Patrick Charles (Rick) Givan passed away in September 2015 at his home in Erie, Colorado, at the age of 70. Givan had a long-time presence in the Colorado concrete recycling and demolition industries, including playing a major role for Recycled Materials Co. Inc. (RMCI), Arvada, Colorado, in the recycling of 6 million tons of concrete at the former Stapleton Airport.
Givan was a United States Marine Corps Vietnam War veteran who earned a master’s in business administration degree at the University of Colorado. In addition to his work with RMCI and the multi-year Stapleton Airport project, Givan served as a board member of the National Demolition Association and worked for Denver-based Fiore & Sons Inc. as a special project manager.
He is survived by his wife Pamela Givan of Erie Colorado; his daughters' Shannon (Chris) Walsweer and Meredith (Barth) Quenzer, and three grandchildren. Givan’s family requests memorial donations be made to Mountain View Fire Rescue Foundation in Longmont, Colorado.
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