Baseline extends a heartfelt thank you to the Bismarck Rural Fire Department and North Dakota National Guard. Their teamwork not only saved our Dakota Division Manager’s home, but all homes! No homes or lives were lost in the burning of approximately 2,000 acres. A truly amazing effort by mostly volunteers!
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Clients & Employees Earn Baseline Fastest-growing Private Companies
Results are in for the Denver Business Journal’s top 50 finalists in the 2014 Fastest-growing Private Companies awards. Baseline earned #2 in Flight IV, companies with annual revenues between $3.6 million and $9.9 million. Companies were ranked in five flights based on the percentage of growth for fiscal years 2011, 2012 and 2013. Baseline’s President,… Read more »
Be The Change Volunteers for Tanzanian School
“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” — Mahatma Gandhi As Baseline’s Division Manager, Rick Behning has extensive experience helping public- and private-sector clients with their civil engineering needs. However, none has meant more personally and professionally than his volunteer assignment in Tanzania for Be The Change Volunteers (BTCV). This development aid,… Read more »
USA Pro Challenge Cyclists Race by Baseline
Thanks to Golden Moves and the City of Golden for hosting Stage 6 of the USA Pro Challenge on August 24. Baseline was proud to be a 2014 sponsor. Cyclists raced down Washington Street under the iconic “Howdy Folks! Welcome to Golden” arch. This year’s route also included Baseline’s new headquarters at 1950 Ford Street. Congratulations… Read more »
Proud to Sponsor Stage 6 of USA Pro Challenge 2014
It’s back–USA Pro Challenge! The City of Golden is hosting Stage 6, and Baseline is a proud sponsor. If you want to be in the middle of the action, Parfet Park is the place to be for the Watch Party: Saturday, August 23 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. — Kids’ Bicycle Rodeo in Golden Community Center parking… Read more »
Baseline Ranks Top Colorado Firm on 2014 Hot Firm List
Baseline has earned position #38 on the 2014 Hot Firm List. ZweigWhite’s annual List is an exclusive ranking of the 100 fastest-growing architecture, engineering, planning and environmental consulting firms in the United States and Canada. Rankings are based on the highest percentage revenue growth and dollar revenue growth over a three-year period compared to other… Read more »
Green Buildings Lead with LEED Features
By Chris Rundall, PE, LEED AP & Jeremy Beard, PE, LEED AP O+M Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) has been applied to more than 7,000 projects in the United States and 30 countries1). From its simple beginnings in 1994, LEED has evolved into the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) comprehensive rating system. Even… Read more »
Phi Alpha Fun Run Benefits Children’s Miracle Network
Sigma Alpha Epsilon-Colorado Lambda Chapter (SAE) proved it’s just as important to excel at community involvement as it is academics. An affiliate of the Colorado School of Mines, SAE fraternity members spearheaded their first annual Phi Alpha Fun Run benefiting the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. The spring event put participants to the test with a series of… Read more »
Greeley, CO Makes U.S. Best Cities for Jobs
When it’s all about location, Baseline’s Regional Office in Greeley, Colorado, has it made. Greeley is one of three Colorado cities to make the U.S. best cities for jobs (Denver Business Journal 5/13/14). Its 5.6 percent job growth last year and 12.2 percent increase between 2008 and 2013 place it fifth among small cities (less than 150,000… Read more »
Structural Engineering for Colorado Flood
Flood victims looking for structural engineering resources can turn to Colorado’s Structural Engineers Association. This association provides links to firms on its members’ page. Here are some local firms familiar to us: RMG – RMG Engineers Group has an office in Evans. It’s a multi-disciplinary engineering firm with specialties in structural engineering, home design and… Read more »
Register for Land & Development Conference
If you’re involved in Colorado real estate, you know how difficult it is to keep up with key issues such as land-demand projections, navigating the entitlement process and major infrastructure projects along the Front Range. On the morning of Tuesday, September 17, the Colorado Real Estate Journal along with NAIOP and Cassidy Turley will bring… Read more »
Leading O&G Voices to Speak at Energy Summit
Colorado’s oil and gas forecast keeps getting better. Denver was ranked the third oil and gas city in the world. Northern Colorado has emerged as one of the nation’s premiere centers for energy development according to the Northern Colorado Business Report. The leading voices in oil and gas will come together for the Energy Summit on July 16 at The… Read more »
Key to Senior Housing – Give Them Community
By Noah Nemmers, PE “Over the next 25 years, seniors will double in number to 70 million and represent 20 percent of the population – a first in the United States.” – Ecumen With stats like these, no wonder Colorado’s largest gathering of senior housing developers, investors, operators, brokers, lenders and real estate professionals turned… Read more »
Supporting Greeley Central High School
Greeley Central High School is known for its tradition of excellence. Baseline is proud to contribute to it by supporting the Lady Wildcats Tennis Team. These athletes are working as hard in the classroom as they are on the tennis court. We look forward to hearing great news from a team that says it’s “engineered to do one more Baseline to net”.… Read more »
Rigzone Ranks Denver #3 Oil & Gas City in World
Earning exceptionally high marks for unconventional oil and gas activity, number of potential jobs and quality of personal life, Denver earned slot three on Rigzone’s Ranking of the Top 10 Oil and Gas Cities in the World. Denver was the only U.S. city to make the list. Dubai, United Arab Emirates earned the top slot… Read more »
Party for Parks Connects Children to Great Outdoors
It’s amazing the average child spends only seven minutes a day outdoors. What’s even more amazing is that this statistic applies to Colorado, a state where the outdoors is everything! Due to the benefits outside activity gives to curtailing conditions such as obesity, diabetes and heart disease–and the potential health-care costs associated with them–Jeffco Outdoors Foundation… Read more »
Supplying Oil Boom with Affordable Housing
By Rick Behning, PE First, the good news — the oil industry is boosting Williston, North Dakota’s economy. Now, the bad news — workers inside and outside the industry are having a tough time affording the high prices on a limited housing supply. What’s the answer? Baseline’s project, Fendee Estates, has one underway. This planned rural and residential… Read more »
Civil Engineers Rank #26 in 100 Best Jobs
By Noah Nemmers, PE U.S. News 100 Best Jobs of 2013 ranks occupations offering a strong combination of employment opportunity, salary, work-life balance and security. Civil Engineers earned slot #26 on the list. According to the report, a main reason is that the Bureau of Labor Statistics is projecting a healthy employment growth of 19.4… Read more »
Time Ticking to Comply with Floodplain Rules
By Chris Rundall, PE, LEED AP In an effort to increase public safety and reduce flood losses across the state, the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) issued new floodplain rules and regulations on January 14, 2011. These rules were built off the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) rules to provide uniform standards for regulating floodplains… Read more »
Demystifying the ALTA Survey
by Aaron Demo, PLS Professional Land Surveyors are constantly helping clients understand what they need when they say “survey”. Surveys can range from Improvement Location Certificates (“ILCs”) to the infamous “ALTA Surveys”. Surveys are generally subject to state and local regulations, but can vary dramatically. The ALTA survey is unique because it is governed by… Read more »
