American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) of Colorado

American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) of Colorado As the state's engineering industry's voice, ACEC Colorado's mission is to advance a business environ

The values of ACEC Colorado are to:

- Advance the practice of consulting engineering
- Hold prominent the protection of the public safety and welfare
- Provide the means for furthering satisfactory business relations between members and clients
- Exchange business experiences
- Promote cordial relations among the members
- Improve the image of member firms and the Council
- Continuously improve the value of membership

At the 2026 ACEC Colorado Annual Conference, Makenzie Sobieski of the Colorado School of Mines received Muller Engineeri...
06/18/2026

At the 2026 ACEC Colorado Annual Conference, Makenzie Sobieski of the Colorado School of Mines received Muller Engineering Company's James M. Condon Memorial Scholarship, a $3,000 award. It was presented by ACEC Colorado Scholarship & Education Foundation past president Jeff Kobriger, PE (HCDA Engineering, Inc.) and ACEC Colorado past president Dave Merritt, PE (AECOM), along with Gray Clark, PE (Muller Engineering) and John Hausman, PE (Muller Engineering).

When a firm shows up with two of its engineers to recognize a student, it tells you the commitment is real. For our member community, that is the kind of involvement that keeps the talent pipeline strong and keeps students connected to the firms that may one day employ them.

The engineering workforce of tomorrow is sitting in classrooms today. Supporting those students is one of the most practical things this industry can do for itself.

Congratulations, Makenzie. The Colorado engineering community is glad to have you.

Learn more about ACEC Colorado at acec-co.org.

At the 2026 ACEC Colorado Annual Conference, Vanessa Ponce of the University of Colorado Boulder received the Martin/Mar...
06/17/2026

At the 2026 ACEC Colorado Annual Conference, Vanessa Ponce of the University of Colorado Boulder received the Martin/Martin, Inc Consulting Engineers Scholarship, a $5,000 award. It was presented by ACEC Colorado Scholarship & Education Foundation past president Jeff Kobriger, PE (HCDA Engineering, Inc.) and ACEC Colorado past president Dave Merritt, PE (AECOM), along with Alec Guevara, EIT (Martin/Martin).

For our member firms, that hand-off matters. The engineers Colorado firms invest in early become the mentors and recruiters of the next group, and the cycle keeps the talent pipeline strong.

Workforce is one of the biggest challenges facing our industry, and moments like this are a reminder that the solution often starts with students.

Congratulations, Vanessa. The Colorado engineering community is glad to see you on your way.

Learn more about ACEC Colorado at acec-co.org.

At the 2026 ACEC Colorado Annual Conference, Lydia Lynskey of the Colorado School of Mines received the Evans Family Sch...
06/17/2026

At the 2026 ACEC Colorado Annual Conference, Lydia Lynskey of the Colorado School of Mines received the Evans Family Scholarship, a $5,000 award. It was presented by ACEC Colorado Scholarship & Education Foundation past president Jeff Kobriger, PE (HCDA Engineering, Inc.) and ACEC Colorado past president Dave Merritt, PE (AECOM), along with Lauren Evans, PE, FACEC (retired founder of Pinyon Environmental) and ACEC Colorado Foundation board member Karlene Thomas, P.E., FACEC (Pinyon Environmental).

For our member firms, this is the cycle that keeps the profession healthy. Experienced leaders invest in students, students become engineers, and some of them go on to lead firms and invest in the next group.

That is the long view, and it is one of the best reasons to be part of this community.

Congratulations, Lydia. The Colorado engineering community is glad to have you.

Learn more about ACEC Colorado at acec-co.org.

There is something special about a scholarship presented with the family of the person it honors in the room. At the 202...
06/16/2026

There is something special about a scholarship presented with the family of the person it honors in the room. At the 2026 ACEC Colorado Annual Conference, Kate Linstedt of Colorado Mesa University received the Les Botham Memorial Scholarship, a $5,000 award. It was presented by ACEC Colorado Scholarship & Education Foundation past president Jeff Kobriger, PE (HCDA Engineering, Inc.) and ACEC Colorado past president Dave Merritt, PE (AECOM), along with Mary Presecan, PE (Spheros Environmental) and Bonnie Botham, Les Botham's widow.

Colorado Mesa University helps anchor the engineering workforce on the Western Slope, and recognizing its students matters to firms working across all of Colorado, not just the Front Range.

For our member community, moments like this connect the people who built this profession to the people who will carry it forward. That continuity is worth protecting.

Congratulations, Kate. The Colorado engineering community is honored to celebrate you.

Learn more about ACEC Colorado at acec-co.org.

The largest scholarship of this year's ACEC Colorado Annual Conference went to a Colorado State University student, and ...
06/16/2026

The largest scholarship of this year's ACEC Colorado Annual Conference went to a Colorado State University student, and it was a moment worth marking. Robert Lamm received the Leonard Rice Memorial Scholarship, a $10,000 award presented by ACEC Colorado Scholarship & Education Foundation past president Jeff Kobriger, PE (HCDA Engineering, Inc.) and ACEC Colorado past president Dave Merritt, PE (AECOM), along with Mary Presecan, PE (Spheros Environmental). Robert's service dog Fletcher was on stage to help him receive his scholarship recognition.

A scholarship of this size says something about how seriously this community takes its future. For our member firms, the value is clear. The students earning awards like this are the people who will be solving Colorado's water, infrastructure and environmental challenges for decades to come.

Congratulations, Robert. That is a tremendous honor, and the Colorado engineering community is glad to celebrate it with you.

Learn more about ACEC Colorado at acec-co.org.

The Colorado School of Mines has long been a source of engineering talent for our state, and this year one of its studen...
06/15/2026

The Colorado School of Mines has long been a source of engineering talent for our state, and this year one of its students earned some well-deserved recognition. Madingley Greene received the William Russell Stoneman Memorial Scholarship at the 2026 ACEC Colorado Annual Conference, a $2,500 award presented by ACEC Colorado Scholarship & Education Foundation past president Jeff Kobriger, PE (HCDA Engineering, Inc.) and ACEC Colorado past president Dave Merritt, PE (AECOM).

For our member firms, the students at schools like Mines are the future of every project team in the state. The workforce questions firms wrestle with today, finding good people and keeping them, start with supporting students before they ever fill out a job application.

Congratulations, Madingley. The Colorado engineering community is rooting for you.

Learn more about ACEC Colorado at acec-co.org.

Some of the best moments at the ACEC Colorado Annual Conference happen when we get to recognize the students coming up b...
06/15/2026

Some of the best moments at the ACEC Colorado Annual Conference happen when we get to recognize the students coming up behind us. This year, Chase Brown of the University of Colorado Boulder received the ACEC Colorado Scholarship and Education Foundation Award, a $4,000 scholarship presented by the ACEC Colorado Scholarship & Education Foundation past president Jeff Kobriger, PE (HCDA Engineering, Inc.) and ACEC Colorado past president Dave Merritt, PE (AECOM).

For the firms in our community, awards like this are a glimpse of the talent pipeline we all depend on. The students earning these scholarships today are the engineers our member firms will be hiring, mentoring and learning from in the years ahead.

Investing in that pipeline is not charity. It is how a profession keeps itself strong, especially in a state growing as fast as Colorado, where the demand for skilled engineers keeps climbing.

Congratulations, Chase. The Colorado engineering community is glad to have you on the way up.

Learn more about ACEC Colorado at acec-co.org.

Advocacy is at the center of what ACEC Colorado does, so it means something when a scholarship built around it goes to a...
06/15/2026

Advocacy is at the center of what ACEC Colorado does, so it means something when a scholarship built around it goes to a future engineer. Charlotte Kearns of the University of Colorado Boulder received the Marilen Reimer Advocacy and Public Policy Legacy Scholarship at the 2026 ACEC Colorado Annual Conference, a $2,250 award. Charlotte could not attend, and in a fitting turn the scholarship's namesake, former ACEC Colorado executive director Marilen Reimer, accepted the certificate on her behalf.

The engineers who shape Colorado's roads, water systems and buildings are not the only people who decide how those projects get built. Policy does too. Encouraging students to understand that early is how we grow the kind of leaders our industry needs at the table.

For our member firms, that is the long game. The people who learn to advocate as students become the principals who protect this profession down the road.

Congratulations, Charlotte. We are glad to see you carrying this work forward.

Thank you to the ACEC Colorado Scholarship & Education Foundation for their generous support of the up and coming professionals in our industry.

Learn more about ACEC Colorado's advocacy work at acec-co.org/advocacy.

The next generation of Colorado engineers is already on its way, and ACEC Colorado was glad to recognize one of them thi...
06/14/2026

The next generation of Colorado engineers is already on its way, and ACEC Colorado was glad to recognize one of them this year. At the 2026 ACEC Colorado Annual Conference, the ACEC Colorado Scholarship & Education Foundation awarded Grant Balzer of the University of Colorado Boulder the Sandy Donnel Memorial Scholarship, a $2,250 award. Grant could not be there in person, so former ACEC Colorado executive director Marilen Reimer accepted the certificate on his behalf.

For our member firms, these awards are more than a line on a program. They point to the people who will fill out project teams, take on design work and eventually lead firms of their own across the state. Workforce is one of the toughest challenges our industry faces right now, and helping students early is one of the most direct things this community can do about it.

Congratulations, Grant. The Colorado engineering community is behind you, and we look forward to seeing where your career takes you.

Learn more about ACEC Colorado at acec-co.org.

This morning's DOTI Bagels & Business brought about 65 of us together over coffee, bagels and a packed agenda with Denve...
06/12/2026

This morning's DOTI Bagels & Business brought about 65 of us together over coffee, bagels and a packed agenda with Denver's Department of Transportation & Infrastructure.

The session kicked off with procurement updates before Amy Ford (executive director, DOTI) took the floor for an executive talk on where the department is headed. Hearing priorities straight from leadership is exactly why this event exists. No filtering, no guesswork, just a direct line between DOTI and the consulting community.

Patience Reuter (director of program management, DOTI) followed with a division spotlight on Program Management, giving attendees a closer look at how the division operates and what that means for firms working with the city. Gary Padilla (key project manager, DOTI) and Tricia Ortega (senior contract administrator, DOTI) rounded out the DOTI team on hand to connect with attendees.

If you work in Denver or want to, these mornings are one of the best ways to understand how DOTI does business and build relationships with the people behind the projects. Thanks to everyone who showed up early and brought good questions, and thanks to the DOTI team for the candid conversation.

Keep an eye out for the next one. We'll see you there.

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7979 E. Tufts Avenue, Ste. 230
Denver, CO
80237

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Tuesday 7:30am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 7:30am - 5:30pm
Thursday 7:30am - 5:30pm
Friday 8am - 12pm

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(303) 832-2200

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