Bill Barrett Corp. of Denver was recognized by the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission for the company’s “superior environmental stewardship” at the commission’s annual meeting in Jackson Hole, Wyo., last month. The group commended Barrett for cleaning up well sites neglected by previous owners, doing road work to better protect natural artifacts and funding an artifact-inventory project.
KB Home Colorado has earned the National Housing Quality Certification from the NAHB Research Center. KB Home Colorado, based in Centennial, is the state’s first builder to earn the designation after an NAHB audit of its quality-assurance systems.
ECollege, a provider of information services to the post-secondary-education industry, announced Tuesday a special migration offer enabling institutions to convert their online programs to the eCollege platform. ECollege is based in Chicago, with its eLearning division based in Denver.
Tianjin Create Co., a subsidiary of Denver-based China Wireless Communications Inc., announced Tuesday it has signed a fourth contract with Nankai University in China to provide desktop and laptop computer systems.
CSG Systems, an Arapahoe County-based provider of customer-care and billing solutions, announced Tuesday that Euskaltel, the leading communications operator in Spain’s Basque region, has signed an agreement to expand its use of CSG’s Kenan/BP billing solution to accommodate its growing subscriber base.
Great-West Healthcare, a Greenwood Village-based employee-benefits provider, announced Tuesday a new Clear Card that helps members budget out-of-pocket health-care expenses. The card, which is processed like any other credit, debit or check card, helps members pay out-of-pocket health-care expenses.
RFID Ltd. of Denver announced Tuesday it has been accepted into the Small Business Administration HUBZone Empowerment Contracting Program. The acquisition of HUBZone contracts and subcontracts could lead to as many as 65 new jobs in the Denver downtown area over the next 12 months, the company said.
Colorado Business Committee for the Arts has issued a call for nominations for its 2006 Business for the Arts Awards. The deadline for nominations is Nov. 1. For details on the awards, visit www.cbca.org/programsawards.asp.
Brand Iron Marketing, a Denver-based branding, strategic-planning and marketing- services firm, added (212) Salad and Sandwich Co., Contract Furnishings Inc. and Wisdom Real Estate as clients.
Fellows Energy Ltd., a Broomfield-based energy company, announced Tuesday it is in the process of acquiring a gas field in Carbon County, Utah, that produces about 30 million cubic feet of natural gas per month. The field comprises 5,953 acres.
