Colorado Construction Intel

ConstructConnect now offers quick, comprehensive access to new commercial construction projects across Colorado, including exclusive projects with plans, specs, bidder lists, and detailed project information.

Boulder County, Colorado now offers an online building permit search and statistics resource for tracking land-use permits.

The Colorado Department of Transportation provides a regional directory of projects and construction activity across the state.

The Pikes Peak Regional Building Department reviews plans, issues permits and performs inspections for all towns and cities in El Paso County, with additional services including floodplain management, addressing and contractor licensing.

Foundation failures rarely originate at the slab; they originate in soil bearing capacity, drainage, or expansive-clay behavior that was either uninvestigated or not honored in the design. A geotechnical report that is older than the building's design or that did not sample at the actual building footprint is a red flag.

Most construction contracts require change orders to be in writing, but many states enforce an "oral modification" exception when the parties' conduct shows agreement — especially when the changed work is performed and accepted without protest. Continued performance without written change orders can waive the writing requirement entirely.

Federal Davis-Bacon applies to projects with federal funding above a threshold; state "little Davis-Bacon" laws apply to state-funded projects with their own thresholds. The trap: rules apply to the work, not the contract — a privately funded portion of a project with any covered funding is subject to coverage on the whole.