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Evanston-Uinta County Airport
High Country Construction completed two airport contracts at the Evanston-Uinta County Airport. The scope of the project was to move the runway, build safety area, new lighting, storm drain system and Deer Fencing. The two projects included approximately 2,000,000 cubic … Continue reading
Ray Lake Dam
Ray Lake dam is on the Wind River Reservation between Lander and Fort Washakie. The project consisted of complete replacement of the outlet structure. The existing structure was no longer capable of allowing the lake to be completely filled, which … Continue reading
Shooting Star Golf Course
Shooting Star Golf Course is located at the base of the Teton Village Ski Resort in Jackson Hole Wyoming. High Country Construction moved over 1,500,000 cubic yards of excavation and topsoil on this project. We also screened over 500,000 cubic … Continue reading
Three Creeks Golf Course
High Country Construction, Inc.’s first golf course construction project was the Three Creeks Course in Jackson, WY. HCC was responsible for the mass grading on this project located in the Jackson Valley. This course was designed by Tom Fazio. Challenges … Continue reading
Haystack Coal Mine
Project included construction of a new access road, stripping topsoil, and construction of two ponds. Work started on Late September of 2011 and completed around the 1st of December. The time frame to complete the work was critical due to … Continue reading
Manville – Lance Creek
This project involved reconstruction of Highway 270 north of Manville, Wyoming, with over 700,000 cubic yards of earthwork and topsoil. The project was approximately 9 miles long and included earthwork, crushed base, drainage, paving, and a bridge rehabilitation. We completed … Continue reading
Louis Lake Road — Shoshone National Forest
This project was for the Federal Highway Administration and was an 8-mile mountain road in the Shoshone National Forest. The purpose of the project was to upgrade the road from 1½ lanes and partial gravel to a 2-lane paved road. … Continue reading
Cody – Powell Highway
Highway 14 was reconstructed and widened to a five lane highway. The project was a 4-mile complete reconstruction and included earthwork, crushed base, paving, drainage, a new bridge, and revegitation. Challenges of this project included working with high traffic volume … Continue reading
Rock Springs — Grant Street Extension
For this project, we extended Grant Street in downtown Rock Springs to connect with Western Wyoming College. Work consisted of pioneering a new road over a rock bluff, a bridge over Bitter Creek, a riprap-lined channel, drainage, crushed base, paving, … Continue reading