1. The Children's Hospital
Aurora
$400 million
Owner: The Children's Hospital
General Contractor: Gerald H Phipps Inc; McCarthy Construction Corp
Architects: H + L Architecture; Zimmer Gunsel and Frasca Partnership
Engineers: BR+A Consulting Engineers Inc; SA Miro Inc; Bard; Cator Ruma & Associates; Rao+Athanas Consulting Engineers Inc
Start: April 2004 Finish: October 2007

A 10-story, 260-bed, 1.44-million-sq-ft hospital with administration building, medical office building, two parking structures and associated infrastructure.

2. GCC Red Rocks Cement Plant
Pueblo
$225 million
Owner: GCC of America
General Contractor: The Industrial Co
Architect: FL Smith
Engineer: AMEC Earth & Environmental Inc
Start: March 2006 Finish: June 2007

Construction of a plant to mine limestone and process raw material into cement; includes crushers, kilns, and stockpile silos. Site development includes concrete pavement, RR spur, 2.2 miles of across roadway and a bridge.

3. The ArraBelle at Vail Square
Vail
$165 million
Owner: Vail Resorts Development Co
General Contractor: Shaw Construction
Architect: 4240 Architecture Inc
Engineers: Cator Ruma & Associates; Monroe & Newell Engineers Inc
Start: April 2005 Finish: December 2007

Replacement of the old Lionshead gondola building and Sunbird Lodge with a 36-room Rock Resorts hotel; 71 condominiums and penthouses; luxury residences; and a Bavarian-inspired town square with a one-stop skier services center, new dining and shopping, seasonal ice skating rink and spa facilities and centralized loading and parking.

4. COSMIX–Colorado Springs Metro Interstate Expansion
Colorado Springs
$150 million
Owner: Colorado Department of Transportation
General Contractor: Rockrimmon Constructors, a joint venture of CH2M Hill and SEMA Construction Inc
Engineers: CDOT; Rockrimmon Constructors
Start: June 2005 Finish: December 2007

Design-build project to widen I-25 from two to three lanes in each direction through Colorado Springs. Also includes improvements to several key interchanges and bridges along the corridor, plus construction of noise walls.

5. Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion Phase II
Aurora
$143.5 million
Owner: University of Colorado Hospital
General Contractor: Haselden Construction LLC
Architect: HDR
Engineer: SA Miro Inc
Start: June 2005 Finish: August 2007

Includes a 277,000-sq-ft addition and 208,000-sq-ft build-out of the hospital’s Tower One, as well as 62,000 sq ft of renovation.

6. Rueter-Hess Dam & Reservoir
Parker
$105 million
Owner: Parker Water & Sanitation District
General Contractor: Ames Construction; SEMA Construction Inc; Weaver General Construction;
Engineers: GEI Inc; RJH
Start: September 2004 Finish: April 2007

A nearly 17,000-acre-ft water supply reservoir with a water surface spanning 470 acres; diversion structure; and pump stations.

7. Valor Christian High School
Highlands Ranch
$93 million
Owner: Valor Christian School
General Contractor: Saunders Construction Inc
Architect: SlaterPaull Architects
Engineers: AG Wassenaar Inc; Anderson & Hastings; DHM Group; Lund Partnership Inc; The RMH Group
Start: August 2006 Finish: October 2007

Campus includes an academic building, athletic complex, chapel, visual and performing arts complex and aquatics facility, plus a 2,000-seat football and track stadium; soccer, baseball and softball fields, and tennis courts. LEED-silver certification is expected.

8. (tie)Prairie Gateway Infrastructure
Commerce City
$80 million
Owner: City of Commerce City and Kroenke Sports Enterprises, a public/private partnership
General Contractor: MA Mortenson Co
Architects: HOK Sport+Venue+Event; Norris Design; Daniel H. O'Brien Architecture; RNL Design
Engineer: Matrix Design Group
Start: May 2005 Finish: April 2007

Roadways and utility services feeding a 20,000-seat professional soccer stadium and a 24-field soccer complex, new Commerce City Civic Center and the potential for 200-plus acres of retail and commercial development.

8. (tie)Leprino Office Building
Aurora
$80 million
Owner: University of Colorado Hospital
General Contractor: Haselden Construction LLC
Architect: Davis & Associates Architects PC
Engineer: BCER Engineering Inc
Start: April 2006 Finish: August 2007

A 10-story building that will include administrative offices, retail and clinical lab spaces. Two enclosed pedestrian bridges will connect the building to a 1,450-space parking garage, also part of the project.

10. Dick’s Sporting Goods Park
Commerce City
$75 million
Owner: City of Commerce City and Kroenke Sports Enterprises, a public/private partnership
General Contractor: Turner Construction Co
Architects: HOK Sport+Venue+Event; Norris Design
Engineers: Alber Engineering; Martin Martin Inc; SSR; EDAW; Matrix Design Group; WJHW; Millennium Sports Technologies Inc; Duray/JF Duncan Industries Inc; Hydrosystems Inc; Daniel H. O’Brien Architecture
Start: 2005 Finish: April 2007

A 20,000-seat professional soccer stadium and 24-field soccer complexñthe largest soccer-specific complex in the world.

11. Memorial Hospital East Tower Women & Children's Hospital/Emergency Services
Colorado Springs
$73.5 million
Owner: Memorial Hospital
General Contractor: PCL Construction Services Inc
Architect: Jonathan Bailey Design Inc
Engineer: CEI Consulting Engineers Inc
Start: October 2005 Finish: October 2007

A 360,000-sq-ft expansion of hospital’s main campus, featuring a seven-floor, cast-in-place structure with a radial-shaped exterior wall.

12. Memorial Hospital North
Colorado Springs
$73.1 million
Owner: Memorial Hospital
General Contractor: JE Dunn Construction
Architects: Jonathan Baily Associates; Gallun Snow Associates
Engineers: Cator Ruma & Associates; Classic Consulting Engineers; Martin/Martin Inc
Start: October 2004 Finish: April 2007

A 208,000-sq-ft, acute-care hospital on an 82-acre site. Highlights include a three-wing radial design that offers views of the city lights, the Black Forest and mountains.

13. Vail’s Front Door
Vail
$70.7 million
Owner: Vail Resorts Development Co
General Contractor: Hyder Construction Inc
Architect: 4240 Architecture Inc
Engineers: ABS Consultants Inc; Monroe & Newell Engineers Inc
Start: May 2006 Finish: November 2007

Includes 23,000-sq-ft Lodge at Vail spa addition, 106,000 sq ft of underground parking for 200 cars and a new skier services building.

14. (tie) Brightwater Club Filings 1 2 & 3
Gypsum
$70 million
Owner: Clearwater Development Inc
General Contractor: TARCO Inc
Architect: Norris Design
Engineer: Vision Land Consultants Inc
Start: May 1999 Finish: Late 2007

Includes approximately nine miles of roadways and infrastructure to support a 959-acre development of this scope; domestic water distribution, sanitary sewer and storm drainage systems; and nine lakes crossing the site with return flows to Gypsum Creek.

14. (tie) Platte Valley Medical Center
Brighton
$70 million
Owner: Platte Valley Medical Center
General Contractor: Gerald H Phipps Inc
Architects: Fentress Bradburn Architects; Walkins Hamilton Ross Architects
Engineers: Cator Ruma & Associates; Martin/Martin Inc
Start: April 2005 Finish: April 2007

A 70-bed, three-story, plus basement, hospital to replace existing facility. Includes a medical office building and central plant.

16. Vail Plaza Hotel
Vail
$69 million
Owner: Daymer Corp
General Contractor: Shaw Construction
Architect: Zehren and Associates Inc
Engineers: M-E Engineers Inc; Monroe & Newell Engineers Inc
Start: September 2004 Finish: April 2007

A 320,000-sq-ft, 90-room hotel with 50 fractional fee units, one free-market condominium, 38 beds for employee housing, two restaurants and a bar.

17. Orchard Town Center
Westminster
$67.8 million
Owner: Forest City
General Contractor: Roche Constructors Inc
Architects: Mulhern Group Ltd; KA Inc
Engineers: ABS Consultants Inc; Calthorpe & Associates; Design Workshop Inc; Elkus Manfredi Architects; Field Paoli; Francis Krahe & Associates; Ground Engineering Consultants; Kumar & Associates Inc; Lepetsos Group Inc; Norris Design; R2H Engine
Start: August 2005 Finish: October 2007

An open-air entertainment and lifestyle center, including site development and construction of 20 buildings.

18. River Point at Sheridan Site Development
Sheridan
$67 million
Owner: Miller Weingarten Realty LLC
General Contractor: Adolfson & Peterson Construction
Architect: RTA Architects
Engineers: DHM Design Inc; eng 3 group; Felsburg Holt & Ullevig; Ground Engineering Consultants; HCDA Engineering Inc; V3 Consultants
Start: October 2006 Finish: December 2007

Brownfield project that converts a landfill into useable property to build retail buildings, roads and a golf course. This included multiple phases of excavation and trash removal.

19. (tie)The Landmark
Greenwood Village
$60 million
Owner: Everist Development
General Contractor: Beck Residential
Architect: Lantz-Boggio Architects PC
Engineer: Monroe & Newell Engineers Inc.
Start: January 2007 Finish: December 2007

A 14-story, 325,000-sq-ft residential tower with parking.

19. (tie)Ritz-Carlton Hotel & Residences
Denver
$60 million
Owner: CJS Denver Place LLC
General Contractor: MA Mortenson Co
Architect: Pahl Architecture PC
Engineers: AE Associates Inc; Denver Drywall Co; Design Force Corp; Kenny Electric Service Inc; Martin & Martin Civil Engineers & Surveyors; R J Services; Western States Fire Protection
Start: September 2006 Finish: October 2007

Full interior demolition of 19 floors of an existing hotel; new construction of 14 floors of hotel rooms and five floors of high-end residences. Expansion of bottom three floors adds 12,000 sq ft of ballroom, meeting and kitchen space.

21. Northern Water Reclamation Facility
Colorado Springs
$57 million
Owner: Colorado Springs Utilities
General Contractor: Western Summit Constructors Inc
Architect: Michael H Collins Architects
Engineer: Montgomery-Watson-Harza
Start: June 2003 Finish: March 2007

Reclamation facility with an ultimate treatment capacity of 20 mgd, incorporating raw wastewater screening, grit removal, grit/screening truck haul facilities and an odor-controlled building.

22. Motorplex at Century
Loveland
$55  million
Owner: McWhinney Enterprises
General Contractor:
Architect: Gensler
Engineer: Northern Engineering Service
Start: February 2005 Finish: April 2007

Master planning, graphic identity and wayfinding for 100 acres with sites for a total of 16 dealerships.

23. Education II/Academic Office Building East
Aurora
$54 million
Owner: University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center
General Contractor: Haselden Construction LLC
Architect: Anderson Mason Dale Architects
Engineers: Martin & Martin Civil Engineers & Surveyors; SA Miro Inc; Shaffer Baucom Engineering & Consulting
Start: December 2005 Finish: August 2007

Two five-story buildings connected by a second-story bridge. Each building has two stories of education space topped by three stories of academic offices. Features include brick-and-stone masonry and metal panels, windows and sun shades.

24. The Signature Centre at Denver West
Golden
$50 million
Owner: Aardex LLC
General Contractor: Aardex LLC
Architect: Aardex LLC
Start: March 2006 Finish: May 2007

A 186,000-sq-ft office building on track to earn LEED-platinum certification. The facility is 28% more energy efficient than traditional buildings, featuring under-floor air for individual temperature and ventilation control, indoor pollution control, reduced water consumption by more than 50%.  Also, 100% of the building's power comes from wind energy.

25. Discovery Canyon Campus
Colorado Springs
$49 million
Owner: Academy School District 20
General Contractor: Gerald H Phipps Inc
Architect: Antoine Predock Architect; MOA Architecture
Engineer: Classic Consulting; Martin/Martin Inc; M-E Engineers Inc
Start: September 2004 Finish: August 2007

A 3,000-student school featuring a design that references ancient cultures and the origins of science and math. Includes a theater, gymnasium, amphitheater and sports  fields.