Photo by Sincereduncantudios.com U.S. Dept. of Energy�s Research Support Facility Related Links: Back to Gold Hard Hat Awards Photo By Kevin Eilbeck Photography Paleontology Building at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology Photo By Kevin Eilbeck Photography Paleontology Building at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology Gold: Outstanding Community Contribution U.S. Dept. of Energy’s Research Support FacilitySubmitted by Haselden Construction The National Renewable Energy Laboratory is the primary lab in the U.S. for renewable-energy and energy-efficiency research and development. The Research Support Facility integrates high-performance building design and construction practices. It is registered to obtain LEED-Platinum

Gold: University Village ColoradoSubmitted by Matrix Design Group Inc. When developers Kevin Kratt with Kratt Commercial and Tom Cone with Olive Real Estate Group first conceived University Village Colorado, they saw many challenges: utility conflicts, bonding agencies, tight schedules, significant site grading and a sinking economy. Photo By Forest Rose Productions University Village Colorado Related Links: Back to Gold Hard Hat Awards To complete the project, the two formed a partnership with the Colorado Springs Urban Renewal Authority and the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, the project’s neighbor. The University Village Colorado retail development began as a collection of

Gold: West 6th Avenue Viaduct RehabSubmitted by Edward Kraemer & Sons Inc. The West 6th Avenue Viaduct Rehabilitation completely removed and replaced the substructure elements of the westbound viaduct in Denver. Also included were replacement of three expansion joints, improvements to drainage and replacing 900 sq yd of bridge deck on the eastbound viaduct. West 6th Avenue Viaduct Rehab Interstate 25 and Plum Creek Parkway Interstate 25 and Plum Creek Parkway Related Links: Back to Gold Hard Hat Awards 18th Street Pedestrian Bridge 18th Street Pedestrian Bridge The many challenges included working with limited vertical clearance within an active railroad

Silver: Westminster City Center ParkSubmitted by Colorado Hardscapes Inc. The City of Westminster wanted to pay tribute to its sister city in England by developing a park that reflected one of its more famous landmarks, Westminster Abbey. Westminster City Center Park Westminster City Center Park Related Links: Back to Gold Hard Hat Awards The design called for a central courtyard with specialized finishes to mimic the streets of the city and the river that flows through it. Rock artisan Philip di Giacomo worked with the city to create an interactive play structure that would make this park not only a

Bronze: Woodbury Library RenovationSubmitted by Humphries Poli Architects Among the first of Denver’s Carnegie Branch libraries, this 1912 building was updated in 2009 to accommodate the city’s Learning and Language Service Style. Woodbury Library Renovation Woodbury Library Renovation Related Links: Back to Gold Hard Hat Awards Located in West Denver’s Highland neighborhood, the Woodbury branch serves young families and professionals, and through this renovation continues the neighborhood trend of revitalization. Special care was taken by the design team to ensure the building’s lasting preservation while modernizing to meet today’s user needs by taking what it called a “less is more”

Gold: Blue Valley High SchoolSubmitted by Crossland Construction Co. Inc. Located in Overland Park, Kan., Blue Valley Unified School District 229 commissioned Perkins & Will with HTK Architects and NSP Architects to program and design the district’s fifth high school to be ready for the 2010-11 academic year. Photo By Patty Jessee Photography Blue Valley High School Related Links: Back to Gold Hard Hat Awards Evie Garrett Dennis Campus at Green Valley Ranch Sited on a sloping 112-acre site, the 300,000-sq-ft high school will serve 1,600 students in grades 9 through 12. The design is organized around a courtyard, with

Photo by Scott Dressel-Martin Denver Botanic Gardens Capital Improvement Projects Related Links: Back to Gold Hard Hat Awards Phipps Gallery Gold: Denver Botanic Gardens Capital Improvement Projects Submitted by GH Phipps Construction Cos. The Denver Botanic Gardens Conservatory is one of Denver’s most recognizable landmarks. Since its dedication in 1966, interest in the attraction has grown considerably, which led to parking congestion in the surrounding neighborhoods. For many decades, plans were explored and developed to approve the facility and alleviate parking congestion, but it wasn’t until 2007 when Denver voters approved the Better Denver Bond program that several of the

Gold: City of Rifle Regional Wastewater Reclamation FacilitySubmitted by Stanek Constructors Inc. The city of Rifle serves as the gateway to western Colorado’s energy reserves. As such, the city has seen a tremendous impact from this sector in the form of increased permanent residents, transient workers and commercial-service demands. This influx also coincided with more stringent regulations on the Colorado River. To meet these challenges, the city needed to construct a new wastewater treatment facility. The Regional Wastewater Reclamation Facility project constructed a new 2.0-MGD wastewater treatment facility with the ability to expand to a 4.0-MGD plant. The new facility

Gold: Community Support CenterSubmitted by MW Golden Constructors The Community Support Center built for the Women’s Crisis Family Outreach Center is a 7,800-sq-ft, wood-framed structure adapted from an existing building design and reworked to meet the needs of the WCFOC and the community to be aesthetically pleasing and match exterior elements and colors of existing buildings in the area. The WCFOC also wanted to preserve existing features of the property and incorporate those natural elements into the design. Community Support Center Related Links: Back to Gold Hard Hat Awards Soldier Family Assistance Center U.S. 34 Upper Big Thompson Bridges The

Gold: Copper Mountain Fire Station & Administration Building Submitted by Pahl Architecture The 26,000-sq-ft Copper Mountain Fire Station & Administration Building provides space for firefighters, and cable television, water, sanitation and administrative services provided by the Copper Mountain Consolidated Metropolitan District. Copper Mountain Fire Station & Administration Building Space Innovation and Development Center Headquarters Related Links: Back to Gold Hard Hat Awards CDC � Building No. 401 CDC � Building No. 401 The fire station features a four-bay, drive-through apparatus area; sleeping rooms and facilities for 24/7 firefighters and ambulance personnel; a tower for training, including a search area, repelling