After having the supports pulled ou...

After having the supports pulled out from under it by way of an anemic economy caused largely from the drop in energy prices, unravelling in the Denver area is recovering.

As the largest metropolitan area in the hard Mountain region, Denver is feeling the impact of the region's improving demographics. This includes an influx of of the present day residents from other Western states and a reverberation in high-tech businesses.

The major game for the local construction industry in the past several years--as well as an engine for its economy -- has been the still-unopened Denver International Airport (see