The Associated General Contractors New Mexico Building Branch recently bestowed a Best Buildings Award on the new Las Cruces Regional Recreation and Aquatic Center. The $11-million, 35,000-sq-ft center opened in October and consists of a leisure pool, lockers, lobby, and core-and-shell for a future fitness center. Copyright 2011 Patrick Coulie, Courtesy of BRS The main entry of the $11-million, 35,000-sq-ft Las Cruces Regional Recreation and Aquatic Center, which opened in October. The city of Las Cruces, N.M., commissioned Las Cruces-based Steve Newby Architects and Associates Inc. and Denver-based design architect Barker Rinker Seacat Architecture to design the Las Cruces Regional
Alta Aspen Grove, a new 280-unit luxury apartment complex, officially opened its doors in mid-June in Littleton, Colo., just west of Denver. Photo by Elevate Photography, Courtesy of Wood Partners The Alta Aspen Grove is the first new luxury apartment community to open this year in the Denver metro area. Located on 17.5 acres at 7317 South Platte River Parkway, Alta Aspen Grove is adjacent to a nature preserve, a bicycle greenway path and a light rail station, and immediately adjacent to the upscale Aspen Grove Shopping Center. The gated, garden-style community of two- and three-story buildings offers one-, two-
The 21-mile-long Provo Reservoir Canal, which has delivered water from the Provo River to farms and residents of northern Utah County for a century, is finally getting a significant makeover. Photo courtesy of Provo River Water Users Association A new steel pipeline will soon carry Provo River water through the Provo Reservoir Canal. Once the pipe is buried, it will be topped with a paved walking trail. Photo courtesy of Provo River Water Users Association The 126-in. steel pipe gradually fills the open canal trench. When complete, the watertight pipeline will save nearly 8,000 acre-ft of water a year. When
Swedish home furnishings giant IKEA is putting the final touches on its first Colorado store, which will open in late July in Centennial—three months ahead of schedule. The project, which broke ground in May 2010, was originally slated to finish this fall, but IKEA construction manager Doug Wolfe credits the compressed time line to the coordination efforts performed by Centennial-based Saunders Construction.“It was a relatively tight site, and there was a lot going on at any given time,” Wolfe says. “At one point we had seven cranes on site, but everything ran smoothly. It also helped that we had a
The newest Las Vegas Strip attraction isn't another mega-resort or Cirque du Soleil show. Rather, it is a heavy equipment playground that lets visitors operate life-size Tonka toys. Photo courtesy Dig This LLC Dig This patrons can operate a Caterpillar D5 track-type bulldozer to create earthen mounds. Photo courtesy Dig This LLC Visitors are put through skill tests that include scooping basketballs from atop safety cones. “Dig This” is a construction theme park developed by New Zealand-born Ed Mumm, who stumbled upon the idea while using a rented excavator to build his home in Steamboat Springs, Colo. After a couple
In an all-cash deal, Moon Township, Pa.-based Michael Baker Corp. purchased Nevada's largest architecture firm, JMA. Financial terms were not disclosed. Image courtesy of JMA JMA's current projects include the $146.2-million, 308,990-sq-ft Las Vegas City Hall, under construction now in downtown. Photo courtesy of JMA JMA owner Thomas Schoeman will stay on board as company president. Schoeman hopes the acquisition will help double the size of JMA within five years. Michael Baker Corp. (BKR) stock was valued at $24.95/share on June 9, down 38.6% from a 52-week high of $40.64. The 71-year-old engineering, design and survey firm had $499.4 million
Metro West Housing Solutions recently hosted the grand opening of Creekside West in Lakewood, the latest installment to its Creekside Senior Living Campus and MWHS’s greenest community to date. Lakewood Mayor Bob Murphy, accompanied by more than 80 industry leaders, attended the grand opening on May 11 and toured the facility, getting a first-hand look at its eco-friendly features. Courtesy of Metro West Housing Solutions The May 11 "green" ribbon-cutting at Creekside West featured more than 80 local dignitaries and regional and national housing officials. Murphy and Rick Garcia, regional administrator for the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
The granite front steps of the Denver City and County Building will be in pristine condition when the inauguration ceremony for Michael Hancock, Denver’s 45th mayor, is conducted there on July 18. Courtesy of BRS BRS is restoring the granite front steps of Denver's City and County Building. But the project is not just a facelift for the cameras.Masonry contractor Building Restoration Specialties Inc. (BRS) is restoring the existing stone steps, utilizing replacement granite where needed from another set of steps workers unearthed onsite. As part of the restoration process, BRS has removed the steps and is in process of
Metro West Housing Solutions recently hosted the grand opening of Creekside West in Lakewood, the latest installment to its Creekside Senior Living Campus and MWHS’s greenest community to date. Lakewood Mayor Bob Murphy, accompanied by more than 80 industry leaders, attended the grand opening on May 11 and toured the facility, getting a first-hand look at its eco-friendly features. Courtesy of Metro West Housing Solutions Officials attending the May 11 ribbon-cutting for Creekside West included: Far left -Lakewood Mayor Bob Murphy, Gari Westkott, MWHS Board Commissioner, Tami Fischer, MWHS Executive Director/CEO, and far right - Rick Garcia, Regional Administrator for
Construction costs are bound to increase substantially when contractors or subcontractors are faced with unexpected conditions at the jobsite. Knowledgeable members of the construction industry seek to address this problem through “differing site conditions” or “concealed conditions” clauses in their contracts.The current AIA General Conditions have a “concealed or unknown conditions” clause that says: “If the Contractor encounters conditions at the site that are (1) subsurface or otherwise concealed physical conditions that differ materially than those indicated in the Contract Documents, or (2) unknown physical conditions of an unusual nature that differ materially from those ordinarily found to exist or
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