Centennial Mayor Cathy Noon, members of the city council and more than 300 residents gathered in the Festival Plaza of Centennial Center Park in late April to celebrate the grand opening of Centennial’s first civic park. Design Concepts of Lafayette, a community and landscape architecture firm specializing in parks, multigenerational play areas and schools, designed the master plan for the park. Photo courtesy of Design Concepts The parks playground complex is sunken, surrounded by walls and trees, and offers parents and other childcare providers good views of the entire playground area. The 11-acre park is located next to the Centennial
Matrix Design Group Inc., a Colorado-based engineering, consulting and planning firm, has acquired the assets of Design Studios West Inc., a Denver-based landscape architecture and planning firm. Design Studios West has merged into Matrix’s operations as part of its planning and design group. As part of the acquisition, Don Brandes, former president of Design Studios West, joins Matrix as vice president and director of landscape architecture and urban design. Brandes also brings to Matrix his senior staff, including Bob Eck, landscape architect and planner; Mark Nemger, planner; and Ian Anderson, landscape architect.The Design Studios West staff will continue to serve
The Associated Builders and Contractors Rocky Mountain Chapter held its annual Safety Awards dinner on May 18. More than 160 ABC members and guests attended the event. The awards recognize ABC member companies that have shown outstanding commitment and dedication to the health and safety of their employees. Photo courtesy of ABC ABCs Platinum STEP winners display their awards at the May 17 celebration. The safety winners included:Most Improved Safety ProgramShaw Construction, DenverOutstanding Safety Program for General Contractors • Less than 150,000 man-hours: (tie), Stanek Constructors Inc., Golden; and Gracon Corp., Loveland• 150,000 – 350,000 man-hours: Roche Constructors Inc., Greeley•
The Associated General Contractors of Colorado honored its members for their safety achievements on May 22 in a ceremony that included the chapter’s annual Construction Safety Excellence Awards. Photo by Mark Shaw Denvers PCL Construction Services Inc. was honored for being the Grand Award winner in AGCs national safety competition in March. Pictured, left to right: AGC/C Executive Director Michael Gifford, 2012 AGC/C Chairman Dave Morrill, PCL Vice President and District Manager Trey Nobles, PCL U.S. Director of Health, Safety and Environment Rich Baldwin and PCL President Al Troppmann. The CSEA program recognizes general and specialty contractors who participated in
The Colorado Chapter of Society for Marketing Professional Services hosted the annual Marketing Excellence Awards on May 17. In addition to highlighting the industry’s best-of-the-best marketing pieces and individuals, this year marks the 30th anniversary for the SMPS Colorado Chapter. Photo by Joel Eden Photography Lisa Jelliffe with the Worth Group won the chapters highest honor, the Leonardo Award, for 2012. The following members were recipients of individual awards.Leonardo Award Recipient: Lisa Jelliffe, Worth Group, DenverThe Leonardo Award is given by SMPS Colorado to honor achievement at the highest level in marketing and business development for the A/E/C industry. Since
The Construction Industry Training Council of Colorado will hold its 2012 graduation ceremony May 5 at the Arvada Center. The following graduates have completed their apprenticeship program: Courtesy of CITC One of CITC's featured student speakers at the graduation was Keith Little, graduating apprentice with Marxaire, Inc. CARPENTRYEfrain Alcala, Larimer Construction; Joshua Brookshire, Adolfson & Peterson Construction; Jesus M. Carrera, Mortenson Construction; Rodolfo Cruz; C. Lisa French; Timothy R. Kastenbauer; Adolfson & Peterson Construction; Chase Lontin, Mortenson Construction; Timothy Paul McGuire III; Jesse Navarro, GE Johnson Construction Co.; Roberto Ortega, Mortenson Construction; Shanun L. Pierce, Mortenson Construction; Andrew Rodriquez Adolfson
You now have a shot at getting your own historic bridge—for free. But there’s a slight catch. You have to disassemble it, move it and reassemble it yourself. The Colorado Dept. of Transportation is offering the National Register-listed Dotsero Bridge over the Colorado River for adoption.Any person or organization willing to relocate the structure may “adopt” it, as plans are under way to replace it later this year. Constructed in 1935, the green Dotsero Bridge is located on the I-70 frontage road in Dotsero. It is one of just a few metal truss bridges on Colorado’s highway system that is still
This could be a story about a local specialty contractor that has survived the recession because it is owned and run by a woman and gets by largely on its status as a small business enterprise. But that would not do justice to the real story behind the success of Denver’s Building Restoration Specialties Inc.BRS is a registered MBE/WBE/SBE firm but thrives because it has been serving the local restoration market since the mid-1980s and does difficult, detailed brick-and-stone work with the quality craftsmanship of a Renaissance artisan.Located in Denver’s Lower Downtown (LoDo) neighborhood, BRS specializes in masonry restoration and
The American Institute of Architects Colorado presented 13 awards and honors, as well as 16 scholarships and grants, during its annual Young Architects Awards Gala (YAAG) on April 20 in Denver. YAAG is held annually in April in conjunction with Colorado Architecture Month. The following awards and honorable mentions were selected from entries submitted by firms, designers, students and young architects (licensed 10 years or less) from across the state. The entries were judged by a jury of architects and community leaders, facilitated by Mark Gelernter, dean of the College of Architecture and Planning at the University of Colorado Denver.2012