About the author  ⁄ Peter Marxhausen, M.S., P.E.

Peter Marxhausen, M.S., P.E., is a Senior Staff Forensic Structural Engineer with Higgins & Associates, Inc. in Morrison, Colorado. He is also an adjunct faculty member with the University of Colorado Denver Civil Engineering Department. Peter may be reached at Peter@HigginsAssoc.com.

El Paso County, Colorado is located approximately 70 miles south of Denver, has a land area of 2,127 square miles, and had a 2012 population of approximately 645,000 (representing 12 percent of the population of Colorado). Although the majority of the El Paso County population is concentrated in Colorado Springs and along the Interstate 25 corridor, densely-populated areas also exist at the east edge of the Pike National Forest where the Rocky Mountain Foothills meet the Front Range.

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