Greeley-based Roche Constructors received an Eagle Award in the Commercial $10-25 million category of Associated Builders and Contractors’ national Excellence in Construction Awards for its work on Target Store No. 2717 in Lakewood. The award was presented to Dale Cook, director of safety and health for Roche, on Feb. 22 in Phoenix. Photo courtesy of Roche Constructors Roche built the retail store 20 ft above ground to provide under-store parking for nearly 300 vehicles. Roche incorporated space-saving elements to make the most out of a 5.64-acre site, including building the retail store 20 ft above ground to provide under-store parking
The Abo Group Inc. and B+Y Architects PC, both of Denver, have merged, effective February 27, to provide expanded architectural design, planning and project management services. For over 30 years, The Abo Group has focused on a broad range of public and commercial work, with clients that include Denver International Airport, the city of Denver, National Institute of Standards and Technology, and National Renewable Energy Laboratory.“With our recent award of the DIA South Terminal Construction Management contract, The Abo Group needs additional resources to continue to provide a high level of service to our clients,” said Ron Abo, president, The
Flatiron’s first Bridges to Prosperity volunteer team of 2012 has successfully completed a much-needed footbridge in Santa Lucia, Condega, Nicaragua. Flatiron, a Firestone, Colo.-based transportation and infrastructure contractor, has partnered with the nonprofit Bridges to Prosperity since 2009. More than 50 Flatiron employees have helped design and build footbridges over impassable or life-threatening river crossings in rural areas of Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and now Nicaragua.At each bridge site, Flatiron sponsors a multi-disciplinary team of employees—engineers, supervisors, laborers and support staff. These employees also act as onsite trainers for the local residents, teaching design, construction and maintenance fundamentals. A team of
Associated Builders and Contractors Rocky Mountain Chapter held its annual chapter awards dinner and political action committee fundraiser on February 16. More than 100 ABC members and guests attended the event. Courtesy of ABC Mark Latimer, CEO/president of ABC Rocky Mountain (second from right) presents the Dick Goodman Community Service Award to (from left) Jeff Van Es, Darren Hinton, and Bryon White of Milender White Construction Co. During the PAC Fundraiser, held before the Chapter Awards earlier in the evening, $24,000 was raised. The funds will go to support political candidates and political endeavors that further promote and defend the
The State Transportation Commission recently presented Colorado Dept. of Transportation (CDOT) Maintenance Section 3 staff with the department’s 2012 Environmental Award. Maintenance Section 3, headquartered in Durango and covering six counties in southwest Colorado, received one of just three awards given. Section 3 crews won for their in-house production of a salt brine as a liquid deicer.“Traditionally, CDOT uses magnesium chloride as the base product for snow and ice operations,” CDOT Section 3 Maintenance Superintendent Kyle Lester said. “We began experimenting with the use of salt brine as a liquid deicer in 2006 in an effort to reduce the concentration
SMPS Colorado convened a panel of Denver health-care facilities experts for its “Health-care Reform and Its Impact on Delivering Services” discussion in Denver on Feb. 8. Photo by Joel Eden Photography, courtesy of SMPS Colorado The SMPS Colorado health-care facilities panel shared its expertise and market outlook with luncheon attendees on February 8. Panel members included David Howard, director of facilities and construction for Penrose-St. Francis Health Services; Greg Gauna, director of planning, design and construction for Memorial Health System; Todd Koechlein, project manager for The Children’s Hospital; and Bruce Fong, director of planning and construction for Exempla Healthcare.“Design-bid-build is
Barker Rinker Seacat Architecture (BRS) of Denver, in association with SFS Architecture of Kansas City, Mo., has won a national design competition for the new Olathe Community Center planned for Olathe, Kan. BRS will serve as the architect-of-record and design architect, with SFS as associate architect. Rendering by BRS Architecture The recreation center will include a gymnasium, fitness center, indoor aquatics, community rooms, outdoor living room spaces, an amphitheater and great lawn. With total funding established at $22.5 million, the current construction budget for the 60,000-sq-ft project stands at $16.5 million. The site for the Olathe Community Center is planned
Denver-based architectural firm of klipp has merged with gkkworks, a national architectural, engineering and construction firm based in Irvine, Calif. Klipp had been seeking to partner with a firm to grow market diversity and expand services while gkkworks was looking for a reputable Denver firm that shared its collaborative culture to help it expand into the Denver market. Now klipp will continue its operations as a division of gkkworks.This new business entity will be based in Colorado, service clients from the current office and continue to be managed by existing klipp staff. Klipp principals Brian Klipp, Alan Colussy, Greg Cromer
Members of the Utah chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America gathered for their annual convention during the last week of January, with three days of meetings, seminars and a celebration of the construction industry in the Beehive state. Photo by Brian Fryer Spencer P. Eccles of the Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development lays out the state's plans to encourage growth and construction in the coming years. In keeping with the theme of “Perspective,” the convention began with a state economic outlook from Spencer P. Eccles, executive director of the Governor’s Office of Economic Development. Eccles provided some
Wheeler Machinery Co., a Salt Lake City-based Caterpillar dealer, has created a new division to serve the mining industry—Wheeler Mining Systems. The division offers equipment, support and solutions for the regional mining industry. Courtesy of Wheeler Machinery Co. Rope shovels will be part of Wheeler Mining Systems' new equipment offerings. With Caterpillar’s acquisition of Bucyrus, a manufacturer of high-productivity mining equipment for the surface and underground mining industries, Wheeler will be able to soon offer complete mining systems previously unavailable from one source. New equipment offerings will include blast hole drills, draglines, rope shovels and underground mining equipment to dozers,