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
Top 2012 Starts in the Mountain States Rank Project Location Constr. Cost ($ Mil.) Start Date/End Date Owner Prime Contractor1DIA South Terminal Redevelopment ProgramDenver International Airport, Denver, Colo.$500Feb. 20122015, 2016City and County of DenverMortenson Hunt Saunders Triventure2U.S. 36 - Federal Boulevard to 88th StreetDenver, Colo.$310July 2012Dec. 2014Colorado Dept. of TransportationAmes/Granite JV3Mountainview Operations Facility, Chiller Plant and Power PlantBuckley Air Force Base, Aurora, Colo.$125Dec. 2012April 2015National Security AdministrationHensel Phelps Construction Co. Inc.4Lone Tree Multi-Specialty Medical ComplexLone Tree, Colo.$87Jan. 2012July 2013Confidential OwnerAdolfson & Peterson Construction5CU Boulder Central Utility Plant & Infrastructure UpgradesUniversity of Colorado, Boulder, Colo.$71June 2012Nov. 2014University of ColoradoJE Dunn Construction
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
Denver’s Regional Transportation District has determined that a confidential unsolicited proposal for the North Metro Rail project has “technical merit.” The proposal was submitted February 22 by a team led by Graham Contracting Ltd. RTD staff spent the last month conducting a comprehensive evaluation of the proposal consistent with the agency’s Unsolicited Proposals Policy. Given that RTD staff believes the proposal has technical merit, the agency plans to accelerate the release of a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the North Metro project.In January, RTD announced it would release an RFP in October to build North Metro up to 72nd Avenue
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
You wouldn’t go to your dentist for oral surgery without asking exactly what procedures he or she will be performing and what it will cost, would you? But this is exactly the trap that many architectural and engineering consultants fall into: neglecting to provide a specific list of services that they will perform as part of their contract. Outlining your scope of services is important to helping reduce professional liability and risk as well as boost your bottom line. To avoid surprises, it is important to nail down exactly what you are going to do and not do, including a
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