The SLATERPAULL | Hord Coplan Macht design team has won a 2014 Governor’s Award for Downtown Excellence for the Avery Block building in Fort Collins. The project was awarded the Best Façade Program recognition by the governor’s office and Downtown Colorado Inc. for outstanding projects and people that reflect an attitude of perseverance and dedication to community revitalization in Colorado. Photo courtesy of SLATERPAULL Hord Coplan Macht Avery Block is part of the historic district within Old Town Fort Collins. The Avery Block is located on the northeast corner of North College Avenue and East Mountain Avenue and is part
The American Council of Engineering Cos. of Colorado has created a new business-education certificate called Business Essentials, in partnership with Denver-based Jones International University (JIU), a provider of online education. The certificate is intended to bridge the gap between technical expertise and leadership education. The Business Essentials Certificate prepares consulting engineering professionals for leadership positions and to enter entrepreneurial roles as they start up their own firms or advance into management positions. The curriculum includes four master’s-degree-level courses—ethics, economics, accounting and financial management.Each course is offered every month, has statewide access and accommodates varied work schedules. The design of the
The University of Colorado Boulder’s Baker Hall, closed for the past 15 months for its first major renovation in more than 75 years, welcomed 456 students in late August with a modernized interior that better addresses the needs of today’s students while retaining the building’s original charm. Photo by Patrick Campbell, University of Colorado Boulder The $41.5-million renovation of 1937 Baker Hall includes 115,000 sq ft, 456 beds, 256 student rooms, a hall director apartment, a faculty apartment, four classrooms and 10 faculty offices. Photo by Patrick Campbell, University of Colorado Boulder Each student room has smart heating and cooling
The U.S. General Services Administration rededicated its U.S. Custom House Federal Building at 721 19th St. in Denver on September 10. The building received new mechanical and electrical systems to improve its energy efficiency, along with replacement of 750 windows. Photo courtesy of Matsuo Engineering and Centerre Construction The U.S. Custom House remodel included raising the height of interior ceilings to their original elevations and restoring all wood base, trim and doors. The GSA anticipates that the improvements will lower energy consumption by 20% as well as increase tenant security.The project budget was $43.5 million, and at its peak, it
A Colorado electrical contractor appears to have had a shocking experience in its efforts to collect more than $600,000 due it for electrical work on a lower downtown Denver condominium project. Appropriately, the name of the electrical contractor was Sure-Shock Electric Inc. Not having been paid, Sure-Shock filed a mechanic’s lien describing the entire project, but it served only the required 10-day notice on the owner of seven unsold units. Because there was an arbitration requirement in its contract, Sure-Shock arbitrated the question of how much it was owed and then proceeded to court for a determination of the validity
Construction industry employment reached a five-year high in August as the sector added 20,000 jobs and its unemployment rate fell to 7.7%, the lowest rate for August in seven years, according to a recent analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America and the Associated Builders and Contractors. “Construction employment growth has been accelerating and is broad-based,” said Ken Simonson, AGC’s chief economist. “The increase in the past 12 months was the largest since 2006 and was spread among residential, nonresidential building and heavy construction.”Construction employment totaled 6,068,000 in August, the highest total since May 2009, with a 12-month gain
The Denver School of Science and Technology’s Conservatory Green Middle School and High Tech Elementary School is the site of a new “learning landscape” that features interactive learning and educational teaching tools integrated throughout the campus. Image courtesy of Design Concepts CLA Inc. he design theme for the learning landscape combines interactive learning and educational teaching tools that are integrated throughout the campus. Image courtesy of Design Concepts CLA Inc. Many of the shade areas near the schools were designed as custom leaf-shaped structures. The shared school, with grades from early childhood education through eighth (ECE-8), is a new Denver
Colorado/Wyoming Top Contractors Colorado/Wyoming Top ContractorsRank 2014 Rank 2013 Company Location/WebsiteTop Officer Largest Project To Break Ground Its LocationProject Value ($ Mil.) Market Sectors By Percent Regional Rev. 2013 ($ Mil)**11Kiewit Corp.Littleton, Colo. | kiewit.comBruce Grewcock, CEONot Provided37 Transportation 25 Power 21 General Building717.9722Mortenson ConstructionDenver | mortenson.comMaja Rosenquist, Vice President and General ManagerCharles Schwab Colorado Campus Phase ILone Tree, Colo.14598 General Building 2 Telecommunications460.52311Saunders Construction Inc.Centennial, Colo. | saundersci.comJohn Beeble, Chairman & CEOUniversity of Colorado Denver Academic Building 1Denver4892 General Building 8 Transportation383.0447Balfour Beatty USWest Covina, Calif. | balfourbeattyus.comRoger Wilson, VP, Rail TransitNot Provided78 Transportation 22 General Building289.1053Haselden Construction LLCCentennial,
Power outages are never welcome, no matter when they occur. But at the University of Utah, a campus that includes biomedical research facilities, a Level 1 trauma center and a cancer research hospital, power outages caused by aging infrastructure were more than an inconvenience. They also have been happening more frequently since the mid-2000s. Established in its current location in the foothills East of Salt Lake City in 1900, the U of U campus now covers nearly 1,600 acres and includes 130 separate buildings, with 10 more under construction or slated to start in the next five years, adding to
The I-225 Rail Line under construction through the Denver suburb of Aurora is a key piece of the region's mass transit infrastructure—and a long-awaited link between the metro area's growing southeastern suburbs and Denver International Airport, one of the world's busiest hubs. Related Links: RTD Board Approves Kiewit Proposal for I-225 Rail RTD Breaks Ground on I-225 Rail Project The 10.5-mile light rail line, dubbed the Aurora Line by the city, will connect the Regional Transportation District's (RTD) largely completed Southeast light rail line and its East commuter rail, scheduled to be finished in 2016. The eastern line originates in
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