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
When the U.S. Dept. of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden released its 506-page RFP for a non-negotiable LEED-Platinum-certified office building, it wasn’t clear how something jammed full of sustainable elements would take shape. The RFP laid out not what the building should look like but how it should perform; it was up to the design-build team to come up with the rest. At 222,000 sq ft, the Research Support Facility, completed in June, is the largest net-zero-energy building in the nation, and is supported by a matrix of innovative features, most of which were designed by NREL scientists.
After eight years of renovations, the minor league baseball enthusiasts of Great Falls, Mont., now have a stadium that offers modern amenities, new skyboxes and a home field on which to comfortably test the future stars of major league baseball. The Great Falls Voyagers baseball club wrapped up the fifth and final phase of renovations to its Centene Stadium on July 1, a project that started in 2003 in an effort to make it a more pleasurable baseball and family experience, according to Vinnie Purpura, club president of the Chicago White Sox advanced rookie league affiliate. “We wanted to make
While newspapers across the country are looking for ways to cut costs or change operations, TPC Holdings of Lewiston, Idaho, has invested $12 million in a state-of-the-art press and a new two-story, 32,000-sq-ft building adjacent to their business office to house it. The Lewiston Tribune and Moscow Pullman Daily News are now being printed on a huge MAN Roland Uniset 75 offset press, providing daily newspapers for more than 32,000 subscribers in north-central Idaho and southeastern Washington. The Tribune was first published in 1892 by two brothers, Albert H. and Eugene L. Alford, the first of four generations of Alfords to
Related Links: Top 2010 Intermountain Projects Missoula Federal Credit Union Jupiter Bowl 1. Workers Compensation Fund Corporate Office at Towne Ridge Parkway Sandy, Utah $50 million Owner: Workers Compensation Fund General Contractor: Jacobsen Construction Co. Architects: ASWN Architects, EDA Architects Engineers: Dunn Associates Inc., Van Boerum & Frank Associates Inc. Start: Oct. 2008 Finish: July 2010 This project builds a new six-story, high-rise offi ce building and three-level parking structure. The building is a sideplate job, designed to withstand a maximum plausible earthquake. The parking garage is post-tensioned and can accommodate 450 vehicles. 2. Montana State Fund Office Building Helena,
Welcome to Mountain States Construction’s annual ranking of the biggest projects to be completed this calendar year in Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, Nebraska, North and South Dakota’s, plus a list of new projects that have broken or will break ground in 2010. 1800 Larimer Related Links: Top 2010 Colorado & Plains Region Projects 1. 1800 Larimer Denver $102 million Owner: Westfield Co. Inc General Contractor: Mortenson Construction Architect: RNL Engineers: JF Sato & Associates, JIRSA Hedrick & Associates, Swanson Rink Among the Subcontractors: Encore Electric, RK Mechanical, Drake Williams Steel, LPR Construction, Four Star Drywall, Harmon Glass, Rocky Mountain Prestress, Otis
1. Sand Creek Byway Sandpoint, Idaho Start: Oct 2008 Finish: Summer 2012 Contractor: Parsons Contract: $98 million The byway is 2.1 miles of new alignment connecting U.S. 95 from the northernmost end of the Long Bridge directly to Idaho 200 and U.S. 95 north of Sandpoint. The project includes six bridges and 24 retaining walls. Also included is a state-of-the-art pedestrian and bike pathway. It is the largest single highway project contract ever let in Idaho. 2. Evaro - McClure Evaro, Mont. Start: Fall 2008 Finish: Summer 2010 Contractor: M.A. DeAtley Inc. Cost: $28.9 million This reconstruction project includes grading,
1. Interstate 15 South Layton Start: Aug. 2009 Finish: Dec. 2010 Contractor: Ralph L. Wadsworth Construction Cost: $97.3 million A new full-interchange is being constructed over I-15 at milepost 330 in South Layton. The design-build project reconstructs mainline I-15 between interchanges at 200 North in Kaysville and Hill Field Road to include one express lane and three general-purpose lanes in each direction. 2. Riverdale Road from Chimes View Drive to Washington Boulevard Ogden Start: Spring 2010 Finish: Fall 2010 Contractor: Granite Construction Co. Cost: $6 million Serious traffic delay and connectivity to Interstate 15 and 84 is being addressed by