Creating Living Bronze

• Susan Diemont-Conwell

From his studio nestled in the foothills near Loveland, Colorado, Victor Issa stands before a mound of clay. Wielding many of the same tools used by Michelangelo and Rodin, Issa deftly transforms the lifeless clay into a form that appears to move and breathe. The process is painstaking with days that extend long into the evening. Issa admits he could spend an entire week on a single finger. “To create a fine art sculpture, the artist must be uncompromising and unrelenting in the pursuit of truth and beauty,” he says.   read more...

Concrete Inspiration

• Steve Freeman

It’s not hard to describe beauty in Colorado’s front range of the Rocky Mountains. Finding inspiration—for anything—can come easily after that. The family-owned company of C & L Development Corp. (C & L) strives to create its own kind of beauty at every opportunity coming to it from the region’s general contractors. The company is a structural concrete contractor for buildings that eventually find their places on the Colorado landscape.   read more...

Cut for Success

• Marge O'Connor

In 2000, Russ Thompson started a concrete cutting company to serve clients throughout Colorado and Wyoming. He named it Russ T. Diamonds, Inc., because that seemed appealing. “As a low-profile guy, I didn’t want a company with my name on it, yet wanted something catchy and unique. Because diamond-cutting blades and bits can get rusty, I decided Russ T. Diamonds would be an attention grabber. The name has gotten us a lot of attention and some laughs,” he says.   read more...

Brokering Your Business

• Tonie Auer

After 16 years of owning Clear Creek Mechanical LLC in Henderson, Colorado, a commercial HVAC business, Brad Ramig began entertaining the idea of selling his business, but he wasn’t sure where to start. He didn’t even know what price the business might command. So, when one of his employees expressed interest in buying, he was hopeful, but feared the financials might not meet a bank’s loan requirements. However, all those concerns were addressed when Fresh-Start Business Brokers Principal Brian Conaway reached out to Brad.   read more...

Paving the Way

• Amanda Milford

If you look up the word “velocity” in the Merriam-Webster dictionary, the first definitions you’ll see are “quickness of motion” or “speed.” Velocity, it seems, is a fitting name for the Denver-area concrete company that is rapidly making a mark on its industry. The small, family-owned operation, which provides concrete sales and delivery, is now poised to introduce its own innovative ready-mix product.   read more...

Comprehensive Fire Protection

• Carol Scott

Impact Fire Services, LLC (Impact Fire), a full-service fire protection company, provides installation, maintenance, monitoring and retrofit of fire safety systems throughout the United States. Although the enterprise prides itself in self-performing most work, up until last year it lacked the ability to offer special hazards solutions in the Denver market. Meanwhile, the Denver area’s Fire Protection Concepts, Inc. (FPCI), a company focused on special hazards systems, had over 10 years of detection and suppression experience keeping people and assets safe.   read more...

Making Denver Home

• Steve Freeman

Relationships, team building, familiarity, experienced guidance, togetherness, family. These values are more than the welcoming environment that JVP Contracting & Consulting LLC (JVP) hopes to create for its employees and customers. They are at the heart of the company itself.   read more...

Cutting a Deeper Legacy

• Vicki Speed

Cutting concrete is not for the unskilled, particularly when associated with critical infrastructure, such as dams, bridges and highways.   read more...

Problem-Solving Pros

• Jamie Knodel

Square one. A blank slate. A fresh start. For many, this is the preferred place to begin a project.But not Joe Morris.   read more...

Long May It Wave

• Greg Lynch

From houses of government to tailgate parties, flags are everywhere. National flags, state flags, school flags and even business flags snap and flutter around us every day. Americans love their flags, and that love has created a steady market—one that Khaled Hamideh, owner of Flag World Company, is proud to serve.   read more...