Swedish home furnishings giant IKEA is putting the final touches on its first Colorado store, which will open in late July in Centennial—three months ahead of schedule. The project, which broke ground in May 2010, was originally slated to finish this fall, but IKEA construction manager Doug Wolfe credits the compressed time line to the coordination efforts performed by Centennial-based Saunders Construction.“It was a relatively tight site, and there was a lot going on at any given time,” Wolfe says. “At one point we had seven cranes on site, but everything ran smoothly. It also helped that we had a
Design firms across the mountain states are reportedly suffering the same malaise: financially stalled projects, a sluggish economic recovery and too much competition for shrinking public-sector work. Rendering Courtesy of RNL The RNL-designed Metro State Student Success Building will become the western gateway to the Auraria Campus in Denver. Rendering Courtesy of Anderson Mason Dale Architects The Southeast Wyoming Welcome Center in Cheyenne has a cutting-edge residential appeal. An AIA Architecture Billings Index national survey of April business activity confirms at least part of the story, with 63% of firms surveyed reporting they have at least one project stalled from
HDR, an architecture, engineering and consulting giant headquartered in Omaha, Neb., is perhaps best known for its highway, transit and water projects.
Metro West Housing Solutions recently hosted the grand opening of Creekside West in Lakewood, the latest installment to its Creekside Senior Living Campus and MWHS’s greenest community to date. Lakewood Mayor Bob Murphy, accompanied by more than 80 industry leaders, attended the grand opening on May 11 and toured the facility, getting a first-hand look at its eco-friendly features. Courtesy of Metro West Housing Solutions The May 11 "green" ribbon-cutting at Creekside West featured more than 80 local dignitaries and regional and national housing officials. Murphy and Rick Garcia, regional administrator for the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
The granite front steps of the Denver City and County Building will be in pristine condition when the inauguration ceremony for Michael Hancock, Denver’s 45th mayor, is conducted there on July 18. Courtesy of BRS BRS is restoring the granite front steps of Denver's City and County Building. But the project is not just a facelift for the cameras.Masonry contractor Building Restoration Specialties Inc. (BRS) is restoring the existing stone steps, utilizing replacement granite where needed from another set of steps workers unearthed onsite. As part of the restoration process, BRS has removed the steps and is in process of
Metro West Housing Solutions recently hosted the grand opening of Creekside West in Lakewood, the latest installment to its Creekside Senior Living Campus and MWHS’s greenest community to date. Lakewood Mayor Bob Murphy, accompanied by more than 80 industry leaders, attended the grand opening on May 11 and toured the facility, getting a first-hand look at its eco-friendly features. Courtesy of Metro West Housing Solutions Officials attending the May 11 ribbon-cutting for Creekside West included: Far left -Lakewood Mayor Bob Murphy, Gari Westkott, MWHS Board Commissioner, Tami Fischer, MWHS Executive Director/CEO, and far right - Rick Garcia, Regional Administrator for
Construction costs are bound to increase substantially when contractors or subcontractors are faced with unexpected conditions at the jobsite. Knowledgeable members of the construction industry seek to address this problem through “differing site conditions” or “concealed conditions” clauses in their contracts.The current AIA General Conditions have a “concealed or unknown conditions” clause that says: “If the Contractor encounters conditions at the site that are (1) subsurface or otherwise concealed physical conditions that differ materially than those indicated in the Contract Documents, or (2) unknown physical conditions of an unusual nature that differ materially from those ordinarily found to exist or
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