Round up Double Shot! Multi-Family Residential Government Buildings
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
SUMMER 2017 AIA Colorado Special Report Round Up Double Shot! Multi-Family Residential Government Buildings Inside AGC Colorado page 60 WE HAVE YOU COVERED COLORADO! With a focus on our customers and products, Rio Grande Co. has been growing to meet the needs of Colorado for nearly 110 years. Consistently bringing new products and ideas to the industry. We are expanding the Design Center with more innovative products and displays plus the opening of branch offi ces in Colorado Springs and Wolcott. www.RioGrandeCo.com 201 Santa Fe Drive • Denver, CO 80223 Phone 303-825-2211 • Fax 303-629-0417 In this Issue Mike Branigan President and Publisher 303-914-0574 06 | Publisher’s/Editor’s Letter [email protected] Mike Branigan, Polly Emmons Polly Emmons 08 | AEC Industry News Editor and Creative Director, Layout and Design [email protected] 14 | Project Updates Julie Wanzer 18 | People News Reporter and Contributor | Good Works 20 Sean O’keefe Contributing Writer 22 | Government Buildings Round Up by Sean O’Keefe Michelle Meunier Brian Johnson 28 | AIA Denver Colorado Special Report Paul Wedlake Caleb Tkach Photography 36 | Multi-family Residential Round Up by Sean O’Keefe Nancy O. Branigan Marilyn Sudbeck Industry ViewPoint Accounting and Administration by Michael Gifford 1 Stop Printing Print Production Columnists 48 | CCIG, USGBC, ULI, AIA, Holland & Hart Subscription email: [email protected] Subscription $40.00 per year in the USA | Inside AGC Colorado 60 Postmaster: Send address changes to: Colorado Construction & Design, Inc., 8622 W. Warren Dr., Lakewood, CO Parting Shots 80227-2343 66 | Industry Events in Colorado Contents copyright © 2017 by Colorado Construction & Design, Inc. Special permission is required Advertiser Index to reprint anything that appears in Colorado Construction & Design. No responsibility is assumed for unsolicited materials. Colorado Construction & Design On the cover: obtains its information from sources believed to be reliable. However, The Saint Paul Collection is being developed by BMC Investments Colorado Construction & Design, Inc. and designed by 4240 Architecture with Saunders Construction does not guarantee the accuracy of any delivering the work Design-Build. information, and is not responsible for errors or omissions. Renderings by Romas Noreika, Courtesy of 4240 Architecture www.ccdmag.com 4 | Colorado Construction & Design , TRAINING FOR THE FUTURE. WE BRING THE POWER. TOWERELECTRICINC.COM HARDSCAPE DESIGNS CRAFTED BY BORGERT Borgert Bulovar® Your reputation is everything. It generates repeat business and separates you from your competition. That’s why you need products you’re proud to attach your name to. For more than 90 years, we’ve delivered the features you need - Unmatched durability. Premium quality. Limitless designs and colors. That’s why those in the industry choose Borgert. Crafting your vision. Request a Lunch and Learn or for more information call 800.622.4952 | borgertproducts.com Colorado Construction & Design | 5 Publisher’s Letter CCD Advocate and Partner, Michael Giff ord Announces Candidacy Dear Reader, When AEC industry pros get involved in government, that’s a good thing. Polly Lawrence, Lawrence Construction is a successful state legislator; Bob Roth, IES Commercial is an exemplary Aurora city councilman; Wheat Ridge city councilman Bud Starker, represents positive growth initiatives for his district. Now, AGC Colorado President and CEO Michael Gifford is throwing his hat in the ring for Lakewood City Council. Already known for his advocacy for our industry at the state legislature and already serving on the Board of the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation and the Aurora Economic Development Council, Gifford is a proven leader and worthy of our financial support and volunteer efforts. A resident of Belmar, Gifford is running for a non-partisan post for Ward 3. For more information and to support his campaign, call 720-810-6631 or visit Mike Branigan, Publisher www.gifford4lakewood.com. Message from the Editor Hello readers! Presenting useful and informative content that supports and encourages those in the highly competitive, ever changing AEC/MEP Colorado Industry is what CC&D Magazine strives to do within every issue. Helping each of you to succeed and stay informed with an added pat-on-the-back for a job well done is our mission. This edition includes a round up of government buildings, multi-family housing projects, an AIA Denver region special report, AEC Colorado industry news, and project updates, concluding with several familiar faces from industry events in Parting Shots. As always, thanks for reading and please continue to send us your news. We’re here to help you build your business. Sincerely, Polly Emmons, Editor/ Creative Director Mike Branigan, Publisher Polly Emmons, Editor/Creative Director Tel. 303-914-0574 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] [email protected] 6 | Colorado Construction & Design AEC Industry News Stantec to Acquire Sakura Square Announces RNL Design Selection of Preferred Developer EGlobal design fi rm Stantec will Sakura Square LLC and Tri- apartment building. The Temple strengthen the coast-to-coast State/Denver Buddhist Temple was built in 1947 on the site of what reach of its US Buildings practice (Temple) have chosen the Nichols was the heart of Denver’s Japanese while broadening its civic and Partnership/Barry Hirschfeld, Jr. community post-World War II. commercial capabilities through team as their preferred developer the acquisition of RNL, a Denver- for the redevelopment of Sakura Other key members of the based, 134-person integrated Square and the Temple in development team include architectural, interior and urban downtown Denver. Sakura Square Shigeru Ban Architects, Anderson design fi rm. A recognized industry covers one square block bordered Mason Dale Architects, Tres Birds authority in transit facilities, urban by Larimer, Lawrence, 19th and Workshop, DIG Studios, KL&A and design, workplace, civic, higher 20th Streets. “Together we look Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP. education, and mixed-use facilities, to establish a cultural gateway Barry Hirschfeld, Jr., a Denver native RNL also embraces a companywide that preserves and celebrates the with over 20 years of living and strength in sustainable design. The Japanese and Japanese- working in Japan will act as an company’s award-winning services American experience.” overall cultural ambassador for the are provided from offi ces in Denver, project including to spearhead Los Angeles, Washington DC, Abu Completed in 1972 as a result of the the connection between the US Dhabi and Phoenix. The transaction Denver Urban Renewal Authority’s and Japan. is expected to close in late July. eff orts to transform the city center, Sakura Square was purchased The Denver based architectural by members of the Temple (then fi rm of Anderson Mason Dale, led Crossroads Commerce known as Tri-State Buddhist by Principal Andy Nielson will be Park Named 2016 Church) to preserve the Temple and involved in all phases of community Industrial Development create a mixed-use development to engagement, master planning house Japanese-American-owned and design. of the Year businesses and the Tamai Tower Crossroads Commerce Park was Populous Relocates named Industrial Development of BMC Investments the Year by the Colorado Chapter The Denver offi ce of design fi rm of The National Association of Acquires Landon Park Apartments Populous has moved to 1630 Industrial and Offi ce Parks (NAIOP). Stout Street near the Colorado Convention Center. The Denver The awards are given to honor the Real estate investment and offi ce is home to the event “Best of the Best” in commercial development company BMC real estate industry. After decades Investments has acquired Landon operations division and architecture of evaluation and remediation, the Park Apartments, a 464-unit practices led by Senior Principal property was reborn as a Class A multifamily community in Aurora. Jerry Anderson. Populous Denver industrial park off ering state-of-the- 35% of the units were recently has been involved in the design of art multi-tenant industrial buildings renovated. Amenities include numerous sports venues including as well as build to suit operations private balconies, patios, full the University of Colorado kitchens, a two-story clubhouse for users. Murray & Staff ord is Champions Center training and with a theatre room and billboard the general contractor and Ware sports medicine facility and the Malcomb is the architect for MPP. area, a fully equipped fi tness center, a business center, two outdoor new Colorado State University Newmark Grubb Knight Frank football stadium which opens represent TCC in leasing pools with picnic areas with this fall. and marketing. barbeques, two all-season soccer fi elds and a playground. 8 | Colorado Construction & Design AEC Industry News Retainage Funding Solutions (RFS) Now Open Manhard Upgrades Geospatial and Oil Retainage is often seen as an impediment to specialty contractors seeking to exit one and Gas Expertise job and mobilize for the next. Banks and with Strategic fi nancial institutions are sometimes limited Acquisition of in their ability to provide readily- available Tamarack Consulting fi nancing options to help sub-contractors with liquidity. Retainage Funding Solutions, is a Manhard Consulting announced its specialty fi nance company that purchases sub- acquisition of Tamarack Consulting, contractor retainage in order to provide them LLC., a Denver-based civil engineering