Northern Colorado companies earn 2006 BBB Torch Awards

Fix-it-and-forget-it doesn’t fly at Hensel Phelps Construction Co.

When the Greeley-based commercial builder recently completed an expansion project at the Denver Convention Center, project managers noticed hairline cracking in the sidewalks surrounding the complex.

Even though the sidewalks had been accepted by Denver city officials, Hensel Phelps didn’t walk away. The company replaced the sidewalks at its own cost.

Evidently, that’s how you get to be a $2 billion company. And it’s how you get recognized for ethical business practices.

Hensel Phelps was one of four Northern Colorado companies to receive the Mountain States Better Business Bureau’s 2006 Torch Awards for Marketplace Ethics, announced…