Purgatoire Valley Construction, Inc.

Success happens when preparation meets opportunity. Because of our high level of preparation at a time when great opportunity presented itself, we have become an extremely successful company. In order to continue our phenomenal growth, we are in a position to offer great opportunity to those who are also highly prepared and ready to take action. Whether you're another contractor looking to partner on a project or a skilled craftsman looking for employment, Purgatiore Valley can offer it all. After all, here at Purgatoire Valley, we are all part of the family.

With a well-honed business sense following a carefully crafted business plan supported by many, many years of experience, we are Purgatoire Valley Construction, Inc. and PVC Services, proud family owned businesses. We excel at what we do, and we do a lot.

Because of our many years of expertise and our ability to take on any challenge and get the job done right the first time, Purgatoire Valley Construction, Inc., has become one of the largest employers in southern Colorado. Even with the recent economic downturn, Purgatoire Valley is poised on becoming one of the larger construction companies in the Rocky Mountain Region with new possibilities opening up in other areas of Colorado, and in New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming, North Dakota and Montana.

We have crews that specialize in utility construction and road building. One of the projects we completed involves the rebuilding of several blocks of brick street in the Corazon de Trinidad, the National Historic District that makes up the Heart of Trinidad, Colorado. This project included repairing and/or replacing water and sewer mains, moving all above-ground utilities sub-surface, rebuilding storm drains, concrete-slabbing the roadbed, and resurfacing the street with brick, just as it was in the early 1900's (but without all the horse manure). Another project we recently completed for the City of Trinidad was the Elm Street Improvement Project. This project created a brand new extension of Elm Street, connecting Chestnut Street to Linden Avenue.

We are well established in the oil and gas field boom that is taking place in the Rocky Mountain Region. Even with the recent economic downturn, Purgatoire Valley has continued to help maintain the natural gas wells for the numerous oil and gas companies in the area. We also have many years of experience in the field of pipeline construction. We have done and continue to do work for the natural gas operators and transporters like Pioneer Natural Resources, XTO Energy and Colorado Interstate Gas. Currently the gas companies are strictly in maintenance mode, so no new construction is happening. This has enabled us to diversify and expand our capibilities into the service side of the gas and oil field.

Our concrete crews are top notch. We cut our teeth doing residential projects, then move on to larger commercial foundations and heavy industrial work. Some of our commercial projects include Army Corps of Engineers projects on Fort Carson and Pinon Canyon, along with numerous municipalities throughout Colorado and New Mexico. We also have crews that specialize in commercial and industrial steel building construction, along with wood framed or other types of buildings. With well-trained, safety orientated, highly motivated people, we have found that no project is outside our limits.

We also have many opportunities available in our Building Division. Our building crews have been busy at the New Elk Coal Mine in Western Las Animas County. Past projects at the mine include new locker rooms and restrooms, new offices and many other remodel projects. We currently have other building crews in Colorado Springs, La Junta and Walsenburg. And soon to be Raton, New Mexico for a New Mexico DOT Salt Storage Facility. As a result of proving our motivation, experience and capability, other general contractors contact us to negotiate projects without contacting anyone else. As we said before, with well-trained, safety orientated, highly motivated people, the sky is no limit for us.

We are a family owned and operated company, headquartered in the Victorian Jewel that is Trinidad, in Las Animas County, Colorado. This county is the size of the State of Connecticut but has only 15,000 residents (and more than 25,000 Rocky Mountain elk). We live in a pristine mountain and forest wonderland, and we work hard to keep it that way. Being as involved as we are in the natural gas development that is going on here allows us to set a very high bar in terms of preventing and mitigating possible damage to the environment. This is why we keep saying "motivated, well-trained and prepared." Our expertise and capability in this is also why we are invited into other natural resource developments in the Rocky Mountain Region.

It's a good time to get in on an extremely good thing. And the opportunities for advancement are great. We offer very competitive pay and excellent benefits to those who are motivated and ready to make this journey with us.

To further our business plan, we (and several of the natural gas operators and sub-contractors in our area) have partnered with Trinidad State Junior College in developing the EPIC (Energy Production and Industrial Construction) Program. This program offers Certification (9 months) and Associate Degrees (2 years) in Heavy Equipment Diesel Mechanics, Heavy Equipment Operating and Professional Welding. Shortly after we began this program, the following article appeared in the Trinidad Times-Independent:

What we helped begin is already growing larger and offering more than we ever dreamed... And, as you can see, we are highly invested in our community and are very proud of it. Our commitment to Trinidad, Las Animas County and Colorado shows in our people, too. We take good care of them and they take good care of us (isn't that the way it's supposed to be?) We have quite a few motivated, highly experienced people working with us already. We're looking for more and our future is bright, very bright. Are you interested? If you are, you can step up to the plate right here and get started almost as soon as you walk into our office on Pine Street in Trinidad.