Estimating, scheduling, and site oversight for civil projects, backed by our own crew and fleet.
Most civil projects on the Western Slope don’t go sideways in the field. They go sideways in the planning, when the budget was a guess and the schedule ignored the freeze. We manage civil projects for developers, general contractors, and public agencies across Garfield, Eagle, and Pitkin counties, and we build the cost and timeline around how this region actually works. Because we self-perform the excavation, utilities, grading, and paving, the people managing your project are the same people building it.
Managed and Built by One Team. The people managing your project are the same people building it.
Line-item numbers built from what civil work actually costs on the Western Slope.
Phasing planned around your deadlines and the region's freeze window.
One contractor responsible for the budget, the schedule, and the field work.
Years on the
Western Slope
Heyl Construction has been based in Silt, Colorado since the beginning. For more than two decades we’ve done civil work up and down the western slope, from Glenwood Springs to Aspen and Vail to Parachute, this isn’t a market we moved into, it’s home, and we know it well.
We deliver a quality civil construction product at a price that makes sense, and we do what we say we’re going to do: accurate bids, realistic timelines, and a GPS-guided Trimble fleet that keeps grading and excavation precise. From a 42-acre mixed-use development with a water ski lake and CDOT improvements to a half-mile private road paved under budget and ahead of schedule, we deliver at every scale across this region.
Every civil project needs someone watching the budget, the schedule, and the field at the same time. Here’s what we take off your plate.
A single point of contact who runs the job day to day: crews, equipment, materials, inspections, and progress reporting. You get straight updates, not surprises at invoice time.
Line-item estimates for excavation, utilities, grading, and paving, built from what these jobs actually cost on the Western Slope, paired with a schedule that sequences the work around your deadlines and the region’s short construction season. You get bid numbers you can take to a lender or a council meeting, and a timeline that isn’t racing the first hard freeze.
We review plans before the first shovel hits the ground and flag the design issues, access problems, and soil conditions that turn into change orders later.
When a project needs specialty trades, we schedule and manage them alongside our own crews so one delay doesn’t stall the whole site.
Permit applications, CDOT access and right-of-way requirements, and county and municipal inspections, tracked and handled so approvals don’t hold up the schedule.
If your project is on the Western Slope, odds are we’ve already worked nearby. Tell us what you’re planning, and we’ll put together a proposal with real numbers and a real timeline.
Deep local knowledge of Colorado’s terrain, soil conditions, seasonal freeze windows, and utility requirements. We’ve worked this corridor for decades and know what it takes to deliver here.
Trimble machine-control equipment means accurate cuts and fills on every project. Less rework. Tighter tolerances. Better finished grades.
Site clearing, excavation, grading, subgrade prep, erosion control, and hauling, all under one contract by one crew. No coordination headaches between subs. No finger-pointing when something slips.
Qualified for public road and municipal infrastructure projects. If your project touches a public right-of-way or requires state certification, we have the credentials to handle it.
We don’t low-ball to win work and make it up in change orders. Our estimates are detailed and our timelines are realistic. If something changes on site, you hear about it early, not at invoice time.
Tandem dumps, side dumps, end dumps, lowboy, and GPS-guided grading equipment, all in-house. We control the schedule, not a third-party operator.
We walk the site with you, review your plans, and talk through scope, budget, and deadlines before anything gets priced.
You get a detailed estimate broken out by scope, and we go through it line by line so there’s nothing in it you don’t understand.
We build the schedule around your deadlines and the Western Slope’s seasonal windows, with earthwork and paving sequenced to finish before the ground freezes.
Our crews do the work, and our project manager keeps you updated on progress, costs, and anything that changes, as it happens.
Final walkthrough, punch list, as-builts, and agency sign-offs, so the site is accepted and ready for the next phase.
The Tree Farm PUD is a 42-acre mixed-use development in the Roaring Fork Valley with a water ski lake and extensive CDOT improvements. When we needed an experienced civil contractor to handle all the infrastructure, including a lift station adjacent to the lake, Heyl won our trust and our business. They’ve been a pleasure to work with, and I’d recommend them for any civil construction needs.
CFO, Geronimo Ventures LLC
They paved our half-mile stretch of private road, had to deal with ten contrary homeowners, and they did a great job. I was one of the few who didn’t want the road paved, but they were very professional, worked with us as much as possible on the disruption, came in under budget, and finished quicker than planned. Absolutely five stars.
Property Owner
State of Colorado
Public & Municipal Work
Trimble
Established 1999
A look at the civil, site, and infrastructure projects we’ve built and managed across Garfield, Eagle, and Pitkin counties.
If you’ve been searching construction management companies near me and landing on Front Range firms, we’re a lot closer than that. We’re based in Silt and manage civil projects across the I-70 corridor and the Roaring Fork Valley.
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Budgets, schedules, quality, and safety across a project’s full life cycle. On civil work, that covers estimating, phasing, field supervision, trade coordination, inspections, and closeout. Because we also self-perform the civil scope, you’re not paying one firm to manage another.
With design-bid-build, the contractor is chosen by low bid after design is finished. Under CM/GC, the agency hires the construction manager separately from the designer, and the CM weighs in during design on resources, methods, cost, and phasing. The CM then gets the first shot at the construction price and must come within 5% of the Independent Cost Estimator’s figure to become the General Contractor. Colorado law authorizes this arrangement for state public projects under C.R.S. § 24-92-103. Heyl has served as CM/GC on public projects and can walk your team through whether it fits yours.
Yes. Excavation, underground utilities, grading, road construction, and paving are all done by our own crews and equipment. That means fewer handoffs, faster decisions in the field, and one company accountable when something needs fixing.
More than most people expect. CDOT’s paving specs generally don’t allow asphalt placement until air and surface temperatures reach 50 degrees and are rising, and grading has to wrap before the ground freezes. We plan the phasing around those windows from day one, so paving isn’t pushed into next spring because earthwork ran late.
Yes. Colorado public works projects come with bid bond requirements, certified payroll under the Prevailing Wage Act, and DBE participation thresholds on federally funded work. As a licensed, bonded, CDOT-approved contractor, we manage that paperwork as part of the job.
As early as you can, ideally during design. Bringing the contractor on early leads to better constructability reviews, which is where most avoidable change orders get caught. Early involvement also gives you the most flexibility to hit the Western Slope’s short building season.
Tell us about your site, your timeline, and what’s driving the deadline. We’ll give you a proposal with numbers you can plan around.
Silt, Colorado · Serving the Western Slope from Glenwood Springs to Aspen and Vail to Parachute.
