Experience and Achievements

Excellence in Construction

Project Receives National Recognition

The “Peak Performance Award for Excellence in Construction, ” by Western Colorado Associated Builders & Contractors (WCOABC) for the Eagle Mine Site Reclamation in 1997 was awarded to us. We then went on to compete at a national level, where there were more than 400 entries in 76 different divisions. In the December of 1997, Reams Construction Co. had won the “Merit Award for National Excellence in Construction” in ABC’s competition in the Public Works/Environmental category.

According to ABC’s National Excellence in Construction Awards website, the program is “the premiere competition within the construction industry that recognizes outstanding construction projects across the nation.” The Eagle Mine Site Reclamation was picked as the best among other outstanding project submissions: “The project…exemplified the very best in merit shop construction in America today,” proclaimed Robert P. Hepner, Vice President of ABC at the time of the award.

The following year, Reams Construction Co. received the Merit Award for Excellence in Construction” for the Aspen Water Treatment Plant Project at a local level and nationally received an honorable mention.

Safety

Reams Construction Co. has also received numerous first and second place “Excellence in Safety” awards as a member of ABC. The competition recognizes those companies who are actively working to create and maintain a safe work environment by making safety a way of doing business. “Excellence in Safety” is determined by a variety of parameters including but not limited to:

a written safety policy
regular meetings, seminars, and training
an industry standard formula for determining the incident rate

Your satisfaction is ensured through our commitment to excellence

The challenges of various projects provide a unique opportunity to address a variety of unusual situations that require innovative solutions. Here are a few examples of creatively-addressed projects that we are particularly proud of:

The City of Aspen needed a new administration facility for their waterworks but no space to build one. Our solution was to construct the building over an existing, working sedimentation basin (clarifier).
Old Elam Ranch, a residential development in the San Juan Mountains near Telluride, wanted us to construct environmentally friendly waterworks and infrastructure. We buried the water tanks and set up a solar collection system that generates the electricity required for their waterworks.
Rocky Mountain Natural Gas Co. had 30 days to connect six natural gas wells to a high-pressure main line to fulfill a contract with the well owners. Reams Construction Co. was able to complete the gathering system that consisted of more than 68,000 linear feet of 6”, 4” and 2” high-density polyethylene pipeline in order for the project to be completed on time.
The Eagle Mine Site in Minturn, Colorado is an abandoned heavy metal mine that is unique due to the extreme toxicity of the entire site. The groundwater was so saturated with heavy minerals from the abandoned mine works that the Eagle River literally ran orange and was virtually sterile. We designed a water treatment facility that mixes soda ash and lime to treat the heavy metals before the water re-enters the Eagle River. As part of the project, Reams Construction Co. successfully participated in the remediation of a contaminated wetland near an adjoining school. We also capped a consolidated tailings pile using a Bentonite liner and covering that with 2 feet of erosion control material and topsoil. Because of our work at this site, the stream is now fully functioning and sustaining fish habitat.