Best Project Landscape/Urban Development: National Western Center Campus Redevelopment
The 250-acre National Western Center sits on the historic grounds of the National Western Stock Show. This $104-million project upgraded horizontal infrastructure, preserved historical structures and prepared the campus for construction of new indoor and outdoor spaces.
Scope of work at the 598,000-sq-ft Stockyards Events Center included salvaging existing stock show cattle pens and 35,000 sq ft of pavers, installing 940 linear ft of 78-in. reinforced concrete pipe and preparing the building pad site for vertical construction. Ames also realigned 14,000 linear ft of Denver Rock Island Railroad track that bisects the campus to a new alignment outside of the campus footprint, improved Bettie Cram Drive and built two pad-ready sites for Colorado State University’s new facilities.