campus. Made potential by way of a BEST grant and a community-supported bond election, the 70,000-sq-ft faculty is coming collectively after years of planning and collaboration between the district, Wold Architects, Artaic Group and Nunn Development. The college options devoted elementary and secondary wings, a contemporary profession and technical training store and competitors gymnasium. The venture broke floor in January and is scheduled to proceed by way of 2027.

$168M Sign Butte WTP Reaches Key Milestone

Development on the $168-million growth of the Sign Butte Water Therapy Plant in Mesa, Ariz., has accomplished work on an 8-million-gallon potable water reservoir. McCarthy Constructing Cos. is the final contractor and Black & Veatch is the engineer-of-record on the multiphase plant growth venture. Situated throughout 84 acres, the venture is being delivered in two phases to maintain the present plant absolutely operational. Section I, which started in January 2024 and is anticipated to finish in October 2026, consists of building of a second reservoir, key system redundancies to boost reliability and provisions that can help the plant’s future Section II growth, which is anticipated to finish in early summer time 2027.

Section II of the venture will double the plant’s remedy capability from 24 million to 48 million gallons of water per day. Deliberate work consists of including a mirrored sand-ballasted flocculation system, ozone era and sodium hypochlorite era for disinfection, six extra filters in addition to solids dealing with enhancements.

ADOT Awards Pulice $129M Freeway Contract

The Arizona Dept. of Transportation (ADOT) awarded Pulice, a FlatironDragados firm, a $129-million freeway contract to enhance mobility and capability on the State Route 303L hall in northwest Phoenix. The Bob Stump Memorial Parkway 303L venture goals to alleviate congestion and put together the quickly rising area for future site visitors calls for close to the three.5-million-sq-ft TSMC semiconductor facility, a big financial driver within the space.

AGC of Utah Conference

AGC of Utah’s 2026 Chairman Gary Ellis of Jacobsen Development (proper) accepts the “gavel” from the outgoing chairman, Brett Nielsen of Whitaker Development, on the affiliation’s annual conference in Salt Lake Metropolis.
Picture courtesy of AGC of Utah

AGC of Utah members gathered in Salt Lake Metropolis Jan. 29- 30 for his or her 104th annual conference. “Work remains to be transferring; members are planning, bidding and staffing tasks, however they’re being extra selective than a couple of years in the past. The strongest confidence is in infrastructure, energy and data-center-related work,” mentioned Joey Gilbert, president and CEO of the 700-member affiliation chapter. “On the non-public facet, areas like workplace and warehouse are softer, and financing prices are nonetheless a priority. However Utah’s fundamentals—inhabitants progress, job creation and enterprise funding—are giving our members confidence that 2026 shall be regular relatively than a pullback.”

Gary Ellis, president and CEO of Salt Lake Metropolis-based Jacobsen Development, turned the chapter’s chairman for 2026, succeeding Brett Nielsen, president and CEO of Brigham Metropolis-based Whitaker Development.

Nielsen mentioned up to now 12 months as chairman he was happy to have launched the chapter’s Development Management Committee to coach up-and-coming new leaders within the business. “That is focused at 35 years outdated and youthful, and we need to assist them study from others and develop their careers within the business and AGC,” mentioned Nielsen. “Southern Utah, particularly the St. George space, has been one in every of our fastest-growing markets as extra tasks and contractors transfer into that area.”