Design and Construction Program
Paul Hindman, PE, Program Manager
In 2007, the Design and Construction program continued to assist local governments in designing and building many major flood control projects. The reorganization we did last year appears to be beneficial to both our clients (local governments) and our internal staff. We have had only one small change, Richard Borchardt is now in charge of Arapahoe County and Cindy Thrush is in charge of Boulder and Broomfield Counties.
Throughout the entire program, in 2007, we committed $11.6 million to projects. As shown in the attached table, the Design and Construction Program continues to manage over 100 projects. Some have been ongoing for many years with multiple phases while others are just getting started.
For all of our construction projects we are continually striving to have the flood control improvements to be in context with their surroundings. Below are a few pictures of where we have gotten close to that goal.
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Flooding along Tributary CC-10-in Erie.
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Channel constructed to control flooding shown at left. |
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Royal Arch Creek-Grand Canyon, Arizona. We didn’t build this (really?), but this is what we are trying to mimic with our sculpted drops like the one below on Sulphur Gulch in the Town of Parker. |
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Cottonwood Creek at Peoria Street, a water quality pond which doubles as a wildlife sanctuary. The bird houses on poles are actually indicators of the sediment level in the pond and outline the hidden maintenance access road. |
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Status of Current District Design and Construction Projects |
| Project Name |
Participating Jurisdiction(s) |
Design Status
% complete |
Construc-tion Status
% complete |
Construction Cost
(X $1000) |
Adams County |
Brantner Gulch |
Adams |
20 |
0 |
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Cozy Corner |
Westminster |
2 |
0 |
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Dahlia/Kenwood Outfall |
Adams |
40 |
0 |
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Globeville Outfall |
Adams |
50 |
0 |
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Grange Hall Creek |
Thornton |
2 |
0 |
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Hoffman Drainageway |
Adams |
30 |
0 |
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McKay Pond |
Adams |
100 |
0 |
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McKay Pond: Outfall |
Adams |
100 |
0 |
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Niver-Trib L @ Pecos St. |
Federal Heights |
100 |
100 |
237 |
North Outfall - Baseline Road |
Brighton |
90 |
0 |
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Park Hill Outfall |
Denver/Commerce City |
25 |
0 |
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Quail Creek |
Westminster |
10 |
0 |
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Silverado II Detention Pond |
Aurora/Denver |
100 |
100 |
906 |
Shaw Heights Trib. |
Westminster |
20 |
0 |
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South Outfall |
Brighton |
20 |
0 |
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Triangle Point |
Adams |
10 |
0 |
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Arapahoe County |
Big Dry Creek: Allen WTP LOMR |
Englewood |
95 |
NA |
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Big Dry Creek Maintenance Trail |
Englewood |
50 |
0 |
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Cherry Creek: Drops #20 & #21 |
Arapahoe County |
100 |
10 |
920 |
Cherry Creek Open Space |
Arapahoe County |
100 |
100 |
1,020 |
Cherry Crest West-Retrofit |
Centennial |
100 |
0 |
0 |
Goldsmith Gulch at Berry |
Greenwood Village |
20 |
0 |
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Granby Ditch Inlet |
Aurora |
100 |
50 |
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Holly Hills Detention |
Arapco. |
100 |
25 |
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Little Dry Creek at Arapahoe Road |
Centennial |
95 |
0 |
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Normandy Gulch |
Columbine Valley |
25 |
0 |
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Piney Creek: u/s of E-470 (Sampson Gulch) |
Aurora |
95 |
0 |
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Quebec / Iliff Outfall |
Arapco |
100 |
60 |
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Quincy Reservoir Drainage |
Aurora |
100 |
5 |
1,054 |
Sable Detention |
Aurora |
10 |
0 |
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Sand Creek |
Aurora |
100 |
99 |
4,100 |
Southwood Village Outfall |
Centennial |
90 |
0 |
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Utah Park |
Aurora |
100 |
15 |
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Boulder County |
Drainageway G-Phase 2 |
Louisville |
90 |
0 |
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Detention Facility No. 1026 |
Erie |
90 |
0 |
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Detention Facility No. 1045 |
Erie |
100 |
40 |
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Elmer's Two Mile Greenway Project Phase I |
Boulder |
50 |
0 |
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Reach BP20 |
Erie |
90 |
0 |
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Valmont Bridge on South Boulder Creek |
Boulder County |
100 |
100 |
1,591 |
Wonderland Cr.-Boulder White Rock |
Boulder |
30 |
0 |
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Wonderland Creek Diagonal Hwy |
Boulder |
100 |
50 |
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Broomfield County |
City Park Drainage |
Broomfield/ Westminster |
15 |
0 |
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Denver County |
30th & Magnolia Phase II |
Denver |
100 |
25 |
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Cherry Creek: Drop No. 24 |
Denver |
100 |
100 |
360 |
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Globeville / Utah Junction-Phase 1 |
Denver |
100 |
0 |
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Goldsmith Gulch Retrofit |
Denver |
75 |
0 |
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Harvard Gulch/University-Hills-Phase 1 |
Denver |
75 |
0 |
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Fastracks-Denver |
Denver |
65 |
0 |
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Lakewood Gulch: 10th Ave. bridge retrofit |
Denver |
100 |
100 |
275 |
Lakewood Gulch: Tennyson - Sheridan |
Denver |
50 |
0 |
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Lakewood Gulch: Wolff Bridge |
Denver |
75 |
0 |
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Montclaire OSP |
Denver |
75 |
0 |
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Park Hill Phase III |
Denver |
100 |
50 |
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Douglas County |
Cherry Creek: Apache Plume |
Parker |
100 |
100 |
908 |
Cherry Creek: Stroh Ranch |
Parker |
100 |
0 |
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Happy Canyon Creek-Phase 2 |
Douglas County |
90 |
0 |
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Newlin Gulch @ W. Parker Rd. |
Douglas County |
100 |
25 |
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Jefferson County |
Arvada Channel |
Arvada |
100 |
0 |
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Coyote Gulch |
Lakewood / Jeffco |
50 |
0 |
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Drainageway B |
Lakewood |
100 |
80 |
1,670 |
Drainageway G |
Jefferson |
10 |
0 |
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Fastracks-Lakewood |
Lakewood |
40 |
0 |
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Hays Lake Outfall |
Arvada |
100 |
100 |
118 |
Kenney’s Run |
Golden |
100 |
100 |
2,000 |
Lakewood Gulch-Welchester Park |
Jeffco |
100 |
0 |
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Lena Gulch: 10th Ave. through Orion St. |
Jefferson County |
100 |
100 |
982 |
Lena Gulch-Isabell |
Jeffco |
95 |
0 |
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Raccoon Creek |
Jeffco |
95 |
0 |
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South Lakewood Gulch: CCU Detention Pond |
Lakewood |
100 |
100 |
1,140 |
Van Bibber |
Arvada |
100 |
95 |
9,174 |
Other Projects |
Storm Sewer Inlet Study |
All |
80 |
NA |
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Rebuilding Utah Park, including stormwater detention in the park, is one of the projects the District is participating in. |
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