The Colorado Dept. of Transportation and the High-Performance Transportation Enterprise (HPTE) selected Plenary Roads Denver in early April as the concessionaire for the second phase of the U.S. 36 Express Lanes/Bus Rapid Transit project between 88th Street and Table Mesa Drive. It will complete improvements to the entire U.S. 36 corridor between Denver and Boulder. Corridor map courtesy of CDOT The second phase of the U.S. 36 Express Lanes project is expected to begin construction late this year. The project is CDOT’s first public-private partnership, where the public and private sectors team to provide transportation improvements and services to the
In this era of post-recession cost cutting, many construction companies remain committed to the communities where they live and work. Instead of pulling back on their charitable funding, firms have amped up community-service programs and refocused their giving strategies to maximize dollars.
A team led by Denver’s H+L Architecture has been selected as a winner of the 2013 Green Enterprise IT (GEIT) Awards presented by Uptime Institute. The GEIT Awards showcase organizations that are pioneering projects and innovations that significantly improve energy productivity and resource use in information technology. Photo courtesy of Saunders Construction limate change, severe weather, air quality and other atmospheric science and geoscience topics. The 153,000-sq-ft facility hosts one of the worlds most powerful supercomputers. H+L Architecture, along with National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and The RMH Group, Lakewood, will be honored at the eighth annual Uptime Institute Symposium
Vestas, which has multiple locations in Colorado, has secured a firm and unconditional order for the delivery of 166 V100-1.8-MW wind turbines, along with a 20-year service and maintenance agreement, for the 299-MW Blackspring Ridge Wind Project. It is a joint venture of EDF EN Canada Inc. and Enbridge and marks the largest order for Vestas wind turbines in Canada. Photo courtesy of Vestas It will become the largest wind power plant in Western Canada with the capacity to provide electricity to nearly 140,000 households. Vestas’ U.S. factories in Colorado will manufacture components for Blackspring Ridge, which will become Canada’s
A high-design, mixed-use urban redevelopment by Ascendant Development Corp. is poised to breathe new life into the long-vacant Denver Post printing plant in Denver. Named for its prominent location at Denver’s “mousetrap” I-70 and I-25 freeway interchange, 25/70 will offer a mix of nationally recognized residential and commercial design showrooms mixed with specialty retail, restaurants, conference and event spaces, as well as design studios, professional office space and multifamily residences. Design, master planning and programming are now under way, with pre-leasing beginning this spring and renovations in late 2013 on the primary 320,000-sq-ft building. Construction is estimated to take 14 to18
Toyo Ito, a 71-year-old architect whose practice is based in Tokyo will be the recipient of the 2013 Pritzker Architecture Prize. Ito is the sixth Japanese architect to become a Pritzker Laureate—the first five being the late Kenzo Tange in 1987, Fumihiko Maki in 1993, Tadao Ando in 1995, and the team of Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa in 2010. Ito began working in the firm of Kiyonori Kikutake & Associates after he graduated from Tokyo University in 1965. In 1971 he founded his own studio in Tokyo and named it Urban Robot (Urbot). In 1979 he changed the name
The first completed phase of the two-phase Moby Arena additions project on the Colorado State University campus in Fort Collins created a new north concourse entry as well as eight new ticket booths, restrooms and concession stands on both concourses. Courtesy of Pinkard Construction The project created a new north concourse entry as well as eight new ticket booths, restrooms and concession stands on both concourses. The south concourse now has a 5,000-sq-ft banquet hall complete with a kitchen for game-day activities and special events. Additional tickets booths were also added on the south side of the arena.The second phase of
The American Institute of Architects has honored Mortenson Construction and Fentress Architects, both of Denver, with a national technology design award for the Ralph L. Carr Colorado Judicial Center project in Denver. Photo by Jason Knowles, Fentress Architects The teams efforts in virtual design and construction modeling on the Ralph L. Carr Colorado Judicial Center project resulted in $9 million in project costs savings that were reinvested into customer-deferred enhancements. AIA’s Technology in Architectural Practice (TAP) Building Information Model (BIM) Award is the association’s highest award for a project team that integrated building information technology into a project.The AIA TAP
Associated Builders and Contractors recently presented Aurora’s Adolfson & Peterson Construction with a national award for its work on the Garden City High School and District Stadium in Garden City, Kan. The project earned the contractor a Pyramid Award in the Institutional ($25 - $100 million) category of ABC’s National Excellence in Construction Awards. A&P representatives accepted the award on February 20 during the 23rd annual Excellence in Construction Awards celebration at the Harbor Beach Marriott Resort in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Photo courtesy of Adolfson Peterson The $90-million Garden City High School, Garden City, Kan., which is more like a
The U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded the joint venture team of St. Louis-based McCarthy Building Cos. Inc. and Mortenson Construction, Minneapolis and Denver, an $80-million contract for the Central Utility Plant for the future National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kan. Construction of the 87,000-sq-ft, freestanding Central Utility Plant is expected to begin immediately and complete in October 2015.The plant will house the primary heating and cooling systems for the adjacent laboratory as well as diesel generators for supplying emergency power to the facility.McCarthy/Mortenson was awarded the preconstruction services contract in
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