What's New

Drexel Barrell water resources engineers and surveyors led a team including Bates Engineering to survey and design the West Area 1-MG underground water storage tank and 5,100-LF of 16-inch supply line from CR 129. The reinforced concrete tank will provide drinking water and fire protection for the west side of Steamboat Springs while preserving pristine view corridors. Drexel Barrell is also providing construction inspection and contract administration services.

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Spring Gulch Trail is a multi-phase, multiple year project that began in 2010 and was postponed for several years due to the 2013 Great Flood. The first phases included a new 285-foot long pedestrian box culvert with skylight under SH 119 and a one-mile trail connecting Spring Gulch to Flor del Llano Park. Drexel Barrell designed trails, pedestrian bridges, inverted siphons, and a railroad underpass that when completed will link Stephen Day Park to Sandstone Ranch Park with a connector trail to Union Reservoir.

Drexel Barrell was a proud participant in the 2009 dedication and June 15, 2017 rededication of the 40th Baseline Monumentation, located along Baseline Road near Broadway. The Monumentation commemorates the 1859 survey to establish the 40th parallel of latitude from Kansas to "the top of the Rocky Mountains", a prime reference in US Government land surveys of the Western US.

Survey Principal William K. Wright, PLS was a key member of the organizing and planning team and represented Drexel Barrell at both events.

Apres Ski Way / Village Dr. Multi-Modal Improvements, Steamboat Springs. Drexel Barrell previously designed the roundabout at Apres Ski / Mt. Werner Circle seen in the distance.

Contractors recently constructed a Drexel Barrell-designed 100-year capacity box culvert on Burgess Creek at Apres Ski Way in Steamboat Springs. The 12' x 4' box carries 600-cfs (substantially more than the culverts it replaces) while achieving a zero rise in water surface, and is part of the Apres Ski Way / Village Drive Intersection Improvements project. A second companion culvert that Drexel Barrell is designing will carry Burgess Creek beneath Village Drive.

Construction continues at Downtown Westminster (the City's 105-acre redevelopment at 92nd at Harlan), with completion scheduled for 2017. Drexel Barrell provided design of site infrastructure, including utilities, streets, signal modifications, lighting, construction management, inspection, testing and staking.

Drexel Barrell surveyors from our Colorado Springs Office recently completed our third project providing survey control and precise staking for runway and taxiway replacements at the Colorado Springs Airport (with IHC).

City of Montrose opens newly widened Woodgate Road Improvements designed by Drexel Barrell (from Ogden to Oxbow), Montrose. City of Montrose' new Recreation Center under construction, top left (photo courtesy City of Montrose).

The Parker Water and Sanitation District calls on the expert surveyors of Drexel Barrell to carefully monitor the embankment and outlet works at Rueter-Hess Reservoir for settlement. As part of a multi-year effort, our surveyors conduct first-order level surveys. This includes measurements 1/4 mile inside the outlet works, no place for the claustrophobic!

Adams County Parks and Recreation and the Urban Drainage and Flood Control District commissioned Drexel Barrell to design over 10,000 feet of 10-foot trail and two new pedestrian bridges (S. Platte River and the Bull Seep Canal). The new trail extends between 108th and 120th Avenues, and represents the last segment between Chatfield Reservoir and Thornton.

Adams County Transportation completed the construction of widening, pedestrian, and safety improvements to Washington St. from 52nd to 58th Avenues, designed by Drexel Barrell.

Spring Gulch Underpass at SH 119, Longmont: Concept and completed project.