{"id":3581,"date":"2022-03-23T14:38:10","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T14:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saundersinc.com\/?p=3581"},"modified":"2022-03-23T14:38:10","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T14:38:10","slug":"dick-saunders-receives-enr-mountain-states-2021-legacy-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saundersinc.com\/about\/news\/dick-saunders-receives-enr-mountain-states-2021-legacy-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Dick Saunders receives ENR Mountain States&#8217; 2021 Legacy Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Founder Dick Saunders was chosen by Engineering News Record-Mountain States as the 2021 Legacy Award Winner. This award is given to an individual who has achieved a lifetime legacy of service, both to the AEC industry and the community. John Beeble, who proceeded Saunders as president and CEO of Saunders Construction said, \u201cDick has been a guy who\u2019s never, ever said he was going to do something that he didn\u2019t follow through on. That is what makes Dick Saunders who he is, and it\u2019s what makes him unique.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dick Saunders founded Saunders Construction 50 years ago with honesty and integrity at the forefront, creating a reputation of reliability that stood out in the construction industry.\u00a0Scott Dailey with ENR-Mountain States wrote, \u201cThat reputation for reliability was central to our selection of Saunders for the publication\u2019s 2021 Legacy Award in the Colorado-Wyoming area.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After growing up poor, Saunders strived for financial security and aspired to own his own business. He took out a $40,000 loan in 1972 to form Saunders Construction, and the company was awarded its first job to build an upscale men\u2019s store called Pappagallo in Denver\u2019s Cherry Creek neighborhood. Saunders Construction succeeded in becoming a diversified construction powerhouse, known for being one of the region\u2019s most trusted contracting firms.<\/p>\n<p>Saunders not only dedicated his career to bettering the construction industry, he has also given back to the community through various groups including Colorado UpLift, the University of Denver, ACE Scholarships, Urban Youth Ministries, Mental Health America of Colorado, and the Associated General Contractors of America Colorado chapter.<\/p>\n<p>Now 81 years old, Saunders primarily resides in Scottsdale, Ariz. with his wife Jeanne and enjoys playing golf twice a week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Founder Dick Saunders was chosen by Engineering News Record-Mountain States as the 2021 Legacy Award Winner. This award is given to an individual who has achieved a lifetime legacy of service, both to the AEC industry and the community. John Beeble, who proceeded Saunders as president and CEO of Saunders Construction said, \u201cDick has been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n<title>Dick Saunders receives ENR Mountain States&#039; 2021 Legacy Award | Saunders<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Read more about Dick Saunders receives ENR Mountain States&#039; 2021 Legacy Award\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saundersinc.com\/about\/news\/dick-saunders-receives-enr-mountain-states-2021-legacy-award\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dick Saunders receives ENR Mountain States&#039; 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