Denver’s JE Dunn Construction celebrated the mid-September topping out of Trimble’s Westminster building project. Trimble currently has 164 locations, but the new 125,000-sq-ft, four-story building and research center located at 10368 Westmoor Dr. will be the first to be owned by Trimble. The company’s new location will also house all of its existing employees, with space to accommodate up to 570 people. Photo courtesy of JE Dunn Construction JE Dunn erected the final piece of steel at Trimbles new Colorado headquarters in Westminster on Sept. 10. Rendering by OZ Architecture/Courtesy of Trimble Trimbles new 125,000-sq-ft, four-story building in Westminster will accommodate up
Colorado State University engineers will collaborate with RTI International and others to develop a waterless toilet that converts human waste into burnable fuel and disinfected, non-potable water. The “Reinvent the Toilet Challenge,” made possible by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to RTI International, could significantly improve public health and quality of life among people in developing countries.RTI’s design will accomplish three primary functions: disinfect liquid waste, dry and burn solid waste, and convert the resulting combustion energy into stored electricity. The system also includes innovations to improve operational utility, energy efficiency and cost.RTI will partner with
Sturgeon Electric Co. Inc. in Henderson, Colo., a subsidiary of MYR Group Inc., celebrated its 100th anniversary on Sept. 13 as a provider of electrical construction services throughout Denver and the western United States. Photo courtesy of Sturgeon Electric One of Sturgeon's largest current projects is working with general contractor Kiewit to transform historic Denver Union Station into a regional transit hub. Sturgeon offers a comprehensive array of capabilities in commercial and industrial, transportation and high-voltage/power line construction. It is consistently ranked among the top electrical contractors in the region by ENR Mountain States magazine and the Denver Business Journal.In1995,
Intermountain Bobcat has built a new 12,500-sq-ft Bobcat-dedicated headquarters in West Valley City, Utah. Opened for business June 1, the building sits on four acres, and was built by Salt Lake City-based Hughes General Contractors with tilt-up concrete construction and environmentally sustainable materials. Photo courtesy of Intermountain Bobcat Intermountain Bobcat celebrated the grand opening of its new headquarters facility in Salt Lake City in June. The facility houses the company’s sales, administration, parts and rental operations in an open architecture format with stained concrete floors and high ceilings. The service shop was built for efficiency and comfort, with glass roll-up
Even with the myriad of obstacles preventing a full-scale recovery for the overall U.S. economy, the design and construction industry appears to have reasons to be at least modestly optimistic in the coming months and into next year. A sharp spike in demand for industrial facilities so far this year, along with sustained demand for hotels and retail projects factors into what projects to be a 4.4% rise in spending this year for nonresidential construction projects—up from a projected 2.1% increase in the January Consensus Forecast. The American Institute of Architects semi-annual Consensus Construction Forecast, a survey of the nation’s
Denver’s Design Concepts has the landscape architect and planning partner for nine high-profile school projects funded by the Colorado Dept. of Education’s BEST Program for capital school construction. The Building Excellent Schools Today (BEST) Program is a competitive grant program available to public school districts and other educational institutions in Colorado. Administered by CDE’s Division of Public School Capital Construction Assistance, the BEST Program aims to alleviate school health and safety concerns and provide first-class, high-performing 21st -Century facilities.Since it was enacted in 2008, the BEST Program has funded 147 projects in 94 Colorado school districts, with $674 million in
Denver-based hotel developer and manager Sage Hospitality celebrated the grand opening of its 150-room SpringHill Suites Denver Downtown at Metro State on Aug. 8. Photo by Mark Woolcott/Mark Woolcott Photography The Aug. 8 grand opening of the new SpringHill Suites hotel and HLC included, from left: Adam Sherer, SpringHill Suites by Marriott; Callette Nielsen, vice president and global brand manager, Springhill Suites by Marriott; Tye Turman, senior vice president of development for the Western Region, Marriott International; Janice Sinden, chief of staff, Denver Mayors Office;Dr. Stephen Jordan, president, Metropolitan State University of Denver; Walter Isenberg, co-founder, CEO and president, Sage
People living in mountainous states like Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho and Montana aren't accustomed to things that are flat. Flat hats. Flatland. Flatlanders. And, especially, flat economic forecasts. Related Links: Regional Designers Seeing Some Improvement in Work Opportunities U.S. Construction Spending Reaches Post-Recession High This is boom-and-bust country, where the skyline is filled with hills and valleys. But the plot twist to the regional contractors' story of 2012 is a mostly flat forecast for the remainder of the year—with a few bumps on the horizon.At first glance, the healthy 2011 revenue reported by the larger regional firms looks promising. But
Salt Lake City-based Big-D Construction landed the top spot in this year's Mountain States ranking of the Intermountain area's largest general contractors with an impressive $555.2 million in 2011 revenue, pushing the firm up from its No. 6 spot a year ago. Related Links: Intermountain Owner of Year: Utah Transit Authority Mountain States Designer of Year: CH2M Hill Much of that surge can be attributed to the firm's role in building the state's largest ongoing project, the $1-billion-plus Utah Data Center, but it is also evidence of a contractor that has found success during the downturn and slow recovery by
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock recently joined the Denver Housing Authority in launching a landmark public-private partnership to bring renewable energy to 387 affordable housing buildings throughout the city. Courtesy of DHA Denver Mayor Hancock helps launch the DHA solar partnership at affordable housing buildings throughout the city. The ambitious Solar Power Purchase Agreement spearheaded by DHA and several renewable energy leaders—including Oak Leaf Energy Partners, Enfinity America Corp. and Namasté Solar—makes DHA one of the first housing authorities in the country to implement such a complex, large-scale residential solar-electric project.“The Denver Housing Authority continues to serve as an aggressive leader