Winter storms can be a challenge for those drivers trying to maneuver the roads. Municipal public works departments are preparing for the storms 24/7 to ensure public safety. Continue reading “Cities and Municipalities Prepare for Winter Storms”
Category: Public Infrastructure Services
Partnering to Keep Road Safety a Priority
By Steve Bertasso – Operations Manager, Utah
Road safety starts with you. Road maintenance companies go to great lengths to make sure the road is safe for you during construction. Car and truck construction crashes are many times caused by auto drivers not paying attention or are too impatient to slow down. Sharing the road with large vehicles can be dangerous if you are not aware of their limitations. Continue reading “Partnering to Keep Road Safety a Priority”
Public-Private Partnerships For Public Works
Public-private partnerships are a way for governments to collaborate with the private sector to share the risks and rewards involved in the construction and maintenance of public infrastructure projects. To ensure a lean government and outstanding service, cities often embraced public-private partnerships. This is what the City of Centennial did.
The City of Centennial is located just south of Denver city limits with 107,000 residents. The city was formed in 2000 through high citizen engagement resulting in the largest incorporated city in U.S. history at the time.
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Creating Winning Partnerships for Municipal Landscapes
Parks and streetscapes beautification projects deliver essential environmental, aesthetic, and recreation benefits to our cities. Investing in projects that maintain the city outdoors results in positive economic benefits, enhanced property values, increased municipal revenue, and attracts homebuyers and employers who appreciate well maintained outdoor areas.
Terracare Associates (TCA) works with municipalities from California to Texas providing landscape maintenance services to meet the unique needs of governmental agencies. Continue reading “Creating Winning Partnerships for Municipal Landscapes”
Potholes – Why they keep coming back
It is that time of year when we start to think of green grass, flowers, trees blooming and wheel alignment. Wheel alignment is as true to spring as the Easter bunny. It is pothole season. You say…POTHOLES! Continue reading “Potholes – Why they keep coming back”
Terracare Associates Acquires Traffic Control Assets
Terracare Associates, headquartered in Littleton, Colorado, is pleased to announce the recent acquisition of all assets of a traffic control company out of Sandy, Utah. Terracare also appointed of Mr. Loran Gillen, past owner of Gillen construction, as the Manager of Terracare Associates Utah operations. Continue reading “Terracare Associates Acquires Traffic Control Assets”
Experience is the Key to Public Private Partnerships
Experience matters! Especially in the world of public private partnerships (P3’s)
Public Private Partnerships are a way for governments to collaborate with the private sector to share the risks and rewards involved in the construction and maintenance of public infrastructure projects. Since 1998, Terracare Associates has been at the forefront of public private partnerships, public works and city landscape maintenance services in the Western United States. And, the Public Infrastructure management team at Terracare, brings quite an extraordinary resume to every project with over 200 years of combined experience.
Experience is the Key to Public Private Partnerships
The leadership is comprised of seasoned individuals with a breadth and depth of public works experience, and the knowledge and tools to help clients with a wide variety of infrastructure projects. The combined backgrounds include decades working for the Colorado Department of Transportation, city management, and multiple industry certifications.
“We are so fortunate to have such an impressive group of people working together, sharing knowledge and resources to best serve our customers,” says Justin Stewart, Vice President of the Public Infrastructure Division at Terracare.
| Name | Title | Years Experience | Certifications/Degrees |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas DeGaffe | Project Manager | 16 | 3 |
| Antonio Deluna | Project Manager | 18 | 6 |
| Greg Hayes | Colorado Operations Manager | 30 | 5 |
| Tim Gowan | ShopManager | 16 | 15 |
| Nick Madrid | Asst Project Manager | 35 | 6 |
| Loran Gillen | Utah Operations | 29 | 11 |
| Todd Rodriguez | Project Manager | 22 | 4 |
| Justin Stewart | Vice President | 25 | 5 |
| Bill Winfield | Director of Operations | 16 | 4 |
| Jacque Wedding-Scott | Strategic Partnerships | 25 | 2 |
| Totals | – | 232 | 61 |
“Every team member in our division contributes to our success. From our field personnel, and line supervisors to our project managers and our fleet management group, we are better together, sharing and caring about delivering quality performance every day” says Stewart.
Terracare Associates offers a wide variety of public works maintenance services including right-of-way mowing, all-inclusive roadway and roadside management, sign repair/replacement, concrete, traffic control, and snow removal on a citywide scale.