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 »

NREL Roundabout Receives ENR Mountain States’ Award

Baseline’s design for NREL’s Moss Street Extension Project, which is now Research Road, received Engineering News-Record Mountain Sates’ 2012 Best Projects (ENR) Award of Merit.  The project was spurred by the need to reduce traffic volumes and increase safety for visitors and more than 1,000 on-campus employees. Research Road consists of approximately a half mile of a… Read more »

Key to Dewatering – Save Money by being Proactive

By Baseline Water/Wastewater Engineering Water/wastewater treatment is an ongoing, high priority in Colorado and there’s no shortage of news about it—especially with discharge regulations getting tighter.  Remember the controversy about the strict standards for arsenic levels CDOT encountered on its highway improvement project at I-25 and West Alameda?  A similar issue happened to RTD on… Read more »

Will QR Codes Replace Paper Building Permits?

By Vince Harris, AICP What started out as an idea by New York City’s Buildings Commissioner, Robert LiMandri, may find its way to Denver.  Engineering News-Record’s “QR Codes Unlocking Secrets of NYC Building Permits” reports LiMandri is using QR codes to hold building project information so viewers can access it through their smartphones. LiMandri got the… Read more »

Jeffco Innovators Echo Encouraging Signs for Real Estate

By Noah Nemmers, PE, PLS & Vince Harris, AICP If you’re looking for signs the real estate market is turning around, Colorado has plenty–especially in Baseline’s home county.  Baseline Corporation was proud to be a sponsor of last month’s 2012 South Jeffco Innovators Real Estate Event from the Jefferson County Economic Development Corporation (Jeffco EDC).  Consisting… Read more »

A + B Bidding Provides Alternative Approach

By Chris Rundall, P.E., LEED AP I know A+B Bidding has been around for awhile, but I didn’t have a reason to research it until recently.  I was discussing alternative approaches to construction bidding with a local contractor in Steamboat Springs, and he mentioned this approach to project bidding: ______________________________________________________________________________  A + B x (the… Read more »

FREE Pump System Optimization Workshop

Technical Unit Credit from Operator Certification Program Office Available Performing Energy Audits Improving Pump & Blower Efficiency Identifying Energy Recovery Opportunities Discovering “Green” Generation Technologies Getting Electric Utility Rebates Wasting Money By Baseline Water/Wastewater Engineering No doubt these topics are all hot issues, but how do you find the time to learn everything you need… Read more »

Colorado Transportation Funding

By Chris Rundall Here in Colorado, consumers pay a 40.4 cents-per-gallon tax on gasoline: of this tax, 18.4 cents goes to the federal government and 22 cents goes to the state.  The state tax portion, which funds maintenance and improvements to our state’s roads and bridges, has not changed since 1991.  However, inflation and improved vehicle… Read more »