The Town of Georgetown, Colo., dedicated its newly expanded wastewater treatment facilities on June 21. The improvements replaced and upgraded the existing aging wastewater treatment facility equipment and processes, most of which incorporate sustainable attributes. Courtesy of the Town of Georgetown he Georgetown Wastewater Treatment Facility greatly improves the quality of water in Clear Creek, a busy Colorado artery that provides recreation and water supply to downstream agricultural and drinking water users. Courtesy of the Town of Georgetown (L to R) Bob Frachetti, president of Frachetti Engineering Inc., is joined by Georgetown Water and Wastewater Superintendent John Curtis; Cassandra Eyestone,

The Research Support Facility on the campus of the U.S. Dept. of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colo., was recently certified LEED Platinum for New Construction by the U.S. Green Building Council. Courtesy of NREL At 222,000 sq ft, the RSF leverages energy efficiency and environmental performance in a large-scale commercial office building. At 222,000 sq ft, the RSF leverages energy efficiency and environmental performance in a large-scale commercial office building. With 19% of the energy in the United States consumed by commercial buildings, a DOE goal for the RSF project is to help change the way commercial

The Lake Street Parking Garage at Colorado State University in Fort Collins is among 12 winners of the International Parking Institute’s awards for outstanding parking facilities and operations in the association’s Awards of Excellence. The competition includes common threads of innovation, efficiency, eco- and user-friendliness, cost-savings and collaboration among its winners. The awards were presented in Virginia in early June. The CSU project won the first place award in the category of Best Design of a Parking Structure with 800 or More Spaces and earned an Honorable Mention in the Architectural Achievement Category.Increases in enrollment and campus buildings had all

The Associated General Contractors New Mexico Building Branch recently bestowed a Best Buildings Award on the new Las Cruces Regional Recreation and Aquatic Center. The $11-million, 35,000-sq-ft center opened in October and consists of a leisure pool, lockers, lobby, and core-and-shell for a future fitness center. Copyright 2011 Patrick Coulie, Courtesy of BRS The main entry of the $11-million, 35,000-sq-ft Las Cruces Regional Recreation and Aquatic Center, which opened in October. The city of Las Cruces, N.M., commissioned Las Cruces-based Steve Newby Architects and Associates Inc. and Denver-based design architect Barker Rinker Seacat Architecture to design the Las Cruces Regional

Alta Aspen Grove, a new 280-unit luxury apartment complex, officially opened its doors in mid-June in Littleton, Colo., just west of Denver. Photo by Elevate Photography, Courtesy of Wood Partners The Alta Aspen Grove is the first new luxury apartment community to open this year in the Denver metro area. Located on 17.5 acres at 7317 South Platte River Parkway, Alta Aspen Grove is adjacent to a nature preserve, a bicycle greenway path and a light rail station, and immediately adjacent to the upscale Aspen Grove Shopping Center. The gated, garden-style community of two- and three-story buildings offers one-, two-

The 21-mile-long Provo Reservoir Canal, which has delivered water from the Provo River to farms and residents of northern Utah County for a century, is finally getting a significant makeover. Photo courtesy of Provo River Water Users Association A new steel pipeline will soon carry Provo River water through the Provo Reservoir Canal. Once the pipe is buried, it will be topped with a paved walking trail. Photo courtesy of Provo River Water Users Association The 126-in. steel pipe gradually fills the open canal trench. When complete, the watertight pipeline will save nearly 8,000 acre-ft of water a year. When

Metro West Housing Solutions recently hosted the grand opening of Creekside West in Lakewood, the latest installment to its Creekside Senior Living Campus and MWHS’s greenest community to date. Lakewood Mayor Bob Murphy, accompanied by more than 80 industry leaders, attended the grand opening on May 11 and toured the facility, getting a first-hand look at its eco-friendly features. Courtesy of Metro West Housing Solutions The May 11 "green" ribbon-cutting at Creekside West featured more than 80 local dignitaries and regional and national housing officials. Murphy and Rick Garcia, regional administrator for the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development

The granite front steps of the Denver City and County Building will be in pristine condition when the inauguration ceremony for Michael Hancock, Denver’s 45th mayor, is conducted there on July 18. Courtesy of BRS BRS is restoring the granite front steps of Denver's City and County Building. But the project is not just a facelift for the cameras.Masonry contractor Building Restoration Specialties Inc. (BRS) is restoring the existing stone steps, utilizing replacement granite where needed from another set of steps workers unearthed onsite. As part of the restoration process, BRS has removed the steps and is in process of

Weifield Group Contracting is providing electrical services for modernization of the Wayne N. Aspinall Federal Building in Grand Junction. Upon completion in 2013, the Aspinall building is expected to be the GSA’s first net-zero-energy building on the National Register of Historic Places. The remodel will transform the 92-year-old structure into a sustainable facility. It is Weifield’s third net-zero project. Weifield plans to match and redesign historical fixtures while pursuing the highest LEED efficiency for the historic GSA project.The three-story building is named after Wayne Aspinall, who served from 1949-1973 in the U.S. House of Representatives from Colorado’s Fourth District. The

Wonderland Hill Development Co. started construction in late May on Washington Village in Boulder. When complete, the Boulder co-housing community will have 33 residences with a combination of lofts, flats, townhomes and single-family residences. 
Phase One includes the school flats, two carriage homes and six single-family homes surrounding a planned city park at 13th and Cedar streets. Phase Two will consist of the remaining 17 living residences in four buildings that surround a courtyard, preserving the large maple tree on the north side of the school. The largest building fronts along Broadway with parking underneath and will contain the co-housing