Effective in March, the Insurance Services Office (ISO) revised its forms and endorsements for commercial general liability. This latest round of CGL changes is the largest the industry has seen in years. Major and minor modifications, along with new endorsements, could significantly impact, and in some cases, narrow the scope of CGL coverage moving forward. While insurance companies are obligated to notify insureds about changes that affect policy coverage, as always, the burden of due diligence ultimately falls on contractors to understand their coverage and its possible exposures. “ISO forms are not used by everyone, but a lot of the
For a place that gets sunshine nearly 300 days a year, you can now find a lot of clouds in Las Vegas. One of the economic bright spots in a city laid low by the recession and real estate bust is a spate of new data centers and cloud computing facilities in development and recently brought online to serve clients such as Google, eBay, DreamWorks, Sony and Cisco. Photo by Levin Ellison/501 Studios Burke Construction Group completed the Cobalt Data Center Project in Las Vegas. Image courtesy Cushman & Wakefield Electricity rates far below California and the national average are
The new 5th Street Parking Structure project on the Auraria Higher Education Campus in Denver involves a 350,000-sq-ft garage that will hold more than 1,200 stalls, plus retail space on the ground level. Construction on the $17-million parking structure is expected to start in mid-May, with work continuing for about 12 months until July 2014. The garage, at 5th and Walnut streets, will be built north of the AHEC administration building and sited near the existing Elm Lot. Rendering by Pahl Architecture pc The five-story, 1,200-stall garage is one of the campus first projects planned for the 5th Street corridor.
The Colorado Dept. of Transportation and the High-Performance Transportation Enterprise (HPTE) selected Plenary Roads Denver in early April as the concessionaire for the second phase of the U.S. 36 Express Lanes/Bus Rapid Transit project between 88th Street and Table Mesa Drive. It will complete improvements to the entire U.S. 36 corridor between Denver and Boulder. Corridor map courtesy of CDOT The second phase of the U.S. 36 Express Lanes project is expected to begin construction late this year. The project is CDOT’s first public-private partnership, where the public and private sectors team to provide transportation improvements and services to the
Construction companies are increasingly allocating more money for labor-saving items that reduce man hours in the field while limiting liability risks. Handheld tools and devices can enhance worker performance and reduce owner overhead costs for increased market competitiveness. Greater productivity can be achieved through safer, ergonomic devices that increase efficiency while reducing health insurance-related claims. Photo by Southwest Photography Manually tying rebar involves rapid, repetitive and forceful body movements that limit the amount of time workers can do the task safely. Innovation, in part, has been driven by companies forced to do more with less during a deep recession. The
A high-design, mixed-use urban redevelopment by Ascendant Development Corp. is poised to breathe new life into the long-vacant Denver Post printing plant in Denver. Named for its prominent location at Denver’s “mousetrap” I-70 and I-25 freeway interchange, 25/70 will offer a mix of nationally recognized residential and commercial design showrooms mixed with specialty retail, restaurants, conference and event spaces, as well as design studios, professional office space and multifamily residences. Design, master planning and programming are now under way, with pre-leasing beginning this spring and renovations in late 2013 on the primary 320,000-sq-ft building. Construction is estimated to take 14 to18
Denver’s Regional Transportation District has determined that a confidential unsolicited proposal for the North Metro Rail project has “technical merit.” The proposal was submitted February 22 by a team led by Graham Contracting Ltd. RTD staff spent the last month conducting a comprehensive evaluation of the proposal consistent with the agency’s Unsolicited Proposals Policy. Given that RTD staff believes the proposal has technical merit, the agency plans to accelerate the release of a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the North Metro project.In January, RTD announced it would release an RFP in October to build North Metro up to 72nd Avenue
The first completed phase of the two-phase Moby Arena additions project on the Colorado State University campus in Fort Collins created a new north concourse entry as well as eight new ticket booths, restrooms and concession stands on both concourses. Courtesy of Pinkard Construction The project created a new north concourse entry as well as eight new ticket booths, restrooms and concession stands on both concourses. The south concourse now has a 5,000-sq-ft banquet hall complete with a kitchen for game-day activities and special events. Additional tickets booths were also added on the south side of the arena.The second phase of
The American Institute of Architects has honored Mortenson Construction and Fentress Architects, both of Denver, with a national technology design award for the Ralph L. Carr Colorado Judicial Center project in Denver. Photo by Jason Knowles, Fentress Architects The teams efforts in virtual design and construction modeling on the Ralph L. Carr Colorado Judicial Center project resulted in $9 million in project costs savings that were reinvested into customer-deferred enhancements. AIA’s Technology in Architectural Practice (TAP) Building Information Model (BIM) Award is the association’s highest award for a project team that integrated building information technology into a project.The AIA TAP
You wouldn’t go to your dentist for oral surgery without asking exactly what procedures he or she will be performing and what it will cost, would you? But this is exactly the trap that many architectural and engineering consultants fall into: neglecting to provide a specific list of services that they will perform as part of their contract. Outlining your scope of services is important to helping reduce professional liability and risk as well as boost your bottom line. To avoid surprises, it is important to nail down exactly what you are going to do and not do, including a
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