Mark Young Construction

10/22/2026

Poudre School District has more than 10,000 unfilled seats right now. That's roughly a third of its total capacity.

It's not the only Front Range district facing this. Boulder Valley, Adams 12, and others are weighing school closures and consolidations as enrollment keeps dropping faster than anyone projected.

For a construction company that's built and renovated K-12 facilities across Colorado for decades, this is a real shift worth paying attention to. The next wave of school construction in the Front Range may look less like new campuses and more like consolidation projects: combining programs, repurposing underused space, and right-sizing buildings for a smaller student population.

That's a different kind of project than a ground-up school build, and it requires a different kind of planning. Occupied-building renovation, phased construction around active programs, and space reconfiguration all take a level of coordination that new construction doesn't.

Curious how other Colorado contractors and district facilities teams are thinking about this shift.

Source: https://www.cpr.org/2026/09/19/poudre-school-district-closing-consolidating-schools/

10/21/2026

A 187 foot building just moved. Whole.

At the Morrison CCC Camp, our crew relocated the historic mess hall in one piece, all 187 feet of it, to preserve a piece of Colorado's Civilian Conservation Corps history.

Follow along for more of the CCC Camp project.

10/19/2026

Another summer of building, wrapped.

This summer, our interns got real hands-on experience, sitting in on jobsite reports, project meetings, and the day-to-day work that goes into building something that lasts. Fresh ideas, hard work, and genuine enthusiasm made a difference on our teams.

That's the kind of experience we want every intern to walk away with: not just a resume line, but a real look at what it takes to build great things.

Thank you to this summer's intern class for the work you put in. We're proud of what you accomplished, and we're rooting for you as you head back to campus this fall.

Interested in an internship with MYC? Visit out website and let us know.

10/17/2026

At the CCC Camp in Morrison, we moved 20-foot-long barracks off foundations older than the interstate.

These structures date back to the 1930s. Moving them meant protecting history while making room for the next phase of work, with every lift planned on paper before anyone touched the structures.

Preserving something that old takes knowing exactly what you're working with before you move it an inch.

10/16/2026

Material costs are up 6.4% this year. Contractors have only passed 3.5% of that along in their pricing so far.

That gap, from JLL's midyear construction report, is worth sitting with. It means bid prices haven't fully caught up to what materials actually cost today. JLL expects that gap to close before the year is out.

For owners planning a project in the next six to twelve months, that's not a footnote. It's a reason to lock in scope and pricing sooner rather than later.

We've had this conversation with several Colorado clients this year. Waiting for costs to stabilize isn't a strategy right now. Getting ahead of the pricing curve is.

Preconstruction exists for exactly this reason: to make decisions early enough that shifts like this don't blow up a budget after the fact.

Source: https://www.bdcnetwork.com/construction-costs/article/55403614/contractors-expected-to-pass-more-of-their-rising-costs-on-to-owners

10/14/2026

Some projects you remember for the rest of your career. This is one of them.

The Mount Morrison CCC Camp is one of only 14 surviving original Civilian Conservation Corps buildings in the country, built by the crew that also constructed Red Rocks Amphitheatre. No margin for error on a structure like this. Every detail gets worked out before a tool touches the site.

We are honored to be trusted with it. Follow along to see our progress.

10/12/2026

10/08/2026

A generator takes about 40 weeks to arrive right now. A transformer can take up to 150.

Those numbers come from DPR's Q3 2026 market report, and they're not outliers. Equipment lead times have become one of the biggest schedule risks in commercial construction, bigger in a lot of cases than the actual construction sequence.

This changes how projects need to be planned. Waiting until permitting is complete to order long-lead equipment isn't a delay anymore. It's a guarantee of one.

At MYC, this is exactly why we push equipment procurement into the earliest phase of preconstruction, sometimes before design is even finalized. The building can't wait on a transformer that was ordered too late.

For owners: ask your contractor when they plan to place orders on your long-lead items. The answer tells you a lot about how the rest of the schedule will hold up.

Source: https://www.dpr.com/view/q3-2026-market-conditions-report

10/07/2026

The American Subcontractors Association of Colorado (ASAC) hosted their 37th Annual Golf Classic, and our membership earned us a foursome on the course this year.

Layla represented the MYC team at the Women of Construction table, part of ASAC's work to support and grow women in the industry.

Good conversations, good golf, good company. Glad to be part of it.