Construction is complete on a 103,000-sq-ft expansion to the Adams County Justice Center in Brighton. Photo: Heery International Adams County's new courthouse wing at the Justice Center includes 12 new courtrooms and 10 alternative-dispute resolution conference rooms. It is fully modernized and continues the colors, lines and shapes found in the original building. Related Links: Addition at Southern Hills Middle School CDOT Completes Stimulus Project in San Luis Valley JE Dunn Broke Ground for Cheyenne Mountain Zoo Heery International’s Denver office provided design services for the $28-million courthouse and lobby addition. GE Johnson Construction Co. of Denver was the general

Construction has begun on the Brick Stone on 33rd Apartments in Salt Lake City. Rendering: Black Box Design Studio The Brick Stone on 33rd Apartments in Salt Lake City consist of 100 one-, two- and three-bedroom units totaling 100,000 sq ft; a clubhouse, entertainment room, gym, basketball court and a swimming pool. Related Links: Road Improvements Continue on 7800 South Construction Under Way on Moab School Utah Air National Guard�s Composite Fire Station Science Building at Utah Valley University in Orem A joint venture between Rimrock Construction of Draper, Black Box Design Studio of Salt Lake City and Design Coalition

Mike Ross, Christy Vider, Jonathan Koch and Emily Peddicord, all assistant project managers at Denver’s Mortenson Construction, have received LEED accreditation from the U.S Green Building Council. Mortenson now has more than 270 LEED-accredited professionals. Alan Ford of Alan Ford Architects and Bruce Flynn, principal at Barker Rinker Seacat Architecture recently co-chaired the 2009 Design Conference & Practice Management Symposium, presented by the American Institute of Architects Western Mountain Region. The three-day event ran from Oct. 15 to Oct. 17 at the Keystone Resort and Conference Center in Keystone. One of the biggest regional events in architecture, the annual conference

Metropolitan State College of Denver has selected the team that will design, develop, build and run the day-to-day operations of a new hotel on campus, accompanied by a hotel learning center to train Metro State students in hotel management. Related Links: Pahl Architecture Celebrates 50 Years in Business Hillcrest Glass Celebrates 40 Years Polsinelli Shughart Moves Office To Lower Downtown Denver ACEC/CO Golf Tournament Funds Future Engineers The team is comprised of eight firms: Mortenson Construction & Development, Sage Hospitality, RNL, JG Johnson Architects, studioINSITE, Swerdling & Associates, RBC and HVS. The team was selected from among 10 submittals for

The American Council of Engineering Cos. of Colorado’s 2009 Golf Tournament held this summer at Hiwan Golf Club in Evergreen raised more than $8,000 for the association’s scholarship fund. This annual event is one of the primary sources for growing the scholarship fund each year. Photo: ACEC Colorado The wining foursome from the URS Corp. team (left to right): Rick Pilgrim, Bill Ettenger, Dave Kline and Derek Brown. They were among the 112 participants in ACEC/CO’s Member/Guest Golf Tournament held at Hiwan this year. Related Links: Pahl Architecture Celebrates 50 Years in Business Metro State Selects Building Team For Auraria

Hillcrest Glass of Longmont is celebrating its 40th anniversary of providing glass and glazing services to Colorado’s Front Range. Hillcrest Glass has been locally owned and operated since its founding in 1969. Related Links: Pahl Architecture Celebrates 50 Years in Business Metro State Selects Building Team For Auraria Hotel Learning Center Polsinelli Shughart Moves Office To Lower Downtown Denver ACEC/CO Golf Tournament Funds Future Engineers The commercial division provides glass for new construction, tenant finishes, commercial entrances and specialty glass applications. The residential division provides custom shower enclosures, mirrors, screens, replacement glass and maintenance services for windows and doors. Recent

Family-owned Pahl Architecture, led by brothers Robert and Joseph M. Pahl, is celebrating its golden anniversary. Founded by the Pahls’ father, Joseph W. Pahl, in 1959, the firm has cultivated an interest in serving people and architecture old and new, all the while growing its staff and client base. Related Links: Metro State Selects Building Team For Auraria Hotel Learning Center Hillcrest Glass Celebrates 40 Years Polsinelli Shughart Moves Office To Lower Downtown Denver ACEC/CO Golf Tournament Funds Future Engineers It has also changed its name more than a couple of times. The firm originally concentrated on state and federal

The Denver office of national law firm Polsinelli Shughart PC relocated in October to a new building in Denver’s Lower Downtown. Related Links: Pahl Architecture Celebrates 50 Years in Business Metro State Selects Building Team For Auraria Hotel Learning Center Hillcrest Glass Celebrates 40 Years ACEC/CO Golf Tournament Funds Future Engineers The firm’s new space at 1515 Wynkoop St. will accommodate the office’s 25 attorneys and other staff members, as well as its plans for future expansion. Polsinelli Shughart moved from its former offices in Independence Plaza on 17th Street, where it served clients for the past 11 years. Polsinelli

Construction began this fall on CU-Boulder’s 248,298-sq-ft Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotechnology Building. Rendering: CU-Boulder The design for the Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotechnology Building on the CU-Boulder campus incorporates “research neighborhoods”—made up of efficient and flexible research labs, support spaces and collaboration spaces—all connected via a Main Street corridor. Related Links: Construction Complete On Centennial Station Phase 1 Construction Begins On Rifle’s Centennial Park ARRA Project Will Improve I-70 Interchange at Palisade 120th Avenue Extension Project Breaks Ground in Broomfield Lutheran Church Remodel Breaks Ground in Broomfield Construction Begins At Denver Union Station The new building will house the Colorado Initiative

The $23-million 120th Avenue Connection project broke ground this fall. It will construct a new six-lane road across U.S. 36 to connect 120th Avenue and State Highway 128 in Broomfield. The design-build project funded jointly by the Colorado Dept. of Transportation, the city and county of Broomfield and the Federal Highway Administration will construct two of the three phases required to complete the full realm of improvements. Related Links: Construction Complete On Centennial Station Construction Under Way on CU’s New Biotechnology Facility Phase 1 Construction Begins On Rifle’s Centennial Park ARRA Project Will Improve I-70 Interchange at Palisade Lutheran Church