Weifield Group Contracting is providing electrical services for modernization of the Wayne N. Aspinall Federal Building in Grand Junction. Upon completion in 2013, the Aspinall building is expected to be the GSA’s first net-zero-energy building on the National Register of Historic Places. The remodel will transform the 92-year-old structure into a sustainable facility. It is Weifield’s third net-zero project. Weifield plans to match and redesign historical fixtures while pursuing the highest LEED efficiency for the historic GSA project.The three-story building is named after Wayne Aspinall, who served from 1949-1973 in the U.S. House of Representatives from Colorado’s Fourth District. The
Wonderland Hill Development Co. started construction in late May on Washington Village in Boulder. When complete, the Boulder co-housing community will have 33 residences with a combination of lofts, flats, townhomes and single-family residences. Phase One includes the school flats, two carriage homes and six single-family homes surrounding a planned city park at 13th and Cedar streets. Phase Two will consist of the remaining 17 living residences in four buildings that surround a courtyard, preserving the large maple tree on the north side of the school. The largest building fronts along Broadway with parking underneath and will contain the co-housing
Since fall 1998, the Walking Mountains Science Center in Avon, Colo., has inspired environmental stewardship through natural science education. To accommodate growing demand and interest by public and private schools throughout the Vail Valley, the center selected architecture firms Zehren & Associates, Avon, and Mithun, Seattle, to design a four-building campus that would live up to its dedication to sustainability, environmental awareness and science education. Courtesy of Zehren & Associates The new Walking Mountains Science Center in Avon will use specially treated beetle-kill pine for all of the exteriors on its campus buildings. The Science Center will be completed in
Northern Colorado military veterans and their families and members of the community celebrated the grand opening of Veterans Plaza in Fort Collins—a site of celebration, reflection and congregation honoring military service—on May 29.. The plaza is located at the west end of Horsetooth Road, at the south entrance to Spring Canyon Park. Veterans Plaza consists of an amphitheater with seating for 500, a statue depicting a soldier holding a child, a stage, a garden, and interactive walls commemorating the service of veterans with ties to Northern Colorado. The garden will contain soils from around the globe from battlefields, cemeteries and military
New research by the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis (HCRA) at the School of Public Health estimates that the additional fine-particulate matter emissions that can be traced back to traffic congestion in the nation’s 83 largest urban areas lead to more than 2,200 premature deaths in the U.S. last year. The related public health cost, is conservatively at least $18 billion, researchers say.The study, “The Public Health Costs of Traffic Congestion: A Health Risk Assessment,” was published in the scientific journal “Environmental Health.” It is the first to attempt to quantify the public health implications of growing traffic congestion in
Construction spending inched up for the second straight month in April, 0.4% – following downward revisions to the March spending figures – thanks to increases in private nonresidential and home-improvement spending, the Associated General Contractors of America reported in late May in an analysis of new Census Bureau data. Association officials noted, however, that the gains were tempered by sluggish homebuilding and declining levels of public investment in construction.“Overall economic conditions seem better than they have been for several years, which normally leads to well-rounded construction growth,” said Ken Simonson, the association’s chief economist. “But these figures may be deceptively
On June 15, the National Park Service and Denver landscape architecture firm DHM Design dedicate a new experience at the south rim of the Grand Canyon. The design creates universal access to the Mather Point east overlook, improves transportation and utilizes innovative sustainable strategies that are an integral part of the visitor experience and natural resource protection. Mather Point is the first glimpse of the Grand Canyon viewed by thousands of visitors from all over the world. “Mather Point is the first glimpse of the Grand Canyon viewed by thousands of visitors from all over the world,” said DHM Principal
Turner Construction recently completed a $20-million renovation of the meeting spaces and guestrooms at Cheyenne Mountain Resort in Colorado Springs. This is the first extensive renovation at the resort since the property came under new ownership and was partially refurbished in 1996. Turner's renovation of the resort included meeting spaces, like the board room, five suites and 316 guestrooms. The renovation encompassed numerous meeting spaces, 316 guestrooms and five suites. Taking great consideration for the guests, managers and property staff, Turner completed construction for the duration of the project while the resort continued to operate fully with little or
While it�s always been a top-of-mind issue with my clients, based on recent workshops I�ve conducted, it�s clear that understanding evolving business development (BD) models and cultures has taken on even greater importance. During the last few tumultuous years, most firms have asked, if not required, that staff become actively involved in the firm�s BD efforts. CEOs need to better understand current BD models and which ones may be most appropriate for their firm. Let’s take a look at two of the more common ones, the Rainmaker and Seller-Doer (or Doer-Seller) models, as well as what’s best described as a
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