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As the owner of Boulder-based Milo Construction Corp. rebuilt his own home and those of multiple neighbors, he repeatedly learned that what a family lost was often far dif- ferent than what insurance companies were willing to replace. Or families were vastly underinsured. Or both. The knowledge has helped him in recent weeks as he’s once again aiding neighbors and customers navigate the aftermath of a disaster, September’s COURTESY MACARTHUR FOUNDATION 100-year flood that devastated Boul- University of Colorado-Boulder theoretical physicist Ana Maria Rey illustrates her work with ultra-cold der County and many other parts of atoms. Rey, 36, has received a $625,000 MacArthur Fellowship, a prize commonly known as the “genius the Front Range. grant.” See story, 6A. “I’m very cagey about flood-related ➤ See Building, 14A CONTENTS Serving Boulder & Broomfield Counties Awards ........................................... 22A For the Record ............................... 19A Boulder County’s Business Journal BCBRdaily ........................................2A Medical File ......................................9A Business Digest ............................. 22A Nonprofit Network ..........................22A Calendar .........................................22A Observations ..................................26A CEO Roundtable ..............................4A On the Job ..................................... 23A Editorial .......................................... 26A Product Update.............................. 22A Eye ................................................... 3A Real Estate .....................................24A LISTS Highest-Paid Newspapers ...................................10A Nonprofit Executives ......................13A Women-Owned Businesses ...........16A 2A | Oct. 11-24, 2013 Boulder County Business Report | www.bcbr.com 3,600 local federal lab workers furloughed Editor’s note: The following is a wrap- of Standards and Technology, the Czech Republic in addition to multiple BCBR Opinion Poll up of breaking local business stories National Oceanic and Atmospheric locations in the United States. Our online question: published daily on the Boulder County Administration and others. Posted Oct. 8. Business Report’s website. Sign up Was your home in Boulder or National parks, monuments, muse- Broomfield counties damaged by the 100 for our free BCBRdaily, an all local ums and federal offices were closed. Ion receives federal grant 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 0 recent floods? e-news report sent to your email each Air-traffic controllers, including those BOULDER – Ion Engineering LLC weekday. Just click on “Register for at a regional center in Longmont, pris- has been awarded a competitive $15 E-Newsletters” at www.BCBR.com. on guards and Border Patrol agents million grant from the U.S. Depart- Yes 56% will remain on the job, although they ment of Energy’s Office of Fossil Ener- BY BUSINESS REPORT STAFF may not get paid. gy to help support a carbon dioxide [email protected] Posted Oct. 1. capture pilot project at Nebraska Pub- lic Power District’s Gerald Gentleman BOULDER – About 3,600 federal Station in Sutherland, Nebraska. No 44% laboratory workers in Boulder County BCBR DAILY Boulder-based Ion and partners were placed on furlough Oct. 1 after – including the University of North 48 votes from Sept. 18 to Oct. 7. the shutdown of the U.S. government. SolarWinds buys Confio Dakota’s Energy and Environmental This poll is not scientific and reflects only the opinions of The shutdown came after members of BOULDER – Austin, Texas-based Research Center and the University those Internet users who have chosen to participate. The results cannot be assumed to represent the opinions of the U.S. House and Senate failed to SolarWinds Worldwide LLC (NYSE: of Alabama’s Department of Chemi- Internet users in general, nor the public as a whole. reach a budget-spending agreement. SWI) acquired Boulder-based Confio cal and Biological Engineering – will Of the federal lab employees in Corp. for $103 million in cash. contribute another $4 million to the Take the BCBR Opinion Poll online at BCBR.com. Boulder County, about 3,150 are full Confio – a provider of database 45-month project. time, 416 are part timers and students, performance management software Ion, founded five years ago, previ- torOps Inc., which announced a $6.5 and 31 are contract workers, according that has a sales office