Foundation work for the three-story, 42,000-sq-ft concrete and steel building atop an active parking garage was already underway when a new city council requested significant programming changes to accommodate a larger number of employees. Teamwide collaboration helped identify innovative solutions to keep what would become Aspen’s largest-ever building project on track.

The project’s location in the remote Roaring Fork Valley presented tricky site logistics amid multiple weather delays. Following demolition of the building that originally occupied the garage roof, the project team erected a scaffolding system with protective platforms above the structure’s primary entryway and provided additional personnel on site when street closures where needed.