Gold: NREL Row 4 TurbinesSubmitted by The RMH Group Inc. Efficiencies in wind turbine technologies have dramatically increased over the years, thanks in large part to work performed at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s National Wind Technology Center. NREL Row 4 Turbines Related Links: Back to Gold Hard Hat Awards SMA at Enterprise Park Achieving greater turbine efficiencies, primarily by limiting operational downtime, is critical for this sector’s continued growth. To study the problems associated with operational downtime and to develop methods for increasing efficiencies, NREL erected two new utility-scale turbines at the site—a 1.5-MW and a 2.3-MW wind turbine
Bronze: U.S. Olympic Committee Headquarters BuildingSubmitted by GE Johnson Construction Co. Originally built in 1914, the historic Stratton Point building has housed a myriad of tenants over the past century. When the U.S. Olympic Committee chose this downtown Colorado Springs location for its future home, the four-story building had been vacant for years and used most recently for retail. Photo By Time Frame Images U.S. Olympic Committee Headquarters Building Photo By Time Frame Images U.S. Olympic Committee Headquarters Building Related Links: Back to Gold Hard Hat Awards It needed to be completely stripped down to the original framework to allow
Criteria for Entries The annual Gold Hard Hat Awards is a competition to determine the best projects completed by firms in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, North and South Dakota. Related Links: Legacy Award: Wally Prebis Outstanding Engineering Design Outstanding Cultural Project Outstanding Government/Public Building Project Outstanding Health-Care Project Judges Award: Outstanding Community Contribution & Outstanding Green Building Project Outstanding Civil/Public Works Project Outstanding Architectural Design Outstanding Higher Education/Research Project Outstanding Industrial Project Outstanding Interior Design Project Outstanding K-12 Education Project Outstanding Landscape/Urban Planning Project Outstanding Retail Project Outstanding Renovation/Restoration Project Outstanding Multifmaily/Hospitality Project Outstanding Sports/Recreation Project Outstanding Small Project Outstanding Transportation
The Regional Transportation District broke ground in August on the $1-billion East Corridor commuter rail line, the largest single-rail project in the voter-approved FasTracks program. The Colorado Office of the State Architect awarded a design services contract for the $11.6-million Colorado State Capitol Dome Exterior Restoration Project to Lakewood�s Martin/Martin Inc. The East Corridor is part of the FasTracks Eagle P3 project, a public-private partnership that also includes the Gold Line to Arvada and Wheat Ridge and a segment of the Northwest Rail Corridor to south Westminster. Phase 1 of the Eagle P3 project includes the East Corridor, a new
Construction on a new 6,978-sq-ft administrative building for the Utah Navajo Trust Fund and Aneth Community Development Corp. finished in June. Photo courtesy of Eaton Architecture The Navajo Trust Fund and Aneth Community Development Corp. opened their new 6,978-sq-ft Montezuma Creek Administrative Building near Blanding, Utah. The new Montezuma Creek Administrative Building is located on 5.3 acres about 50 miles south of Blanding, Utah, near the intersection of Highways 163 and 262. Layton, Utah-based Valley Design and Construction built the project. The architectural design for the building was carefully researched by Salt Lake City’s Eaton Architecture to reflect symbolic elements
Hoover Dam, the Depression-era engineering marvel, turns 75 this month. While its new bridge crossing is set to open in November, the concrete monolith also is marking a dubious milestone this year�a 54-year low point for its water level, which threatens the dam�s hydroelectric output. Photo: Luetta Callaway As Hoover Dam celebrates its 75th anniversary, low Lake Mead water levels may lead to the eventual shutdown of the dam�s power-generating turbines. Lake Mead dipped to 1,085 ft in September, less than 40% of its capacity, following a decade of boom growth and drought. As a result, Hoover Dam may have
Commercial construction in Montana is as cool as the weather, and a warm-up is not expected in the near future. Contractors and architects that once specialized in large projects now find themselves bidding for medium-sized jobs. And given the increasing competition, those that once specialized in the medium-sized niche are now bidding for smaller projects. The State in General �Business has been OK, and we are cautiously optimistic,� says Russ Olsen, president of R&R Taylor Construction, Bozeman, which does work throughout the state. �These days, we are spending a lot more time chasing work than we have in past years.
A four-year-long legal spat over Hoover Dam Bridge project's collapsed cableways has come to a close with a private settlement stemming from an April 20 arbitration ruling. On Sept. 15, 2006, a refurbished 42-year-old cableway system leased from American Bridge Co., Coraopolis, Penn., toppled over during 50-mph winds, bringing construction to a halt and delaying completion by two years. The 1,900-ft-long, 277-ft-deep twin-rib arched bridge will now open in early November. Photo: FHWA View of the collapsed North and South Cableway Crane system at Abutment 2 area in Arizona after the 2006 incident. In 2005, a general contracting joint venture
IntermountainDave Love, president and CEO of New Star General Contractors, has been nominated to join Park City’s Peace House board of directors. Peace House is a nonprofit dedicated to breaking the cycle of domestic violence through education, support services and help from the Peace House Shelter, which New Star helped build in 1995 by donating labor and materials. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" LOVE Love was elected as Peace House’s eighth board member. He has owned New Star for 24 years. During his career, Love has managed construction projects ranging from Deer Valley’s Stein Eriksen Lodge, Talisker Park at
Vince Izzo has been named director of environmental services for HDR’s global transportation program. In his new role, he will oversee delivery of environmental planning and compliance services for transportation infrastructure projects around the world. Izzo is based in HDR’s Missoula office. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" THOMPSON IZZO Wayne Thompson recently joined CTL|Thompson where he will oversee the firm’s Longmont and Boulder, Colo., operations. Thompson comes to CTL with more than 12 years of experience in the structural and foundation engineering field and two years experience in construction estimating for a Longmont-based concrete contractor. Josh Oakeson and Brian
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