ENR Mountain States Project Showcase Archive
The A/E/C community in the Mountain States region has been asked to submit examples of its best commercial construction work under way, on its way to a groundbreaking or completed in the recent past. The editors of ENR Mountain States are eager to see what you or your company are building or have built.
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TSA Architects
As a nod to the sturdy and enduring composition of the brick-clad main building, exposed brick can be found in conference spaces and other areas.
Low-lead glass windows serve a dual purpose as light is drawn in, and the “heartbeat” of Prime Insurance, their staff-in-action, is projected to the outside world.
Tuesday, December 27, 2016
TSA Architects
Inside, staff and clientele are welcomed by a neutral palette of wood and metal tones. Just inside the entryway, visitors are greeted by a crisp and clean reception area including a modern spiral staircase softened by a tropical planter at the downstairs landing. Curved walls and flooring transitions connect the exterior and interior themes while keeping the space functional.
Tuesday, December 27, 2016
TSA Architects
Construction on a remodel + addition for Prime Insurance located in Sandy, UT, was recently completed. 30 years of success and growth at their current headquarters necessitated additional space and a new look to promote their brand. Designed by TSA Architects and constructed by City Creek Construction, the project was comprised of 27,000 total square feet of new and remodeled space including a brand-new two story wing housing private offices, conference rooms, and open production areas.
Tuesday, December 27, 2016
Ridgegate Senior Care Facility
Roof section pre-assembled and ready for crane lift onto Prescient Panel System at MorningStar at Ridgegate Senior Care Facility in Lone Tree, Co by the team of Lantz-Boggio Architects and Haselden Construction.
Thursday, September 8, 2016
Construction on Davey Jackson Elementary School
Teton County School District No.1 hired Denver’s Durrant Group to plan the building that will become a multifunctional facility that the entire community can utilize. When the new, 81,844-sq-ft Davey Jackson Elementary is completed in January, it will become the one of the first LEED-certified school buildings in Wyoming, second to Greybull Elementary School, and will replace the existing 104,000-sq-ft Jackson Elementary School on the site.
With design elements and green building practices in place, the project team of Durrant; Hawtin/Jorgensen Architects; and GE Johnson Construction Co., of Jackson, Wyo., is working toward sustaining the community by greening its education.
St. Mary’s Century Project
Grand Junction
$148 million
Owner: St. Mary’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center
Architect: Perkins + Will, Chamberlain Architects
Contractor: FCI/McCarthy, a joint venture of FCI Contractors and McCarthy Building Cos.
Start: Jan. 2007
Finish: Through 2010
Construction of a new 10-story, 275,000-sq-ft patient bed addition, followed by renovation of nearly 160,000 sq ft in the existing hospital.
Composite Rail Bridge
HC Bridge Co. LLC of Chicago successfully tested a 30-ft-long, 17-ft-wide span comprised of eight hybrid composite beams this winter. It supported a full-size locomotive pulling 26 heavy-axle-load coal cars. The test was conducted at the 2.7-mi-long Facility for Accelerated Service Testing loop at the Transportation Technology Center near Pueblo. The center is owned by the Federal Railroad Administration but operated by a subsidiary of the Association of American Railroads. Five of its members financed the test.
Budweiser Events Center
Budweiser Events Center. Ft. Collins, CO
Rooney Sports Fields
Aerials of Rooney Sports Field for
Academy Sports Turf.
New Children's Hospital
Gerald H. Phipps progress reports.
New Children's Hospital
Progress reports for Gerald H. Phipps.
The Glass House
Wietz Construction
Remax Head Quarters
Weitz Construction 2-18-07
North Creek Development
Weitz Construction 4-20-07
Demolition of Gates Development
Demolition of Gate Property for Fiore & Sons
Gateway Park by DIA
Ground Breaking for Fiore & Sons Gateway Park 2-23-08
Denver Construction
Highrise construction Denver
Denver Construction
Construction
Denver Center for Performing
Denver Center for Performing Arts and Convention Center
The Anchor Center
Denver's Anchor Center for Blind Children was awarded on March 20 the 2008 Business for the Arts Award for exceptional workplace design.
The nationally recognized school for visually impaired pre-schoolers was designed by Davis Partnership Architects of Denver.
The $5.2-million, state-of-the-art facility is packed with sensory elements to make learning intuitive for children with a wide range of visual impairments, enabling them to “see” the world with all the senses available to them.
Ignacio Library
The new 11,000-sq-ft library is a sophisticated, playful response to the multi-cultural environment found in Ignacio. Daylighting, stormwater collection and sustainable materials are used throughout the building.
Ignacio Library Interior
The new library is architecturally fun – an intersection of playful shapes, colors, textures and materials. Space is provided for a variety of uses, including, a computer training room with eight laptops, additional computers for public use, wireless Internet access, self-checkout, and a children's area.
Andrews & Anderson Expansion Lobby
The lobby of Andrews & Anderson's vibrant and highly functional, 4,600-sq-ft architectural studio expansion. This project served as an opportunity for the firm to push the boundaries of its design and sustainability experience. Every aspect of the office expansion was approached from a green perspective.
Andrews & Anderson Conference Room
The conference room in Andrews & Anderson's new studio expansion is a two-story volume whose west wall offers a semi-translucent view of the main stairwell. The wall features a thatch pattern of ecoresin 3Form panels, which are made of 40% post-industrial reclaimed PET plastic.
Independence Pass
Colorado Department of Transportation crews began clearing the west side of Independence Pass on May 21.
CDOT
Independence Pass, Colorado
Clearing the bit
Building a new hangar across the street from my office, great photo ops
Mountain Aviation new corporate hangar
Rocky Mountain Metro Airport
Welding the floor
Placing the framework on the new hangar across the street from my office
Mountain Aviation new corporate hangar
Rocky Mountain Metro Airport
Tavern Tech Center
Tavern Tech Center opened to the public on Monday, June 2, offering a game room, bowling, a pool table, shuffleboard, a dining room, dance floor and several patios.
Catamount Constructors Inc., Semple Brown Design
Denver Tech Center
"The Best Little Library in Colorado"
Interior features of the town of Ignacio’s new library include meeting rooms, study rooms, a children’s area and an adult reading area.
Andrews & Anderson Architects, Dale Hoover
Ignacio, Colo.
CSU University Center for the Arts
The University Center for the Arts, or UCA, located in the renovated old Fort Collins High School, is home to Colorado State's School of the Arts. The UCA is a world-class facility with its comprehensive design to support all art forms. It is the first time in university history in which programs in music, theatre, dance and art will be housed under one roof. The UCA provides the platform required for the School of the Arts to achieve new levels of national and international excellence as well as offering a cultural center to the Fort Collins and Northern Colorado communities.
Slaterpaull Architects
Fort Collins
Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center
Colorado College’s Cornerstone Arts Center is designed to be a catalyst for arts collaboration and interdisciplinary work. It offers the college an innovative approach to the teaching and performing of the arts… one that recognizes that the future of interdisciplinary teaching needs strong technological support, with spaces designed to serve various functions.
Mortenson Construction
Colorado Springs
Hideaway Park
The Town of Winter Park hired Design Concepts to create a sense of identity that reflects the town’s character at the 3.5-acre Hideaway Park, located on Highway 40 at West Midtown Road. Additional goals were to develop the town’s main sledding hill and a summer amphitheater and event space. The “Mountains and Rivers” theme of the $3.2-million park focuses on natural elements, forms and colors found in Winter Park and the Frasier Valley.
Design Concepts, ECI Site Construction Management
Winter Park
Valor Christian High School Stadium
The $90-million Valor Christian High School’s academic, athletic building and overall site design have received LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council, making it the first private school in Colorado to earn a Gold rating.
Slaterpaull Architects, The RMH Group, Saunders Construction
Highlands Ranch, Colo.
Steel Walker
Plum Creek Academy located in Highlands Ranch Colorado is an 18,000 sf school that will serve the needs of special education students of the district.
Tim McKay, KLIPP Architects, John Caligaris, DCSD, Todd Schroeder, GTC, Dave Versch, GTC, Amy Powell, GTC
Highlands Ranch, Colorado
Zi Lofts under construction
Zi Lofts
Denver
Denver Justice Center under construction
Construction shots of the new Denver Justice Center
Denver Justice Center, Hensel Phelps Construction Co
Denver
Denver Justice Center under construction
Construction shots of the new Denver Justice Center
Denver Justice Center, Hensel Phelps Construction Co
Denver
Twenty One 01 Market under construction
Looking southwest along Market Street
Twenty One 01 Market, G E Johnson
Denver
Construction update on the Denver Justice Center
Construction shots of the Denver Justice Center taken in June, 2008
Denver Justice Center, Hensel Phelps Construction Co
Denver
Construction update on the Denver Justice Center
Construction shots of the Denver Justice Center taken in June, 2008
Denver Justice Center, Hensel Phelps Construction Co
Denver
Construction update on the Denver Justice Center
Construction shots of the Denver Justice Center taken in June, 2008
Denver Justice Center, Hensel Phelps Construction Co
Denver
The Pinnacle at City Park South
Looking west along 17th Avenue towards the twin towers of the Pinnacle at City Park South
Pinnacle at City Park South
Denver
Harmony One office building
Looking southeast at Harmony One building
Harmony One
Fort Collins
One Lincoln Park
Looking North towards One Lincoln Park
One Lincoln Park, Swinerton Builders
Denver
One Lincoln Park
Looking North towards One Lincoln Park
One Lincoln Park, Swinerton Builders
Denver
1900 16th St. Tops Out
1900 Sixteenth St. is an 18-story office building located across the street from Denver Union Station in Lower Downtown Denver. Slated for completion in September, 1900 Sixteenth St. is one of Denver’s tallest buildings, measuring 275 ft tall.
Saunders Construction Inc.,
Denver
Morgridge Middle School
Confluence Builders, a design-build and project management company in Denver, recently completed construction on the Denver School of Science and Technology’s Morgridge Middle School.
As the design-builders, Confluence Builders was responsible for delivering an education-ready facility, including managing all entitlements, permitting, design, construction and FF&E. Confluence Builders guaranteed both the overall project cost and schedule. The school was designed and coordinated using 3D modeling, and many of the award-winning design features of the existing 64,000-sq-ft high school were improved upon and implemented into the new middle school.
Confluence Builders,
Denver
The Relocation of the Union Pacific Train Depot
The preservation and relocation of the 1880's stacked stone train depot was successfully completed by Rocky Mountain Structural Movers, Inc. in October of 2008. This preservation project took approximately 3 years of planning and 6 months of hard work to complete.
Rocky Mountain Structural Movers, Inc. Bill Davis, President
Boulder, Colorado
OxBlue Construction Cameras: Solar Field
With the 30% Federal tax credit not available, solar installations around the country are increasing and OxBlue.com construction cameras are being used to manage the projects.
OxBlue.com, BP Solar, Colorado State University
Pueblo, CO
Construction Begins on CU Denver’s First LEED-Certified Building
The University of Colorado’s new pharmacy building, which broke ground in June, will help consolidate the school’s functions. The top three floors will house the school’s research facilities, enhancing its biotechnology capabilities and creating a center for the development of new medications. (Rendering courtesy of HOK Architects)
Mortenson Construction, HOK Architects
Aurora, Colo.
Well Installation Denver Colorado 2009
Griffin Dewatering North Central installed a well in Denver Colorado to complete a pump test to determine the dewatering system that will be required.
The well was 8” in diameter, all PVC, drilled 35’ to claystone. We placed a 5HP pump in the well and it yielded over the 200 GPM that was required. The sand content of the water was only listed as a trace or less than one parts per million, the NTU was less than 1 which is equivalent to tap water.
The upper 10’ of the well had to be containerized into barrels due to contamination. The well was drilled and installed in one day, and then pump tested the next day.
Shannon & Wilson Inc., Griffin Dewatering North Central LLC
Denver Colorado
Interstate 70 Sinkhole near Rifle
Possible voids surrounding a 20-inch diameter gas pipeline under I-70 were the likely cause of a sinkhole near Rifle, Colo.
CDOT, Colorad Department of Transportation Maintenance, Engineering, Traffic & Safety and Williams Production
Rifle, Colo.
Hayden Police Station
6,200 SF with a Sally Port, Offices, Interview rooms, evidence storage, and a training room
Ed Birch, Hayden Police Chief, Russ Martin, Town Manager, Ron Szerlong Architect
Hayden Colorado
Denver Justice Center
The Courthouse building is part of the new Denver Justice Center
City and County of Denver, Hensel Phelps Construction
Denver, Colorado
Denver County detention center
The new detention center as part of the Denver Justice Center
City and County of Denver, Hensel Phelps Construction
Denver, Colorado
Spire rising
View of Denver's newest residential tower, Spire, rising in downtown.
Spire, JE Dunn Construction, RNL Design
Denver, Colorado
Spire rising
View of Denver's newest residential tower, Spire, rising in downtown.
Spire, JE Dunn Construction, RNL Design
Denver, Colorado
Spine and Total Joint Center at Sky Ridge Medical Center
A new Spine and Total Joint Center at Sky Ridge Medical Center in Lone Tree, Colorado designed by Gresham, Smith and Partners is now open. The 62,000-square-foot expansion and renovation project includes the addition of seven Ortho/Spine operating rooms, nine post anesthesia care units (PACUs), 13 pre-op/post-op rooms and all required support spaces for a new surgery center. The facility's existing central sterilization and storage (CSS) and lab spaces have also been expanded.
Gresham, Smith and Partners; Bovis Lend Lease
Lone Tree, Colorado
Deep Well Dewatering System 100 feet from the Arkansas River
Series of deep wells used for installation of a new River Intake Pump Station for Excel Energy situated less than 100’ from the Arkansas River in Pueblo, Colorado. The deepwell sytem is employed to lower groundwater levels to provide stable working conditions in excavations.
Excel Energy, Griffin Dewatering North Central
Pueblo, Colorado
Denver Justice Center Dentention Facility
The Dentention Facility nearing completion on the outside in this view from the southwest.
Hensel Phelps Construction, Klipp, City and County of Denver
Civic Center, Denver, Colorado
The Lodge at Three Forks Ranch
Guest Lodge for hunting and fishing on the Little Snake river at the Colorado - Wyoming border north of Steamboat Springs
Three Forks Ranch, Eric Smith Associates
One hour north of Steamboat Springs
The Lodge at Three Forks Ranch
Grand Lobby
Three Forks Ranch, Eric Smith Associates
One hour north of Steamboat Springs
First National Bank of the Rockies
Branch Bank
FNBR, Eric Smith Associates, Amaron-Folkestad
Steamboat Springs
First National Bank of the Rockies
Ceiling Details
FNBR, Eric Smith Associates, Amaron-Folkestad
Steamboat Springs
First National Bank of the Rockies
Wood Timber Details
FNBR, Eric Smith Associates, Amaron-Folkestad
Steamboat Springs
1800 Larimer Construction Progress
Construction progress shots of 1800 Larimer in downtown Denver. This building is designed and being built to be LEED Platinum. Picture taken April, 2009.
RNL Design, MA Mortenson, RK Mechanical
Denver, Colorado
1800 Larimer Construction Progress
Construction progress shots of 1800 Larimer in downtown Denver. This building is designed and being built to be LEED Platinum. Picture taken April, 2009.
RNL Design, MA Mortenson, RK Mechanical
Denver, Colorado
1800 Larimer Construction Progress
Construction progress shots of 1800 Larimer in downtown Denver. This building is designed and being built to be LEED Platinum. Picture taken May, 2009.
RNL Design, MA Mortenson, RK Mechanical
Denver, Colorado
First Meridian Services
First Meridian Services provides hospitality development and restaurant management services. A 20,390 square foot space was fully redesigned to give the building a fresh new space. Improvements included a new training space, elevator and cafe.
Rowland + Broughton, Starker Construction
Greenwood Village, CO
Central Park Tower under construction
Construction progress shot of the Central Park Tower. This is located at the Interlocken office park in Broomfield, Colorado. Photo taken 12 July 2009.
Franklin Street Properties, Prime West, Gensler, The Weitz Company
Broomfield, Colorado
Untitled Photo
AGC Utah Offices
The AGC of Utah recently opened its new office building in West Valley, Utah.
AGC members
Utah
Timberlake Jr/Sr High School
New school facility, student capacity 400; 40916 sf; Completed January 2005.
Architects West, Inc.
Spirit Lake, Idaho
Silver Mountain Resort: Gondola Base Bulding & Morning Star Lodge
Silver Mountain Resort Projects:
Architects West and Landmark were retained to provide professional design services for the master plan and facilities design of the new Gondola Village at the Silver Mountain Resort in Kellogg, Idaho. The project involved the Village Plaza, remodel of the existing Gondola Base Facility, and new multi-use facilities including multi-story condominiums and retail/commercial space. Design influence for the project was based on local historical mining characteristics and materials. The project has had a major economic impact on the region making the former ski area into a year round destination resort.
Phase 1 buildings included condominiums A & B. These two mixed-use buildings consisted of retail and commercial space at plaza level and five stories of condominiums for a total of 68 units. The Village Plaza, parking, and landscaping were part of this phase.
Phase 2 included two condominiums. Building C consisted of retail/commercial space below one wing of the five story structure that housed 110 units. Building D was also a five story structure and consisted of 99 units. This phase of work included the balance of plaza development, parking, water features, and green space. All external spaces outside the “Silver Rapids” water park structure were designed as well.
Phase 3 included the remodel to the Gondola Base building including an updated exterior and approximately 24,000 sf of space that was reprogrammed and remodeled, including additions, to improve guest services and provide consistent character with surrounding new architecture.
Architects West, Inc.
Kellogg, Idaho
Removing door to compost building
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COMPOST BUILDING DEMOLITION BEGINS AT METRO WASTEWATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT
DENVER, Dec. 16 — A work crew from All Metro Door and Lock Services (a subcontractor to Alliance Construction, the general contractor) removes a door from Compost Building 1 at the Metro Wastewater Reclamation District’s Robert W. Hite Treatment Facility in December. Removing the doors is the first step in demolishing Compost Buildings 1 and 2, which began in December '09. The doors will be reused on Building 3 after the structure is strengthened so it can take the added weight from the doors.
The compost sheds must be removed because Metro needs the land on which they sit to build new aeration basins in its South Plant. The $321 million South secondary improvements will enable the South Plant to remove ammonia and nitrates in the same manner the North Plant does.
Metro’s compost facility began operating in June 1986, but composting stopped earlier this year in preparation for construction of the South secondary improvements.
The Metro Wastewater Reclamation District is the largest wastewater treatment facility in the Rocky Mountain region. It treats about 140 million gallons of wastewater a day for the 1.6 million residents of its 615-sq.mi. metropolitan Denver service area.
Please credit Steve Frank, Metro Wastewater Reclamation District
All Metro Door and Lock Services, Metro Wastewater Reclamation District
Robert W Hite Treatment Facility, Denver, CO
Ray & Joan Kroc Corps Community Center
The Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Community Corps Center:
This 120,500 s.f. community center was made possible in part by the vision and funding of the Kroc family, The Salvation Army, City of Coeur d’Alene, and much community support. The facility houses a 10 lane x 10 lane, 25 yard x 25 meter competition swimming pool, indoor leisure pool activity center, locker rooms, indoor running track, fitness area, aerobics studio, multi-activity court with three basketball courts, indoor play structure, climbing wall, chapel and performing arts theater, community rooms, and full commercial kitchen.
The theme of the design was to reflect the character and personality of the community. This is achieved with the use of masonry components using CMU and natural stone as primary components accented with wood detailing. The design solution is very curvilinear and organic in nature. Landscape and site development components add to the overall composition of this unique design on a 12 acre site. The mixed use facility will be a prominent fixture in the fabric of the City, serving the families of community.
Architects West “Architect-of-Record/Project Management”; BRS Architects “Design Architect”; Miller Stauffer Architects “Design Consultant” ; Landmark “Land Planning/Landscape Architect”
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Trailhead Lodge at Wildhorse Meadows
At 174,000-sq. ft., Trailhead Lodge features 86 condos, underground parking, pools, a fitness club, outdoor entertaining areas, and a grotto with a water feature and three spas. Bringing this incredible building to fruition during two years of record snowfall and the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression required a true team spirit. The resulting tale of cooperation and perseverance created a legend for Steamboat Springs and Drahota – 42 days ahead of schedule and under budget. 2009 Silver Ace Award.
Scott Warner, PE, LEED AP, Project Manager; Bob Fluck Project Superintendent; OZ Architecture
Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Cache Bank Office Building
12,000sf Cache Bank Office Building, Fort COllins, Colorado
Derek Cohen, LEED AP, Project Manager; Charlie Takacs, Superintendent; VFR Design, Phelps Development
Fort Collins, Colorado
Moot Court Renovation & Addition, College of Law, University of Wyoming
This phasing project consists of 7,274 square-foot building addition and remodel at the existing College of Law at the University of Wyoming. The Law school maintained full operations during construction. USGBC Silver Certification.
Joel Hardy, LEED AP; Pat McCann, Superintendent, GSG Architecture
Laramie, Wyoming
Severance Middle School
This new middle school is designed for 600 students with a core for 900. A planned expansion includes auxiliary gym and 300-student educational pod. The rural community context inspired circular forms used as a decorative pattern on the precast concrete panels that are reminiscent of the pattern made by rotating irrigation sprinklers in fields across the plains.
Designed by RB+B Architects (photo by Fred Fuhrmeister)
Severance, CO
SEMI-SERVICE FACILITY
New Sales and Service center for Semi-Service
AE URBIA, Tom Stuart Construction
Salt Lake City, Utah
GYMCATS
New GymCats training facility
AE URBIA, CA ADVISORS, ROBINSON BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION
Lehi, Utah
Thermoworks
THERMO WORKS office TI
AE URBIA, Sam White Construction
Lindon, Utah
WASATCH SUPPLY AND BARREL COMPANY
New facility for Wasatch Supply and Barrel Company
AE URBIA, Tom Stuart Construction
Salt Lake City, Utah
FOOD FOR HEALTH
New Food for Health Facility
AE URBIA, Tom Stuart Construction
Salt Lake City, Utah
YESCO
YESCO's new state of the art manufacturing and office facility
AE URBIA and Tom Stuart Construction
Salt Lake City, Utah
Union Gateway Bridge
The pedestrian bridge at 18th Street in the Central Platte Valley opened March 5, providing a second connecting point to Riverfront Park and Commons Park from Union Station and Lower Downtown
Edward Kraemer & Sons, OZ Architecture, 68West Engineering Inc.
Denver
Prairie Waters Water Project
Workers place the last piece of Aurora, Colo.'s Prairie Water Project supply pipe.
Aurora Water
Aurora, Colo.
U.S, 160 Between Bayfield and Pagosa Springs, Colo.
A 10 ft by 20 ft boulder slide onto U.S. 160 near Pagosa Springs on March 18. CDOT crews blasted the boulder into smaller pieces and cleared the highway with minimal traffic delays.
CDOT
Yellow Jacket, Colo.
Colorado River Bridge
Workers from Draper, Utah-based Wadsworth Brothers Construction work on the demolition of the old Colorado River Bridge project in Moab, Utah. WBC has completed one full bridge and is looking to have the other bridge built by end of this year.
Wadsworth Brothers Construction
Moab, Utah
Colorado River Bridge
Workers from subcontractor BD Jones Construction of West Jordan, Utah, demolish an old concrete structure on the Colorado River Bridge project in Moab, Utah. Wadsworth Brothers Construction of Draper, Utah is the general contractor on the $24-million project.
BD Jones Construction
Moab, Utah
IKEA - Centennial
The new 415,000-sq-ft IKEA in Centennial will be the first U.S. IKEA store to incorporate a geothermal component as part of the heating and cooling system.
Saunders Construction, CLC Associates, Kimley Horn Associates, Ground Engineering, Otten Johnson Robinson Neff & Ragonetti, Geothermal Systems of Colorado, GreenbergFarrow
Centennial, Colo.
West Valley High School Gymnasium
Architects West, WLK
Yakima, WA
West Valley High School Commons
Architects West, WLK
Yakima, WA
Van Cise-Simonet Detention Center
The new five-story Van Cise-Simonet Detention Center will eventually house 1,500 inmates.
Jacobs Engineering, Hensel Phelps Construction, OZ Archtiecture, Hartman-Cox Architects and Ricci-Greene Associates
Denver
Enermodal’s Denver Office Earns LEED-Platinum
Enermodal Engineering’s historic Denver office underwent a number of renovations, including asbestos abatement and upgrading an aging HVAC system with a new high-efficiency system, to achieve the world’s first LEED-Platinum certification under the new LEED 2009.
Enermodal Engineering Inc.
Denver
Douglas L. Smith Middle Basin Wastewater Treatment Plant
A key element to the improvements at the Douglas L. Smith Middle Basin Wastewater Treatment Plant in Kansas include the construction of a fats, oils and grease waste receiving and processing station.
CH2M Hill, Archer|HDR
Johnson County, Kan.
FasTracks 6th Ave West Corridor Bridge
RTD and its contractor successfully rolled weathering steel bridge the rust-colored, into place over the weekend. The 286-ft-long, 65-ft-tall bridge can withstand hurricane-force wind of 100 mph and is designed to support 2.7 million lbs of weight.
RTD, Denver Transit Construction Group
Lakewood, Colo.
FasTracks West Corridor 6th Ave. Bridge
Crews building the Regional Transportation District’s FasTracks West Corridor Light Rail Line re-opened West 6th Avenue 30 hours ahead of schedule, after placing a light rail bridge over 6th Avenue on May 2.
RTD, Denver Transit Construction Group
Lakewood, Colo.
Academic Instruction Building
The new Academic Instruction Building under construction on the campus of Colorado State University. Photo taken August 2009.
Colorado State University, Pinkard Construction Company, LPR Construction Company
Fort Collins, Colorado
Academic Instruction Building
The new Academic Instruction Building under construction on the campus of Colorado State University. Photo taken August 2009.
Colorado State University, Pinkard Construction Company, LPR Construction Company
Fort Collins, Colorado
Lake Street Parking Garage
The Lake Street Parking Garage under construction on the Campus of Colorado State University. Photo taken 28 August 2009.
Colorado State University, Shaw Construction, H+L Architecture
Fort Collins, Colorado
Spanish Fork Canyon Reach 3
Final segment of 96"-diameter cement motar lined steel pipe.
Ames Construction, Inc.
Spanish Fork Canyon, Utah
McNichols Building
Denver’s three-story, 36,810-sq-ft McNichols Building was originally built in 1910 as the Carnegie Library, but over the years it has served as office space. The first stage of the revitalization effort for the city and county of Denver’s McNichols Building, which included interior demolition and minor improvements to the 100-year-old structure, completed last month.
JE Dunn Construction Co., Slaterpaull Architects
Denver
Park City High School
Park City School District announced in April that its new Park City High School recently earned LEED-Silver certification from the USGBC. The $28-million, 26,000-sq-ft, two-story school is the first comprehensive high school in Utah to receive LEED certification, and is designed to incorporate legacy sections of the old Park City High School as well as elements that echo Park City’s mining history.
VCBO Architecture
Prak City, Utah
Grand Park Community Recreation Center
Sink Combs Dethlefs & Blue Valley Construction
Fraser, Colorado
Grand Park Community Recreation Center
Sink Combs Dethlefs & Blue Valley Construction
Fraser, Colorado
Grand Park Community Recreation Center
Sink Combs Dethlefs & Blue Valley Construction
Fraser, Colorado
The Plaza at Black Mountain
Nestled in the gorgeous desert of Cave Creek, Arizona, the Plaza at Black Mountain was painted with the most sustainable and fade resistant house paint available. NeverFade™ Exterior Paint Series is a professionally-applied exterior coating, engineered with Kynar Aquatec® resin. This durable fluoropolymer provides exceptional weatherability, outlasting traditional exterior paints. The manufacturer warrants the paint to not fade for 15-years making it environmentally-sustainable because the property owner will not have to repaint the plaza for at least that amount of time. NeverFade™ is also very low in VOCs, which reduces its contribution to harmful air pollution. With its water-based composition, it has significantly reduced odor and requires no harmful solvents for cleanup.
Kelly Mattes- artist and paint contractor, APV Engineered Coatings
Cave Creek, Arizona
Architectural Nexus Design Center
Architectural Nexus is renovating an existing building into a design center and community sustainability model that will exceed green standards and is expected to achieve LEED-platinum certification.
Architectural Nexus
Salt Lake City
Farmington Meetinghouse
Construction completed in April on a new, solar-powered meetinghouse for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Farmington, Utah, its first in the Northern Hemisphere.
The new, 20,000-sq-ft meetinghouse is one of five prototypes developed by the church to showcase its environmental stewardship, according to church officials.
Jacobsen Construction
Farmington, Utah
Yampa Valley Bank
A new two story building with community branch banking on the main level and offices and tennant space on the second floor. Timber and steel detailing at the front entry and drive-thru, along with stone and board and batten wood siding give the building a western flavor befitting the local community.
Yampa Valley Bank; ESA Architects; APH Construction
Craig, Colorado
Yampa Valley Bank
A new two story building with community branch banking on the main level and offices and tennant space on the second floor. Timber and steel detailing at the front entry and drive-thru, along with stone and board and batten wood siding give the building a western flavor befitting the local community.
Yampa Valley Bank; ESA Architects; APH Construction
Craig, Colorado
Yampa Valley Bank
A new two story building with community branch banking on the main level and offices and tennant space on the second floor. Timber and steel detailing at the front entry and drive-thru, along with stone and board-and-batten wood siding give the building a western flavor befitting the local community.
Yampa Valley Bank; ESA Architects; APH Construction
Craig, Colorado
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Brookside Bridge Installation
The Brookside Bridge is located in Kennecott Land’s Daybreak community in South Jordan, Utah. It is 84 ft long and 85 ft wide and will span over a trail system, roadway and a brook feeding water into Oquirrh Lake.
Rio Tinto, Kennecott Land and Nolte Engineering
South Jordan, Utah
Brookside Bridge Arches
The Brookside Bridge arches were built in Ogden, Utah, by Contech/Oldcastle and is one of the largest pre-cast arch-type bridges in North America. When it opens in 2011, it will accommodate traffic volumes of 40,000 cars a day.
Rio Tinto, Kennecott Land and Nolte Engineering
South Jordan, Utah
West Metro Fire Protection District Station No. 8
Golden Triangle Construction recently completed two fire station projects designed by OZ Architecture for the West Metro Fire Protection District in Lakewood. The Station No. 8 project included a new 10,628-sq-ft, two-story facility constructed adjacent to the existing facility in Lakewood. Station No. 8 needed upgrades and more space not only because it was one of the older and smaller stations in the district, but also because it is the home of West Metro’s Dive Team, a technical rescue division within the West Metro Fire Dept. that specializes in rescuing people from water.
Golden Triangle Construction, OZ Architecture
Lakewood, Colo.
DaVinvi Academy of Science and the Arts
Honored in ABC of Utah's Historical Renovation category for projects between $2 million and $5 million was the DaVinci Academy of Science and the Arts at 2033 Grant Ave. in Ogden.
R&O Construction
Ogden, Utah
The HUrst Center for Lifelong Learning
The Hurst Center for Lifelong Learning at Weber State University captured ABC of Utah's Institutional award between $5 million and $10 million.
R&O Construction
Ogden, Utah
Idaho 21 Wildlife Underpass
This summer the Idaho Transportation Dept. is building a wildlife underpass near milepost 18.2 on Idaho 21 along what is known as the Ponderosa Pine Scenic Route. The bridge and wildlife fencing will help get deer and elk safely across Idaho 21.
McAlvain Construction, IDT
Idaho
Space Innovation and Development Center
MWH recently received a U.S. Air Force 2010 Honor Award in the facility design category for its design-build of the Space Innovation and Development Center headquarters. The facility was completed for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Schriever Air Force Base near Colorado Springs.
MWH, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Colorado Springs, Colo.
NREL Research Support Facility
Transpired solar air-collector technology, developed at the U.S. Dept. of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory in the 1990s, has become an integral part of the comfort heating system of NREL’s new Research Support Facility.
Haselden, RNL
Golden, Colo.
Ednetics Corporat Office
This new 31,989 sf headquarters is scheduled to be complete December 2010. It consist of offices, conference center, racquetball court, small conference, subsequent support services. Data Center to be for a showcase of items for customers to view and be educated about technology. Warehouse for shipping, receiving, project staging and product assembly
Architects West, Leone and Keeble,Ednetics
Post Falls, ID
Westminster High School
Auditorium
Heartland Acoustics & Interiors / Adolfson & Peterson
Westminster, CO
Westminster High School
Music Room
Heartland Acoustics & Interiors / Adolfson & Peterson
Westminster, CO
Westminster High School
Student Commons Area
Heartland Acoustics & Interiors / Adolfson & Peterson
Westminster, CO
Windsor Police Station
Architect - Roth + Sheppard Architects / General Contractor - Dohn Construction
Windsor, Colorado
Embassy Suites Hotel, Downtown Denver
Progress shot of the Embassy Suites Hotel in downtown Denver. This is across the street from the Colorado Convention Center.
WPM Construction, AMI Mechanical, Embassy Suites Hotels
Denver Colorado
1800 Larimer
Progress shot of 1800 Larimer. Photo taken August 2009
M A Mortenson Company, RNL Design, Westfield Develepment Company LLC, RK Mechanical
Denver Colorado
Four Seasons Hotel & Private Residences
Progress shot of the Four Seasons Hotel & Private Residences. Photo taken August 2009.
Swinerton Builders, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Teatro Tower LLC, HKS Inc., Carney Architects
Denver Colorado
Casey Middle School
Recently completed, this 1924 era middle school was completely rebuilt and is on target to achieve LEED Platinum Certification (pending). Historic 1924 walls were preserved to maintain the character and history of this school. To conserve as much open space as possible on the 8.4 acre urban site, the classroom wing of the new building is three stories high and half the parking is tucked under the building. The school accommodates 600 students and includes a 350-seat auditorium.
RB+B Architects, Inc.; Saunders Construction; Photography by David Patterson
Boulder, CO
Casey Middle School
Recently completed, this 1924 era middle school was completely rebuilt and is on target to achieve LEED Platinum Certification (pending). Historic 1924 walls were preserved to maintain the character and history of this school. To conserve as much open space as possible on the 8.4 acre urban site, the classroom wing of the new building is three stories high and half the parking is tucked under the building. The school accommodates 600 students and includes a 350-seat auditorium.
RB+B Architects, Inc.; Saunders Construction; Photography by David Patterson
Boulder, CO
Casey Middle School
Recently completed, this 1924 era middle school was completely rebuilt and is on target to achieve LEED Platinum Certification (pending). Historic 1924 walls were preserved to maintain the character and history of this school. To conserve as much open space as possible on the 8.4 acre urban site, the classroom wing of the new building is three stories high and half the parking is tucked under the building. The school accommodates 600 students and includes a 350-seat auditorium.
RB+B Architects, Inc.; Saunders Construction; Photography by David Patterson
Boulder, CO
Casey Middle School
Recently completed, this 1924 era middle school was completely rebuilt and is on target to achieve LEED Platinum Certification (pending). Historic 1924 walls were preserved to maintain the character and history of this school. To conserve as much open space as possible on the 8.4 acre urban site, the classroom wing of the new building is three stories high and half the parking is tucked under the building. The school accommodates 600 students and includes a 350-seat auditorium.
RB+B Architects, Inc.; Saunders Construction; Photography by David Patterson
Boulder, CO
Summit Elementary School
The school accommodates 450 students in Pre-K through 5th grade. It is a 4/3 design such that there are four Kindergarten through 3rd grade classrooms and three 4th and 5th grade classrooms (class size increases with age).
RB+B Architects, Inc.; LHSA+DP; Amundsen Associates; Adolfson & Peterson Construction
Casper, WY
Summit Elementary School
The school accommodates 450 students in Pre-K through 5th grade. It is a 4/3 design such that there are four Kindergarten through 3rd grade classrooms and three 4th and 5th grade classrooms (class size increases with age).
RB+B Architects, Inc.; LHSA+DP; Amundsen Associates; Adolfson & Peterson Construction
Casper, WY
CY Middle School
The new CY Middle School in Casper, Wyoming was designed to accommodate three grade levels with a total of 750 students. Each grade level is organized into two smaller "cores", enabling students to achieve better results in smaller learning environments. Two distinct North and South pods fulfill the specific needs of the 6th, 7th and 8th grade students. Each core group of students is provided with a science room and prep area along with one classroom space and one flexible space that can be divided using movable partitions.
RB+B Architects, Inc.; Amundsen Associates; Groathouse Construction
Casper, WY
Vista Peak Campus P-8 Exploratory
This new prototype facility houses preschool through eighth grade with a special education suite. The facility is part of a 100-acre campus that includes a new high school, sports fields, stadia, and a district transportation building. The challenge was to design the school and site such that it could be operated as a single program with a central administration core, or as two individual programs with uniquely identified administration suites on the end of each of two classroom wings. The solution has split parking lots to accommodate this future change if desired. In the split scenario the two educational programs would share cafeteria, PE, art and media center spaces.
RB+B / Slaterpaull Architects (Joint Venture); FCI Constructors
Aurora, CO
Odell Brewing Company Expansion
The Odell Brewing Company Expansion increased the current facility by expanding to the west. The production area expansion of 16,000 sf includes a new enclosed tank farm for fermenting tanks, an extension of the bottling line and warehouse and a larger cooler which serves new truck docks. The tap room and exterior patio spaces were also expanded. Materials include masonry and pre-finished metal siding similar to the existing building with wood siding as an accent.
RB+B Architects, Inc.; Delta Construction; Photography by Fred Fuhrmeister (Time Frame Images)
Fort Collins, CO
Odell Brewing Company Expansion
The Odell Brewing Company Expansion increased the current facility by expanding to the west. The production area expansion of 16,000 sf includes a new enclosed tank farm for fermenting tanks, an extension of the bottling line and warehouse and a larger cooler which serves new truck docks. The tap room and exterior patio spaces were also expanded. Materials include masonry and pre-finished metal siding similar to the existing building with wood siding as an accent.
RB+B Architects, Inc.; Delta Construction; Photography by Fred Fuhrmeister (Time Frame Images)
Fort Collins, CO
Sargent Junior and Senior High School Auditorium
The auditorium is designed to keep the feeling and nostalgia of the old theater for community uses. New Jr/Sr High School for a high achieving rural school district in the San Luis Valley. One of the first BEST funded ground-up schools to open.
The Neenan Company (design-builder) and RLH Engineering (Owner's Representative)
Monte Vista, Colorado
Sargent Junior and Senior High School Entry
New Jr/Sr High School for a high achieving rural school district in the San Luis Valley. One of the first BEST funded ground-up schools to open.
The Neenan Company (design-builder) and RLH Engineering (Owner's Representative)
Monte Vista, Colorado
Komatsu Equipment Co.
A recently completed building in Salt Lake City will bring the maintenance, repair, rental, sales and service operations of Komatsu Equipment Co. together in one space designed to better serve customers in the Intermountain West.
Aeurbia Architects and Engineers, Tom Stewart Construction
Salt Lake City
Tie Fork Rest Area
New 2500 SF rest station and visitors center in Spanish Fork Canyon for UDOT. Project included display area, restrooms, outside picnic areas, concrete courtyard with a full size train feature. Project included drilling a new water well and installation of a septic tank system with asphalt parking area.
Cameron Construction
Highway 40 in Spanish Fork Canyon
CSU's Rockwell Hall
The new 51,000-sq-ft Rockwell Hall addition at Colorado State University, designed by Davis Partnership, Denver, includes nine classrooms, conference rooms, team breakout rooms, an auditorium and a student forum. It also features a financial data lab designed to replicate a Wall Street trading room. Dohn Construction, Fort Collins, served as the general contractor. Shaffer Baucom Engineering & Consulting, Lakewood, served on the design team.
Dohn Construction, Davis Partnership, Shaffer Baucom Engineering & Consulting
Fort Collins, Colo.
The Utah Career Center
Construction is complete on a new 33,000-sq-ft career center in Salt Lake City for plumbers, pipefitters, welders and HVAC&R technicians run by the Utah Mechanical Contractors Association and United Association Local 140.
The Utah Career Center, which replaces an existing career center, is expected to achieve LEED-Gold certification and will train and recertify more than 1,000 tradesmen annually. UMCA and UA’s apprenticeship programs require over 1,350 hours of training—far exceeding most educational trade program requirements.
UMCA
Salt Lake City
Basalt Library Interior
Interior shot of Basalt
Beaudin Ganze Consulting Engineers, A4 Architecture, OZ Architecture, KL&A, Axelman Temperature Controls, and Bighorn Consulting Engineers, B+H Construction.
Basalt, CO
Basalt Regional Library
A new 21,000 square foot library that included an 8,000 sq. foot main stacks and reading room and a 1,200 sq. foot community meeting room. Designed the first raised floor system with Underfloor Air Distribution system (UFAD) to be installed in the Colorado mountains. Seeking LEED Gold Certification.
Beaudin Ganze Consulting Engineers, A4 Architecture, OZ Architecture, KL&A, Axelman Temperature Controls, and Bighorn Consulting Engineers, B+H Construction.
Basalt, CO
Church History Library
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ new 238,000-square-foot Church History Library – designed to preserve the Church’s thriving archive
of more than five million documents, photographs, and artifacts – recently received Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) for New Construction (NC) Silver Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. The five-floor building is located on the
northeast corner of the intersection of North Temple and Main Streets in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah.
The Church History Library features a green roof, a super-efficient HVAC system, drought-tolerant landscaping, efficient windows, air-filtering system, efficient plumbing, and carbon dioxide monitoring to regulate airflow and improve air quality.
Designed by MHTN Architects of Salt Lake City, the Library was constructed through a joint venture of Jacobsen Construction and Swinerton Builders Colorado.
Joint venture between Swinerton Builders and Jacobsen Construction, MHTN Architects
Salt Lake City, Utah
Grand Junction Regional Airport - Apron Reconstruction
Aerial photo of the General Aviation Ramp at the Grand Junction Regional Airport during concrete paving operations.
Concrete Works of Colorado (Contractor), Jviation, Inc. (Engineer/Construction Management)
Grand Junction, Colorado
Grand Junction Regional Airport - Apron Reconstruction
Aerial photo of the General Aviation Ramp at the Grand Junction Regional Airport during pavement removal operations.
Concrete Works of Colorado (Contractor), Jviation, Inc. (Engineer/Construction Management)
Grand Junction, Colorado
Crandall Building - West View
With respect to the late local architect, Thomas W. Benton, the renovation of the Crandall Building will modernize this early 1970s building, bringing it to 21st century standards, while considering appropriate scale, mass and character. The existing circular windows are retained and louver screens maintain the horizontality of the building. Upgrades to the mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems to sustainable environmental systems will maximize efficiency. Increased window fenestration will capture natural light, increase natural ventilation and views of Aspen Mountain. Potential LEED (Leadership in Environmental and Energy Design) Certification for major renovation will be pursued for this project.
Rowland+Broughton Architecture, John Olson Builders, KL&A,
Aspen, Colorado
Crandall Building - Level Two Interior
The second floor of the Crandall Building features an enclosed courtyard area dedicated to the artwork of Thomas Benton, the original Crandall Building Architect.
Rowland+Broughton Architecture, John Olson Builders
Aspen, Colorado
Crandall Building - Level One Interior
A third level residential space of 2,500 square feet will be added to the building, converting this commercial building to mixed use.
Rowland+Broughton Architecture, John Olson Builders
Aspen, Colorado
Colorado College's Cutler Hall and StoneBilt Concepts
Three thousand five hundred square feet of StoneBilt Concepts' Sandstone precast concrete paver slabs were installed at Colorado College for significant price savings over the use of natural stone.
StoneBilt Concepts, C&C Sand and Stone, Strong Enterprises
Colorado Springs, Colorado
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Utah Career Center -
Construction is complete on a new 33,152-sq-ft career center in Salt Lake City for plumbers, pipefitters, welders and HVAC&R technicians run by the Utah Mechanical Contractors Association and United Association Local 140.The Utah Career Center, which replaces an existing career center, will train and recertify more than 1,000 tradesmen annually. UMCA and UA’s apprenticeship programs require over 1,350 hours of training—far exceeding most educational trade program requirements.
This new 33,152 sf facility is replacing the school’s existing 7,500 sf building. In addition to adding more classrooms and lab spaces, the team is expected to achieve LEED Gold Certification thru energy efficiency, reduce water consumption, controllability of systems, indoor air quality, daylight and views, etc.
The design placed the 1,700 sf mechanical room prominently in a glass enclosed exhibit room at the main lobby – becoming both a showpiece as well as a teaching tool where instructors will use the actual functioning building equipment for teaching. Several mechanical systems have been combined in order to give the apprentices exposure to more equipment, and also to increase the overall building energy efficiency. Heat recovery units will take the heat from welding lab spaces to reduce loads in the winter months. All of the equipment for the facility is high energy efficiency and low water consumption to emphasis the school’s commitment to sustainability.
PGA&W Architects, Eckman & Mitchell Construction, UMCA
Salt Lake City, Utah
Utah Career Center - Lobby
Construction is complete on a new 33,152-sq-ft career center in Salt Lake City for plumbers, pipefitters, welders and HVAC&R technicians run by the Utah Mechanical Contractors Association and United Association Local 140.The Utah Career Center, which replaces an existing career center, will train and recertify more than 1,000 tradesmen annually. UMCA and UA’s apprenticeship programs require over 1,350 hours of training—far exceeding most educational trade program requirements.
This new 33,152 sf facility is replacing the school’s existing 7,500 sf building. In addition to adding more classrooms and lab spaces, the team is expected to achieve LEED Gold Certification thru energy efficiency, reduce water consumption, controllability of systems, indoor air quality, daylight and views, etc.
The design placed the 1,700 sf mechanical room prominently in a glass enclosed exhibit room at the main lobby – becoming both a showpiece as well as a teaching tool where instructors will use the actual functioning building equipment for teaching. Several mechanical systems have been combined in order to give the apprentices exposure to more equipment, and also to increase the overall building energy efficiency. Heat recovery units will take the heat from welding lab spaces to reduce loads in the winter months. All of the equipment for the facility is high energy efficiency and low water consumption to emphasis the school’s commitment to sustainability.
PGA&W Architects, Eckman & Mitchell Construction, UMCA
Salt Lake City, Utah
Utah Career Center - Main Entry
Construction is complete on a new 33,152-sq-ft career center in Salt Lake City for plumbers, pipefitters, welders and HVAC&R technicians run by the Utah Mechanical Contractors Association and United Association Local 140.The Utah Career Center, which replaces an existing career center, will train and recertify more than 1,000 tradesmen annually. UMCA and UA’s apprenticeship programs require over 1,350 hours of training—far exceeding most educational trade program requirements.
This new 33,152 sf facility is replacing the school’s existing 7,500 sf building. In addition to adding more classrooms and lab spaces, the team is expected to achieve LEED Gold Certification thru energy efficiency, reduce water consumption, controllability of systems, indoor air quality, daylight and views, etc.
The design placed the 1,700 sf mechanical room prominently in a glass enclosed exhibit room at the main lobby – becoming both a showpiece as well as a teaching tool where instructors will use the actual functioning building equipment for teaching. Several mechanical systems have been combined in order to give the apprentices exposure to more equipment, and also to increase the overall building energy efficiency. Heat recovery units will take the heat from welding lab spaces to reduce loads in the winter months. All of the equipment for the facility is high energy efficiency and low water consumption to emphasis the school’s commitment to sustainability.
PGA&W Architects, Eckman & Mitchell Construction, UMCA
Salt Lake City, Utah
Utah Career Center - Mechanical Exhibit Room
Construction is complete on a new 33,152-sq-ft career center in Salt Lake City for plumbers, pipefitters, welders and HVAC&R technicians run by the Utah Mechanical Contractors Association and United Association Local 140.The Utah Career Center, which replaces an existing career center, will train and recertify more than 1,000 tradesmen annually. UMCA and UA’s apprenticeship programs require over 1,350 hours of training—far exceeding most educational trade program requirements.
This new 33,152 sf facility is replacing the school’s existing 7,500 sf building. In addition to adding more classrooms and lab spaces, the team is expected to achieve LEED Gold Certification thru energy efficiency, reduce water consumption, controllability of systems, indoor air quality, daylight and views, etc.
The design placed the 1,700 sf mechanical room prominently in a glass enclosed exhibit room at the main lobby – becoming both a showpiece as well as a teaching tool where instructors will use the actual functioning building equipment for teaching. Several mechanical systems have been combined in order to give the apprentices exposure to more equipment, and also to increase the overall building energy efficiency. Heat recovery units will take the heat from welding lab spaces to reduce loads in the winter months. All of the equipment for the facility is high energy efficiency and low water consumption to emphasis the school’s commitment to sustainability.
PGA&W Architects, Eckman & Mitchell Construction, UMCA
Salt Lake City, Utah
Utah Career Center - Mechanical Exhibit Room Piping
Construction is complete on a new 33,152-sq-ft career center in Salt Lake City for plumbers, pipefitters, welders and HVAC&R technicians run by the Utah Mechanical Contractors Association and United Association Local 140.The Utah Career Center, which replaces an existing career center, will train and recertify more than 1,000 tradesmen annually. UMCA and UA’s apprenticeship programs require over 1,350 hours of training—far exceeding most educational trade program requirements.
This new 33,152 sf facility is replacing the school’s existing 7,500 sf building. In addition to adding more classrooms and lab spaces, the team is expected to achieve LEED Gold Certification thru energy efficiency, reduce water consumption, controllability of systems, indoor air quality, daylight and views, etc.
The design placed the 1,700 sf mechanical room prominently in a glass enclosed exhibit room at the main lobby – becoming both a showpiece as well as a teaching tool where instructors will use the actual functioning building equipment for teaching. Several mechanical systems have been combined in order to give the apprentices exposure to more equipment, and also to increase the overall building energy efficiency. Heat recovery units will take the heat from welding lab spaces to reduce loads in the winter months. All of the equipment for the facility is high energy efficiency and low water consumption to emphasis the school’s commitment to sustainability.
PGA&W Architects, Eckman & Mitchell Construction, UMCA
Salt Lake City, Utah
Construction Complete on Denver's Central Platte Campus
The modified sawtooth roof design of the Gary Price Operations Building was driven by a daylighting concept, which will allow daylight into all the occupied spaces, as well as provide south-facing, sloped surfaces for photovoltaic panels.
Pinkard Construction, RNL, Denver Public Works Department
Denver
Construction Begins on 14th Street Improvements Downtown
Home to the Colorado Convention Center, the Denver Performing Arts Complex, and an abundance of hotels, restaurants and residences, 14th Street will be constructed three blocks at a time with the project scheduled for completion in late 2011.
Denver Public Works, Concrete Works of Colorado Inc., PB Americas, studioINSITE, Art House Design and Canton & Associates, CRL Associates
Denver
Towne Square Exterior Renovation
Replacement of street level storefront and enhancement of clock tower
My Architect / K & G Construction / Alexander Investors
Lewiston, Idaho
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Millennium Bank
A 6,200-sq-ft Branch Bank designed to meet the Mining Heritage theme of the existing Wildhorse Marketplace Develpment Plan. This influenced material selections, mass and height, custom steel trusses, and the need for strong pedestrian connections to the site. For more photos go to www.esapc.com
HLCC Const.; ESA Architects; KTI Interiors
Steamboat Springs, CO
Millennium Bank
A 6,200 s.f. Branch Bank designed to meet the Mining Heritage theme of the existing Wildhorse Marketplace Develpment Plan. This influenced material selections, mass and height, custom steel trusses, and the need for strong pedestrian connections to the site. For more photos go to www.esapc.com
HLCC Const.; ESA Architects; KTI Interiors
Steamboat Springs, CO
Millennium Bank
A 6,200 s.f. Branch Bank designed to meet the Mining Heritage theme of the existing Wildhorse Marketplace Develpment Plan. This influenced material selections, mass and height, custom steel trusses, and the need for strong pedestrian connections to the site. For more photos go to www.esapc.com
HLCC Const.; ESA Architects; KTI Interiors
Steamboat Springs, CO
Millennium Bank
A 6,200 s.f. Branch Bank designed to meet the Mining Heritage theme of the existing Wildhorse Marketplace Develpment Plan. This influenced material selections, mass and height, custom steel trusses, and the need for strong pedestrian connections to the site. For more photos go to www.esapc.com
HLCC Const.; ESA Architects; KTI Interiors
Steamboat Springs, CO
Nederland Community Library - Community Room
View of Community Room with double sided gas fireplace, LED lighting integrated into railroad tie shelves, and custom stained glass by local artist.
This new community library for the citizens of Nederland, Colorado opened on January 28, 2011. Library design features many sustainable design features, including high performance envelope, radiant floor heating, daylighting & views, and utilized many regional materials and numerous local craftsman.
Photo by Mike Rogers, ME Group
Wember Inc., Fransen Pittman General Contractors, Oz Architecture, ME Group, JVA
Nederland, Colorado
Nederland Community Library - Library & Reading Area
View of main library and reading area. Blue stained pine is used on ceiling and book shelves. Lighting offers multi-level control. Radiant heating in floor slab with energy recovery ventilation.
This new community library for the citizens of Nederland, Colorado opened on January 28, 2011. Library design features many sustainable design features, including high performance envelope, radiant floor heating, daylighting & views, and utilized many regional materials and numerous local craftsman.
Photo by Mike Rogers, ME Group
Wember Inc., Fransen Pittman General Contractors, Oz Architecture, ME Group, JVA
Nederland, Colorado
Nederland Community Library - South Entry
Building facade stone is from local Climax mine. This facility offers majestic mountain views, abundant daylight and blends well with the surrounding architecture and scenery.
This new community library for the citizens of Nederland, Colorado opened on January 28, 2011. Library design features many sustainable design features, including high performance envelope, radiant floor heating, daylighting & views, and utilized many regional materials and numerous local craftsman.
Photo by Mike Rogers, ME Group
Wember Inc., Fransen Pittman General Contractors, Oz Architecture, ME Group, JVA
Nederland, Colorado
102 kW Solar Photovoltaic System
This 12-month project was built with an emphasis on energy efficiency and sustainability. E Light made the electrical connections for this 102 kW PV system.
General Contractor: Calcon Constructors; Architect: Studio Completiva, Inc.; Engineer: ABS Consultants; Electrical Subcontractor: E Light Electric Services, Inc.
Lakewood, CO
Creekside Residences West
A new green senior living community is complete and ready for tenants. This is Phase II of the award winning Residences at Creekside Community.
General Contractor: Calcon Constructors; Architect: Studio Completiva, Inc.; Engineer: ABS Consultants; Electrical Subcontractor: E Light Electric Services, Inc.
Lakewood, CO
Building 25 Solar Carports Under Construction
This project, combined with two other solar projects, will provide more than 15 percent of campus electrical needs, enough to power 1,064 residential homes for one year.
E Light WInd and Solar, Inc.
Lakewood, Colorado
Building 20 Solar Carports Photo 2, 254 kW
The new carports come with complete electrical power infrastructure for future plug-in electric car charging stations. Underneath, the carports feature LED lighting which reduces the energy used to light parking spaces at night and lasting five times as long as conventional lighting.
E Light Wind and Solar, Inc.- General Contractor
Lakewood, Colorado
Building 810 Solar Carports, 363.1 kW
The solar carports cover 600 parking spaces and are targeted to start producing energy next month. Solar carports are a creative way to use available land for solar arrays. They repurpose current parking lots, add incremental economic value by lowering campus energy spending and protect cars from the elements.
E Light Wind and Solar, Inc.- General Contractor
Lakewood, Colorado
Building 20 Solar Carports Photo 1, 254 kW
Fourteen new solar carports that if the panels were laid end-to-end would span nearly 5.5 miles are now installed and will produce approximately 1.6 megawatts of energy per year at four Denver Federal Center buildings. This final phase completes GSA’s largest single solar installation in the United States. Nearly 7 megawatts of additional renewable power will be online by the end of the year, saving approximately $500,000 in electricity costs annually for the campus.
E Light Wind and Solar, Inc.- General Contractor
Lakewood, Colorado
High gallery
Natural light enters the galleries through the skylights in the high galleries and then through a perforated-concrete drop ceiling. Extensive pre-planning was used to conceal all the electrical conduits for the lighting, shade mechanisms, and fire suppression systems that were located above the design of this unique ceiling.
E Light Electric Services, Inc. (Electrical Subcontractor); Saunders Construction (General Contractor); Allied Works Architecture (Architect); ARUP (MEP Engineer)
Denver, Colorado
Staircase to galleries
From the beginning of construction, temporary power was crucial. In a typical construction project, walls are poured, then the floors. For this complex plan, the cast-in-place concrete structure included up to 50 workers building each wall and/or floor in separate sections and sequences. Through this process, E Light electricians were on standby to ensure reliable temporary power at all times. Without power, the all-concrete structure would have come to a standstill, as multiple vibrators settled the concrete into their forms.
E Light Electric Services, Inc. (Electrical Subcontractor); Saunders Construction (General Contractor); Allied Works Architecture (Architect); ARUP (MEP Engineer)
Denver, Colorado
North Suburban Medical Center: Surgery Addition/Renovation
Pediatric Acute Care Units
JE Dunn Construction, Perkins & Will, CCRD Partners
Thornton, Colorado
North Suburban Medical Center: Emergency Department
Exterior shot of under construction emergency department with helipad in foreground
JE Dunn Construction, Gould Turner Group PC, Mazzetti Nash Lipsey, E Light Electric Services, Inc.
Thornton, Colorado
Improving patient response times with a new hangar
A 280-foot underground directional bore was completed to provide a 4" power conduit and a 2" teledata conduit from teh main hospital to the new building.
Electrical Subcontractor, E Light Electric Services, Inc.; GC: Emerald C.M., Inc.; Architect: Davis/Jones Architecture; Engineer, Kazine & Associates
Sky Ridge Medical Center, Lone Tree, Colorado
Storage Area
This area is beneath the hangar and is utilized for hospital storage.
Electrical Subcontractor, E Light Electric Services, Inc.; GC: Emerald C.M., Inc.; Architect: Davis/Jones Architecture; Engineer, Kazine & Associates
Sky Ridge Medical Center, Lone Tree, Colorado
Hangar
The 4,325 square foot hangar can accomodate three helicopters.
Electrical Subcontractor, E Light Electric Services, Inc.; GC: Emerald C.M., Inc.; Architect: Davis/Jones Architecture; Engineer, Kazine & Associates
Sky Ridge Medical Center, Lone Tree, Colorado
AIRLIFE Denver Crew Quarters & Hangar
This 9,100 square foot, 2-story project provides accomodations for the AIRLIFE Denver team, storage, and a maintenance and repair helicopter hangar
Electrical Subcontractor, E Light Electric Services, Inc.; GC: Emerald C.M., Inc.; Architect: Davis/Jones Architecture; Engineer, Kazine & Associates
Sky Ridge Medical Center, Lone Tree, Colorado
UDOT work on Bangader Hwy. & 7800 So.
New flyover on Bangader Hwy. in West Jordan. Moving first of four spans into place
Ralph L. Wadsworth
West Jordan
Power Design, Inc. is Headed West: Colorado Expansion and New Project Award Announced
Power Design, Inc., one of the top electrical contractors in the U.S., is expanding its operation into Colorado. Recently awarded the Alameda Station project in Denver, St. Petersburg-based Power Design looks forward to completing the project in this westward state.
“The expansion into Colorado is a major milestone for the growth and success of Power Design, and we are looking forward to establishing ourselves in this new market,” said Stephen Beals, divisional operations manager. “We are thrilled to have our first venture in this state be our 11th project with Wood Partners and are happy to continue our relationship with the nationally-recognized developer.”
Located in the historic Baker district of Denver, Colorado, the 338-unit Alameda Station community will be built on more than five acres with access to the Alameda Light rail station. With construction already underway, Alameda Station will feature unique living spaces, a sustainable green design and pedestrian-friendly urban living.
The Denver metro area continues to outpace the rest of the nation in job growth, with employment rising 2.3 percent in the first half of 2012 alone. Nationally, construction for multifamily projects is expanding at one of the fastest rates in the country, with more than 3,000 units expected to be completed by the end of the year. (Source: Marcus & Millichap). Power Design, Inc., a key player in the multifamily sector, is actively working in more than 15 states across the nation and has created more than 100 jobs this year alone.
Power Design, Wood Partners
Denver, CO