About Industrial Contractors of Cheyenne
Industrial construction in Cheyenne and nearby Wyoming communities
Power. Fiber. Slab. Frost. Wind. Those five words decide most industrial jobs in Cheyenne, and they decide them in that order.
Industrial Contractors of Cheyenne builds data center campuses, distribution buildings, rail-served yards, manufacturing space and the site infrastructure under all of them. We work in Cheyenne, across Laramie County and out to Laramie and Wheatland. We do not sell scenery. We sell megawatts delivered on a date, floors that carry the load and schedules that account for weather.
The capacity on the ground
Start with the land. It is large, it is mostly flat and much of it already has utilities.
- Cheyenne Business Parkway: 900 acres inside city limits, with natural gas, electricity and redundant fiber in place. It is not rail served.
- North Range Business Park: 21 sites on 620 acres, with its own interchange onto I-80.
- Cheyenne Logistics Hub: about 2,000 acres southwest of town with access to both BNSF and Union Pacific, I-80 and I-25. It is the only rail-served business park in the city.
- High Plains Business Park: 1,100 acres on South Greeley Highway, with new sewer, water, road and signal work delivered between April 2024 and December 2025.
- Campstool Business Park: over 200 acres, annexed and zoned, at I-80 exit 367.
Each park has a different answer to the first three questions: is there power, is there rail, and what has to be built before a foundation can go in. We answer them before we price. A site without rail costs less to start and more to ship from. A site with rail needs spur work, crossings and drainage that the railroad must approve.
Data centers: power sets the calendar
Data center owners come to Cheyenne for three things. Power, fiber and land. Local economic development reporting puts data center investment here at $3.1 billion in the years after 2012, and one 715,000 square foot AI campus on 960 acres of the High Plains park is scheduled to open in 2027. Demand is not slowing.
Our data center construction covers the shell, the slab, the electrical yard, the support buildings and the site. We build for the sequence the owner needs: utility interconnect first, then pads for generators and switchgear, then the white space. Long-lead gear such as transformers, switchgear and chillers controls the calendar, so we place orders and track factory dates from the first week.
The Cheyenne data center corridor concentrates around the I-25 and I-80 interchange. Cooling water is a public question here, and closed-loop systems reduce draw. We design site drainage, fire water and cooling infrastructure to match the owner's water plan, not to assume one.
Underneath the building sits the work nobody photographs. Our electrical duct bank and underground work runs concrete-encased conduit, manholes, grounding and handholes, tested and documented before backfill. Cable that cannot be pulled later has to be right the first time.
36 inches, 105 miles per hour, 32 pounds
Those are the design numbers Laramie County publishes: a 36 inch frost line, a 105 mph design wind speed and a 32 pounds per square foot ground snow load. Other Wyoming jurisdictions publish different values. Evanston requires footings 54 inches deep. The Town of Wright lists 42 inches. Every project uses the numbers of its own jurisdiction.
That is because Wyoming has no single statewide building code. Cities and counties adopt and enforce their own. The state adopted the 2024 International Codes on June 28, 2024. Laramie County adopted the 2024 International Building Code with amendments effective January 1, 2025 and the 2024 International Fire Code effective April 15, 2025. We confirm the adopted edition, the amendments and the local official before we draw a line.
In practice, frost depth drives footing depth, slab edge insulation and the schedule for winter pours. Wind drives roof attachment, door selection, dock seals and crane limits during erection. Snow drives structural steel sizing, roof drainage and drift planning near parapets and rooftop equipment. We carry those loads into the estimate from the start.
Wind and winter on the schedule
Cheyenne is windy. We plan for it. Crane picks stop at wind limits. Tilt panels are braced for gusts. Roofing is staged in calm windows. Material laydown is tied down.
Winter is part of the calendar, not an exception to it. We schedule below-grade work and foundations early, enclose buildings before deep cold, heat and blanket concrete where the pour cannot wait, and keep haul roads passable. Projects that start in spring should be dried in before the first hard freeze. Projects that start in autumn need a winter plan from day one, with enclosure, heat and productivity assumptions priced openly.
Freight, rail and distribution
Cheyenne sits where I-25 meets I-80, with the Union Pacific mainline and a BNSF connection nearby. That makes it a freight town. Warehouses and cross-docks cluster at the interchange and in the logistics hub.
For logistics and distribution clients, we build the box and the surroundings. Dock aprons, truck courts, trailer parking, stormwater detention, fire loops and lighting go in with the warehouse building because they cost more and take longer than owners expect. Where a tenant needs a rail connection, our rail spur site improvements grade the corridor, prepare the subgrade, build crossings and tie the drainage into the site. The Cheyenne Logistics Hub is the district where most of that work happens.
A planned facility in the area may add heavy industrial demand, and city council members have raised water supply as a key question. We take that kind of question seriously. If a site's water, power or wastewater capacity is not proven, we say so in the proposal.
Utilities and site work first
Most delays on a new industrial site start below grade. Water mains are short of fire flow. Sewer is not at the lot line. Gas needs a new regulator station. Electric service needs a substation. We deal with those items first, because they have the longest approval chains.
Our site utilities package covers water, sanitary sewer, storm drainage, gas coordination and fire water loops, with testing and utility owner inspections built into the schedule. We stage trenching so that roads stay open for the other trades, and we backfill and compact in lifts that the geotechnical engineer can verify. Where a business park is still receiving trunk lines, we coordinate with the park owner so our tie-ins land after their mains are live.
Smaller work gets the same method. Maintenance shops, equipment pads, steel mezzanines, office build-outs and tenant improvements in existing buildings each get a scope sheet, a price and a date, and they get a superintendent who answers the phone.
How we run a job
Short version. Seven steps.
- Scope: use, size, power requirement and target date.
- Site check: utilities, soils, access and jurisdiction.
- Budget: unit costs, allowances and a list of unknowns.
- Permit: code edition, plan review and inspection path.
- Procure: long-lead gear ordered and tracked weekly.
- Build: daily logs, weekly look-ahead, safety orientation for every worker.
- Close out: commissioning, as-builts, manuals, warranty and walk-through.
One superintendent runs each site. One project manager owns cost and schedule. You get a weekly report with percent complete, cost to date, open items and the three risks that matter most that week. No filler.
Beyond Cheyenne
The same method applies to work in Laramie, at an elevation of about 7,165 feet on the Union Pacific mainline and I-80, and in Wheatland, the Platte County seat on I-25. Higher ground means more snow and a deeper frost. Smaller towns mean longer hauls and thinner trade labor. We price both. If your project is in Laramie County or the counties around it, send the parcel number, the use and the power requirement.
Which Cheyenne business parks do you build in?
We build in Cheyenne Business Parkway, North Range, the Cheyenne Logistics Hub, High Plains and Campstool, and on private land along I-25 and I-80. Each has different rail, power and utility conditions, which we confirm before pricing.
What frost depth and wind load do you design for?
We use the published values of the jurisdiction where the project sits. Laramie County lists a 36 inch frost line, 105 mph design wind and 32 pounds per square foot ground snow load. The engineer of record confirms the final criteria.
Do you handle long-lead electrical equipment?
Yes. We identify transformers, switchgear, generators and chillers in preconstruction, place orders early and track factory dates weekly so the building schedule follows the equipment schedule.
Can you build in winter?
Yes, with a plan. We enclose early, heat and blanket concrete, protect subgrades and price winter productivity openly. Some operations, such as exterior paving, wait for warmer weather.
Do you build rail-served facilities?
Yes. Our rail spur work includes grading, subgrade preparation, crossings and drainage, coordinated with the railroad and the building schedule.