YOUNG Eric Young , EMC Engineers Inc., Lakewood, Colo., will serve as 2011-2012 president of the American Council of Engineering Cos. of Colorado. Other newly elected officers include Michael Ellsberry , Huitt-Zollars Inc., as vice president; and Greg Roush , Leonard Rice Engineers Inc., as secretary/treasurer. Four new directors were also elected to ACEC/CO’s board: John Radcliffe , Nolte Associates Inc.; John Sikora , URS; Elizabeth Stolfus , Stolfus & Associates; and Duane Jansen , Martin/Martin. Morgan Royce is a new project manager in Beaudin Ganze Consulting Engineers’ Albuquerque, N.M., office. Royce’s experience includes design projects for the U.S. Dept.
SnapShot June 27, 2011 Submitted By: Jeff Shneider, President, CSHQA, Boise, Idaho Ling & Louie’s Asian Bar and Grill, which opened this spring in Meridian, Idaho, has earned kudos for its innovative sustainable design, which includes solar shades on windows to prevent direct sunlight, lighting controls geared to room use, an energy-efficient condensing-boiler water heater, low-emission furnaces and an underground seepage bed to filter stormwater before it enters the soil and groundwater. Photo by Idaho Airships Inc. and courtesy of CSHQA, a design collaboration, and ESI Construction
On The Scene June 27, 2011 GE Johnson Construction Co. Mike Harms, left, senior vice president at GE Johnson Construction Co., Denver, with Don White, owner of Denver’s E-Light Electric, Karen White and Bill Caile, former owner of Trautman and Shreve, at the Déjà vu Rendezvous in Denver on May 13. The industry benefit raised $217,000 for the Assistive Technology Partners program at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. ATP supports people with disabilities through innovative technologies and services. More than 650 people attended the annual fundraiser, which has raised nearly $700,000 over four years. “This event was first
Successful parties in lawsuits seeking to recover monies are awarded damages. Most damages are generally intended to compensate parties for losses they have suffered. Typically, therefore, damages are intended to make parties whole, that is, in the same condition they would have been had they not suffered a loss at the hands of a third party. For example, damages would compensate an owner the dollar amounts sufficient to allow the owner to have defective work of a contractor repaired or replaced. In appropriate circumstances, the owner may also recover consequential damages such as loss of rents that would have been
The Lake Street Parking Garage at Colorado State University in Fort Collins is among 12 winners of the International Parking Institute’s awards for outstanding parking facilities and operations in the association’s Awards of Excellence. The competition includes common threads of innovation, efficiency, eco- and user-friendliness, cost-savings and collaboration among its winners. The awards were presented in Virginia in early June. The CSU project won the first place award in the category of Best Design of a Parking Structure with 800 or More Spaces and earned an Honorable Mention in the Architectural Achievement Category.Increases in enrollment and campus buildings had all
The redevelopment of St. Joseph Hospital in central Denver will create 1,400 construction-related jobs annually and contribute $340 million in labor compensation from now until it opens in 2014, Denver city officials said in mid-June.The campus redevelopment, known as the St. Joseph Heritage Project, is also projected to infuse $13.6 million annually to the city of Denver and $8 million annually to the state of Colorado in use taxes. The findings were part of an economic study conducted by Denver-based BBC Research & Consulting for St. Joseph. The hospital will invest a total of more than $700 million in the
Construction employment growth remained sluggish and uneven in May as nearly half of the country—22 states plus the District of Columbia—added jobs over the past year while the remaining states all lost construction jobs, according to a recent analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of state employment data released by the Labor Department. Association officials said the figures reflect the fact that industry-wide employment has stagnated as the result of tepid demand for most private construction and declines in public construction. “It’s not surprising to see close to an even split between states adding and losing jobs, given
The Urban Land Conservancy has purchased land along Denver’s Southwest light rail corridor that will be developed into an affordable, mixed-use, transit-oriented development. It is the fourth property ULC has acquired using Denver’s Transit-Oriented Development Fund. The development will provide much-needed workforce housing and retail opportunities directly across from the Evans Light Rail Station. ULC purchased the .96-acre property at 2140 S. Delaware St. for $1,197,900 using the TOD fund, which was set up specifically for acquiring and preserving land for workforce housing near existing or future light rail stops and high-frequency bus routes. It is financed in part by
The Déjà vu Rendezvous in Denver on May 13 raised $217,000 for the Assistive Technology Partners program at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. ATP supports people with disabilities through innovative technologies and services. More than 650 people attended the annual fundraiser, which has raised nearly $700,000 over four years. “This event was first envisioned as a way to unite past and current members of the Colorado construction community annually and celebrate the industry and relationships we have established,” said Mike Harms, senior vice president at Denver’s GE Johnson Construction Co., and one of the event organizers. “It has
The Associated General Contractors New Mexico Building Branch recently bestowed a Best Buildings Award on the new Las Cruces Regional Recreation and Aquatic Center. The $11-million, 35,000-sq-ft center opened in October and consists of a leisure pool, lockers, lobby, and core-and-shell for a future fitness center. Copyright 2011 Patrick Coulie, Courtesy of BRS The main entry of the $11-million, 35,000-sq-ft Las Cruces Regional Recreation and Aquatic Center, which opened in October. The city of Las Cruces, N.M., commissioned Las Cruces-based Steve Newby Architects and Associates Inc. and Denver-based design architect Barker Rinker Seacat Architecture to design the Las Cruces Regional
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