A new green senior living community in Lakewood is complete and ready for tenants�the Creekside Residences West located near Pierce Street and Colfax Avenue. The project is the second phase of the Residences at Creekside Community. The project team consisted of owner Metro West Housing Solutions; general contractor Calcon Constructors; architect Studio Completiva Inc.; engineer ABS Consultants; and E Light Electric, electrical contractor. The four-story, independent, senior living community includes 83 low-to moderate -income, one- and two-bedroom apartments ranging in size from 650 to 820 sq ft. The project totals 104,000 sq ft and includes a 64-stall underground parking garage

The Weitz Co., Denver, broke ground in early May on a new two-story building addition on the AlloSource campus.  The project, designed by Intergroup Architects, also includes renovation of more than half of the company’s existing facility. Photo: put photo credit here The project partners break ground on AlloSource�s new building in Centennial. Left to right: Dean Elliott, AlloSource director of legal affairs; Orville Hinerman, Rocky Mountain Region president, The Weitz Co.; Olivia Thompson, AlloSource vice president and CFO; Ned White, Intergroup Architects principal; Sue Dunn, Donor Alliance CEO and AlloSource board member; Cathy Noon, mayor of Centennial; Wally Nelson,

Article toolbar Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper and Lt. Gov. Joseph Garcia will be among the dignitaries to cut the ribbon at the grand opening of the Library & Academic Resources Center (LARC) at Colorado State University-Pueblo on April 22. The state’s leaders will join Interim President Julio Leon in rededicating the first building on the Belmont campus, which has been closed for the past two years to undergo a $24-million renovation. Faculty and staff offices and classrooms were relocated to various areas across campus during the renovation. As the first building constructed on the Belmont Campus in 1965, the facility

Article toolbar The 2010 Top Starts list is dominated by public-sector work, as expected, with big projects in transportation, federal building rehabs and college and university campuses. Only two commercial projects made the list. Regional readers should note that one large project not on the list is Utah’s new $1-billion-plus National Cyber Security Center, because it officially broke ground early this year, not in 2010. Rendering: Craig Holmes Expanded Care The 356,000-sq-ft addition to The Children’s Hospital in Aurora, Colo., will be home to cancer care, heart and rehabilitation medicine and an advanced maternal/fetal medicine center. Leading the 2010 list

Article toolbar In the foothills above Salt Lake City, a surge in construction activity at the state's largest university is creating much-needed space for students and faculty. In 2009, University of Utah officials unveiled a new master plan and launched an ambitious capital building program that has completed more than $300 million in projects in the last few years. Photo: The University Of Utah RESEARCH MAGNET The new $17-million Thatcher Building for Biological and Biophysical Chemistry. Overall, the university will build just over $1.1 billion worth of new projects, $780 million of which are currently under way, with another $45

Article toolbar The Denver Housing Authority is redefining the image of affordable housing and how to create it. Photo: Denver Housing Authority Transit Developments DHA is planning for more sustainable projects that have easy access to mass transit. In order to thrive, people need “vibrant, healthy and sustainable communities,” says DHA Executive Director Ismael Guerrero. For DHA, that means assuming the role of “community builder as much as a housing developer,” he adds. Joseph Poli, a principal at Denver-based Humphries Poli Architects, which has worked with DHA on several projects, says, “They're not just fulfilling the mission someone else has

Article toolbar Denver Water is halfway through an $18.3-million modernization of the city's Cheesman Dam, with the underwater portion of the project complete and bidding for the second phase under way. Photo: Denver Water Control Room Engineers aboard the barge monitor dive operations from a live video feed sent by the divers. The two-year job, which began last spring with construction of a 1,200-sq-ft control building on the crest, is the 105-year-old dam's first major rehabilitation. The main goal is to upgrade the original outlet works system with new hydraulic valves and pumps that provide more reliable upstream control over

Article toolbar Recipients of the Aon Build America Awards were revealed at last week’s AGC National Convention in Las Vegas. Several Mountain States region projects were  honored, including Utah’s Pioneer Crossing, the Odd Fellows and Tanner Flagship Store renovations in Salt Lake City and the NREL Research Support Facility in Golden, Colo. This year’s competition netted more than 115 entries and yielded eight Merit Winners and 20 Aon Build America Awards. The winners were: GRAND AWARD WINNER MUNICIPAL UTITILY NEW Lake Oswego Interceptor Sewer Project, Lake Oswego, Ore. Advanced American Construction Inc.   Engineer: Brown & Caldwell The floating sewer line

Article toolbar The National Asphalt Pavement Association recently presented Utah�s Staker Parson Cos. the 2010 Sheldon G. Hayes Award, recognizing the Davis County Lane Gain project as the single best highway pavement project in the nation. The award was presented at NAPA�s 56th annual meeting Feb. 9 in Orlando, Fla. The Lane Gain project added an HOV lane in each direction of traffic on I-15 from the State Street overpass to the South Layton interchange (Exit 330). The project also provided a longer transition lane for traffic entering the freeway at the South Layton on-ramp, greatly improving traffic safety in

The $11.4-million Green Valley Ranch Branch Library in east Denver celebrated its grand opening on March 12. The library, part of the Denver Public Library system, is the first of the newly constructed DPL branches to be completed or begin construction as part of the Better Denver Bond library improvements. The new 26,000-sq-ft facility incorporates the latest in library technology, including customer self-checkout stations and an automated handling system utilizing radio frequency identification technology, speeding the checkout of materials and ensuring better tracking and accessibility of library collections. The new facility boasts 50 public computers, wi-fi accessibility, a library lounge