Pinkard Guest Lecturers Kick Off Inaugural DU Affordable Housing Program Pinkard Guest Lecturers Kick Off Inaugural DU Affordable Housing Program April 30, 2025 Share Share Members of Pinkard Construction’s operations and preconstruction departments recently served as guest lecturers at the University of Denver, presenting their perspectives for the Design, Build, and Operate module of DU’s Executive Certificate in Affordable Housing program. Chief Preconstruction Manager Leighton Neff and Construction Manager Joe Revielle, both veteran affordable housing specialists, shared their experiences to a diverse class of 25 professionals currently working in the affordable housing sector. The student group was comprised of real estate professionals, developers, planners, policy makers, housing advocates, attorneys, civic leaders, property managers, architects, and lenders looking to expand their understanding of the complexities of the affordable housing world. Currently in its inaugural year, DU’s nine-month certification program provides these participants with a focused and fast-tracked pathway to learn the complexities of affordable housing development and the practical skills necessary to work in this specialized sector. To help meet these needs, Revielle and Neff focused their lecture on lessons learned from their recent experiences building two projects for Boulder County Housing Authority. Amanda Guthrie, Boulder County Housing Authority’s director of housing operations, who is also a DU faculty member, selected Revielle and Neff because of their work together on BCHA’s The Spoke on Coffman and the Willoughby Corner Neighborhood projects. The Spoke was a $32 million affordable development in Longmont constructed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Completed this past Deceber, the $83 million Willoughby development finished in budget and ahead of schedule despite a complex road and infrastructure package that saw continual city-initiated scope increases. Revielle and Neff also covered a variety of other topics including the importance of team building, approaches to providing best value through the preconstruction process, overcoming an unpredictable labor and materials market, and the differences between market-rate and affordable housing developments. This session represented module six of the University of Denver’s seven-phased Executive Certificate in Affordable Housing program, scheduled to finish in June 2025. The program is sponsored by the Franklin L. Burns School of Real Estate & Construction Management and the Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute. Applications for the next term, beginning September 2025, are currently being accepted until May 30. Apply here . Learn More Leighton Neff, Chief Preconstruction Manager Connect Affordable Housing Construction See Projects Our Expertise Learn More Share This Story Share Share More News Sort By Topic Reset Pinkard Breaks Ground on Buchanan Rec Center Aquatics Expansion April 2, 2026 Learn More Pinkard Completes The Irving at Mile High Vista Affordable Apartments January 22, 2026 Learn More Pinkard and The Action Center Begin Emory School Transformation March 9, 2026 Learn More Pinkard 2025: The Year in Pictures December 30, 2025 Learn More Load More Our Approach Partner, Plan, BUILD. Our approach puts YOU in control. Learn More Read Case Studies Services Ground Up. Renovations. Big. Small. We Do It all! See Our Services See Projects

Pinkard Completes Thornton’s Margaret Carpenter Pool Renovation   Pinkard Completes Thornton’s Margaret Carpenter Pool Renovation   June 9, 2022 Share Share Pinkard Construction, The City of Thornton, and Ohlson Lavoie Collaborative (OLC) have completed construction on the $13.4 million Margaret Carpenter Recreation Center Renovation.   The newly renovated recreation center is a total of 11,873 square feet. The completed facility includes a new six-lane lap pool with an adjacent aqua-exercise pool, a wave pool with a lazy river and bubble pit, an activity pool with zero-depth entry, a play structure, geysers, and sprays, a water slide, and a 20-person therapeutic hydro-jet spa. The universal locker room expansion better serves families and individuals with special needs, increasing accessibility for all. The recreation center remained open to the public throughout construction. Pinkard worked with the city to ensure guest, and staff safety, and minimize impacts on daily operations. Tony Burke, President and COO of Pinkard, says that Pinkard implemented special safety and operational protocols learned from their 42 recreation centers and 60 pools constructed along the Colorado Front Range. “Recreation and public projects are a focus for Pinkard, and this project’s success is a tribute to the skills of the experienced recreation construction professionals we have in our organization,” said Burke. “Occupied renovations are tricky, but we have completed many of them and our teams know the stakes.” To date, Pinkard has completed over 240 renovation projects, with 60% of them completed under occupied conditions. Learn More Pool and Natatorium Constuction See Projects Recreation Construction See Projects Municipal Construction See Projects Margaret Carpenter Recreation Center Learn More Share This Story Share Share More News Sort By Topic Reset Pinkard Breaks Ground on Buchanan Rec Center Aquatics Expansion April 2, 2026 Learn More Pinkard Completes The Irving at Mile High Vista Affordable Apartments January 22, 2026 Learn More Pinkard and The Action Center Begin Emory School Transformation March 9, 2026 Learn More Pinkard 2025: The Year in Pictures December 30, 2025 Learn More Load More Our Approach Partner, Plan, BUILD. Our approach puts YOU in control. Learn More Read Case Studies Services Ground Up. Renovations. Big. Small. We Do It all! See Our Services See Projects

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Construction Storyteller: Pinkard’s Longtime Proposal Writer Retires Construction Storyteller: Pinkard’s Longtime Proposal Writer Retires July 25, 2025 Share Share In his job, and in life, Ned Foster describes himself as an oddball. Unlike most people he works with at Pinkard Construction, he doesn’t have an engineering degree or a background in business or accounting, but rather journalism. His colorful wardrobe of Hawaiian shirts stick out in a sea of muted polos and dress shirts, as does memorable Shreveport, Louisiana accent, which belies the fact that he’s lived in the high elevation forests above Denver for over 30 years. As Pinkard’s on-staff proposal writer since 2002, Ned has been the voice of Pinkard Construction for over two decades. In his 28-year career as a proposal writer, 23 of those years spent at Pinkard, he has written at least 1,000 Request for Proposal (RFP) responses, helping supply the lifeblood of projects that keep a general contractor alive. He’s also responsible for submitting the majority of Pinkard’s 22 National Excellence in Construction awards, organized by Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC), which are judged by an exhaustive, highly competitive proposal process. As a testament to his writing prowess, of the 16 projects that Ned submitted on, 14 of them won first place “Eagle” awards, one earned a second place “Pyramid,” and only one went home emptyhanded. He also served as an Eagle judge and National Business Development Committee member for ABC National for 13 years. Ned and Marketing Director Jessica Nichols holding a Marketing Excellence Award won in conjunction with one of Pinkard's Eagles. What’s even more amazing is that Ned arrived at Pinkard with little-to-no construction industry knowledge. What has made Ned such an effective asset to Pinkard, and as anyone who lost track of time talking to him in his office can confirm, is his remarkable gift as a storyteller. As skilled at listening as he is at writing and talking, Ned is a rare breed, a sharp-witted, deeply introspective renaissance man with the principles and insatiable curiosity of a true journalist. While much glory in the construction world rightfully goes to the people who do the actual building, Ned has served an invaluable role at Team Pinkard. To use one of his favorite analogy forms (sports): as the superintendents, project managers, and estimators battle it out in the field, Ned has been there in the press box, dutifully documenting the plays, interviewing the players, and recording our company’s history. His subsequent stories of teamwork, innovation, quality, schedule, budget, and overcoming challenges have been crucial tools for demonstrating our construction expertise to prospective clients. In the words of retired CEO Jim Pinkard: “Ned cares more than most people. He’s competitive, he wants to win, and he puts everything into what he’s doing. Whether talking to an architect, a client, or our guys in the field, he knows how to talk to people, absorb their expertise, and then put that into a clear cohesive message. Even though he didn’t arrive with construction expertise, he worked hard to become hyper-literate in this world, and he left an indelible mark on the company as a result.” This week, having just celebrated his 70th birthday, Ned Foster is finally entering the world of retirement, where he looks forward to spending more time with his wife and “kids” (his two border collies), while focusing on his numerous passions: playing guitar, cooking, reading, watching films and TV, drinking a good martini, and chasing the occasional bear off his mountain driveway. As Pinkard bids farewell to its beloved storyteller of 23 years, we asked Ned a few parting questions about his life at Pinkard. How are you feeling about retirement? Excited. I’m ready and freaked out at the same time. I’ve never been the guy who lived to work, but Pinkard was the perfect job for me. I don’t think I would have made it anywhere else. Why’s that?  Because I'm an oddball, a Jack Kerouac type who was probably meant for more artistic and creative pursuits. But fortunately I landed at Pinkard in the right time in my life, at the right time for the company, where I had some of the best people around me who could look past my weaknesses and shortcomings, see my potential, and let me grow into it.  There were days I was completely overwhelmed, but it was the perfect job for me. It taught me my strengths, revealed my insecurities and shortcomings, and gave me a career. So how did you end up at Pinkard Construction? It's kind of a crazy story. I was always trying to work in a field that allowed me to indulge my passions. After college I had done about four years in New Orleans, basically working in HR for Avondale Shipyards, the largest industrial employer in Louisiana. I burned out at that, and that's when I got into the restaurant business as a fine-dining waiter, which I loved passionately. I wanted to be a chef and sommelier, which is how I moved out to Colorado in 1988, to work at the Flagstaff House in Boulder. Then my back went out, and in the years after I did everything from starting a portrait photography business to working as an electrician’s apprentice and teaching skiing at Winter Park, before starting to wait tables again. Then one day one of my restaurant customers told me she’s a technical writing recruiter, and I said, "You know, I got a degree in journalism I've never used.” She asked for my resume, and two years later she called and said, “I've got an entry level job for you,” so I went to work for Lockwood Greene Technologies, the oldest engineering firm in the United States at the time. I worked for them for a while, and they ended up closing the office due to some incredible mismanagement, so I went to Centric-Jones Construction, and they went out of business as well. One day I get a call from a friend I used to work with at Lockwood Green, saying, “I know somebody that needs you. Call this guy named Jim Mellor [ Pinkard’s recently retired head of marketing and business development ].” That’s a whole ‘nother story. What was the Marketing Department like in the early 2000s? Before me the whole department was set up around Mellor as the brains of the operation. He had this whole network of boilerplate writeups – basically the answers to every question that we’d ever been asked – that were all numbered, and so whenever a proposal needed to be done, he would tell his secretary, let's use intro number three for this, writeup number two there, and she'd put it all together like that. That had worked really well up to that point, but when I was hired to take over proposal writing, that way of doing things doesn’t really fit my personality, and I thought there was a better way. What was different about your approach? A really good example is the Eagle awards. We decided we were going to submit Thomas Connole [Pinkard’s 2002 project for Denver Housing Authority], this incredible gut and remodel of a 10-story, concrete affordable housing high-rise with asbestos. DHA wanted to make the bedrooms bigger, but they didn't have any room to do so, so we demolished the entire side of the building and made it wider. It was crazy. So when it came time to submit for the award, I didn’t consult with anyone who had done it before. I just looked at the requirements and started digging in, doing what made the most sense to me. Knowing that the only way to tell a good story is to know as much as possible about the topic, I interviewed everyone I thought could offer me some insight. Why was the job hard? What did you do to make it easier? What were the problems and how did you solve them? And most importantly, what is the proof that you did a great job? I was lucky that Denver Housing Authority’s program manager Ron St. Clair was a storyteller. It was from Ron that I learned that story tillering was the key to a winning proposal or award submittal. That set the stage for the rest of my career. From that I basically wrote the Eagle submittal completely on my own, which Jim Pinkard then proofed and gave me great insight into what was not clear. After submitting it, we won first place. Ned in 2003. What makes a good proposal writer?  I've never really thought about it to the point of articulating, but I think it’s the same thing that makes a good journalist, which is having the curiosity and the drive to tell a good story. I was always talking to superintendents and project managers to learn what made projects special. Without that knowledge of why something is special, you can't sell it. How has proposal writing, and construction marketing in general, changed over your tenure? Before me, it was very much an assembly line, boilerplate approach, which was very efficient and managed to win us a lot of work back then. As the industry has evolved and Pinkard has continued to chase more and more ambitious projects, the proposals have become more complex, and we have become more and more sophisticated as a result. For the longest time it was just me writing and submitting the proposals on my own with minimal team input, and our RFPQ responses were largely just text-based. Today it’s a massive team effort, and the documents are much more complicated with graphics, pictures and design. What were your favorite proposals to work on? The ones where I got to go really deep with the project team. On one of the last jobs we won, I ended up talking to [Pinkard superintendent] Matt Gabriel for two hours to help craft the project approach for this challenging renovation. I kept asking him questions about how we would overcome all these challenges, and after talking at length about how hard this job is going to be, he said, “Man, I'm sorry. All I'm doing is complaining.” I said, “Dude, your complaints are exactly what I need to hear!” That gave us so much brilliant insight, and I think it won us the job. That’s the thing I loved most about my job: having these fascinating conversations with brilliant people who build incredible things. If you could do any other job in construction, regardless of the qualifications, what would it be? Superintendent. I’m just amazed by their common sense, and their ability to look at things, collaborate and tactfully solve problems. That applies to project managers, preconstruction, and project engineers too. It requires an amazing hybrid set of skills to overcome complicated physical challenges while dealing with people and keeping things in budget to turn out a beautiful building. To me they are some of the smartest people in the world.  So what kept you at Pinkard all this time? What are you going to miss most? The people. Of course the work was a good fit for me, but it’s the people and the relationships that made the work good. I'm proud of the fact that we, as a company, hired good, moral, brilliant people, and I've created so many memories with them over the years. They’re what makes it so hard to leave. 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World Mental Health Day 2024 World Mental Health Day 2024 October 10, 2024 Share Share In observance of World Mental Health Day, please take a moment and to check in with yourself, your friends, your coworkers, and your loved ones. In recent years, Pinkard has made mental health a core tenant of how we address employee wellness and job safety. In addition to various mental health resources provided through Cigna Behavioral Health , our employee benefits include 5 free counseling sessions through Magellan EAP and a virtual support program for dealing with stress and substance issues via Youturn Health . Our weekly on-site safety talks include ongoing conversations on mental health topics. And in every single porta-john on Pinkard jobsites, we place a sticker with the words “YOU MATTER” in English and Spanish, plus a QR code leading to the “988” national Crisis Lifeline. We also hold an annual employee cornhole tournament supporting mental health. As a sign of progress, Pinkard was recently certified as a “Blue Badge” Healthy Workplace by Health Links , earning the highest mental health resources score of any contractor in Colorado, but that doesn't mean our work is anywhere near done. As we've learned, one of the biggest challenges is the stigma around discussing mental health, so it's on all of us to break that stigma down and make it okay to ask for help, which we all need at various points in our lives. For further reading, check out our recent series on Men's Mental Health Month, featuring powerful conversations with Safety Manager Dave Ruddy , HR Director Jeff Kessler , and former EMT Bryce Heitsmith . If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health, you can call 988, the Crisis Lifeline. Learn More Share This Story Share Share More News Sort By Topic Reset Pinkard Breaks Ground on Buchanan Rec Center Aquatics Expansion April 2, 2026 Learn More Pinkard Completes The Irving at Mile High Vista Affordable Apartments January 22, 2026 Learn More Pinkard and The Action Center Begin Emory School Transformation March 9, 2026 Learn More Pinkard 2025: The Year in Pictures December 30, 2025 Learn More Load More Our Approach Partner, Plan, BUILD. Our approach puts YOU in control. Learn More Read Case Studies Services Ground Up. Renovations. Big. Small. We Do It all! See Our Services See Projects

Pinkard Frameworks Promotes Russell Hardcastle Pinkard Frameworks Promotes Russell Hardcastle January 29, 2025 Share Share Longtime Pinkard employee Russell Hardcastle has been promoted to the new position of Framing Engineer for Pinkard Frameworks. Pinkard Frameworks, the in-house wood-framing division of Pinkard Construction, created this new role specifically for Russell to take advantage of his unique skillset that enables him to translate his years of field construction experience into a BIM and clash detection-related engineering specialist. In his new role, Russ manages virtual construction and clash detection on every Frameworks project, scrupulously analyzing constructability details. This includes creating 2D and 3D framing layouts that give Frameworks the ability to confirm architectural and structural intent and then design custom framing packages that are identical to what a wall panel supplier would do. It also gives Pinkard Frameworks the ability to design custom framing packages that can also include wall panelization, with the flexibility to either self-construct wall panels or contract the work to a panel fabricator. Russ also checks dimensions, compiles quantities for procurement, identify gaps, omissions, duplicates, and clashes, all with the mission of setting up the construction team to have the most efficient construction process possible. Wood Framing Manager Dan Harris: “A lot of guys can understand framing when they are seeing it right in front of them, but Russ can sit in front of his computer and switch between three dimensions and two dimensions without losing a beat. He can visualize complexities within the structure, put them into context, and display them in a way that design teams and framing crews can understand. Russ’ skillset is truly the Holy Grail of construction.” This diligence pays off regularly. One recent wood framed project was specified to be hemlock/fir construction, but one drawing page stated a requirement for part of the structure to be Douglas fir. Russ was able to modify his BIM model to properly replace more than 3,000 hemlock/fir studs with all Douglas fir prior to construction. These critically important preconstruction steps benefit owners with a more efficient construction process that maximizes efficiency while reducing waste and time lost for tear-outs and re-builds. While it is common for a contractor to provide BIM services/clash detection for major mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems, BIM services like those provided by Frameworks are relatively rare in the wood-framing world. With more than 20 years in construction, Russ’ career has featured a strong focus on multi-family wood framing, custom woodworking, and hospitality construction. He joined Pinkard in 2015, where he quickly became a standout employee. As a result of his construction common sense and strong field performance, he was able to skip three years of a four-year journeyman carpenter apprentice program at the Construction Industry Training Council. He completed Associated General Contractors’ superintendent/ project manager apprenticeship program in December 2024. Russ joined Frameworks in the summer of 2023, rising to the role of Framing Superintendent prior to his current position as Framing Engineer. Russ’ new role greatly enhances Frameworks’ mission to provide industry-best preconstruction services for Pinkard’s wood frame clients. Pinkard formed its Frameworks division in 2023 to fill a much-needed gap in the wood framing industry. Frameworks’ services focus on best preconstruction practices to eliminate the waste and delays associated with traditional wood framing construction practices. Frameworks’ professional in-depth preconstruction practices allow skilled wood framing crews to work at optimum efficiency from day one to provide our clients with optimum value for the construction budgets. Learn More Dan Harris, Wood Frame Manager Connect Ground-Up Construction See Projects In-House Wood Framing See Projects Share This Story Share Share More News Sort By Topic Reset Pinkard Breaks Ground on Buchanan Rec Center Aquatics Expansion April 2, 2026 Learn More Pinkard Completes The Irving at Mile High Vista Affordable Apartments January 22, 2026 Learn More Pinkard and The Action Center Begin Emory School Transformation March 9, 2026 Learn More Pinkard 2025: The Year in Pictures December 30, 2025 Learn More Load More Our Approach Partner, Plan, BUILD. Our approach puts YOU in control. Learn More Read Case Studies Services Ground Up. Renovations. Big. Small. We Do It all! See Our Services See Projects

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Pink Crew Breaks Personal Best While Building Beds for Kids Pink Crew Breaks Personal Best While Building Beds for Kids June 12, 2024 Share Share When skills and purpose perfectly align, doing good can yield some pretty impressive results. Last Friday, as June temperatures began to climb into the 90s, scores of Pinkard people gathered under the large outdoor pavilion at the Westminster Elks Lodge, across the street from the Pinkard construction yard, to roll up their sleeves and build beds for kids in need. Organized by Pinkard’s community outreach program, The Pink Crew , the volunteer event benefited Sleep in Heavenly Peace , an award-winning nonprofit that delivers beds to children who don’t have one. As the tagline on their trailer reads: “No kid sleeps on the ground in our town!” Needless to say, our people’s considerable experience building things with power tools made for an overqualified workforce on a project that required various teams to cut, drill, sand, and assemble the bed frame components before dipping them in a sealant bath and branding the headboards with a hot iron. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-t1LLDFa1g “The goal was to build 60 beds, but they’re not used to having construction people as their volunteers,” says Pinkard accountant Kristen Rebmann, who co-leads the Pink Crew. “When they asked how many people knew how to use a saw and everybody’s hands went up, they decided to leave the excess lumber they had delivered and see how many extra beds we could build in the allotted time. Our people ended up using up every board supplied to build 71 beds in 5 hours.” In total, 40 Pinkard employees, along with a handful of friends and family members showed up—all wearing their bright pink T-shirts—smashing the previous record for turnout at a Pink Crew event. “It was so great to see everyone come together, utilizing their skills to serve the community,” says CFO Odette Bent-Buckles, who worked the dipping and drying station of the assembly line, adding how she was especially pleased to see many faces who hadn’t previously engaged in Pink Crew projects. In addition to organizing community service opportunities through the Pink Crew, Pinkard offers 16 annual hours of paid VTO, or Volunteer Time Off , to all employees interested in pursuing charity work. Next up, the Pink Crew will be helping our longtime partners at the Action Center with their annual school supply drive taking place in July. Learn More Share This Story Share Share More News Sort By Topic Reset Pinkard Breaks Ground on Buchanan Rec Center Aquatics Expansion April 2, 2026 Learn More Pinkard Completes The Irving at Mile High Vista Affordable Apartments January 22, 2026 Learn More Pinkard and The Action Center Begin Emory School Transformation March 9, 2026 Learn More Pinkard 2025: The Year in Pictures December 30, 2025 Learn More Load More Our Approach Partner, Plan, BUILD. Our approach puts YOU in control. Learn More Read Case Studies Services Ground Up. Renovations. Big. Small. We Do It all! See Our Services See Projects

Rescuing a Renovation: Sloan's Lake Rehabilitation Center Rescuing a Renovation: Sloan's Lake Rehabilitation Center August 1, 2023 Share Share The Sloan’s Lake Care and Rehabilitation Center project at Sloan’s Lake Medical Center in Denver was intended to be a dramatic upgrade to allow for enhanced patient care within a new, state-of-the-art facility. The scope of work in the six-story building included a complete gut and renovation of the fifth and sixth floors into a skilled nursing facility. Work also included improvements to the 6,800-sf ground floor with a new full-commercial kitchen to service the fifth and sixth floors, physical therapy space, reception, and office areas. The project also included minimal demo and finish work for a 1,000-sf laundry facility to service laundry from the first, fifth, and sixth-floor operations. The project was on a fast-tracked August 2011 to March 2012 schedule to allow Sloan’s Lake to take advantage of some lease-related cost savings. A California-based general contractor was hired to perform the work but was terminated in March 2012 due to insufficient progress . Insufficient progress meant the GC was near the end of the schedule but had not yet completed demolition. Hoping to “save the day,” owner Ensign Facility Services brought Pinkard Construction Company on board in April 2012. With the understanding that no preconstruction would be necessary, a quick demo completion and prompt build-out commencement would allow the project to be completed neat and tidy in mid-June 2012. As Pinkard began discovery in April, unsettling signs of asbestos were seen in areas that were supposed to be clean. Fearing the worst, Pinkard enlisted an independent consultant to advise on the work area's alleged “all clean” condition. After careful assessment by the consultant, the site was declared a “major spill” of asbestos contamination. The site was sealed, the existing tenant immediately vacated the entire 4th floor, and the fifth and sixth floors were put under full containment. This second abatement effort was almost double the original cost and scope due to the spill and resultant contamination of duct and elevator shafts, plenum spaces, etc. It also took nearly two additional months to complete. While abatement was underway and demolition at a standstill, an examination of the design documents revealed that the design, which was produced by an out-of-state architect, was far from complete, even to the point of not providing for mechanical, electrical and plumbing drawings. Pinkard worked with Ensign to constantly monitor this deficient situation, and the design and previously non-existent MEP drawings slowly developed. Pinkard also worked with Ensign and the out-of-state architect to establish a mid-May due date for construction documents that could be submitted for permit and let out for bidding. Acceptable construction documents were received June 22, and associated permits were September 4 following many rounds of revisions. Pinkard and Ensign launched an extensive preconstruction effort over the summer without a completed design or permit-able drawings. Pinkard provided comprehensive budgeting, estimating and value engineering services to establish a GMP. Despite significant favorable progress, the team decided in July it would be in the project’s best interest to hire local architect Intergroup to perform construction administration. With so much time lost due to the additional abatement and getting the design up to speed, when Pinkard was finally allowed back on-site, double-shift, six-day work weeks were implemented. Beginning Sept 4, the fourth floor ceilings were rebuilt, and the entire floor was repainted, with turnover for occupancy October 1. During this time fifth-floor waste piping for the new fifth floor bathrooms was roughed-in. First floor demolition and construction was a very sensitive issue because Pinkard was working directly beneath a fully occupied, second-floor intensive care unit. Any systems shutdown would impact intensive care operations. This situation required Pinkard and Intergroup to carefully examine as-built drawings, and open and examine existing shafts, mainline stacks, and medical-gas stacks to prevent inadvertent shut downs to intensive care above. Pinkard also collaborated closely with Xcel to avoid a shutdown of natural gas during a gas meter upsizing. Pinkard continued to make expeditious progress with a strong construction plan, an involved construction administrator in Intergroup Architects, and a committed owner. Construction ran from September 4 to December 17, 2012. Project Manager Cale Wester, Ensign Facility Services: “Although every project is going to have its ups and downs, I don’t think anyone anticipated this many “downs” when we first started. The great finish we enjoyed is a credit to Ensign, Pinkard, and Intergroup Architects’ strong commitment to team-building...it saved this project. Sloan’s Lake and Ensign are very proud of what this team was able to accomplish, and this facility is already making a difference in our patients’ lives.” The completed facility contains 42 private suites with floor-to-ceiling windows for stunning city and mountain views in all rooms; state-of-the-art rehabilitation gyms with AlterG antigravity body-weight treadmills and Pilates Reformer. Learn More Adaptive Reuse Construction Learn More Healthcare Renovations and New Construction See Projects Senior Living Construction See Projects Sloan's Lake Care and Rehabilitation Learn More Share This Story Share Share More News Sort By Topic Reset Pinkard Breaks Ground on Buchanan Rec Center Aquatics Expansion April 2, 2026 Learn More Pinkard Completes The Irving at Mile High Vista Affordable Apartments January 22, 2026 Learn More Pinkard and The Action Center Begin Emory School Transformation March 9, 2026 Learn More Pinkard 2025: The Year in Pictures December 30, 2025 Learn More Load More Our Approach Partner, Plan, BUILD. Our approach puts YOU in control. Learn More Read Case Studies Services Ground Up. Renovations. Big. Small. We Do It all! See Our Services See Projects

How Pinkard Invests in People How Pinkard Invests in People August 17, 2022 Share Share In Colorado, the construction industry is facing a historic and problematic worker shortage, and Pinkard is focused on attracting top-tier talent through a focus on employee development, staying local, and a focus building high-performing teams over profits. "Pinkard is just the right size; I like that I make it home to eat dinner with my family every night," said Stephen vonDreele, a Project manager. "Pinkard doesn't just uproot you to work on a remote jobsite. They focus on winning work in our own backyard." For 60 years, Pinkard has built exclusively along the Colorado Front Range, and there are no plans to change that. Tony Burke, Pinkard's President, says that keeping its employees local is a high priority, and the overall direction he sees for the company is one of "controlled growth." "Pinkard is a Colorado company; we build projects for Colorado institutions Like CSU (Colorado State University) and School of Mines and affordable and senior housing that has a positive impact on this community," said Burke. "As many companies grow and branch out, they send crews out and their employees live in hotels; that is not us. We want our people to be with their families and enjoy living in this great state." In terms of community involvement, it is not rare to see several Pinkard employees in their bright pink "PinkCrew" shirts spending some of their provided VTO (volunteer time off) working together on Habitat for Humanity builds, homeless youth outreach or paint-a-thons for elderly people in our local community. "The Pink Crew is an important part of the Pinkard culture," said Kristen Rebmann, a Payroll/Staff accountant who helps organize these events. "Being part of the Pink Crew not only helps build a strong community, but it also helps us create lasting bonds with each other, and it helps us grow as individuals." In addition to this opportunity to give back, Pinkard employees work in an environment where the company invests heavily in developing their skills and diversifying project experience. Promotions are frequently made from within, and most employees start in rotational positions. When recruiting construction-focused graduates, Pinkard allows them to “try out” each of the three main career paths in Operations: Construction Management, Field Operations, and Preconstruction Services. This allows everyone to find where they will be the most successful and creates a greater understanding (for both individual employees and for the entire organization) about how each division interacts to serve the client. Leighton Neff, a current senior preconstruction manager, discussed how shortly after graduating from Colorado State University in 2006, he joined Pinkard and has since held Project management, field operations, and preconstruction roles. "I really enjoy that I got to work on different project types and try out the different parts of the organization," said Neff. "Pinkard has such a diversity of project types and sizes. I like that, unlike other contractors, I will not be locked into one project type for the rest of my career at the company. I get to explore a bit." Pinkard's controlled growth strategy is what makes this approach possible. Because Pinkard is mindful of matching its pursuits and workload to its staffing levels, it creates an environment where work-life balance and its employees' wellbeing are prioritized. "We have a unique culture here and are protective of it. It is why we do extensive strategic alignment interviews and communication and work preference assessments that we use to shape our interviews and even after an employee is hired to build high-functioning work teams.," said Jeff Kessler, Director of Human Resources. "We ask a lot of our employees in terms of professionalism and technical skills. So, we work hard to ensure that they are supported, developed, and have balance." Learn More Jeff Kessler, Director of Human Resources Connect Our Team Learn More Careers Apply Today! Share This Story Share Share More News Sort By Topic Reset Pinkard Breaks Ground on Buchanan Rec Center Aquatics Expansion April 2, 2026 Learn More Pinkard Completes The Irving at Mile High Vista Affordable Apartments January 22, 2026 Learn More Pinkard and The Action Center Begin Emory School Transformation March 9, 2026 Learn More Pinkard 2025: The Year in Pictures December 30, 2025 Learn More Load More Our Approach Partner, Plan, BUILD. Our approach puts YOU in control. Learn More Read Case Studies Services Ground Up. Renovations. Big. Small. We Do It all! See Our Services See Projects

Renovations Get Underway at Broomfield's Bay Aquatic Park Renovations Get Underway at Broomfield's Bay Aquatic Park October 11, 2024 Share Share As the summer pool season comes to a close, construction is now underway at Broomfield’s Bay Aquatic Park. The $10 million “Phase IV” renovation project for the City and County of Broomfield includes the removal and replacement of the primary leisure pool, family slide, body slides, and slide plunge pool, along with the addition of deck space, shade structures, and a new mechanical building. Pinkard was the original general contractor for Bay Aquatic Park when it was first built in 1991, making it one of the first community water parks in the Denver metro area. After 30 years of use, the facility was in need of renovation due to age, condition, and updated health and building codes. In 2022, BHA Design, Inc. and their team, including aquatics architect Counsilman-Hunsaker, were selected to design the project. After funding was secured, Pinkard was awarded the project this past February. The original Bay Aquatic Park upon completion in 1991. Just weeks after closing for the Bay for the season, Pinkard Construction has already completed demolition and is currently in the excavation and site grading phase of the project. Working under an aggressive winter construction schedule, the goal is to reopen Bay Aquatic Park by early July, to ensure a partial summer 2025 season . When the project’s site constraints necessitated that construction vehicles be routed through the residential neighborhood located to the southeast, Pinkard and Broomfield officials devised an outreach plan that proactively engaged the affected residents. In addition to instituting strict hours and speed limits for construction vehicles in the neighborhood, enforced by ample signage and monitoring, City and Pinkard representatives are holding regular “Info Table + Free Coffee” events in neighboring Highland Park where residents can ask questions about the project and air concerns. “We want to be good neighbors,” says Broomfield CIP Manager Brian Graham. “While residents are understandably not thrilled with the construction traffic, many have expressed appreciation for us taking the time to listen to their concerns and for our efforts to mitigate construction impacts. Once soil export and import wraps up this month, the number of trucks entering the neighborhood will reduce significantly for the duration of the project.” For the latest info on the Bay Aquatic Park renovation, Broomfield residents can find project updates, upcoming “Info Table + Free Coffee” dates, and a live camera view of the site at: broomfieldvoice.com/thebayrenovations Learn More Pool and Natatorium Constuction See Projects Recreation Construction See Projects Bay Aquatic Park Phase IV Learn More Share This Story Share Share More News Sort By Topic Reset Pinkard Breaks Ground on Buchanan Rec Center Aquatics Expansion April 2, 2026 Learn More Pinkard Completes The Irving at Mile High Vista Affordable Apartments January 22, 2026 Learn More Pinkard and The Action Center Begin Emory School Transformation March 9, 2026 Learn More Pinkard 2025: The Year in Pictures December 30, 2025 Learn More Load More Our Approach Partner, Plan, BUILD. Our approach puts YOU in control. Learn More Read Case Studies Services Ground Up. Renovations. Big. Small. We Do It all! See Our Services See Projects

Tony Burke Looks Forward to the Next 60 Years of Pinkard Tony Burke Looks Forward to the Next 60 Years of Pinkard March 29, 2023 Share Share Pinkard turns 61 Today! At the beginning of the year, Jim Pinkard looked at the history of the company . Now, Tony looks to the future. As of March 30th, Pinkard Construction enters its 61st year serving Colorado senior living, affordable housing, multi-family, recreation, municipal, and commercial clients. Pinkard's President, Tony Burke, thought it was time to look at our future. Burke says the company’s leadership is armed with the wisdom and perspective gained by adapting and growing with this always-evolving construction and development market. “We march forward with a new generation of ownership, new leaders, and new branding,” says Burke. “These decisive changes represent a continuation of fundamental business practices but with a fresh new look and approach to the challenges and opportunities presented in the world of construction today.” Burke says that his leadership team recognizes the importance of changing stereotypes of who can participate in the construction industry. His view is that greater workforce diversity enhances the companies' ability to be creative and competitive and the industry needs to attract the workforce of tomorrow. Burke knows that the need for construction professionals is at an all-time high. A key priority for Burke is investing in Pinkard employees' ongoing development and creating an environment that retains talent. He feels that a company culture with opportunities for growth, stability, and work/life balance will also pay dividends in recruitment. “We aim to create an environment of belonging in our office and jobsites. This industry is a great place to make a living and should be inclusive and representative of our community,” explains Burke. “We strive daily to perform with our core values in mind, knowing that these qualities are the foundations of transparency and tenacity.” Burke also recognizes that mental health is an ongoing challenge within society, specifically in the construction industry. He says Pinkard will continue to expand employee benefits, build cultural supports, and engage with the entire construction industry to ensure a resilient Colorado workforce. “Pinkard's people are its greatest asset,” says Burke. “I feel a responsibility to ensure that our employees have mental health and counseling options as part of their benefits, are using technology that makes their jobs easier, and feel that they have the support from within the company to not only perform but thrive at Pinkard” Burke feels that this emphasis on the health and stability of Pinkard's workforce is the right thing to do, but also allows Pinkard to offer an unparalleled client experience. His teams have the capacity to be collaborative, provide good stewardship to their clients, produce exceptional quality, and add overall financial value to their projects. “Offering our employees the best tools possible not only helps them but offers our clients a greater degree of collaboration, clarity, and control over their project,” says Burke. “We want to provide our clients with a superior construction experience, in addition to the best value” Burke is optimistic when he thinks about the next 60 years of Pinkard. He says he feels that “Going into our 61st year, we are eager to share our excitement and enthusiasm with our friends, clients, and peers. We are thankful to be solidly rooted in the Colorado community and for the expertise of our creative and professional staff. Together we will build great teams, offer great solutions, and provide great value for all our current and future clients.” Learn More Anthony Burke, President Connect Our Projects Learn More Share This Story Share Share More News Sort By Topic Reset Pinkard Breaks Ground on Buchanan Rec Center Aquatics Expansion April 2, 2026 Learn More Pinkard Completes The Irving at Mile High Vista Affordable Apartments January 22, 2026 Learn More Pinkard and The Action Center Begin Emory School Transformation March 9, 2026 Learn More Pinkard 2025: The Year in Pictures December 30, 2025 Learn More Load More Our Approach Partner, Plan, BUILD. Our approach puts YOU in control. Learn More Read Case Studies Services Ground Up. Renovations. Big. Small. We Do It all! See Our Services See Projects