Exceeding expectations at every turn.

Back in 1999, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) and Regional Transportation District (RTD) were about to launch one of the largest transportation expansion projects in Colorado history — the “T-REX” Project. As the design-build contractor on the project, Kiewit Construction pulled together a team of really sharp public information professionals — which included Laurie Meza, Karen Morales and Joy Wasendorf — to help keep the public informed of these big changes. CDOT and RTD also had an impressive team to oversee Kiewit which included Kristi Estes. Working together as a team, these four women exceeded expectations and, in the end, the entire project was lauded as a huge success. 

The team immediately looked to transfer that success to RTD’s next undertaking — the RTD FasTracks project. However, to avoid conflicts of interest, they were going to have to either form their own company or abandon ship. Karen stepped up and formed Communication Infrastructure Group (CIG). She brought Laurie on board and, together, they won the highly-coveted FasTracks public information contract. A short time later,  Kristi joined to support the project, and eventually Joy was reunited with the rest of the team as well.

Since then, CIG has gone on to lead many more successful local infrastructure projects and has become well known in the state of Colorado for its award-winning public relations and public information services. Much of this good fortune is attributed to the incredible work ethic of the CIG employees and their turnkey capabilities that also include event planning and an internal creative department. 

“CIG prides itself on the fact that we have no ego,” says Laurie Meza, principal. “Our number one goal is to make our clients look good. We do whatever it takes but we never take the credit. We want our clients to shine!”