Colorado honored nearly two dozen member companies for their safety programs at the AGC/C Safety Awards Luncheon in late May.The AGC Construction Safety and Excellence Awards (CSEA) recognizes companies for safety excellence and loss-prevention programs achieved through management commitment, employee involvement and program innovation. Two AGC/C firms, GH Phipps and Metropolitan Glass, received national awards for winning in each of their categories for the CSEAs. The national CSEA competition was held at the AGC National Convention the first week of March and the winners were announced during an AGC of America awards breakfast.The National AGC Safety Awards (NASA) evaluates a

Denver architectural firm klipp, a division of gkkworks, has been recognized by LEARNING BY DESIGN with the Outstanding Project Spring 2013 award for Frederick High School in Frederick, Colo. LEARNING BY DESIGN recently released its Spring 2013 edition, which showcases the nation’s best education design and construction projects, from PK-12 to college and university facilities. Photo courtesy of klipp Technology, sustainability, community-use, efficient use of daylight, visual continuity and student engagement were central themes for the design of the new high school. klipp | gkkworks served as the architect for the project, along with Hutton/Cunningham Group as associate architect and

The new Boise Whole Foods Market, which opened in November, has been named a winner in the 2013 Boise Building Excellence Awards in the Best Sustainable Projects category. Photo courtesy of CSHQA Sustainable elements of the new grocery store and its River Room pub include efficient light fixtures and abundant natural light, which reduces energy consumption. Hosted annually by the city of Boise, the awards feature recently built new projects and renovations that demonstrate good design and leadership in sustainability, safety and accessibility. The new store was designed by Boise architects CSHQA. Its green elements include:• A permeable paving system

Balfour Senior Living’s new $74-million senior living community in downtown Denver broke ground on April 24. The 281,000-sq-ft, five-story, 203-unit project will include a mix of 112 independent apartments, 65 assisted-living apartments and 26 memory-care units. The project also includes renovation of the 2,500-sq-ft historic Moffat Train Depot, which will be used as a great room. Located in the Riverfront Park neighborhood, the facility will be downtown Denver’s first upscale senior-living facility. It will have all the amenities of a high-end hotel, including upscale suites, fine dining areas, a rooftop garden with panoramic mountain views, below-grade parking, a salon, banquet-performance

The site of Denver’s storied Pagliacci’s restaurant in the Highlands neighborhood will soon host a new multifamily project named Lumina. A local team led by TreeHouse Brokerage & Development is finalizing plans for 61 boutique-style rental lofts in a five-story building designed by Denver architects Tres Birds Workshop. Rendering by Tres Birds Workshop The design for Lumina offers a streamlined building with visual flair, but one that also fits into the context of Denvers rapidly changing LoHi neighborhood. Inspired by the history of Pagliacci’s and Colorado’s abundant sunlight, Lumina will feature a curved façade accented by a decorative screen that

The new administration building for the Denver Art Museum broke ground at the end of April and is projected to be complete in spring 2014. The 50,000-sq-ft building will more efficiently house the museum’s 100-plus employees, including administration, curators and others currently located elsewhere and allow for closer collaboration among them. Rendering by Roth Sheppard Architects The 50,000-sq-ft building will more efficiently house the museums 100-plus employees. In addition to staff offices, the privately funded, $11.5-million project will also contain a research library for scholars and 9,000 sq ft of collection storage.The three-story structure is located on Denver Art Museum

The American Subcontractors Association of Colorado recognized its top member firms at the association’s annual awards program on April 20 in Denver. The evening was presided over by Bob Kinning, Total Plumbing, Inc., and chair of the ASAC Awards Program Committee; and committee members Pem Eberlein, AP Eberlein Co.; Kory George, Woods & Aitken LLC; Diane Hills, Diamond Excavating Inc.; Sonja Guenther, Will of Colorado; and Dave Ruddy, Hellman and Associates. Photo by Jamie Martin, courtesy of ASAC Scott Deering, (middle) ASAC president, Absolute Caulking & Waterproofing, received the ASAC Member Choice Award from Bob Kinning, Total Plumbing, and Diane

The Denver Architectural League chose the winners of its Micro-Housing Ideas Competition on May 17, as well as seven formal recognitions at a public reception held at Humphries Poli Architects in Denver. Inspired by a call for more innovation in Denver’s existing multifamily housing market, this competition offered designers an opportunity to re-invent smaller, more affordable housing.The competition was hypothetically based on a site located across from the TAXI development in Denver’s growing River North District. Parameters included design of an eight-unit micro-housing complex that provides an entryway to fit with the TAXI community; public access to the river; an

The Colorado Dept. of Transportation has selected the team of Felsburg Holt & Ullevig (FHU) and Edward Kraemer and Sons Inc. for the U.S. 6 design-build project. It will reconstruct 6th Ave. (U.S. 6) from Knox Court to just east of I-25, replace five bridges that are either structurally deficient or functionally obsolete and improve the Federal Boulevard-U.S. 6 interchange.
 “We are extremely excited to have a team selected for this critical transportation improvement project,” said Kevin Sullivan, CDOT Project Director. “This project will provide many benefits to the Denver metro area and for the state of Colorado. We will

Federal, state and local dignitaries gathered in Idaho Springs on May 3 to mark the next major milestone in the Colorado Dept. of Transportation’s Interstate 70 Twin Tunnels Project—the beginning of major rock blasting and removal activities to widen the eastbound tunnel bore. “The major rock blasting marks the beginning of this critical transportation project that will improve safety and provide some travel savings, all of which we can enjoy by the end of the year,” said CDOT Executive Director Don Hunt. “This is not only a significant milestone for CDOT, but for our transportation partners as well. We wouldn’t