UTAH PARK

AURORA, CO
$4.8 million

Torrential rains the night before the Aug. 9, 2008 grand opening of Utah Park left the park's two massive retention ponds completely full. "It's working just like it's supposed to," reassured Paul Hindman, executive director of the Urban Drainage and Flood Control District, at the event. The City of Aurora selected ECI to renovate the 47-acre park to serve a dual purpose: be the neighborhood's gathering place and become a flood-control facility. The 2008 re-development, led by ECI, resulted in greater flood storage capabilities for the city. For the re-development, ECI:

• demolished most the old park site
• Increased water-storage capacity by creating two new large retention ponds that replaced an old pond
• constructed a new playground
• installed water features
• built custom shelters, a restroom building, extensive sidewalks, decorative plazas and parking lots
• created buff sandstone retaining walls
• built new channels
• built new pump station and irrigation system to irrigate 35 acres
• planted extensive sod and native seeding

PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS

Opening Year: 2008

Project Partners:
City of Aurora
Urban Drainage &
Flood Control
Architect: Design Concepts

Schedule:
Start 12/06
Completion - ongoing

Project Responsibilities:
Coordination of trades
Budget Management
Schedule Conformance