Montage Deer Valley is a new LEED-Silver, first-class luxury resort constructed on 16 acres at the Deer Valley Ski Resort in Park City, Utah. It combines deluxe guestrooms and suites with private residences ranging from one to four bedrooms that feature fireplaces and expansive views of the majestic Wasatch Range. Photo courtesy of Layton Construction The resort combines deluxe guestrooms and suites with private residences ranging from one to four bedrooms that feature fireplaces and expansive views of the Wasatch Range. Photo courtesy of Layton Construction Montage Deer Valley is a first-class luxury resort constructed on 16 acres at the

Planning/DesignColorado The U.S. Dept of Veterans Affairs is seeking a site to build a new 200-acre VA national cemetery in the Colorado Springs area, with land acquired either through purchase or donation. The site must be within El Paso County and have unencumbered water rights and infrastructure already in place for immediate access and availability. VA anticipates an initial water demand of 120 acre ft per year, with a future increase up to 350 acre ft per year. U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs, Kelli Witt, 810 Vermont Ave. NW, Washington, D.C., 20420-0001. DR# 11-605243. IdahoDesign is under way for upgrades

Boulder’s Casey Middle School is one of the most sustainable new schools in the state. Courtesy of Saunders Construction Boulder's 107,000-sq-ft Casey Middle School features geothermal and solar power, a zero-waste cafeteria, ample use of recycled materials and a salvaged partial faade from the original school. Designed by RB+B Architects, Fort Collins, Colo., and constructed by Saunders Construction, Centennial, Colo., the 107,000-sq-ft facility features geothermal and solar power, a zero-waste cafeteria, ample use of recycled materials and a salvaged partial façade from the original school, which gives the new building character and a connection to its historical roots.Construction of the

The Utah Science Technology and Research building—USTAR—is an interdisciplinary scientific hub, generating collaboration between research and industry. Located on the Innovation Campus of Utah State University in Logan, the new 110,000-sq-ft, LEED-Gold laboratory is a model of sustainable design. Photo courtesy of Gramoll Construction The new 110,000-sq-ft, LEED-Gold USTAR laboratory is a model of sustainable design and construction. Designed by ajc architects, Salt Lake City, and built by Gramoll Construction, North Salt Lake, the $55-million, three-story building with mechanical penthouse is a steel-frame, cross-brace structure with 7.5-in.-thick, cast-in-place concrete floors that help ensure vibration control, a critical component of high-tech

The Rocky Mountain Chapter of ABC honored exceptional efforts in merit construction while celebrating the entire construction industry during the 10th annual Excellence in Construction awards held Oct. 14 at The Westin Westminster. Courtesy of Roche Constructors Inc. Roche Constructors Inc. of Greeley won an Excellence in Construction Award from ABC Rocky Mountain for its Belmar Target Store project. The EIC awards give ABC-member general contractors and specialty contractors a forum to showcase their projects, which are among the best representations of their work. The ABC Rocky Mountain Chapter’s EIC awards competition is patterned after ABC National’s EIC program and

The American Institute of Architects Colorado recognized its 2011 architectural design, honor and president’s awards recipients during a ceremony on Oct. 15 at the Keystone Resort and Conference Center in Keystone. Courtesy of Roth + Sheppard Architects Design of the Denver Art Museums Museum Shop incorporates strategies such as an invisible threshold to allow the shop to seamlessly integrate with the dynamic architecture of the lobby. Denvers Roth + Sheppard Architects won a 2011 AIA Colorado Merit Award for Interiors for the project. Design AwardsThe following 10 architectural design awards were selected from 86 entries submitted by Colorado architects who are

The parallel, three-mile stretches of frontage road crossing what used to be farmland west of the Utah County city of Lehi might seem simple enough, but they are the key first portions of the Mountain View Corridor to open for public use. The project is an ambitious 35-mile freeway, transit and trail system connecting 13 municipalities along the western edge of the Salt Lake Valley. Courtesy of UDOT This is one of two bridges over the Jordan River that are part of the recently completed first portion of the Mountain View Corridor highway project in Salt Lake Valley, Utah. The

History Colorado celebrated a building milestone in early October with the on-schedule and on-budget completion of construction on the new History Colorado Center—just one year after it topped out. The $110.8-million, 200,000-sq-ft state-owned facility will be a 21st Century museum, educational and tourist destination when it opens to the public next spring. Courtesy of History Colorado Center At the October 7 completion ceremony, an inscribed block of limestone was installed on the buildings exterior to honor Gov. John Hickenlooper (far left), former Gov. Bill Ritter (at the podium) and the 2008 Legislative Assembly, which helped fund the project. The History

The developers of the SWAN Ranch mixed-use project in southeastern Wyoming knew from the start their odds of success were good because of the property’s prime location just south of Cheyenne. Then they got lucky. Courtesy of Anderson Mason Dale The new 27,000-sq-ft Wyoming Welcome Center, being built by Sampson Construction Inc., was designed by Denvers Anderson Mason Dale Architects to blend with its environment, including manmade landforms and tree lines. The 4,000-acre development, which contractors believe is currently the largest in the state, is situated near Interstates 25 and 80, and served by the Union Pacific and BNSF railroads.“As

The Associated General Contractors of Colorado has received more than 35 ACE Awards entries submitted by 26 AGC member companies. Winners will be honored at the ACE Awards Banquet on November 4 at the Hyatt Regency Denver Colorado Convention Center Hotel, from 6 – 11:30 p.m. Courtesy of AGC of Colorado and Haselden Construction The new 34,000-sq-ft science building on Denver's Auraria campus, built by Haselden Construction, consolidates the science offices, classrooms and teaching facilities for CU-Denver, Metro State College and CCD into one location. Here are the entries and the firms who submitted them.
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