Denver International Airport recently announced that it will officially open its new hotel, the Westin Denver International Airport, at 3 p.m. on Nov. 19. The 433,000-sq-ft, 14-story hotel, with 519 guest rooms, will serve travelers at the fifth busiest airport in the United States. Photo courtesy of CIG The 433,000-sq-ft, 14-story DIA hotel, with 519 guest rooms, will serve travelers at the fifth busiest airport in the United States. The $544-million hotel, designed by Gensler entirely with towering walls of glass, overlooks both the mountains and DIA flight paths and is part of Denver’s new Hotel and Transit Center program,
Stuart Coppedge, a principal at RTA Architects in Colorado Springs, has been elected 2016 - 2017 national treasurer of the American Institute of Architects. The announcement was made at the 2015 AIA National Convention held in Atlanta from May 14 - 16. Photo courtesy of RTA Architects Stuart Coppedge Coppedge’s AIA leadership began in 2005 when he served as AIA Colorado South president, then AIA Colorado treasurer, AIA Colorado president, and AIA Western Mountain Region secretary.He then represented the six-state WMR from 2012-2014 as a member of the AIA national board of directors during a time of significant change, serving
The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index, which had declined in April, increased moderately in May. The index now stands at 95.4 (1985=100), up from 94.3 in April. The Present Situation Index increased from 105.1 in April to 108.1 in May. The Expectations Index edged down to 86.9 from 87.1 in April. Consumers’ optimism about the short-term outlook edged down in May. The percentage of consumers expecting business conditions to improve over the next six months inched up from 15.4% to 15.6%, while those expecting business conditions to worsen also increased, from 9.1% to 10.8%.Consumers’ outlook for the labor market, however,
Construction employment expanded in 232 metro areas, declined in 66 and was stagnant in 60 between April 2014 and April 2015, according to a new analysis of federal employment data recently released by the Associated General Contractors of America. “Demand, particularly from private-sector clients, has rebounded enough that many firms have been steadily expanding their head count during the past 12 months,” said Ken Simonson, the association’s chief economist. “But construction employment is still below prior peak levels in most areas, as firms worry about the fate of federal transportation funding.”Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Wash. added the largest number of construction jobs in
The June Census Bureau report on nonresidential construction spending did not just offer good news about April, it also supplied upwardly revised spending data for both February and March. Nonresidential spending expanded 3.2% on a monthly basis in April and spending totaled $646.7 billion on a seasonally adjusted, annualized basis, according to the government’s initial estimate.Nonresidential construction is up by a solid 8.8% over the past year, consistent with the forecast from the Associated Builders and Contractors of high single-digit growth. The Census Bureau also revised March’s nonresidential spending figure from $611.8 billion to $626.7 billion and February’s figure from
Work on the troubled VA hospital replacement project in Aurora, Colo., will likely not stop this weekend as many insiders had feared, if a hastily scheduled U.S. House vote set for late Thursday succeeds in raising the funding cap for the project, currently set at $800 million. The project will reach that cap by this Sunday. A bill introduced Thursday by U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman (R-Colo.)—HR 2496, the Construction Authorization and Choice Improvement Act—will help keep the hospital project from shutting down over the weekend by raising the authorization cap to $900 million.Recent estimates by the VA and Army Corps
The value of new construction starts in April increased 10% from the previous month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $698.7 billion, according to Dodge Data & Analytics. The nonresidential building sector came in particularly strong, lifted by the inclusion of two massive projects as April starts—an $8.1-billion petrochemical plant in Louisiana and a $1.2-billion office/retail high-rise in New York City. Meanwhile, residential building slipped in April, and nonbuilding construction lost momentum as the result of a pullback by public works.Through the first four months of 2015, total construction starts on an unadjusted basis were reported at $208.2 billion,
Stargate School in Thornton, Colo., recently broke ground on a new $51-million, 43-acre educational campus. It is the largest charter school project in Colorado and the second current largest one in the nation. Rendering by SLATERPAULL | Hord Coplan Macht The new charter campus will include two academic buildings, a fieldhouse and an amphitheater. The new campus will include two academic buildings, a fieldhouse and an amphitheater to cater to the school’s 750-plus gifted and talented student population.The expansion includes a high school and a total enrollment goal of 1,600 students in grades K-12. The new school will include a quad-style
Originally built as a school in 1909, the Mission Revival-style building in Breckenridge, Colo., had served many uses. As is the case with many historic buildings, it was “remuddled” along the way, and by 2010 was in dire need of revitalization. Photo courtesy of Anderson Hallas Architects The former schoolhouse, built in 1909, was transformed into the Breckenridge Grand Vacations Community Center. Photo courtesy of Anderson Hallas Architects The center's Main Reading Room features large open spaces, a mezzanine level and a high ceiling with exposed steel and wood trusses. As the steward of the building, the town of Breckenridge
The new Metro Caring Hunger Relief Center in Denver’s North Capitol Hill neighborhood has been serving clients since mid-March, but its “official” opening in late April was a celebration for the community, volunteers and supporters. Photo courtesy of GH Phipps The first floor includes a upscale reception desk, a waiting area, private offices for consultations with clients, a warehouse space and a market area. Photo courtesy of GH Phipps At 16,000 sq ft, the new building is triple the size of the old one, a deteriorating structure built in the 1950s. At 16,000 sq ft, the new building is triple
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