Tower One Construction, a Denver-based general contractor, recently completed the Newton Theater Rehearsal Space located at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House in the Denver Performing Arts Center. The $1.5-million project remodeled 8,100 sq ft of existing space on the fourth floor loft. It includes a new dance floor, bar and pre-function area. A state-of-the-art audio-visual system was also installed. The loft area will be used for social gatherings, opera-education lectures, rehearsal space and dance recitals. Denver Mayor Bill Vidal celebrated the opening of the new venue with a ribbon cutting on May 10.
A new green senior living community in Lakewood is complete and ready for tenants�the Creekside Residences West located near Pierce Street and Colfax Avenue. The project is the second phase of the Residences at Creekside Community. The project team consisted of owner Metro West Housing Solutions; general contractor Calcon Constructors; architect Studio Completiva Inc.; engineer ABS Consultants; and E Light Electric, electrical contractor. The four-story, independent, senior living community includes 83 low-to moderate -income, one- and two-bedroom apartments ranging in size from 650 to 820 sq ft. The project totals 104,000 sq ft and includes a 64-stall underground parking garage
The Weitz Co., Denver, broke ground in early May on a new two-story building addition on the AlloSource campus. The project, designed by Intergroup Architects, also includes renovation of more than half of the company’s existing facility. Photo: put photo credit here The project partners break ground on AlloSource�s new building in Centennial. Left to right: Dean Elliott, AlloSource director of legal affairs; Orville Hinerman, Rocky Mountain Region president, The Weitz Co.; Olivia Thompson, AlloSource vice president and CFO; Ned White, Intergroup Architects principal; Sue Dunn, Donor Alliance CEO and AlloSource board member; Cathy Noon, mayor of Centennial; Wally Nelson,
The Golden Hill Office Center in Lakewood, Colo., and Denver�s Republic Plaza have been selected to participate in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency�s ENERGY STAR National Building Competition called "Battle of the Buildings." The program helps improve the energy efficiency of commercial buildings and protects the environment. Photo: courtesy of The RMH Group Photo: courtesy of The RMH Group In the spirit of popular weight-loss competitions, the two office buildings will battle it out against hundreds of others from across the country to reduce their “waste profiles” through improvements in energy efficiency—with help from EPA’s ENERGY STAR program. The 2011
The first phase of a large solar carport was completed last month at Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center, located in Phoenix at 650 E. Indian School Rd. Built by SunWize Technologies, Inc., the carport is an ambitious undertaking. It is the nation’s largest solar carport, and once all phases are complete will house 40 carport structures and 18,000 solar panels. The first phase will produce 630 kilowatts, but once the project is complete, the carport will produce up to 4.45 MW of energy. The project started mid-2010 and the final phase is expected to finish early 2012. SunWize split
Jack Schaefer, a Nevada construction industry leader, died on April 15 of pancreatic cancer while in hospice care in Las Vegas. He was 64. Schaefer had served various leadership roles for the Las Vegas chapters of the Associated General Contractors and Nevada Contractors Association. Schaefer was a well known labor negotiator who also sat on several local construction union trusts and apprenticeship training boards, including those for the laborers, operating engineers and cement masons, among others. Born in Aberdeen, S.D., Jack Alan Schaefer served as a captain in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War from 1966 to 1969. He
Article toolbar Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper and Lt. Gov. Joseph Garcia will be among the dignitaries to cut the ribbon at the grand opening of the Library & Academic Resources Center (LARC) at Colorado State University-Pueblo on April 22. The state’s leaders will join Interim President Julio Leon in rededicating the first building on the Belmont campus, which has been closed for the past two years to undergo a $24-million renovation. Faculty and staff offices and classrooms were relocated to various areas across campus during the renovation. As the first building constructed on the Belmont Campus in 1965, the facility
On April 13, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper signed a bill into law that waives the professional licensee renewal fee and continuing education requirements for U.S. Armed Forces members holding a professional or occupational license administered by the Dept. of Regulatory Agency�s Division of Registrations. Photo: Gabriel Christus Left to right: TSgt. Michael Retland, licensed journeyman electrician, Colorado Air National Guard, and his daughter Rachel; Michael Griffeth, president of Griffeth Structural LLC; Colorado state Rep. Sue Schafer; 2nd Lt. Rexford Canady, licensed architect, Colorado Air National Guard; and Maj. Ronald Geurts, professional engineer, Colorado Air National Guard; look on as Colorado
DECKER Douglas E. Decker, vice president and chief operating officer of White Construction Group, a Denver-based commercial general contractor, was recently elected president of the Hispanic Contractors of Colorado. He has more than 30 years of experience in the construction industry and joined White Construction in 1990. Shane Newman has joined the Denver office of Beaudin Ganze Consulting Engineers Inc. as a mechanical engineer. He has nine years of industry experience designing mechanical and plumbing building systems and will focus on HVAC design and energy modeling for the firm. Newman is currently working on a new police substation for Arapahoe
Article toolbar The 2010 Top Starts list is dominated by public-sector work, as expected, with big projects in transportation, federal building rehabs and college and university campuses. Only two commercial projects made the list. Regional readers should note that one large project not on the list is Utah’s new $1-billion-plus National Cyber Security Center, because it officially broke ground early this year, not in 2010. Rendering: Craig Holmes Expanded Care The 356,000-sq-ft addition to The Children’s Hospital in Aurora, Colo., will be home to cancer care, heart and rehabilitation medicine and an advanced maternal/fetal medicine center. Leading the 2010 list
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