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Colorado Construction & Design | 7 CHT180302-ad-181217-v1.indd 1 12/17/18 8:21 AM AEC M.E. GROUP Announces Name Industry News Change to BranchPattern
CCIG Buys New HQ, Plans M.E. GROUP, Inc. and Forte Building Science have Upgrades Before 2019 Move-In brought together their diverse building consulting practices under a new unified brand and will now CCIG, one of the largest independent commercial be known as BranchPattern, Inc. The comprehensive and personal lines insurance brokerages in Colorado, rebrand and name change elevates how the has acquired a new headquarters with space to company’s specialisms focus on Improving Life accommodate the firm’s growth and allow it to better through Better Built Environments. serve its clientele and the community. The new brand prominently represents the company’s The three-story building at 155 Inverness Drive West in emphasis on applying research within a human- Englewood, built in 1995, features 44,500 square feet of centered design approach to building design; the office space on 3.58 acres. It will serve as the new home new website features evidence on human and to an expected workforce of nearly 100 people. environmental impacts of the built environment. Architects, engineers and owners alike will benefit CCIG now leases about 22,000 square feet in from the integration of BranchPattern’s specialisms. Greenwood Village. Steps away from the Dry Creek Specialisms can stand on their own or be combined to Light Rail Station, 155 Inverness Drive West is visible best meet an owner’s unique project requirements. from the intersection of Interstate 25 and the Dry Creek Road offramp. “Our employee-owners are incredibly excited to have a brand that represents who we are, what we do, and CCIG plans to make a number of improvements to the why we do it,” said Rick Maniktala, President. “Our property so that it provides an “efficient and exceptional branding consultant (Design Ranch) and internal environment” for its staff, with an open and welcoming team has done an amazing job, not only capturing the feeling with lots of glass, CEO Brook Mahoney said. essence of who we’ve evolved to become, but also who we aspire to be. The results are authentic and “We’re going to make it a truly quality workplace, with aspirational. Our people, inspired and unified by our renovations throughout as well as to the exterior to purpose and vision, are working hard to do better and make it attractive to the public,” he said. create a more sustainable future.”
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Stonebridge Companies Receives Marriott International’s Partnership Circle Award Stonebridge Companies, a privately award program’s Hall of Fame are humbled to be recognized for owned, innovative hotel owner, among fellow brand leaders. our consistent efforts to deliver operator and developer with its excellence as an owner partner.” headquarters in Denver, has been “Receiving this award is a reflection awarded Marriott International’s of Stonebridge Companies’ Stonebridge Companies’ current Partnership Circle Award. Stonebridge exceptional team members and hotel portfolio features 26 Marriott Companies is honored as one of three their commitment to provide locations nationwide, and will Marriott franchise partners in North Distinguished Hospitality™ to our continue to expand with its America to receive this year’s award. guests,“ said Navin C. Dimond, Courtyard by Marriott Loveland/ founder, president and CEO of Fort Collins in Northern Colorado, As the highest honor that Marriott Stonebridge Companies. “We are planned to open in January 2019. grants to its franchise partners honored to receive this illustrious for hospitality excellence, the award. We are immensely proud of prestigious recognition inducts our 23-year-long partnership with Stonebridge Companies into the the renowned Marriott brands and
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AEC HORD COPLAN Industry News MACHT Moves Metro West Housing Solutions Awarded to Dairy Block to Low Income Housing Tax Credits for Accomodate Growth New Family Property in Denver Metro West Housing Solutions units, play areas and enclosed trash/ Hord Coplan Macht has relocated its (MWHS), a nonprofit developer and bicycle storage. A photovoltaic Denver office to the Dairy Block at manager of affordable apartment system will lower utility costs for 1800 Wazee Street to accommodate communities, is pleased to announce residents. Additionally, the project the firm’s continued growth. The the agency was awarded Low Income is near a middle school, a recreation new 18,0000 square foot office Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) for Sage center, and a park with a lake and space will house the firm’s 75 Corner, a family property planned for walking path. MWHS will provide employees and six studios. 9998 W. Jewell Ave. on-site resident services and property management. Hord Coplan Macht has added over Sage Corner, designed by Studio 646 40 employees since moving into Architecture, will bring 43 units of The Colorado Housing and Finance its previous office, Engine House much-needed affordable housing Authority (CHFA), the allocating No. 5, eight years ago. Hord Coplan to the Kendrick Lake neighborhood agency of federal and state LIHTC Macht’s new office space in the of Lakewood. The building will have in Colorado, approved Sage Corner Dairy Block has been designed to an understated, contemporary look for competitive 9% tax credits, include a wide variety of meeting that will blend in with its suburban with a reservation of $848,405 in and collaborative spaces in a surroundings. Sage Corner will annual credits. technology-rich environment with feature stoops in front of first-floor health and wellness at the core.
Northglenn Honors IECRM’s Community Commitment
The City of Northglenn recognized local businesses for their achievements and contributions to the community at its 7th Annual Business Appreciation Breakfast on Friday, Oct. 19. IECRM was honored for its dedication to Northglenn with the city’s Game Changer “Community Spirit” award.
“To be recognized for what we love As she introduced the IECRM and to do, each and every day, is such the award, emcee and TV host an honor,” says Marilyn Stansbury, Jacquie Palisi said, “We are very IECRM CEO. “Our presence in honored to recognize the next Northglenn is by design. Our new organization that has not only building and campus, and the work become an incredible corporate we do to support independent citizen and partner over the past electrical contractors and the two years, but has invested millions renewable energy sector, are a labor of dollars in our community, created of love. We believe it is a privilege 43 new jobs, and trains more than to be part of the fabric of this 1,500 students each year.” community and our purpose is to continually give back.”
10 | Colorado Construction & Design AP Receives Two AGC Honors for Construction Excellence At this year’s ACE Awards Gala, and co-locating with the architect to Adolfson & Peterson Construction ensure the project stayed on budget. (AP) received two Associated General Contractors of Colorado (AGC) Awards for Construction Excellence (ACE) honors.
During the gala, AP’s University of Colorado Boulder Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotechnology Building E-Wing Addition and Renovation project took home the prestigious ACE Award for Construction Excellence for Best Building Project For four years, crews carefully – General Contractor ($10 - $40 restored historical elements and million category). added new space, blending old with new in a complicated $97.7 In addition, AP Wyoming’s Natrona million, five-phase project. Faced County High School Historic with incredible construction Renovations Project received an challenges including removing Award of Merit for Construction 1/3 of the concrete structure while Excellence for Best Building Project keeping the remaining historic – General Contractor (over $70 structure intact, and installing new million category). foundations in the historic theater, the project team still completed Success of CU Biotechnology the project within budget and six Building started in preconstruction months earlier than planned. LOCKER ROOM with AP providing 18 full estimates REMODEL GTC Names 2018 Subcontractors DU Hockey of the Year GTC is pleased to announce the by annual volume, and maintains winners of its 2018 Subcontractors an active database of over 9,600 Of The Year (SOTY) award. CVK subcontractors. In 2018 the firm INSPIRE • LEAD • DELIVER Electric from Colorado Springs, utilized the services of 956 of those Pate Concrete from Henderson, subcontractors (approximately ten and Central Mechanical from Erie percent of its database), across all were named as the companies who projects. GTC employees named a went above and beyond to deliver range of 58 of the 956 subcontractor exceptional service to GTC, as companies as having delivered determined by GTC employees. Each outstanding performance. All 58 of year the general contractor requests those companies received a letter www.GHPhipps.com submissions from its principals, of recognition from GTC. The three 303.571.5377 estimators, project managers, winning companies also received a and superintendents of their top framed certificate, signed by GTC’s Colorado subcontractor picks. The award is CEO, Jeff Nading, and President, Greenwood Village, determined by a count of the most- Brian Laartz, as well as recognition at Colorado Springs, Fort Collins named companies. GTC’s annual All Hands Meeting. The Wyoming winning companies had received up Laramie GTC is one of the top twenty general to ten votes apiece. contractors in the State of Colorado, Colorado Construction & Design | 11 AEC J3 Engineering Industry News Joining Dewberry Encore Electric Mountain Division Named Dewberry, a privately held as Gold Leader of Colorado Environmental professional services firm, announced today the acquisition of Leadership Program J3 Engineering Consultants, Inc., a 28-person firm known for client-first According to the CDPHE, the Bankert said. “It broadens our focus customer service. J3 Engineering program is about “creating on the financial bottom line to is headquartered in Greenwood partnerships among businesses, include ethical and environmental Village, Colorado, near Denver, government and organizations to considerations. We have been and has two additional offices in foster good relationships, reward making improvements that help Louisville, Colorado, and Boise, environmental performance and the environment and our people/ Idaho. J3 Engineering will continue create a healthier, cleaner and more community in a way that doesn’t to operate from its three locations sustainable Colorado.” affect or in some cases is beneficial and under its current management. to our margin.” As Dewberry | J3, the firm will In 2017, the office recognized: continue to deliver engineering • Water Savings - 2,606 gallons analysis and design, land • Electrical Usage Savings - development, water resources, 14,811.67 kWh hours reduced due diligence, entitlements, from 2016 engineering inspection, floodplain • Carbon Dioxide Emissions management, urban planning, and Reduced in 2017 - 19,010 pounds project management services due to reduced electrical usage to local government and • Pounds Recycled in 2017 - 821.43 commercial clients. Pete Palmgren, Director of the Mountain Busi- (mostly paper) ness Unit at Encore Electric, receives the Colora- • Commitment to using only do ELP Gold Award at an awards ceremony on Dewberry currently has an office October 9, 2018. recycled paper 30% minimum of 45 employees in Denver, Colorado, with specializations Liz Bankert, project accountant for “This acceptance was accomplished including complex water and Encore Electric in Avon, led the team with the hard work, stewardship and wastewater treatment, water that pulled the information together belief of Liz to help us all understand and wastewater infrastructure to and ensured compliance. that we all can help our communities include conveyance and pumping, with sustainability efforts,” said Pete resilience solutions, and building “To achieve this recognition, we Palmgren, director of the Mountain energy optimization. have implemented a ‘triple bottom business unit for Encore Electric. line’ approach to our operation,”
Power Motive Corp. and Garney Construction Team Up for Safety Training
Power Motive Corporation (PMC), was to deliver informative, lively machines . “I really appreciated not a leading construction equipment and very hands-on safe practice just the great turnout of Garney dealer based in Denver with in operating precisely the type of operators but also the commitment branches across Colorado and SE construction equipment used each individual brought with them, Wyoming, recently teamed up by Garney. complimented Jason Brady, PMC’s with more than 20 personnel from Safety and Training Manager. “It was Garney Construction for a solid day A full PMC crew was on hand to clear to me that Garney is serious of safety training. break the Garney participants into about safety.” smaller teams and rotate them Recently held at PMC’s facility in through several training stations Milliken, the purpose of the event using Komatsu and Takeuchi
12 | Colorado Construction & Design KTGY-Designed Community, Solana Olde Town Station, Receives 2018 Multifamily Executive Grand Award
Solana Olde Town Station, designed by the Denver office KTGY Architecture + Planning, received a Grand award in the Garden-Style Apartment category as part of the 2018 Multifamily Executive Awards program. KTGY Architecture + Planning Olde Town Arvada, balancing is proud to announce that a masonry and stucco with community designed by the firm’s contemporary lines and a high- Denver office was recognized as part contrast color palette to mix old of the 2018 Multifamily Executive with new. Wide, shallow floor plans Awards program, which celebrates allow natural light to permeate the excellence within the multifamily residential units, while a two-story industry. Solana Olde Town Station, clubhouse offers residents a wide a 352-unit rental community, range of amenities. Outdoors, six received Grand recognition, the pocket parks and a 1.4-acre public competition’s highest honor, in the park provide opportunities for Garden-Style Apartment category. recreation and socialization.
Solana Olde Town Station – Grand Spanning what was formerly six Winner – Garden-Style Apartments separate land sites, the 15-acre Designed by the Denver office project required the demolition of KTGY on behalf of ReyLenn of existing buildings, as well Properties, Solana Olde Town as environmental remediation Station is a three-story garden-style stemming from prior industrial rental community in Arvada, Colo., uses. A dramatic 30-foot elevation an inner-ring suburb of Denver. drop between the north and south Completed in 2017, it offers 352 ends of the site also presented apartments in one-, two- and three- design challenges for KTGY, which bedroom floor plans in an infill embraced the grade change with location adjacent to the Olde Town landscaped retaining walls and, in Arvada light-rail station, just five the southernmost buildings, the Stone | Masonry | Stucco | Plaster stops from Denver’s Union Station addition of walk-out basements and Concrete | Marble | Granite on the G Line. private garages in select plans. Stone Sales
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Colorado Construction & Design | 13 Restoration of the Project Updates Big Thompson River and Rist-Goss Confluent Development Completes Ditch Begins Arapahoe & Nome Retail Project in Denver ECI Site Construction, one of the Denver-based real estate investment and development firm, Confluent state’s leading general contractor Development, has announced the completion and sale of its retail project focused on highly complex river located on the northeast corner of Arapahoe & Nome in Centennial, CO. work and parks and recreation, Spanning 2.78 acres within The Ridge development, the project features announced that construction has national retail brands Natural Grocers and Starbucks. started. The Legacy River Resilience and Rist-Goss Ditch Improvement The 13,300-square-foot build-to-suit retail property provides a convenient Project area is located in Larimer location for customers and focuses on providing the community with County, west of Loveland, between access to high-quality organic and natural groceries at affordable pricing. Rossum Drive and Wilson Avenue. Rogue Architecture served as the architect on the project with McPherson The project is spearheaded by Contractors as the general contractor. the Big Thompson Watershed Coalition, a non-profit organization StoneCreek Assisted Living and Memory based in Loveland whose mission is to protect and restore the Care Aims to Fill Gap for Littleton’s ecological health of the Big Aging Population Thompson Watershed for the use and enjoyment of our community today and for future generations. This project will address improving the river corridor considerably, improving recreation along the river, aquatic habitat and fishing, while making improvements that will help limit damage to the corridor during future floods. The project will reconnect the floodplain to the river channel, encourage channel narrowing in over-widened portions, and StoneCreek, a 74,000 SF assisted living and memory care facility, broke improve bank protection and ground in August and plans to complete construction in 12 months. The stability. In addition, the Rist-Goss state-of-the-art facility will include 78 units across two wings – one for ditch point of diversion will be assisted living and one for memory care. removed and replaced with a more river and fish-friendly design that In addition to the living units, there will be offices for professional staff to includes natural rocks and boulders be on-site 24/7 to provide assistance, common space for a variety of social to direct and deliver water to opportunities for residents to stay physically and mentally engaged, and downstream water users. dining areas for three chef-prepared meals a day. The entire project team that is Project: StoneCreek Assisted Living and Memory Care being led by ECI Site Construction includes FlyWater, Connell Location: Littleton Resources and Western States Owner: StoneCreek Real Estate Partners, LLC Reclamation Inc. General Contractor: Brinkman Construction Architect: Arrive Architecture Construction has begun with project completion targeted for Opening: August 2019 Summer 2019.
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Colorado Construction & Design | 15 PCL Construction - Project Updates Construction of GH Phipps showers), a new and more open Denver Tennis Park circulation area around the front is Completed Announces Start desk and the addition of a lifeguard of Construction building to provide larger and more PCL Construction is pleased to for the Anderson dedicated space. announce the completion of Park Renovation in the Denver Tennis Park, the first Renovations to the park publicly accessible youth-centered Wheat Ridge will include: indoor / outdoor tennis facility in the Denver region. The tennis park GH Phipps is pleased to announce • Updates to existing lighting at is located at 1560 South Franklin the start of construction for the the baseball field Street, adjacent to Denver Public renovation of Anderson Park in • Creating a shared field for Schools All City Stadium complex, Wheat Ridge. GH Phipps is working soccer and baseball with a and features seven indoor courts with design partner Barker Rinker removable fence and six outdoor courts. Seacat Architecture on the project. • New Pavilion for events and music The renovation will include updates • Replacing the 50-year old to the Anderson Park building, irrigation system including new metal wall panels, • New access to Clear Creek a new roof, updates to the locker • New plantings throughout rooms (including individual
MEP Engineering Selected to Provide Engineering Services The mission of Denver Tennis for New Apartment Development Park Inc., a new non-profit organization, is to foster whole child development for youth of all ages and abilities both on and off- site. The initiative is a collaboration of the Denver Tennis Park, the University of Denver, and Denver Public Schools. The project has been funded philanthropically and Denver Public Schools has provided funds for a portion of the drainage work at the site. Fundraising efforts are underway as part of a capital campaign.
MEP Engineering (MEP) has been feet of leasable space, will include The project scope also included selected to provide engineering 43 residential units with a mix of regrading part of the surrounding design services for a new apartment 1, 2 and 3-bedroom units. The athletic fields in order to divert community in Lakewood for Metro community will also include storm runoff to a new 48,000 cubic- West Housing Solutions. 1,310 square feet of community foot underground detention system. space with an office, workshop, The main All City parking lot was The firm will work with Studio 646 laundry area and kitchenette. replaced and all three parking lots at Architecture on a four-building The buildings will be three-story the site benefited from safety, access apartment complex at 575 Union walk-ups, with solar voltaic ready and aesthetic enhancements. Blvd. in Lakewood. The buildings, rooftops that adhere to Enterprise totaling approximately 44,200 Green Communities. square feet, with 36,670 square
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Colorado Construction & Design | 17 Project Northern Colorado Updates Investor Group, White Construction Group Completes The Neenan Tom’s Urban Kitchen and Brewery at The Company to Deliver Westin Denver International Airport New Madwire® Headquarters in Fort Collins Madwire® to add 700 new jobs to Northern Colorado market. Construction on the new headquarters facility for Madwire® in Fort Collins, CO has begun. The property is owned by 2001 Danfield LLC, a Northern Colorado investor group that includes Curt Burgener, Brian Stahl, Dave Derbes and Troy Peterson, and is being developed by Peakstone Development. White Construction Group, a a viewing window to observe the Colorado-based commercial process and a beer tower with The digital marketing software general construction firm recently 32 taps. The dynamic restaurant company will expand into the completed the new Tom’s Urban tenant finish includes local beetle remodeled 102,000-square- Kitchen and Brewery at The Westin kill floating ceilings and benches, foot building located at 3405 S. Denver International Airport unique industrial light fixtures, Timberline Road, accommodating (DEN) for Midfield Concession metal fabrications, 40 TV’s and its growth with the addition of 700 Enterprises, Inc. authentic art throughout. Ample employees. Madwire® currently outdoor seating is available on the occupies 70,000 square feet in a Tom’s Urban Kitchen and Brewery, new terrace with fire pits, custom multi-tenant office building on designed by JGA Architects will planters, string lighting and views the Hewlett-Packard campus off be the first complete brewing of the Rocky Mountains and of the Harmony Road. Madwire® will operation at DEN, complete with kinetic “Field of Air” sculpture. continue its operations at this site housing 550 employees. FREIGHT Welcomes Leadville’s Community Rehabilitation of the 1884 Colorado & Southern Railway freight depot started when architects Dave & Nan Anderson, of Anderson Hallas Architects, PC, discovered the abandoned building on a walk-through Leadville’s side streets. Sixteen months, fifteen tons of steel, five truckloads of insulation, 300 hours of vacuuming 130-year-old dust and several beers later, the reimagined depot is ready to host various events: candidate debates, community fundraisers, fly tying workshops, team-building The Neenan Company is serving retreats, quinceaneras, weddings, as the design-build partner for the dances, film festivals and seasonal redevelopment, marking its first celebrations. The Anderson’s project with Madwire®, Peakstone daughter, Elsa Tharp, handles Development and Kenney Lee logistics and serves as guest liaison. Architecture Group, which will complete interior design work for www.freightleadville.com the building.
18 | Colorado Construction & Design Colorado Construction & Design | 19 INDUSTRY its acclaimed North Building – Gio Ponti’s only completed structure in North America – will complete the museum’s current master plan.
Born in 1947, Fentress grew up on a tobacco farm near Greensboro, North Carolina. In high school he gravitated to drafting and engineering. Hard work landed him at the College of Design at North Carolina State University, where he graduated with honors and a professional five-year Bachelor of Architecture degree.
After graduation Fentress joined I.M. Pei & Partners in New York City. After working five years on projects all over the world, he spent three years with Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) in New York continuing his pursuit of large- scale projects while striving to bring humanism to hyperspaces.
In the late 1970s KPF sent Fentress to Denver as the project designer for the Amoco Building, now the TIAA building at 1670 Broadway – an aluminum and glass, 36-story tower. Drawn to Denver and the ICON opportunities it afforded, he founded Curtis Fentress his own firm in 1980. Six years later, Fentress won a design competition From the Denver International Airport to the Broncos for the Colorado Convention Center, Stadium at Mile High, Curtis Fentress has created some heralding his expertise in large- of Colorado’s most renowned landmarks. scale design. In 1989, Curt Fentress and then-partner Jim Bradburn were Fentress’ portfolio reaches beyond Colorado to include awarded the opportunity to design the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, Denver International Airport’s (DEN) Virginia, the Tom Bradley International Terminal at Los passenger terminal. Their proposed Angeles International Airport, and ten buildings in the design was an innovative solution Middle East. that reduced construction time by nine months. The iconic Teflon- Fentress 1990 design of the Colorado Convention coated, white fabric roof has been Center redefined downtown Denver’s skyline with a voted fourth “Favorite American bold, stainless steel angled roof and an extensive, Architecture” by the American Institute transparent curtainwall. Fentress is now on Phase III, of Architects, and recently the “Best creating a high-tech event space that features a rooftop Airport in the U.S.” by the Wall terrace with mountain and city views. Scheduled for Street Journal. completion in 2021, Fentress’ design of the Denver Art Museum’s new Welcome Center and renovation of
20 | Colorado Construction & Design Unanimously selected in an Through years of experience, international design competition in Fentress has developed 1992, the Fentress-designed Incheon his “Patient Search” International Airport (ICN) in South approach—the process of Korea propelled the firm into the immersion into context and international realm. ICN has been community. In his words, voted the “World’s Best Airport” for “Some architects have a 12 consecutive years. preconceived notion of what a building should In 39 years of be—they design from the practice, Fentress outside like the building is a piece of sculpture. has won over I prefer to patiently 50 national and search until I find a seam somewhere, crack it international design open, and discover the competitions and has art inside.” FENTRESS ARCHITECTS is a global design firm that passionately pursues the creation of received more than From growing up on a sustainable and iconic architecture. Together, 550 awards. tobacco farm to creating with our clients, we create INSPIRED DESIGN some of the world’s largest to improve the human environment. In 2018, the firm was selected as airports, government centers, architect for the USA Pavilion for the museums, and convention www.fentressarchitects.com World Expo 2020 in Dubai. “We centers, Fentress’ landmarks are honored to represent the US, the punctuate cityscapes across dynamism of American culture and its Colorado, the United States, values through a single architectural and the world. expression,” says Fentress.
Colorado Construction & Design | 21 CTL|Thompson’s Bill Hoffmann Named People News to American Council of Engineering Companies College of Fellows Amy Graves Joins Craine Architecture as a Senior Project Architect Bill Hoffmann spent his entire engineering career with CTL|Thompson, serving on its corporate Amy Graves has joined the firm leadership team, as senior principal engineer, and as a Senior Project Architect. She managing the Colorado Springs and Pueblo divisions. has over 25 years of experience in He is the principal reviewer of all nonresidential varied project types, from single projects in southern Colorado and has served as family residential to mixed-use project engineer on the Pueblo Levee reconstruction to high-rise buildings and joined project, Pikes Peak Summit House Complex, UCCS Craine after working for several expansion, Olympic Training Center, Broadmoor Hotel well-known architecture firms in and the World Arena. Chicago and Denver. Bill was the primary author of the pavement design Amy is a member of the American Institute of criteria manual for the City of Colorado Springs and Architects. She earned her Bachelor of Science and helped establish and update the city’s Geologic Master of Architecture from the University of Michigan. Hazards Ordinance.
The RMH Group Congratulates Charlie Sean O’Connell Joins Dewberry as Basil and Erik Johnson for Passing Department Manager of Facilities the Professional Engineer Exam Group in Denver
The RMH Group (RMH) is proud to announce that Sean O’Connell brings more Charlie Basil and Erik Johnson recently passed than 25 years of consulting the Professional Engineer (P.E.) exam in electrical engineering experience in Colorado engineering and are now licensed engineers and the western U.S. delivering in Colorado. large, multidiscipline water and wastewater infrastructure projects. Charlie Basil has been with RMH for his entire professional career Sean earned his bachelor’s (1992) including a summer internship and master’s (1994) degrees in civil during college. He has designed engineering from Colorado State electrical systems for higher University, and is a professional engineer in Colorado, education facilities, data centers, Arizona, and Kansas. He is a member of the Rocky military bases, manufacturing Mountain Water Environment Association (RMWEA) facilities, and water/wastewater and the Water Environment Federation (WEF). facilities. Charile earned a B.S. degree in electrical engineering CCIG Expands Insurance from Colorado School of Mines in 2014 and is a licensed Advisory Team electrical apprentice (Colorado). CCIG, one of the nation’s leading business insurance Erik Johnson has also been with brokerages, has expanded its advisory team, hiring RMH for his entire professional George Whitten as an Insurance Advisor. career including an internship during college. His professional George’s focus will be on the construction industry, engineering experience includes working with mid-sized companies across the Rocky projects for aerospace, Federal Mountain region. CCIG’s construction practice research facilities, data centers, represents general contractors and subcontractors, higher education facilities, a including some of the biggest companies in the sector. petrochemical control building, and military bases. Erik earned a B.S. A McMurry University graduate, George is a licensed degree in engineering (with electrical specialty) from Property and Casualty producer with nearly five years Colorado School of Mines in 2014. of experience in the field. 22 | Colorado Construction & Design AIA Colorado Announces 2019 Board of Directors
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Colorado A dedicated partner has announced its 2019 Board of Directors. Elected you can trust. by members in October, the new board is comprised of architects from across the state and will serve as directors beginning in January 2019.
“Our members share a passion for design, a conviction that it matters and a commitment to improving lives through their work,” said 2019 AIA Colorado Board President, Zachary Taylor, AIA. “I look forward to working with the board to ensure that we serve our 2,400 members and advance the architecture profession in Colorado.” The 2019 AIA Colorado Board of Directors: • President: Zach Taylor, AIA, principal architect; Taylor Architecture & Design, LLC • Past-president: Carl Hole, AIA, principal, head of Denver public architecture studio; Stantec • President-elect: Adam Harding, AIA, partner; Roth Sheppard Architects • Treasurer: Well Squier, AIA, principal; Anderson Hallas Architects • Secretary: Rachael Johnson, AIA, architect; Davis Partnership Architects • Director, Denver: Ignacio Correa-Ortiz, AIA, senior architect/urban planner; Regional Transportation District (RTD) • Director, North: H. Lee Hardies, AIA, principal; Infusion Architects • Director, South: Sheva Willoughby, AIA, architect; RTA Architects • Director, West: Cassidy Sanderson, Associate AIA, job captain; Poss Architecture + Planning and Interior Design • Associate Director: Kaylyn Kirby, Associate AIA, architectural designer; Semple Brown Design • Ex-officio: Amy Blagriff, Honorary AIA, Interim CEO, AIA Colorado IT'S NOT JUST WHO YOU KNOW... IT'S ABOUT WHO KNOWS YOU! Get your company known to 10,000 construction & design professionals with an ad campaign in Colorado Construction & Design Magazine. For a consultation on what we can do to help promote you and your business, contact Mike Branigan, Publisher at 303-914-0574 or Email [email protected]
Colorado Construction & Design | 23 Robert G. Tointon Named People News 2019 Citizen of the West
DLR Group Recognizes New Leaders The National Western Stock Show is proud to announce Robert G. DLR Group has elevated two professionals to Senior Tointon the 2019 Citizen of the Associate and 13 professionals to Associate in its Denver West. This prestigious annual award Studio. These individuals represent the disciplines of recognizes those who embody administration, architecture, business development, the spirit and determination of the engineering, interiors, and project management. Western pioneer and perpetuate the New DLR Group Senior Associates West’s agriculture heritage Stephanie Gearhart, NCIDQ, Interiors and ideals. Dave Swanson, AIA, NCARB, Project Management A respected leader in Colorado’s business community, New DLR Group Associates Bob played a key role in the growth of Hensel Phelps Neal Bohnen, PE, Structural Engineering Construction Company (HPCC) for nearly three decades Ross Graham, Architecture while working in numerous roles for the company and Becca Hoynoski, Assoc. AIA, Architecture serving as its Chief Executive Officer for 14 years. During Gabriela Jacobsen, LC, NCIDQ, Electrical Engineering his tenure HPCC’s revenues grew from $6 million to Adam Kezziah, Project Management $600 million. In 1989 a new venture - Phelps-Tointon, Nick Kreitler, RA, NCARB, Architecture Inc. (PTI) was formed - where Bob served as President Geoff Leewaye, Structural Engineering and CEO until 2017 when he became Chairman. Margot Montouchet, Business Development Alex Staneski, Architecture Brinkman and Brinkman Construction Jeannie States, Administration Promotes Two Mayraj Syed Peer, LEED AP BD+C, Project Management Tiffany Vieth, AIA, LEED Green Associate, Architecture Jarred Carr was recently promoted Carrie Zwisler, NCIDQ, Interiors to Director of Information Technology for Brinkman and MSC Welcomes New Employees Brinkman Construction.
Bailey Shaw joined the MSC Safety Having served as IT Manager for Solutions family in 2018. She earned several years at Brinkman and a degree in Environmental Health Brinkman Construction, Jarred from Colorado State University’s has been successful in advancing College of Veterinary Medicine and the company’s technological Biomedical Sciences. She is trained capabilities through significant growth in headcount in safety, ergonomics, industrial and project scope and size. hygiene, and chemistry. Prior to joining MSC she worked under Jarred holds a bachelor’s degree in Business the Airport Infrastructure and Administration with a concentration in Computer Management division at DIA as a safety professional. Information Systems from Colorado State University. Tim Guana has over 15 years of Steve Rewerts was recently experience in the construction promoted to Senior and the oil and gas industry. As a Preconstruction Manager for safety professional he worked for Brinkman Construction. the largest non-union erector in Having worked in the construction the nation and brings knowledge industry for over a decade, Steve to the team specializing in case has extensive experience in all management, safety training, crane phases of the construction process and rigging, and fall protection. HIs from planning to closeout. certifications include: CHST, STS-C, OSHA Outreach Trainer, NCCCO Crane Operator, NCCER Steve holds a bachelor’s degree in Construction Rigging Instructor, and NCCER Proctor. Management from Colorado State University.
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Colorado Construction & Design | 25 New and invigorating energy continues to sweep over Colorado, pouring from development offices, design studios, and construction sites into existing buildings, neighborhoods, and communities. This edition of the Round Up covers a collection of great projects stretching geographically from Fort Collins to Mesa Verde and programmatically from sanctity to science with a little bit of everything in between. Celebrate the reuse, Renovation / Addition repurpose, and revitalization of Colorado with some of the designers, builders, and clients breathing new life into old places. & Adaptive Reuse Round UpNew and invigorating energy continues to sweep over Colorado, pouring from development offices, design by Sean O’Keefe studios, and construction sites into existing buildings, neighborhoods, and communities. This edition of the Round Up covers a collection of great projects stretching geographically from Fort Collins to Mesa Verde and programmatically from sanctity to science with a little bit of everything in between. Celebrate the reuse, repurpose, and revitalization of Colorado with some of the designers, builders, and clients breathing new life into old places. New and invigorating energy continues to sweep over Colorado, pouring from development This edition of the Round offices, design studios, and construction sites into existing buildings, neighborhoods, and communities. This Up explores some of the many renovation, expansion edition of the Round Up covers a collection of great projects stretching geographically from Fort Collins and adaptive reuse projectsto Mesa Verde and programmatically from sanctity to science with a little bit of everything in between. in bloom across Colorado Celebrate the reuse, repurpose, and revitalization of Colorado with some of the designers, builders, and and the firms at the helm clients breathing new life into old places. for design and construction. Whether adding vitally needed space at community-facing facilities like libraries or health clinics or repurposing an existing building to a new lifecycle, the creativity and hard work that goes into making the old new again is celebrated in this issue. everything in between. Celebrate the reuse, repurpose, and revitalization of Colorado with some of the designers, builders, and clients breathing new life into old places. New and invigorating energy continues to sweep over Colorado, pouring from development offices, design studios, and construction sites into existing buildings, neighborhoods, and communities. This edition of the covers a collection of great projects stretching geographically and repurpose, and revitalization of Colorado with some of the designers, builders, and
clients breathing new life intoImage old credit: places. Arch11 From development offices, design studineighborhoods, and communities. Covering a collection of great projects stretching geographically from Fort Collins to Mesa Verde. Celebrate the reuse, repurpose, and revitalization of Colorado with some of the designers, 26 | Colorado Construction & Design builders, and clients breathing new life into old places. New and invigorating energy continues to sweep over Colorado, pouring from development offices, design studios, and construction sites into existing buildings, neighborhoods, and communities. This edition of the
Round Up covers a collection of great projects stretching geographically from Fort CollinsImage to credit: Mesa Arch11 Verde and programmatically from sanctity to science with a little bit of everything in between. Celebrate the reuse, Renovation / Addition repurpose, and revitalization of Colorado with some of the designers, builders, and clients breathing new life into old places. & Adaptive Reuse Round UpNew and invigorating energy continues to sweep over Colorado, pouring from development offices, design studios, and construction sites into existing buildings, neighborhoods, and communities. This edition of the Round Up covers a collection of great projects stretching geographically from Fort Collins to Mesa Verde and programmatically from sanctity to science with a little bit of everything in between. Celebrate the reuse, repurpose, and revitalization of Colorado with some of the designers, builders, and clients breathing new life into old places. New and invigorating energy continues to sweep over Colorado, pouring from development offices, design studios, and construction sites into existing buildings, neighborhoods, and communities. This edition of the Round Up covers a collection of great projects stretching geographically from Fort Collins to Mesa Verde and programmatically from sanctity to science with a little bit of everything in between. Celebrate the reuse, repurpose, and revitalization of Colorado with some of the designers, builders, and clients breathing new life into old places. Front Street Properties Repositioned in Louisville
Owner BC Properties, LLC. is moving forward with the transformation of 726 Front Street in Louisville, Colorado. This adaptive reuse project that saw two former Class-B mercantile buildings recomposed as a unified Class-A office building in the heart of town. The property consisted of a single- and a two-story building, and both are receiving a complete core, shell, and interior remodel in the process on being unified. Design services are being led by Arch11 with Duggan Construction leading the execution.
Schedule for completion in February of 2019, the transformation involved enlarging many of the street-side openings across both buildings for better visibility, daylighting and interior/exterior everything in between. Celebrate the reuse, repurpose, and revitalizationconnections. of A new dark stucco façade on the two-story portion is enhanced by a resin panel rainscreen at the entry, a theme continued by a cement board rainscreen system on the single-story Colorado with some of the designers, builders, and clients breathing sidenew and life new angular awnings finished with weathering steel panels. Inside, the new core interiors into old places. New and invigorating energy continues to sweep over Colorado,will feature butted-glass partitions, sky-lit stairwells, hardwood steps, glass-panel guard rails and frameless glass swing-doors at suite entrances. pouring from development offices, design studios, and construction sites into existing buildings, neighborhoods, and communities. This edition of the covers a collection of great projects stretching geographically and repurpose, and revitalization of Colorado with some of the designers, builders, and Learn more about submitting your projects to the Round Up in 2019 by emailing Sean O’Keefe clients breathing new life into old places. From development offices, design at [email protected]. Topics include Offices and studineighborhoods, and communities. Covering a collection of great projects Mixed-use, Education, Multi-family and Sr. Living, Healthcare, Government, and Hospitality. stretching geographically from Fort Collins to Mesa Verde. Celebrate the reuse, repurpose, and revitalization of Colorado with some of the designers, Colorado Construction & Design | 27 builders, and clients breathing new life into old places. New and invigorating energy continues to sweep over Colorado, pouring from development offices, design Renovation / Addition & Adaptive Reuse Round Up studios, and construction sites into existing buildings, neighborhoods, and communities. This edition of the Image credit: Humphires Poli Architects Round Up covers a collection of great projects stretching geographically from Fort Collins to Mesa Verde and programmatically from sanctity to science with a little bit of everything in between. Celebrate the reuse, Hyder Construction Transforms repurpose, and revitalization of Colorado with some of the designers, builders, and clients breathing new life Santa Fe Warehouse into old places. General Contractor, Hyder Construction is New and invigorating energy continues to sweep over Colorado, pouring from development offices, design excited to take occupancy of their new office studios, and construction sites into existing buildings, neighborhoods, and communities. This edition of the space in Denver after breathing fresh life into a dilapidated warehouse property at 1023 Santa Round Up covers a collection of great projects stretching geographically from Fort Collins to Mesa Verde Fe Drive. The acquired structure was actually and programmatically from sanctity to science with a little bit of everything in between. Celebrate the reuse, three separately-built buildings which had been combined over time. Compounding matters repurpose, and revitalization of Colorado with some of the designers, builders, and clients breathing new life typical to adaptive reuse projects of this nature; into old places. New and invigorating energy continues to sweep over Colorado, pouring from development the entire south face of the building is walled in by an abutting building with no accessible offices, design studios, and construction sites into existing buildings, neighborhoods, and communities. This daylight. Working with design firm Elsy Studios, edition of the Round Up covers a collection of great projects stretching geographically from Fort Collins Salida Library a floorplan was developed to maximize views and Builds On the Past daylight from the remaining three sides. A full- to Mesa Verde and programmatically from sanctity to science with a little bit of everything in between. height glass curtainwall along the north side will Celebrate the reuse, repurpose, and revitalization of Colorado with some of the designers, builders, and The Salida Regional Library looks toward open the space up to city views and daylight. the future in choosing Denver-based clients breathing new life into old places. Humphries Poli Architects to lead design Hyder’s tenant improvement efforts cover services on an addition to the existing 17,500 of the building’s 36,000 total square between.library Celebrate on E Street the in Salida. reuse, The repurpose, original and revitalizationfeet, with workof Colorado on three levels- with somebasement, of the designers, building completed in 1908 is a Carnegie second, and third. In remembering the building’s builders,Library, and oneclients of more breathing than 2,500 new public life into old places.past, ghosted lettering that remained from New andlibraries invigorating built using energy money donatedcontinues by to sweep over previousColorado, uses pouringhas been from carefully development preserved in offices, Scottish businessman and philanthropist the process. Work on the new space began in designAndrew studios, Carnegie and construction between 1883 sites and into1929. existing buildings,April 2018 neighborhoods, and wrapped up andin December. communities. This editionA of subsequent the Round addition Up builtcovers in 1997 a collection took of great projects stretching geographically from Fort Collins building’s square footage to 10,600 in Image credit: to Mesatotal Verde but also and resulted programmatically in uneven floor from plains sanctity to science with a littleHyder bit Construction of everything in between.between Celebrate the two structures, the reuse, presenting repurpose, a and revitalization of Colorado with some of unique challenge to resolve. the designers, builders, and clients breathing new lifeThe into new old addition, places. currently New andin design, invigorating proposes adding 7,000-SF of new space to energyfunction continues as a tochildren’s sweep library over Colorado,and community pouring from developmentmeeting rooms, offices,while also resolvingdesign studios, and accessibility issues caused by the disjointed constructionstructures. sites Design into existing services buildings, were initiated neighborhoods,in November and of 2018 communities. and the architects This edition anticipate a May 2019 construction start of the andRound a May Up 2020 covers completion. a collection of great projects stretching geographically from Fort Collins to Mesa Verde and programmatically from sanctity to science with a little bit of everything in between. Celebrate28 | Colorado the Construction reuse, repurpose, & Design and revitalization of Colorado with some of the designers, builders, New and invigorating energy continues to sweep over Colorado, pouring from development offices, design studios, and construction sites into existing buildings, neighborhoods, and communities.Image credit: Architectural This edition Workshop of the Round Up covers a collection of great projects stretching geographically from Fort Collins to Mesa Verde and programmatically from sanctity to science with a little bit of everything in between. Celebrate the reuse, repurpose, and revitalization of Colorado with some of the designers, builders, and clients breathing new life into old places. New and invigorating energy continues to sweep over Colorado, pouring from development offices, design studios, and construction sites into existing buildings, neighborhoods, and communities. This edition of the Round Up covers a collection of great projects stretching geographically from Fort Collins to Mesa Verde and programmatically from sanctity to science with a little bit of everything in between. Celebrate the reuse, repurpose, and revitalization of Colorado with some of the designers, builders, and clients breathing new life into old places. New and invigoratingYellow energy Dog continuesPrinting toand sweep Graphics over Colorado, Getting pouringExcited from development offices, design studios, andIn theconstruction theme of old sites building, into new existing tricks buildings,owner, YellowDog neighborhoods, Printing & Graphics and communities. | YellowDogLab, This edition of the Round Up coversis ready a to collection activate construction of great projects on the transformation stretching geographically of approximately from 7,200-SF Fort ofCollins former warehouse space for use as their new office and lab. Taking advantage of an existing to Mesa Verde and programmaticallybrick structure from at 3881 sanctity Steel to Street science constructed with a littlein the bit 1940s, of everything the open warehouse in between. Celebrate the reuse, repurpose,concept and makes revitalization the perfect launchof Colorado point for a with new somebrand integrated of the designers, design. Stout builders, masonry and walls and timber columns frame 19-ft ceilings and full front-to-back transparency to allow clients breathing new life intocreative old places.vibes to flow freely throughout the new space. Skylights and roll-up overhead glass doors will infuse the space with light and direct access to the exterior in fair weather. Welcoming, fun, and comfortable, natural light, natural materials, and large between. Celebrate the reuse, repurpose, and revitalization of Colorado with some of the designers, open work/print bays account for both aesthetics and functionality. Architectural Workshop takes builders, and clients breathing new life into old places. responsibility for the design, which blends clean lines and new high-tech materials with some of the existing building’s eclectic touches such as mid-mod features, glazed block walls, and local graffiti. New and invigorating energy continues to sweep over Colorado, pouring from development offices, design studios, and construction sites into existing buildings, neighborhoods, and communities. This Construction services are expected to begin in January of 2019 and complete mid-year. No contractor has been selected as of this writing. edition of the Round Up covers a collection of great projects stretching geographically from Fort Collins to Mesa Verde and programmatically from sanctity to science with a little bit of everything in between. Celebrate the reuse, repurpose, and revitalization of Colorado with some of Break the mold. the designers, builders, and clients breathing revolutionize the experience. new life into old places. New and invigorating build what matters. energy continues to sweep over Colorado, pouring from development offices, design studios, and construction sites into existing buildings, neighborhoods, and communities. This edition of the Round Up covers a collection of great projects stretching geographically from Fort Collins to Mesa Verde and programmatically from sanctity BREAK THE MOLD | REVOLUTIONIZE THE EXPERIENCE | BUILD WHAT MATTERS 303.699.9000 | saundersinc.com to science with a little bit of everything in between. Celebrate the reuse, repurpose, and revitalization of Colorado with some of the designers, builders, Colorado Construction & Design | 29 New and invigorating energy continues to sweep over Colorado, pouring from development offices, design Renovation / Addition & Adaptive Reuse Roundstudios, Up and construction sites into existing buildings, neighborhoods, and communities. This edition of the Round Up covers a collection of great projects stretching geographically from Fort Collins to Mesa Verde and programmatically from sanctity to science with a little bit of everything in between. Celebrate the reuse, repurpose, and revitalization of Colorado with some of the designers, builders, and clients breathing new life into old places. New and invigorating energy continues to sweep over Colorado, pouring from development offices, design studios, and construction sites into existing buildings, neighborhoods, and communities. This edition of the Round Up covers a collection of great projects stretching geographically from Fort Collins to Mesa Verde and programmatically from sanctity to science with a little bit of everything in between. Celebrate the reuse, repurpose, and revitalization of Colorado with some of the designers, builders, and clients breathing new life into old places. New and invigorating energy continues to sweep over Colorado, pouring from development offices, design studios, and construction sites into existing buildings, neighborhoods, and communities. This edition of the Round Up covers a collection of great projects stretching geographically from Fort Collins Inner City Health Center The addition is planned to include a new primary to Mesa Verde and programmatically from sanctity to science with a little bit of everything in between. Expands on Historic Campus entry and waiting area just off the parking lot and an expanded and remodeledCelebrate medical the reuse,clinic, four repurpose, new and revitalization of Colorado with some of the designers, builders, and dental offertories, new conference facilities and Inner City Health Center located at 3800 York a fitness center. clientsRespecting breathing the architectural new life into old places. Street is in progress with plans to design and build heritage of the 1942 building, which is listed on a 6,500-SF addition to their existing facilities on the National Register of Historic Places, involves the historic campus of the Army Denver Medical engaging modern construction techniques to fluidly Depot. This faith-based mission prides itself on being connect to the older, wood construction techniques the premier provider of high-quality clinical health and the Colonial Revival architectural style of the services for the underinsured and the under-served original building. for medical, dental, and behavioral health services. Davis Partnership Architects has been selected to lead the design and will work in conjunction Images credit: with construction manager / general contractor Davis Partnership Howell Construction on the execution.
Construction on the addition and renovation is expected to start in March of 2019 for a roughly seven- month window concluding in September 2019.
30 | Colorado Construction & Design New and invigorating energy continues to sweep over Colorado, pouring from development offices, design studios, and construction sites into existing buildings, neighborhoods, and communities. This editionImage of the credit: JOHNSON NATHAN STROHE Round Up covers a collection of great projects stretching geographically from Fort Collins to Mesa Verde and programmatically from sanctity to science with a little bit of everything in between. Celebrate the reuse, repurpose, and revitalization of Colorado with some of the designers, builders, and clients breathing new life into old places. New and invigorating energy continues to sweep over Colorado, pouring from development offices, design studios, and construction sites into existing buildings, neighborhoods, and communities. This edition of the Round Up covers a collection of great projects stretching geographically from Fort Collins to Mesa Verde and programmatically from sanctity to science with a little bitIconic of everything Hotel Colorado in between. in Glenwood Celebrate Springsthe reuse, repurpose, and revitalization of Colorado with some of the designers, builders, and clientsReadies breathing for new Renovation life into old places. New and invigorating energyThe continues Hotel Colorado, to sweep a notable over Glenwood Colorado, Springs pouring landmark from of development more than a century, is making plans to offices, design studios, and construction sitesundergo into a multi-phasedexisting buildings, renovation neighborhoods, to modernize the and interior. communities. Built in 1893 atThis the edge of the Colorado River, the original architecture was modeled after the Villa De Medici in Florence, Italy and has stood edition of the Round Up covers a collectionthe of test great of time projects for 125 stretching years since. geographically Property owners, from the MevilleFort Collins family of Aspen, have chosen Denver to Mesa Verde and programmatically fromarchitecture sanctity to and science interior withpractice a little JOHNSON bit of everything NATHAN STROHEin between. to redesign the hotel’s 130 guest rooms along with public gathering and meeting spaces indoors and out. Celebrate the reuse, repurpose, and revitalization of Colorado with some of the designers, builders, and clients breathing new life into old places. The planned renovations will begin with a new model guest room and updated common spaces in the spring of 2019. Once plans are approved, construction on guestrooms will begin. As guestroom renovations are complete, exterior rehabilitation of the courtyard will likely start in the spring of 2020.
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Image credit: D2C Architects A New Life for Aspen’s Historic Mesa Store Building Rowland+Broughton Architecture in conjunction with general contractor Schlumberger Scherer Construction (SSC) is in progress on the renovation and rehabilitation of a historic building in Aspen for use as the design practice’s Aspen studio. 500 West Main Street, know locally as the Mesa Store Building, is an iconic 1880s frontier building defined by lap siding and a false front façade with large storefront windows at street level and double hung windows on the upper level. Originally built as a general store with a shopkeeper’s residence above, the building was Historic Building 909 previously rehabilitated in the 1960’s and today is Ready to Soar is registered with the City of Aspen’s Historic New and invigorating energy continues to sweep over PreservationColorado, Commission.pouring from development offices, design studios, and construction sites into existing buildings, neighborhoods, and communities. This The Colorado Air National Guard is looking forward Rowland+Broughton’s reinterpretation of the space editionto ofthe the February Round 2019 Up completion covers a ofcollection the historic of greatwill projects see significant stretching changes geographically to the interior from and aFort Collins to Mesapreservation Verde and and renovationprogrammatically of Building from 909 sanctityon toconscientious science with preservation a little bit and of restoration everything of inthe between. Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora. Built in 1956, exterior features. Forensic architectural research CelebrateBuilding the 909 reuse, was therepurpose, first building and ever revitalization built ofinto Colorado the building’s with existing some structuralof the designers, condition builders, and clientsfor the breathingColorado Air new National life into Guard; old it’s places. the and era-authentic materials, means, and methods first and last building seen on every flight on base; were key considerations the design team had to New andand, invigoratingperhaps most energyimportantly, continues Building 909to sweep is over balanceColorado, against pouring the need from for efficient,development structural offices, designwhere studios, the hugsand and construction kisses are for sites soldiers into existingand buildings,longevity neighborhoods, and use-appropriate and functionality. communities. Exterior This their families. improvements included restoration of the entry edition of the Round Up covers a collection of greatoverhang projects and stretching the building’s geographically chimneys, and fromnew Fort Collins to MesaThe Verde need for and revitalization programmatically began after from September sanctity towindows science while with preserving a little asbit muchof everything of the existing in between. 11th when changing Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection lap-siding as possible. Celebrateregulations the requiredreuse, repurpose, that the building’s and revitalizationmany of Colorado with some of the designers, builders, and clientswindows breathing be boarded new up for life blast into protection. old places. Other New andConstruction invigorating started energy in April continues of 2018 and to sweepthe firm over issues included a leaky roof, ADA accessibility, expects to take residence in their new home in Colorado,and the pouring overall fromneed to development modernize the building’soffices, designMarch studios, 2019. and construction sites into existing buildings, neighborhoods,technological and capabilities. communities. The revitalized This editionhangar will of the Round Up covers aImage collection credit: R+B of Architecture great projects house multiple units while also accounting for more stretchingtechnologically geographically advanced from systems. Fort A Collins new mission to Mesa trainingVerde center and programmaticallyand four F-16 Fighting from Falcon sanctity flight to simulators that will also have the capacity to take scienceon thewith F-35 a little Lighting bit of II platform.everything in between. Celebrate the reuse, repurpose, and revitalization A design team of Burns & McDonnell and of ColoradoD2C Architects with some addressed of the the designers, challenges under builders, and clientsan IDIQ breathing contract and new General life into Contractor old places. JE Hurley was selected to build the work.
32 | Colorado Construction & Design A rotated-two-story atrium and clearstory contributes to an open, collaborative environment enhanced by a west-facing roof-top deck. The existing steel post and beam structure and wood roof joists remain exposed as rich backdrop Image credit: for the addition of contemporary Architectural Workshop accents like the structural aluminum stair case, plate-glass Architectural Workshop partitioning, and eclectic modern furniture. Smart building technology Embraces Change will include fully-integrated and Denver design practice Architectural Workshop (AW) automated lighting, sun shading is in progress on plans to redefine a 1950’s era warehouse building and mechanical systems, roof- located on the corner of Ellsworth and Kalamath as their new offices. mounted photovoltaics, and a car Offering a combined total of 8,892-SF of space, the building will be changing station. sub-divided into 4,800-SF of offices for AW and two for-rent live/ work artist studios, with the finished spaces ready for occupancy in The live/work spaces will feature March 2019. split-level work / live dichotomy New and invigorating energy continues to sweep over Colorado, pouring from development offices, with overhead garage door access design studios, and construction sites into existing buildings, neighborhoods, and communities. This Blending two eras of industry, the design solutions strives to harness along the street and private entry the power of the current digital age with the can-do and know-how in the rear. Crossline Construction edition of the Round Up covers a collection of great projects stretching geographically from Fort Collins ethic that defined the end of the second industrial revolution, when is leading construction services and to Mesa Verde and programmatically from sanctity to science with a little bit of everything in between. the building was constructed. Openings are being enlarged along the began the building’s transformation historicMonroeNewellCCDDec2018_Layout masonry exterior to 1increase 12/11/18 interior/exterior2:00 PM Page 1 connections. in August of 2018. Celebrate the reuse, repurpose, and revitalization of Colorado with some of the designers, builders, and clients breathing new life into old places. New and invigorating energy continues to sweep over Colorado, pouring from development offices, RESORT design studios, and construction sites into existing buildings, neighborhoods, and communities. This edition of the Round Up covers a collection of great projects stretching geographically from Fort Collins to Mesa Verde and programmatically from sanctity to science with a little bit of everything in between. Celebrate the reuse, repurpose, and revitalization of Colorado with some of the designers, builders, and clients breathing new life into old places. New and invigorating energy continues to sweep over Colorado, pouring from development offices, design studios, and construction sites into existing buildings, neighborhoods, and communities. This edition of the Round Up covers aImage collection credit: R+B of Architecture great projects stretching geographically from Fort Collins to Mesa Verde and programmatically from sanctity to science with a little bit of everything in between. ENGINEERINGLEGENDARYSPACES ArrowHeAD AlPIne clUB | AVon colorADo Celebrate the reuse, repurpose, and revitalization of Colorado with some of the designers, builders, and clients breathing new life into old places. monroe-newell.com
Colorado Construction & Design | 33 Good Works Power Motive Corp. Partners with Community College of Aurora to Recruit and Hire Diesel Mechanic Graduates
Like many construction equipment dealers in the country, Power Motive Corporation (PMC), a leading Komatsu dealership based in Denver with branches across Colorado and SE Technician Nick Suflita replaces sprocket teeth on a Komatsu dozer at Power Motive’s Denver shop. Wyoming, is experiencing a shortage “It’s a great way to put theory into practice,” said Suflita of the Community College of Aurora’s of service technicians. “Companies Diesel Power Mechanics program, which provides students classroom and lab work on campus as like PMC can either accept they well as time in a sponsoring equipment distributor’s shop. have a chronic shortage of service staff or take proactive benefits of working for our learn and put theory into practice steps to recruit”, states Mac Blount, company and what we can offer at the same time,” said PMC PMC’s President, “and we’ve chosen them. It’s a great way to get fresh Technician Nick Suflita, who recently the latter.” talent into our industry.” graduated from the CCA program. “What I like best was being PMC has partnered with the The program utilizes a rotating schedule able to work in the shop with Community College of Aurora so students spend four weeks on an experienced technician, who (CCA) to ensure a steady supply campus engaged in classroom and provided some mentorship and of well-trained diesel service techs. lab work, followed by four weeks in advice on handling things that Each year CCA starts two groups of a shop. Students sponsored by Power might have been lightly covered approximately 20 students each in its Motive Corporation are paid for their in school. Knowing you have a 12-month Diesel Power Mechanics shop time. job, and Power Motive will help program. Students earn an associate with costs is great, too.” degree and build a solid foundation “Upon graduation, they can through theory and practice of working become full-time techs, and the For more information about the Diesel on engines, hydraulics and electrical company reimburses them for the Power Mechanics program at the systems, power trains and preventive cost of tuition and books over a Community College of Aurora visit, maintenance, among other topics. In two-year period,” explained Sheryl www.ccaurora.edu/diesel. addition to lab and classroom work on Perko, Human Resources Manager for campus, they spend time working in PMC. “We also award them a set Known as The Product Support People, equipment distributors’ shops. of tools. Additionally, during their Power Motive Corporation has been time in school they are working successful for nearly 60 years by A WIN-WIN PROGRAM toward a Komatsu certification. delivering reliable equipment sales, “PMC supports the program by We then help them complete the parts, rentals, and service and by providing parts and components certification process once they offering the finest lines of construction for students to work hands-on,” come on board full-time.” equipment available including Mac continued. “CCA allows us to Komatsu, Takeuchi, Sakai, Astec, KPI- interact with the students before Three former students are now JCI, RoadTec, Sandvik and Morbark. they start the program, giving working for PMC, and the company Full details can be found on the us an opportunity to share the is sponsoring three members of the Company’s new website, current class. “It’s a good way to www.powermotivecorp.com.
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Colorado Construction & Design | 35 The Next Big ThingBy Sean O’Keefe 50 years after opening, the Denver Art Museum’s famous North Building embraces change and steps forward.
years-ago Denver may the form of the Denver Art Museum’s sky. The unusual building form feels have felt like it was on the now iconic North Building. Today perplexing, randomly interrupted cusp of something big anticipation is building once more by a collection of openings in because it was. Today anticipation and as the North Building undergoes a various shapes - square, rectangle, promise50 continue to pulse through comprehensive renovation and adds and lozenge - and sizes, from inside the streets and the cusp feels like a a new welcome center, making it once each is a peculiar vantage framing wave of growth, change, revitalization, again the next big thing. city or mountain views. The North and new energy circling Civic Center Building is notably recognized as one Park. Fifty-years-ago the biggest thing Designed by famed Italian architect, of the first high-rise art museums on the park’s horizon was a soon-to- Gio Ponti, and Denver-based in the world and the only building be addition to Denver’s Skyline in architecture practice, James Sudler designed by Ponti completed in Associates, the seven-story modernist North America. edifice is composed of 28 vertical surfaces of varying planes and On December 6, 2018, the Denver Art differing dimensions. The planes are Museum (DAM) joined Construction wrapped in a skin of more than a Manager / General Contractor million reflective warm-gray glass tiles Saunders Construction in hosting that sparkle intermittently in sunlight a topping-out celebration for the and seemingly vanish against a winter North Building’s new Welcome
36 | Colorado Construction & Design Center addition. Construction of the his team will really shine. fabricated to fit the building's unusual gleaming 50,000-SF addition and “Taking apart the skin and wall openings. The new perimeter wall the comprehensive renovation of assemblies revealed how poorly system will provide lower energy Ponti’s 210,000-SF North Building are insulated the building really was,” use, help to manage humidity pushing forward with completion says Krier of Saunders' investigation and temperatures, and provide planned to coincide with the of the existing envelope. “Awkward ample backing for art installation. building’s 50th anniversary in 2021. window attachments led to a lot of Replacing any missing ceramic tiles water infiltration, and because it’s on the exterior or any removed to “In the North Tower, we’re a museum the humidified air inside get windows out remains deliberate improving the exterior envelope, was also leaking out. There was a business. The original tiles are no increasing gallery space and lot of room for improvement.” longer made and at this point, can vertical transportation, and only be replicated, rather than the new Welcome Center will Using a closed-cell spray foam simply replaced. be spectacular,” says David Krier, sealed against the building’s a Senior Project Manager with cast-in-place concrete with a fire On the interior, adding new elevator Saunders Construction, who is retardant, Saunders has reinsulated cores within the existing structure leading the work from the front the building from top to bottom. requires extensive, but delicate lines. Krier relishes the challenge of Windows are being replaced with structural demolition. Combined working on architecture that is also new triple-pane upgrades custom- a work of art while adding a fresh community embrace in the glass gemstone entrance building where
Colorado Construction & Design | 37 NASCC: THE STEEL CONFERENCE incorporating the World Steel Bridge Symposium and the SSRC Annual Stability Conference with much-needed mechanical and • 250+ exhibitors It's the premier event for technical sessions electrical upgrades throughout the • 5,000+ design and everyone involved in the design networking building, the coordination among construction professionals and construction of steel-framed product showcase subcontractors required by the work • 140+ educational seminars buildings and bridges. is intense. The level of fit and finish on the renovated interior is very demanding as well given the closely- registration opens St. Louis, Missouri controlled combination of light, level. Emphasizing the importance of JANUARY 2 April 3–5, 2019 temperature, and humidity that make meticulous conservation, pedestrian- up the museum’s ideal atmosphere. level windows into the lab will allow The renovation will also finally public observation from the Kemper complete Ponti’s vision for the Courtyard, which will also see building by finishing the 7th-floor extensive renovations. observation deck that celebrates the building’s distinctive roof For Krier and the Saunders crenellation with view portals Construction team, the biggest site logistics to continue to pose around an outdoor plaza. hurdles that remain are implicated normal tight-urban-site challenges by the precision required to build the throughout construction. Given the steel and glass drum-like dome that location along the heavily trafficked is the clear centerpiece of the new plaza and park and the City and addition. Designed by Denver’s-own museum’s continually-full calendar Fentress Architects and Machado of events, coordinating the many Silvetti of Boston, the steel and glass moving pieces will remain a juggling structure’s continual curve leaves act Krier and his team will manage Saunders with tolerances of just with confidence. 1/16th of an inch to make the system fit together. “A building project like this presents challenges, for sure,” The Welcome Center, which will take “We are continually scanning the finishes Krier. “Figuring out solutions a prominent position between the building as each piece of steel is to difficult problems and building North Building, the Denver Central placed and the glazers are also something for the community is the Library, and DAM’s Hamilton Building incorporated into the verification reward in our work.” across 13th Avenue, centralizes process,” continues Krier. “Every visitor entry and amenities for the attachment point is checked and entire museum and adds event space with the topping out, we’re feeling on the second level. A restaurant, good about the geometry being quick-service café, and community on target.” gathering on level one will be joined by a state‐of‐the‐art conservation Among the other obstacles that lab and art storage on the lower remain, Krier says he expects www.aisc.org/nascc-ccd
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www.aisc.org/nascc-ccd Smart technologies of every sort continue to seep deeper into our lives, putting information, services, comfort, and convenience at our fingertips where ever we are. In today’s smart buildings seemingly, anything and everything can be automated. From individualized thermal comfort to supplemental lighting that responds to ambient daylight and increasingly untethered global connectivity the limits of technology are all being integrated to the point of becoming conventional. In a Round Table conversation, Colorado Construction & Design was delighted to discuss the amazing present and super bright future of Smart Buildings with a group of dedicated professionals committed to smartly engineering, efficiently building, and acutely commissioning technology-infused facilities in Colorado and across the country.
SMART BUILDINGS By Sean O’Keefe Thought leadership from the front lines of smart building technology, implementation, and long-term performance.
SMART CONVERSATION “Smart design isn’t just technology, it’s holistic strategies like While integrating systems and technology to enhance the user envelope modeling and commissioning to determine if the building experience is fundamental to smart is well-sealed. If it’s not, the best systems in the world won’t building design, bells and whistles make it a smart building for long.” ~ Azerbegi, Ambient Energy alone aren’t enough to make a building smart. What does? “Having an owner who is driven, ensure efficient systems are being “It starts in design,” says Roberts. experienced, and knows what implemented and everyone involved “If the design is well thought- they want in terms of building is speaking the same language. out, the rest of the project will performance almost always sets Roberts is excited to share that follow that path, but if you start the stage for success,” adds common language has arrived. with a poor design it’s almost Azerbegi, whose firm, Ambient certain the finished building will Energy, can find itself in both “ASHRAE’s newest guideline, underperform.” Roberts and his pre- and post- construction roles issued in July 2018 establishes firm Control Solutions Inc. are depending on the project. a set of standardized advance among those responsible for sequences of operation for installing the systems that have Azerbergi points out the need common HVAC systems,” says been selected and as such often for better documentation on the Roberts with a copy of the new feel the brunt of any bad decision intended sequence of operations standards proudly at the ready. making related to systems chosen from mechanical and electrical The American Society of Heating, in design. The technology of engineers in the design stage Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning controlled systems has changed to eliminate the possible risks Engineers or ASHRAE, has been significantly, and everyone involved of misinterpretation during devoted to the advancement needs to be thinking holistically installation. Ambient Energy likes of indoor-environment-control about smart systems, smart to incorporate a series of controls technology since it was formed design, and smart installation. integration meetings both in in 1959. ASHRAE Guideline 36- design and during construction to 2018 provides uniform sequences
40 | Colorado Construction & Design of operation for HVAC systems SMART PANEL that are intended to maximize energy efficiency and performance, Renée Azerbegi, Ambient Energy provide control stability, and allow President and founder of Ambient Energy, Renée Azerbegi loves making a positive impact in the commercial building for real-time fault detection and industry and on the environment through personal diagnostics. “I’ve been wanting determination and her firm’s collective depth of experience. something like this for a long time,” Ambient Energy offers a suite of services focused on building continues Roberts. “We need more and system analysis to optimize new construction projects for of a common language around operational efficiency and longevity; evaluate and improve the buildings systems and this guideline performance of existing buildings; or commission either as a establishes a starting point that third-party engineer. Utilizing fault-detection diagnostics and will still allow for individual and monitoring-based commissioning, Ambient Energy strives to ensure buildings operate as efficiently as possible through the whole of their lifecycle. situational customization.” Bret Roberts, P.E., Control Solutions Inc. The advantages of high-tech digital Co-founder of Control Solutions Inc. Bret Roberts relishes the connectivity, functionality, and thrill of making things work, planning and seeing a complex comfort have been realized in office building together from start to finish is both his business and environments and homes for some his gratifying reward. Along with partner, Ed Welch, Roberts time. Where are we going next? established Control Solutions, Inc. in 2007 by merging a wealth of experience in building automation service and “Individualized controls and installation. Gary Bales became a partner in the practice data harvesting are starting to in 2013. Control Solutions Inc. contends for smart system be integrated into smart-phone installation projects from Colorado Springs to Fort Collins and works with clients to update and retrofit existing buildings with more advanced platforms,” says Sobeck of systems as buildings age. The firm represents Honeywell Building Automation Seimens, a technological pioneer products such as Tridium/Niagara, Honeywell WEB’s, Spyder Controllers including the of electrification, automation, and new CIPer product family of controllers and I/O Modules. digitization systems and products. One such system called Comfy Ryan Sobeck, Siemens Comfy allows users to request A Territory Sales Manager at Siemens, Ryan Sobeck began heating or cooling changes, via his career in electronics working on M1 Tanks and Bradley a smartphone app, directly to Fighting Vehicles in the Army before getting into building automation systems implementation, design, and products the building automation system. 24 years ago. Today as a representative of Siemen’s Building This data can then be used to tell Technologies, Control Products and Solutions, Ryan’s territory individuals which spaces in the spans from Colorado north through Wyoming, Utah, Idaho, office best suit their needs at any Oregon, Washington, and up to Alaska. Siemen’s showcases given time, ideal for free-address technology that integrates HVAC, lighting, shades, and plug offices on the design desks today. loads from a single, ethernet-connected, terminal controller. Within the Building Technologies division of this global giant, Siemens is using integrated smart building The ability to gather an immense technologies to optimize space and improve people’s lives. volume of data on a smart building is what allows it to be the system. Operators have to front lines of evaluating long-term customized around the user wield the building’s technology to operational expectations as the experience. However, analyzing save effort, expense, and all three building comes to life. Though and appropriately reacting to that of the Round Table participants commissioning is generally same abundance of information is agree there is definitely a cost of required by code, most owners central to ensuring a smart building doing nothing. would probably be surprised to operates effectively day-to-day. know that typical commissioning The ability to detect, identify, and “Buildings will drift upwards in processes actually only test a individually correct faults within energy consumption by some 2- sampling of unitary equipment a smart building system is an to 3- percent a year if they aren’t rather than 100%. Perhaps more advantage that is easily mitigated actively managed,” says Azerbergi, importantly, commissioning of a if the building’s operation team isn’t whose role in commissioning new building does little to account actively monitoring and fine-tuning buildings has her firm on the for the building’s performance
40 | Colorado Construction & Design Colorado Construction & Design | 41 “Investing an afternoon in making sure the sequence of operations meets the owner’s objectives and the designer’s intent is essential with the systems going into today’s smart properties,” says Sobeck. Azerbergi agrees, adding that a commitment to collaboration on the technology choices and expectations will greatly reduce issues found during the commissioning process. Pre-thinking challenges together focuses the whole team on developing the best possible building for the owner’s investment.
As user expectations of workspaces have grown beyond simply hot or cold and on or The average building is estimated to drift upwards in energy consumption every year off, product manufacturers unless it is actively managed. Monitoring-based commissioning put the pulse of the have continued to push toward building at the operator’s fingertips at all times. integrated solutions. Siemen’s once commissioning is complete dichotomy that feels needlessly DXR Controller is a single-source, unless the building operator siloed, occasionally detrimentally. remote-monitored control unit actively monitors and controls it. In today’s smart buildings’ just for the building’s temperature, “Monitoring-based commissioning as systems need to talk to each lighting, window shades and integrated with fault-detection other and be monitored holistically electrical loads. On the building diagnostics is what we and individually, the design, side, more complicated systems recommend,” continues Azerbergi implementation, commissioning, don’t necessarily mean more about the need stay on top of what and operations processes also need complicated construction, as long is happening as users occupy and to be more seamlessly integrated. as advance coordination and an make spaces their own. “Continual monitoring has been shown to save 5 to 15 percent on annual energy costs, eliminating energy drift, improving performance, and increasing user comfort.”
What does the integration of all these technologies mean for designers and builders? The answer, it seems, is the need for yet more and better integration among the industry’s diverse range of professionals to match the requirements of changing technologies. “For the last forty years or so, controls were the responsibility of the mechanical and lighting Control Solutions Inc. is proud to represent Honeywell Building Automation products was the responsibility of electrical including Niagara 4 software and the new CIPer product family of controllers and engineers,” says Roberts of a I/O Modules.
42 | Colorado Construction & Design appetite for new knowledge are fundamental to the builder’s goals.
“Owners have been installing two, three, and sometimes four different control systems in a impact collaborate innovate single building,” continues Sobeck, adding depth to the need for better integration in all aspects of the industry. “Single-system solutions mean one product, one installation subcontractor, and a more integrated, informed understanding of systems for optimal performance.”
Control Solutions Inc. competes for systems installation opportunities and also represents Honeywell building automation products including the CIPer product family of controllers and I/O modules. As a subcontractor helping designers understand smart systems, install, program, and start them up, Roberts sees a commitment to continuing education as essential for his firm and staff.“You can’t have too much education on all of this,” says Roberts of the continued trend toward more integrated systems requiring highly specialized and multi-faceted experts. “The systems are getting so complicated that finding enough skilled people capable of putting these systems together is my biggest challenge.”
Roberts nudges the green ASHRAE Guideline 36- who design, sell, program, install, commission, or 2018 on the table forward as a next step that can be operate them will continue to increase as smart taken, immediately, industry-wide to facilitate better buildings and smart people get smarter out on the communication and collaboration. The complexity edge of technology and convenience. of systems and what is required of the professionals
For Siemens, preparing buildings for tomorrow’s digital innovations has led to total-room automation systems like the DXR Controller capable of controlling shades, lights, loads, and comfort in response to changing conditions.
Colorado Construction & Design | 43 Rocky Mountain
ABC Rocky Mountain Chapter Celebrates “Top Guns” of the Construction Industry 17th Annual Excellence in Construction Awards
Awards
The Associated Builders and Contractors Rocky Mountain Chapter (ABCRMC) celebrated the exceptional work of member companies at the 17th annual Excellence in Construction Awards on Friday, October 19th, 2018 at Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum in Lowry, Colorado. The event was brought to the ABC membership and guests by the chapter as well as Bald Eagle Sponsors Adolfson & Peterson Construction and Spacecon Specialty Contractors, LLC.
Over 250 members and guests attended the Top Gun-themed event, enjoying the festive and celebratory atmosphere. The evening began with a cocktail reception and dinner, supported by the bar sponsors Hensel Phelps and Blueprint Skilled Services. Following the awards was an after party sponsored by Encore Electric, Inc. As is tradition with the Excellence in Construction Awards, a prize giveaway was included in the evening. Giveaway sponsor Kuck Mechanical Contractors sent one lucky member home with a getaway travel package and four others with various themed prizes.
44 | Colorado Construction & Design PROJECT OF THE YEAR AWARDS For the first time ever at the Rocky Mountain Chapter, a second round of judging was conducted to determine the top projects for both General and Specialty Contractors. To earn this prestigious award, contractors must demonstrate a truly superior level of performance, excellence in meeting or exceeding project quality requirements, design specifications, safety procedures, project team collaboration, overcoming unique obstacles, meeting the project schedule and most importantly, satisfying the client.
GENERAL CONTRACTOR PROJECT OF THE YEAR WINNER • Hensel Phelps – 1144 15th Street Office Building
GENERAL CONTRACTOR NOMINEES • FCI Constructors, Inc. – courier.market | bar | kitchen - Grand Hyatt Denver • Milender White – Byron White U.S. Courthouse
SPECIALTY CONTRACTOR PROJECT OF THE YEAR WINNER • RK Mechanical, Inc. – C. Wayne McIlwraith Translational Medicine Institute at Colorado State University
SPECIALTY CONTRACTOR NOMINEES • Douglass Colony Group – The Coloradan • Gaylor Electric – Amazon Fulfillment Center • RK Steel – Mile High Harley-Davidson of Parker
SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARDS • Excellence in Marketing – Erika Sauerwein & Peter Sonke, - Milender White • LEED Project – Heating & Plumbing Engineers, Inc. - Colorado College Tutt Library • Design-Build Project – iiCON Construction Group - Fountain Valley School - Master Plan Phase 1 • Free-Enterprise Award – Hensel Phelps - 1144 15th Street Office Building
EXCELLENCE AWARD WINNERS • Alliance Construction Solutions, LLC • Hensel Phelps - The Elizabeth Hotel, Autograph - St Francis Apartments at Cathedral Square Collection and Parking Garage • dcb Construction Company, Inc. • iiCON Construction Group, LLC - Fountain Valley - Fine Airport Parking School - Master Plan Phase 1 • Douglass Colony Group - 9th & Colorado Block 7S • L.P.R. Construction Co. LLC - Greensville County • Douglass Colony Group - The Coloradan Power Station • FCI Constructors, Inc. - courier.market | bar | • Milender White - Byron White U.S. Courthouse kitchen - Grand Hyatt Denver • RK Mechanical, Inc. - C. Wayne McIlwraith • Gaylor Electric, Inc. - Amazon Heating & Plumbing Translational Medicine Institute at Colorado Engineers, Inc. - Colorado College Tutt Library State University • Hensel Phelps - 1144 15th Street Office Building • RK Steel - Mile High Harley-Davidson of Parker
Colorado Construction & Design | 45 MERIT AWARD WINNERS • Adolfson & Peterson Construction – Estes Valley Community Recreation Center • AP Wyoming – Natrona County High School Historic Renovations • Encore Electric, Inc. – Kirkland Museum of Fine and Decorative Art Rocky Mountain • Encore Electric, Inc. – University of Colorado - Colorado Springs Visual and Performing Arts Center • Fiore & Sons, Inc. – Flowers Bakery Renovation • Greiner Electric – The Caldera House • ICI, LLC – CoorsTek • Kuck Mechanical Contractors, LLC – Denver Premium Outlets • Kuck Mechanical Contractors, LLC – Larimer County Administrative Building - Loveland Campus • MWH Constructors, Inc. – Fremont Water Pollution Control Center Improvements Project • Shaw Construction – Kirkland Museum • Spacecon Specialty Contractors, LLC – Country Club Towers 2 • TIC - The Industrial Company – Craig Generating Station Unit 2 Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) Project • White Construction Group – STEAM on the Platte
Awards
The judges evaluated the projects based on criteria including factors such as complexity, unusual challenges or problems overcome, innovative techniques or programs, value-engineering, safety records, and owner satisfaction. Scores in these areas determine a project’s award level: Award of Excellence (first place), Award of Merit (second place), or Letter of Commendation (third place). Excellence and Merit award winners are eligible to submit their projects to compete at the ABC National Excellence in Construction Awards, which take place in March 2019 in Long Beach, California.
JUDGES The award winners were selected by a panel of ten industry experts who awarded points in several categories to determine the winners. The following judges donated their time to judge the 28 total submitted projects:
• Jack Brinkley – the abo group • Jake Hallauer – Chrisland Real Estate Companies • Kelly Hedlund – Armstrong World Industries • Beth Hockett – ASC, Inc. • Travis Hossfeld – ColoCorp Builders • Liz Newman – McCauley Constructors • Leif Rosenvold – KLOK Group • Brandon Warren – EVstudio • Jay Watson – Haselden Construction, Inc. • Tyler Whittaker – Swinerton
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Colorado Construction & Design | 47 ACEC Colorado Announces 2019 Engineering Excellence Award Winners
The American Council of Engineering Companies of Colorado (ACEC Colorado) recognized 25 Colorado consulting engineering firms and their projects for innovation at the 2019 Engineering Excellence Awards (EEA) Luncheon, held Nov. 5 at the Warwick Denver Hotel and attended by 175 guests.
Awards
GRAND CONCEPTOR AWARD The Grand Conceptor Award, presented for the overall best engineering project, was awarded to Muller Engineering Company for the Linking Lookout project at US 6 and 19th Street Interchange (Golden, CO).
48 | Colorado Construction & Design EXCELLENCE AWARDS • BranchPattern for Meadowlark Pre-Kindergarten to Eighth Grade School (Erie, CO) • Felsburg Holt & Ullevig for State Highway 9 Iron Springs (Frisco, CO) • HDR for I-70 Mountain Corridor Express Lane (Idaho Springs, CO) • Jacobs Engineering Group for US 34 Big Thompson Canyon Permanent Repair (Loveland, CO) • Martin/Martin for 1144 Fifteenth (Denver, CO) • Martin/Martin for Canvas Stadium at Colorado State University (Fort Collins, CO) • Muller Engineering Company for Westminster, CO, Station Park • Providence Infrastructure Consultants for Wastewater Treatment Plant Headworks and Clarifier Project (Northglenn, CO) • Wilson & Company for I-25/Cimarron Interchange Design-build: Gateway Project (Colorado Springs, CO)
HONOR AWARDS • Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company for Spurgeon Water Treatment Plant Chlorine Conversion (Niwot, CO) • Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company for Water, Infrastructure & Supply Efficiency (WISE) Local Infrastructure (Castle Rock, CO) • David Evans and Associates for the I-25/Arapahoe Road Interchange Reconstruction (Greenwood Village, CO • Farnsworth Group for Combined Interceptor Sewer (Fort Collins, CO) • HDR for Conduit Number 18 Replacement (Denver, CO) • Jacobs Engineering Group for Grand Avenue Bridge (Grand Junction, CO) • MKK Consulting Engineers for Kirkland Museum (Denver, CO) • Providence Infrastructure Consultants for 60-inch Bellvue Water Transmission Pipeline (Greeley, CO) • Ulteig Engineers for State Highway 340: Redlands Parkway Roundabout Construction & Phasing (Grand Junction, CO)
OUTSTANDING GRAPHICS AWARD • Muller Engineering Company - project board design for Westminster, CO, Station Park
MERIT AWARDS • David Evans and Associates for Colorado 62 & Downtown Ridgway Enhancements (Ridgway, CO) • Felsburg Holt & Ullevig for Commerce City 112th & Second Creek (Commerce City, CO) • Olsson (formerly Olsson Associates) for Louisville, CO), Drainageway A-2 • Summit Engineering Services for Altamont Expansion Project (Altamont, CO) • Summit Engineering Services for Hacksaw Oil Terminal (Tilden, Texas) • WSP USA for Denver International Airport Concourse A Water Service
The ACEC Colorado EEA program annually recognizes consulting engineering firms for projects that demonstrate an exceptional degree of innovation, complexity, achievement and value. For more than 50 years, Colorado firms have entered their most innovative projects and studies into this competition. The ACEC Colorado EEA program generally follows entry guidelines established for the ACEC National EEA program. Award winners also received commemorative videos that are available on ACEC Colorado’s YouTube Channel to further promote the innovative work of its member engineering firms.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Marisa Pooley 303.228.3913 AIA Colorado [email protected] & Colorado ArchitectsHonor & Firms Receive Awards Top Design Gala & Honor Awards Denver, Colo., September 11, 2018—The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Colorado recognized 21 projects with design awards and fiveThe local American architects Institute with honor of awardsArchitects at the (AIA) AIA ColoradoColorado Design recognized & Honor Awards Gala on Friday, September21 7. projects with design awards and five local architects with Peer-reviewed and judged by architectshonor in awards Portland, at Oregon, the AIA the Colorado winning projectsDesign were& Honor designed Awards by Gala architecture firms across Colorado onand Friday, were recognized September for 7th. innovative uses of materials, space and design, as well as for fostering “livable communities.” Peer-reviewed and judged by architects in Portland, Oregon, the winning “There are thousands of architects projectsin Colorado were and designed they are by all architecture doing great,” firms said Cathyacross Rosset,Colorado Executive and were Vice President & CEO of AIA Colorado.recognized “But our for designinnovative awards uses offerof materials, a chance space to celebrate and design, the as best well of as the for best and to honor the architects whofostering are pushing “livable their communities.” designs to the next level so that they serve the
Awards community and clients, both today and in the future.” Projects were considered throughout the state based architecture firm location for the following awards: Notable Projects were considered throughout the state based architecture firm location for the following awards: in Denver, Notable in the West, Notable in the South or Notable in the North. Once a project earned a notable Notable in Denver, Notable in the West, Notable in the South or Notable in the North. Once a project earned award, it automatically advanced for consideration for a 2018 AIA Colorado statewide award: Honorable Mention, a notable award, it automatically advanced for consideration for a 2018 AIA Colorado statewide award: Award of Merit, or the top honor—Award of Excellence. Winners include: Honorable Mention, Award of Merit, or the top honor—Award of Excellence. Winners include:
Firm Name Firm Project Name Project Location Award(s) Location 4240 Architecture Inc Denver Aestus San Francisco, Notable in Denver; Colorado CA Honorable Mention Anderson Hallas Golden Moose Workshop Silverthorne, Notable in Denver; Colorado Architects, PC Colo. Award of Excellence Arch11 Inc Boulder 909 Walnut Boulder Notable in the North; Colorado Award of Excellence Tangram Design Carbondale Silverpeak Aspen Notable in the West bldg seed architects* Carbondale CCY Architects Basalt Victorian | Music Aspen Notable in the West Box CF Studio Denver Red Owl Denver Notable in Denver; Davis Urban Denver Alley House Denver Notable in Denver Architecture + Design Dynia Architects* Denver Zeppelin Station Denver Notable in Denver; Colorado Award of Merit gkkworks Denver Zeppelin Station Denver Notable in Denver; Colorado Award of Merit Barker Rinker Seacat Denver Zeppelin Station Denver Notable in Denver; Colorado (Market Hall AoR) Award of Merit Dynia Architects Denver Flight Denver Notable in Denver; Colorado Award of Merit Gensler Denver Prologis Denver Notable in Denver 50 | Colorado Construction & Design “There are thousands of architects in Colorado and they are all doing great,” said Cathy Rosset, Executive Vice President & CEO of AIA Colorado. “But our design awards offer a chance to celebrate the best of the best and to honor the architects who are pushing their designs to the next level so that they serve the community and clients, both today and in the future.”
In addition to the design awards, five architects were recognized for their breadth of work, leadership and contributions to the profession, their communities and to the state of Colorado. • Associate of the year: Elizabeth Held, Associate AIA; Forum Phi in Aspen • Young Architect of the Year: Ryan Meeks, AIA; Shears Adkins Rockmore Architects in Denver • Young Firm of the Year: Meridian 105 Architecture in Denver • Firm of the Year: Semple Brown Design in Denver • Architect of the Year: Nan Anderson, FAIA; Anderson Hallas Architects in Golden
“The recipients of the 2018 AIA Colorado Honor Awards are talented architects who care about their colleagues, their clients and the community around them. They are committed to continually growing as professionals, creating a strong firm and fortifying both AIA Colorado and the state at large,” said Rosset.
Colorado Construction & Design | 51 Engineering Colorado
Leaders of Change in the Engineering Profession by Craig Watts
Craig Watts, PE, LEED AP Craig Watts, PE, LEED AP, Principal/Project Executive, MKK now IMEG, and President of ACEC Colorado Board of Directors
As 2018 has drawn to a close and the promise of 2019 is on After each provocateur’s message, the group of engineering the horizon, it is customary for both engineering firms and professionals broke into focus group to examine the the individuals that comprise those firms to pose questions following initiatives. such as “What is the future of the profession?” , “How will we continue to be stewards of public health, safety and • Technology - The exploration of leading technologies welfare?” and “What is coming and how will we conduct our that will impact the engineering community, challenges businesses in the future?” and opportunities.
The Engineering Change Lab-USA (ECL-USA) Summit #4, • Education - Resolution of how we can infuse engineering held earlier in 2018 at the Denver Museum of Nature and and science into the daily curriculum of our P-20 students. Science on October 25 and 26, provided an opportune moment to discuss these questions amongst nearly 50 • Public Policy - How can engineers positively impact engineering colleagues from both the U.S. and Canada. public policy and teach a new generation of students/ engineers the importance of impactful public policy and The following themes emerged from the general their role in forming that policy? conversations led by three provocateurs. • Future of Consulting Engineering - Some of the topics 1. Innovation - Brad Hardin, Chief Technology Officer, included blockchain technology, increasing competition Black and Veatch - Brad posed the challenge that from outside the industry, and possible partnerships with 70-80% of engineering services as we know it today technology companies. will soon become automated. “Those that innovate will succeed and those who do not will be left behind”. • Engineering Licensure - How can we provide greater consistency across all licensing jurisdictions and the 2. Complacency - Paul Johnson, President, Colorado portability of licenses? School of Mines - Believing that we can remain within the status quo will not be a viable strategy for The Summit further revealed the importance of decisive future success. communication strategies in order to be the leaders of change in the engineering profession. My message to our 3. Public Policy - George Sparks, President/CEO, Denver industry is “Who better to lead this change than us, the Museum of Nature and Science - George discussed engineering community?” Instead of running away, we the museum’s efforts related to increasing the influence need to embrace it head on, and we just might see that of science in public policy. The main goal is to create letting go of our old ways might free us up to be even common values and expand minds with respect to better stewards! scientific knowledge. For more information, contact Marilen Reimer mar@acec-co. org or myself Craig Watts [email protected]
52 | Colorado Construction & Design Safety & Risk Management Safety Management: How to Compute Your Incidence Rate by Morgan P. Mahoney Morgan P. Mahoney You have a clear idea what your Experience Morgan P. Mahoney, an Insurance Advisor Modification Rate is (or should be) and know all at CCIG, handles the risk management and insurance needs of commercial childcare too well that the lower your “e-mod,” the better. and school accounts. Phone 720-330-7926 But do you know what your company’s “incidence or [email protected]. rate” is and how it can quickly hurt your bottom line? First, start by making sure you don’t over-report injuries. In the simplest terms, OSHA uses incidence rates to compare your company’s safety record against others in your industry. In some cases, companies will include incidents on their OSHA logs that really don’t need to be there. Remember that These rates allow you to make an apples-to-apples first aid delivered at a clinic does not meet the threshold as a comparison and can help determine problem areas as well as “recordable” claim. progress in preventing work-related injuries and illnesses. Secondly, try your best to compute the rates monthly. If your As you might have already guessed, incidence rates also rate starts climbing, you can respond more quickly to what’s allow insurance companies to determine your workers’ happening and put into effect additional safety training compensation premiums, because a high incidence rate as needed. typically suggests a poor safety management record and, not incidentally, can hurt your chances of landing business. According to the American Society of Safety Professionals, every $1 a company spends on safety means a saving of at You don’t need too much math to calculate your company’s least $2. incidence rate.
Start by multiplying the number of “recordable” claims by 200,000, and then dividing that number by the number of employee-hours worked in a year.
A recordable claim is one that requires more medical attention than first aid. For example, recordable injuries are those which result in loss of consciousness, limit the type of work or motion the worker can perform post-injury, or that force you to move an employee to other types of work.
Assume you had two recordable claims in a given year, and Your employees’ welfare is, of course, plenty of reason to the total number of hours worked from all employees was make sure your safety program measures up. But ROI on 50,000. That would give you an incidence rate of 8.0 (2 X workplace safety can be compelling, too. 200,000/50,000 = 8.0) CCIG is a Denver-area insurance brokerage with the full-service Again, a lower incidence rate is what you want, because capabilities of a national brokerage. We do more than make sure otherwise your rates will go up, even if rates on average have you have the right policy. We help you manage your long-term trended down, as they have over the past few years. cost of risk with our risk and claims management expertise and a commitment to service excellence. So, what can, or should you do to help keep your incidence rate in check? Here are two quick ways to address the problem: Colorado Construction & Design | 53 Urban Perspectives Dreaming of Utopian Parking Futures by Michael Leccese I walk the street of my Lower Downtown office and find it appropriately lined with well-trimmed brick buildings. But some are not occupied by Michael Leccese humans—they are decks of multi-storied stalls, The executive director of Urban Land Institute (ULI) Colorado, Michael Leccese rendezvous spots for cars, the parking equivalent usually drives at the speed of an ice- of clandestine by-the-hour motels. cream truck near a playground. He prefers to be writing for CC&D while riding RTD’s Walk a little farther north and you hit the asphalt Siberia of Flatiron Flyer. In May 2019, ULI Colorado will host a program on parking challenges downtown’s edge. In the post-war era, we have replaced and futures. blocks of productive buildings, where people lived, worked and even saw movies in true palaces, with at least 237 acres efficient layout can reduce the volume of a garage by about of surface parking. In most American cities, parking lots two-thirds, creating major savings in the cost of excavation occupy fully one-third of otherwise productive downtown and construction. business centers. One national guesstimate shows 500 million to two billion parking spaces in the U.S. covering at The global architecture firm Gensler has developed least 4,000 square miles. prototypes parking structures that can be converted to leasable space when parking demand subsides. In In the ULI world of planning, design, finance, and Cincinnati, the lower-level parking floors of the Gensler- development, parking has become a necessary evil. You designed 84.51° Centre are designed to blend in with the need parking to satisfy the demands of zoning and finance, building, with the ability to be converted to offices later. and to attract customers to a project. But it adds huge costs (as much as $50,000 a space for structured parking) The key design challenge is to eliminate the ramped floors and gobbles up land and rentable space needed to create that characterize most garages, possible with smaller ramp compact, walkable, and vibrant communities. links at the corners that can later be removed and replaced. Even churches are getting in the act by donating their So what does the future look like? Some say driverless parking lots to nonprofit builders of affordable housing. cars will almost eliminate the need for parking, at least in In Boulder, Trinity Lutheran is converting its parking lot to the core. But that seems distant. Meanwhile, ride-share 16 affordable homes for seniors, while developing a new services have already slashed demand for parking and the parking structure to be shared with downtown businesses. associated revenues for operators. Recently a regional interfaith group advocated for the Market demands further put the pinch on surface parking. growth of this practice to help address the housing The land is becoming too valuable for striped asphalt shortage. The Interfaith Alliance of Colorado estimates that prairies. With growing values in urban cores, parking lots are faith metro Denver’s faith organizations are sitting on 280 becoming raw land for new development. About five lots acres of surplus or underused land that could be converted per year are disappearing in downtown Denver—start with to housing. 20th and Wynkoop next to Coors Field and Block 162 near the Convention Center, for example. (In the forecourt of Denver Union Station, we unpaved a parking lot and put up an urban paradise. Sorry, Joni.)
Even without driverless cars, technology may help resolve the parking conundrum. Automated garages are one such example. Basically you pull your car into a tray and it is stacked with others, like Pez in a dispenser. This space-
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Trends Show Green Building Construction Isn’t Slowing Down Anytime Soon by Patti Mason Just prior to the kickoff of Greenbuild 2018 Patti Mason in Chicago, green building advocates and Patti Mason, Mountain West regional builders convened for the International Summit, director, USGBC exploring ways that green building are shaping the future of the global built environment on key topics, six percent within the next 12 months, while more than 80 including green investment, strategies for resilience and the percent expect this same rate of return in the next five years. impact on human health. During this summit, the Dodge Data & Analytics World Green Building Trends 2018 SmartMarket New commercial construction remains the biggest driver Report was released, outlining the movement of the green of global green building by far, notably in markets like China building industry over the next three years. and the UAE. However, more than 50 percent of respondents from five countries (including the U.S.) say green retrofits The report found that overall, global green building activity are in the pipeline, compared to a 37 percent global average continues to rise, with significant increases expected in 19 – suggesting that existing buildings and operational countries. Importantly, nearly half of survey respondents benchmarking will provide significant opportunities expect that the majority of their projects in the next three for growth. years will be green. The study was conducted in 86 countries and surveyed 2,000 building professionals including This leads back to Arc, the technology platform designed architects, contractors, consultants, developers, engineering to track building performance and benchmark data against firms and investors. other buildings. Right now, Arc is tracking performance for 1.5 billion square feet of space across 80 countries. Two-thirds of the survey participants report that using a rating The emergence of tools like Arc underscores the growing system like LEED allows them to create a better performing importance technology is playing in green building, building, and more than half of respondents believe that particularly when it comes to understanding energy rating systems provide third party verification that ensures performance and occupant impact. buildings are running in a sustainable manner. The real opportunity for the building sector will be dependent The report also explored why people choose to build green. on existing buildings transitioning to greener strategies. While client demands and environmental regulations remain USGBC introduced LEED v4.1 in 2018, which provides a series top motivators, creating healthier buildings emerged as of upgrades designed to be more inclusive and accessible for an important cause for the development of green building all buildings while maintaining the focus on performance. across the globe. According to the study, improving occupant These changes have the potential to make the biggest impact health ranks first among social drivers for green building, and move the needle on big-picture sustainability goals. followed by encouraging sustainable business practices and improved worker productivity. The growing importance of The market for green building has been steadily growing over occupant health reinforces a recent USGBC survey that found the past few years, and the latest data shows that trend will employees working in LEED-certified green buildings were only continue. Client demand, environmental regulations, happier, healthier and more productive than those in non- increased cost savings and human health are just some of the certified or conventional office buildings. determining factors driving the market toward the growing adoption of green buildings. We already make an effort in And while occupant health was cited as a major social benefit, Colorado to prioritize building projects that encourage human lowering operation costs was another added economic health, resource efficiency and cost savings, but this report benefit of green buildings. Nearly two-thirds of respondents offers an optimistic vision for green building growth and expect to see building operating costs decrease by at least where we can have the greatest impact.
Colorado Construction & Design | 55 Pathways How New Technology Can Help Construction Finance Professionals
Historically, the construction industry has been at least not punitive—towards the construction talent pool. Virtual reality technologies also offer one of the slowest to adopt new technology, industry. As these new rules are implemented, promise for quicker training. lagging only behind agriculture in digitalization. CFOs seek to refine their strategies for how to But that’s changing as software entrepreneurs bill against contracts, and tie revenue to either Improving Job-Cost Accounting Tablets and turn their attention to the needs of the a percentage of completion or work-in-progress handheld phones let field staff capture data deskless workforce. schedules. Mobile technologies that expedite and send it back to their offices electronically. communication between the office and the field GPS-enabled time cards can record employee The ubiquity of mobile devices, cheap and can also help speed the flow of information. work hours and location on a mobile phone. IoT powerful cloud computing, 5G, and the Internet devices can measure equipment run time. of Things (IoT) are all making it possible to put Risk Management Construction carries more robust technology into the hands of deskless risk, especially out on the job site, than Cash Management Strategies Cash staff, including construction workers. The many other industries—and insurance costs management is probably the biggest challenge venture capital industry has taken notice— are rising. Some companies are investigating at any construction company, and effective funding for construction technology has seen a captive insurance programs, in which work-in-progress (WIP) schedule management steady uptick since 2013. multiple companies pool their assets and is critical. Key to the challenge is coordinating fund their own risk by placing money under between the subcontractor confirming that a CFOs should partner with their IT teams to management so they don’t have to pay such job is complete, project managers verifying that modernize their back-office systems, and exorbitant premiums. completion, and the accounting department prepare to handle a flood of data from the billing the owner and syncing everything with field as paper processes become digital. They Insurance companies have responded with the WIP schedule. This is also an area where should also figure out exactly what field data more flexible products to try to help companies drones and mobile apps can increase the speed they want, what tools work best to get it, and control their costs. CFOs need to evaluate their and accuracy of data delivery to finance. how to integrate that data into their financial options—and if they want to participate in a software. Deployed strategically, new tools can captive insurance program, every participant Finance also needs visibility, flexibility, and help construction finance teams resolve many needs to undergo a thorough assessment of precision control over making and timing challenges, including: their financial stability. payments. With cloud-based payment- automation software, a project manager sitting Business Continuity Planning Family-owned While a modern ERP system can facilitate most in a truck can review a payment file, prioritize businesses are common in the construction of that process, the assessment would also subcontractor payment schedules, and approve industry, and many thriving mid-market and look at safety and security practices. There’s a payments immediately, without having to return even large companies are still majority-owned lot of technology that can help reduce jobsite to the office to sign a stack of checks and by founding families. Finance leaders need to risk. Drones can monitor job sites for safety backup documentation. Subs get paid faster and create business continuity plans, whether that’s and security. Sensor-equipped wearables the job keeps moving. figuring out how to transfer company ownership can alert workers to smoke or toxic chemical to the next generation, establishing an ESOP exposure, and geo-fencing can provide alerts With all the new purpose-built technology (Employee Stock Option Plan), or selling or when they’re entering a hazard zone. Firms can coming down the pipe, we’ll finally start to merging the company. There’s a lot of work also use autonomous equipment to do work see some real movement towards digitizing involved in valuating the business, figuring in environments that are too hazardous for the construction industry. Finance teams out the best planning scenario, and helping human workers. should prepare by enabling themselves with negotiate relevant deals. Industry-specific modern cloud systems for accounting, spend ERPs (such as Viewpoint’s Vista) and cloud In the office, payment automation software management, and payments. They need to procurement platforms (such as Concur) can such as Nvoicepay can mitigate payment fraud enable the field with tools that communicate give finance professionals a better view into as part of an overall risk-management program. data back to the office in near real-time. Most their numbers, help with planning scenarios, importantly, they need to work out how to and standardize the purchasing process across Attracting and Retaining Talent Lots of coordinate it all towards productivity gains and acquired or merged companies. (Full disclosure: companies face growth opportunities while growth, and join the ranks of data-driven CFOs both companies are Nvoicepay partners). lacking enough employees to do the work. With who have done the same in other industries. unemployment at new lows, it’s been difficult to Changing Accounting Standards Revenue hire and keep good employees. Jason Krankota is VP of Construction Sales, recognition is always top of mind in the industry. West Region at Nvoicepay. His expertise in For the past several years, the Construction CFOs are working with HR—and, occasionally, construction business technology spans 20 Financial Management Association (CFMA) external strategists—to refine their hiring, years, with 10+ years focused on corporate has sought to ensure that the new Financial retention, and benefit strategies. Mobile training payments, accounts payable, and expense Accounting Standards Board (FASB) rules technology can help onboard unskilled workers management solutions. around revenue recognition are favorable—or faster, allowing companies to draw from a larger 56 | Colorado Construction & Design Color 4X 8X Layout Per Ad $395 $195
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Colorado Construction & Design | 57 Inside AGC Colorado Aerotropolis & DEN Development - the Next Frontier Presidents Letter by Michael Gifford Michael Gifford As the story goes, when legendary hockey Author Michael Gifford is President and star Wayne Gretzky was asked the secret to his CEO of the Associated General Contractors success on the ice, he answered that his father (AGC) of Colorado taught him to always go not where the puck had been, but where the puck was going next. At AGC, we know Panasonic. Their new facility is impressive and not usually that private development and construction is predicted to open to the public, so this opportunity is not one to either bounce along the top, or perhaps wane slightly in be missed. the next few years. However, there is an exception to that overall prediction for our industry – the area around DEN The AGC Breakfast with the Board series in partnership that is just now being officially branded the Aerotropolis. with AIA and ACEC is a member’s only event for all three organizations. It is designed to give member’s a While some have started to use the term Aerotropolis, few competitive advantage in the marketplace and facilitate are sure what the term really means. AGC has partnered laser targeted networking with just the right people with the Aurora Economic Development Council (I am (including the 40-member AGC Board) to help you build fortunate to be on the board of this powerhouse group), your business. Denver International Airport and Panasonic Enterprise Solutions & CityNow to bring AGC, AIA and ACEC Join us on Wednesday Feb 27 at 7:30 – 10:00am and members a complete picture of the next frontier at the design the next frontier of your company. Look up the Feb. 27, 2019 AGC Breakfast with the Board and Specialty AGC Board list and register for the breakfast at Contractor Showcase in partnership with AIA & ACEC. www.agccolorado.org or call us at 303-388-2422.
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AGC Colorado Honors 25 & 50 Year Associate and Supplier Members On December 12th, with over 400 in attendance at the Breakfast with the Board, AGC honored our Associate and Supplier members that have supported our association and the industry for 25+ and 50+ years. We will be honoring our Specialty Contractor members at our breakfast in February. 50+ Year Members
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62 | Colorado Construction & Design ’s er t v n en e D em 3, at P b e A gl & a s E e n ic o v t er ac S tr th n r o a C E n ar o e d -Y le 5 al e. a c at d m d te u o le ti t p r ct so e m n j co o ro y c p Editorial and Deadline Calendar l d t 2017 t n il si e u n c -b a re n r CCD_05_2016-v03:CCD 7/5/16 7:44 AM Page 48 g s t e si s av e a h d The Unfound Door t d t m n n s All ESA crew members complete at least 100 hours of e i e safety training and earn full e-rail certifications – k g Photos by m s- r mandatory on the Eagle P3 project. The company e t a owns its own equipment, facilities, and training division, at -i l b f ’s the Midwest Training Institute. -o o jurisdictions and across some of Denver’s oldest, A t d most historic and industrialized sectors. Light rail & rs a “INDUSTRYSPOTLIGHT”s i r cars now glide over land frequented in the 1820s e f lo by French trappers; past two operating railroads For more information, contact Publisher Mike Branigan at 303.914.0574 or [email protected]. ic A o and dozens of heavy manufacturing blocks; over v . C Earth Servicesr IA n & Abatementa Inc.creek where a lucky miner made the state’s e first gold find; and near the site of Denver’s old SCCD_05_2016-v03:CCDD o 7/4/16 9:33 AM Page 68 h to rk Shots Stapleton Airport, now a large, well planned rt e o mixed-use community. a CCD_05_2016-v03:CCD 7/4/16 5:46 PM Page 26 We welcome your press releases, articles and story angles at . n w [email protected] E i o L t Eagle P3 is the first major U.S. transportation A c. project to use a public-private partnership (PPP) In to finance, design, build, maintain and operate the Parting system over 34 years. Denver Transit Partners YOUR By Stephanie Darling, Construction Writers Collaborative Multi-familyESA, with licenses and certifications in 35 states, (DTP) holds the project concession. Global engi- The author is Director of Community neering giant Fluor is the concession managing is recognized as one of the top turnkey environ- SMPS Luncheon at the DenverMulti-family Athletic Housing Club, Round-up June 8th, mental remediation and demolition firms in the at the United States Green Building When the devil is in the project details, Earth partner and holds a 33-percent stake in operating 2016 with a focus on economic developmentand maintaining the completed ofMetro system. country. The company owns its own equipment, Special Section Materials Due Target Publication Date Council (USGBC) Colorado Services & Abatement Inc., (ESA), based in facilities and through the Midwest Training Insti- Denver, is ready to dig in. Literally.Denver North CCD_05_2016-v03:CCD 7/4/16 9:26 AM Page 55 The family-owned ESA, which beganHousing as an tute, ESA’s Roundtraining division, delivers a workforce Up environmental remediation company in 1982, was that is skilled, certified and cross-trained to the “You name it, we found it,” said ESA President specific requirements of each job, Mitchell said. Kory Mitchell, referring to tainted soil, asbestos, selected for Eagle P3 for environmental-relatedby Sean O’Keefe services, one of the project’s most critical jobs, abandoned landfills and other unsafe construction Colorado BuildingFor example, ESA crews Green were fully prepared to obstacles the company encountered and corrected given the industrial rail corridor’s history, length, jurisdictions and geography. handle all planned and unplanned challenges on during its five-year, $16.7 million contract for envi- the Eagle P3 job before the project started. ESA TRUSTED ronmental remediation and demolition services on even trained its demolition workers in environmen- COLORADO Column: Eagle P3, a multi-billion Denver transit project tal compliance so theyJulie would Jacoby know how from to handle The City of Thornton was one ranked as the largest such venture in recent unexpected materials,of such the guestas asbestos, speakers during 12/15/2016 1/15/2017 Colorado history. demolition activities. “One of our niches is rail-re- Winter 2017 lated abatement and demolition. So, before even Eagle P3 is part of the Denver’s Regional signing the contract our teams had completed at Transportation’s (RTD) FasTracks, a 2004-voter least 100 hours of safety training and all had full approved plan to expand commuter light rail and e-rail certifications, which was mandatory on the bus transit across the Denver metro region. Eagle P3 job,” Mitchell explained. Although ESA Renovation, Restoration, Re-use & Remodel, has completed more than 8,000 jobs over the ESA’s involvement in the massive endeavor years, with contracts ranging from $5,000 to $20 included comprehensive services on 40 miles Patti Mason PARTNER of commuter rail corridor, connecting the city to CCD_07_2016-FINAL:CCD 10/6/16 9:32 AM Page 53 Denver International Airport (DIA) and beyond. ESA crews were onsite during the construction of ABC RM, ACEC & AIA Awards three commuter lines that weave through six local The Author is Executive Director at ULI Colorado Urban Perspectives Michele Decker of 4240 Architecture with Maggie Bolden, President of SMPS Colorado 2/1/2017 3/1/2017 4. Changes to Equipment Specs: Winter/Spring 2017 Consider the Domino Effects Equipment specification changes are unavoidable in large proj- & Design ects. It’s important to look “upstream and downsteam” to ensure Today’s Electrical Contractor, Five Tips from a GC on a Multi-Family LEEDthat Project the equipment changes do not impact other systems. For example, pay special attention to plumbing fixtures and insure the lower flow fixtures do not have a negative effect on water heaters. Office and Mixed-Use Development CONSTRUCTION The 2785 Speer apartments are one of Martines Palmeiro Con- 5. Collaborate and Coordinate struction’s (MPC) largest projects in Colorado and one of Denver’s In LEED construction, we rely heavily on all team members: Colorado Michael Leccese largest multi-family infill projects pursuing LEED (Leadership in designers,Bruce trades Biggi and of the inspectors. Northern Colorado Develop Economic a relationship built Energy and Environmental Design) certification. The project was on trust andAlliance open was communication also a guest speaker to enhance collaboration and 48:72 honored by the Jefferson Park United Neighborhood (JPUN) for problem-solving. The commissioning agent should be considered the positive impact the project is having on the neighborhood. your ally in ensuring the project’s intent is realized in the AGC Member Directory 2017 3/4/2017 4/1/2017 Shelley Hartnett of The Stresscon Corporation final project. The apartments consistInside of 332 units and two 4-story towers that each wrap around a centralColorado courtyard remains with outdoor Aan Chapter attractive pools, of The amenity American lifestyle Institute option of Architects forIt takes millennials, a village toand create pretty a village much like 2785 Speer. Mindful Advertising is exclusive to AGC Members deck and green space.every Each tower other has generation two levels ofof underground renters, the red hot multi-familyof these five tips, housing you can market achieve success in your next LEED parking. Checkingcontinues in Withto grow.Hotel One of the Trends challenges Denverproject. and other front range I asked Sarah Stott, who is the marketing manager for Martines The following tables provide an overview of the LEED Certified THOUGHT Palmeiro Construction,s CCD_05_2016-v03:CCD to share five tips to make your 7/5/16 first – or 8:07 AM Pagemulti-family 58 projects in Colorado. next – LEED project a success. 3/18/2017 4/15/2017 A AIA’s Chief& Design Economist: Spring 2017 communities1. PlanAs Early facethe and world’s is providing Review oldest enoughthe millennial,Site variety in I often lease userates Airbnb to accommodate when tenants of every income level.With In a nearlyfact,traveling in five-acre the“Continued forcase construction business of some or site,of pleasure.the 2785Positive projects Speer I simply hadin this an Trends” preferedition theof the Round Up, that includes those LEADERSHIP. withenormous virtuallyauthenticity amount no income of space of atmoldy for all. construction Here towels we explore materials and sketchy a and wide staging range neighbor- of emerging housing options from AIA Northern Colorado Regional Report, CONSTRUCTION close-inat the starthoods urban of the propertiesto project. the safe As circling construction sterility Union ofof Station the corporate two totowers fringe hotel rural projectschains. outside of Louisville and Aurora. progressed, theBy staging Cathy areas Rosset reducedColumn: to the perimeterInside of the AGC Colorado Some of the Key findings: Like theirColorado location and price point, these projects also speak to the wide range of talented designers Nicoleproject. HammerAnd For from I an am WSP infill not Parsons project, alone. Brinkerhoff Therethis is typical. areate. 173,000 In As 2015, you Airbnb oneplan in your listingsthree con- travelers in the used and builders working in Colorado. Healthcare, MOB, Senior Living, structionUS staging (vs. about areas, 5 million considers the U.S.hotel where construction rooms) they& Design willbut be this throughout industry “disruptive continues technology” • With losses during the economic downturn,Author Michael archi- Gifford is President 68:72 is growing at a faster r Colorado Construction & Design partners the life of construction. tecture firms are smaller and younger.and CEO Forty-three of the Associated General Seansuch O'Keefe “private has more accommodations” thanto 16 rebound years of experience from in lieu writing the of about traditional downturn the design hotel and constructionin booking. the recent Contractors (AGC) of Colorado 2. Captureindustry.The numberHe provides the Early of integration business Opportunities communications travelers services using to such architects, services engineers, tripled and contractors in economicCONSTRUCTION cycle, The Business of Archi- percent were founded since thee—this year is also2000, called with “De-Lec- RMMI - Masters in Masonry with the most powerful organizations in the Oneranging ofrecent the from critical years. public measurementsrelations to marketing ofstrategy. a project He can pursuing be reached LEEDat [email protected] For example, the 292-room Vail Cascade Resort sold last December certificationA isColorado recycling of construction materials. As an infill for $89.5one-third million. Owners of those commissioned firms founded a $35 million since renovation 2010. and tecture: 2014 AIA Firm Survey Report shows that project,With there all that was competition, site preparation why thatthen included is Colorado removing experiencing a boom “upbranding” (I learned a new word her AEC industry to deliver dynamic content in 26:72 • Renovations of existing facilities account for a concretein thedesign and construction other activity site materials. of newat architecture hotels? Have your CBRE’s recycling firms “Denver program has Pipelinerecovered in Report” to cese-ing”) to Starwood’s Luxury Collection. In January the humble placelists – including 73 current dumpsters exceeding and recent and $1.9 projects an understandingbillion ranging in development from of required the value.boutique to the 115-roomlarger Holiday share Innof designVail sold activity for $22.4 than million during and is the undergoing 55:last72 a LEEDmassive documentationpre-recession and CCD_05_2016-v03:CCD – before levels. the Most first shovel firms hits7/4/16 thehave soil. seen7:54 revenueAM Page 1 every issue: $10 constructionmillion renovation/conversion boom. to a Doubletree bya Hilton. new generation Spring/Summer 2017 5/1/2017 6/1/2017 at least stabilize (if not finally begin to grow), with SUMMER 2016 3. EducateChalk it up the to robust Team market fundamentals, says Larry Kaplan, senior Kaplan• Nearly says two-thirds “the Airbnb factorof large is overblown firms worked and is not on a biginterna- “CC&D has driven millions of dollars of ImplementingVP for hotel practicesbrokerage to meetat CBRE’s LEED requirementsDenver office. without “Metro an Denver has gross billings at architecture firms increasing byby 20the efforts influence in Denver.” Yet hotel managers and developers are still understandinga strong economy,” of the background says Kaplan. and “It’s intent anchored may reduce by corporate team beingtional proactive projects by personalizing in 2013. their product for AIA Western Colorado Regional Report, adoptionbusiness,percent and convention success.from 2011. Include business, an orientation and leisure for destinations. all team And that’s Michael Gifford Award-winning AEC Industry Publication: business to the AEC industry.” CONSTRUCTION of• Overtravelers. a third Developed of architecture by Sage Hospitality firms nationally—and and BMC Investments, membersa good“After combination – including what foreman, forhas hotel been sub-consultants business.” an unusually andinstallers slow recov- – designed by Denver’s Johnson Nathan Strohe and built by MortensonSUMMER 2016 Associated General Contractors (AGC) Colorado about successfulPresident’s approaches to LEED construction as Letter a part of Construction,virtually all the larger new 154-room firms—were Halcyon using Hotel insome Cherry form Creek Safety, Site Work, RMSCA Steel Construction Report Colorado Construction & Design Magazine —Michael Gifford yourInery mountain project process, kick-off. resorts, architecture When he adds, team membershotels firms have understandare beenreporting buoyed that theirvery features rooms stocked with long-playing records, a “gear garage” individualof Vail Associates actions impact and others the overall to make success the summer of the project, season they as big of building information modeling (BIM) for billable strongAGC, business CCA conditions & HCC for both Taking the residential Workforce Developmentpacked with bikes and fly rods to ready the for checkNextis hotel out,and,Level party (gasp) are “the laws President, Associated General area draw much as more winter. likely That to hasview led LEED to repositioning as a collaborative of existing effort. hotels full-sizeprojects, shampoo with twelvebottles. percent using energy model- forand a higher-end nonresidentialNew Construction clientele sectors,” (that doesOrientation said not include American campers ProgramInstitute and through Emily Griffith Technical College takes shape couch-surfers like me). TheingWe only software will element be using for that twobillable could recruiters slow projects. th (plus a hefty dose of social media Colorado Construction & Design (CC&D) is Colorado’s Contractors (AGC) Colorado REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT of Architects’ (AIA) Chief Economist Kermit Baker, When I turn on late night TV, there is always this show of supplyand other and communications demand, which do efforts) not take to attract a holiday,” underemployed notes Kaplan. Summer 2017 6/15/2017 7/15/2017 • Twenty-oneAfter a record2015, percent Metro of Denver firms occupancy have worked rateshave on droppedone Hon.called AIA, “FindingPhD, who Bigfoot.” presented Well they the never findings seem toat “find” AIA igfoot. So individuals and graduating high school seniors to the class. We Urban Land Institute (ULI) Colorado slightly this year. Air bnb faces its own challenges from unhappy I submit they should change the name of the show to "Looking orwill more be telling projects them that about incorporate the great wages resilient they can design make, leading construction news and marketing magazine. Year Colorado’s Practice + Design Conference on Octo- neighborsthe great and benefits, municipalities the lack of worry school of loanserosion in aof four-year revenues from hotel “Our ad campaign in CCD is one of the for Bigfoot." strategies. AIA Denver Regional Report, ber 10. occupancyapprenticeship taxes. program, and the rapiduests upward the room mobility farthest to super- from the after year, smart marketers renew their ad campaigns Turning to construction, it can seem like finding additional • Evenvision with roles most with of the the baby-boomer institutional silver building tsunami ofcat- retirements. keys to our success.” “As activity at design firms returns to pre-reces- Leccese has been executive director of the 1,250-member ULI craft employees is a little like looking for the elusive mythical ARCHITECTURE egoryColorado remaining since 2005. in recessionHe always inreq 2013, this sector beast. Well maybe not that hard, but darn close! How hard? What’s in the class? An industry advisory board made up of ops Multi-Family Development, TOD, because they know their ad dollars are being invested sion levels, we have seen projects that were shelved directorsice machine, from and AGC, advises CCA, you HCC to and book union ahead GC’s for and ULI’s specialty coming events —Dan Parker Colorado added 11,500 construction employees in the last year, generated half of the billings at architecture firms. American Institute of Architects (AIA) Colorado due to lack of financing coming back to life in recent contractorsat http://colorado.uli.org/events. designed a curriculum On mix December of safety, 7, introduction 2016, ULI will to host53:72 a 7.5% growth rate. So where will the next 11,500 construction its annual Holiday Party Explorer Series at a new hotel TBA. employees come from? the trades, and hands on construction basics to giveFALL attendees 2016 a wisely. Director of Client Services months,” said Baker. “And there appears to be a re- taste of the career that is available to them in construction. Government Projects The full survey is available for purchase at Rocky Mountain Prestress surgenceAGC and in CCA demand have developed for institutional a Colorado market Construction that had Orienta- tion Program with Emily Griffith Technical College. The class aia.org/FirmSurvey.To get involved as a sponsor or instructor contact Bryan Cook, SUSTAINABILITY beenwill runlying monthly dormant in the for evenings, several starting years Septemberdue to budget 2016, so AGC Chapter Operations Director at 303-388-2422 or [email protected] Whether you’re a general or specialty contractor, shortfallscurrentlyAbove andat underemployed the right: state The new and 154-room individuals local Halcyonlevel.” can Hotel take ain look Cherry and Creek see if a “CC&D is loaded with great content and I U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) Colorado careerWe find in construction now that is job-board a good fit for them.activity How is willapproach- these Summer/Fall 2017 8/11/2017 9/1/2017 individuals know about the opportunity that awaits them? AGC, The author is executive vice-president and CEO of the architect, engineer, products supplier or service provider, ingCCA pre-recession and HCC have levels, teamed a upheartening to secure a $1trend million that outreach American Institute of Architects (AIA) Colorado. read it from cover to cover.” and recruitment grant through the WORK ACT (AGC and mirrorsCCA wrote the thisoverall bill in upward 2015 to create trajectory the funding of the opportunity). built- AIA Southern Colorado Regional Report, CC&D helps you reach the most qualified decision- —Rick L. Kinning TRANSPORTATION environment economy. making customers in a clean, uncluttered format, in print Chairman and CEO, RK Mechanical, Inc. Regional Transportation District (RTD) FasTracks Careers, K-12 and Campus Construction, AGC Breakfast with the and online at www.ccdmag.com. “We value our alliance with CC&D. It’s the Innovations in Concrete ENGINEERING Board and GC Showcase number one publication providing us with American Council of Engineering Companies With a print circulation of more than 4,500 and a pass- outreach across the state.” With AIA, ACEC & SMPS Fall 2017 9/21/2017 10/15/2017 (ACEC) Colorado 48 Colorado Construction and Design 7:30am along readership of 2.3 readers per copy, each twice- July 20, 2016 at —Peter Monroe ntre Mar riott City Ce Hotels, Hospitality, quarterly issue of CC&D reaches more than 10,000 Principal, Monroe & Newell Denver decision makers. A well-managed circulation list gives PLUS: 400+ attendance with the leaders of the Construction & Design Industry Restaurants and Resorts “We’ve found CC&D to be a consistently Top 25 GC Showcase with Project Managers that Buy Outnt !Project Teams blockbuster eve advertisers direct access to top real estate owners, • Construction News • People News Don't miss this reliable destination to stay connected with our -388-2422 Register at 303 11/10/2017 12/1/2017 developers, government and economic-development clients and reach new customers.” • Feature Stories • Industry Spotlights Fall/Winter 2017 officials, and the entire AEC industry across the state. • Project Updates • Events Coverage AGC Annual Report, —T. Scott Kennedy & Design • Industry Viewpoints • Parting Shots 58:72 Colorado CONSTRUCTION President and COO, CCIG 2018 Outlook & ACE Awards MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ROUND-UP CC&D engages top real estate owners, developers, government agencies, ONE BELLEVIEW STATION FEATURE Advertising | Mike Branigan, Publisher | 303.914.0574 | [email protected] GOVERNMENT PROJECTS | Polly Emmons, Editor/Creative Director | [email protected] economic development officials and AEC industry leaders across the State. Inside AGC Colorado: page 58 Editorial
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66 | Colorado Construction & Design ULI Holiday Party and ULI Colorado Explorer Series, 12/06/2018 - Panasonic at Pena Station Next - Denver, CO ULI Holiday Party and ULI Explorer Series
Becky Zimmermann, president of Design Workshop, at ULI tour From left: David Smith, Trammell Crow Co.; Chris Hepler, of Panasonic Smart CityNOW Exhibit. Kimley-Horn, Ferdinand Belz III, Fulenwider (and co-chair, ULI Colorado Business Development committee)
Tour of Smart CityNOW Jon Meyer of Calibre Engineering, and co-chair of ULI Colorado’s membership committee.
Amy Cara, East West Partners Cyndi Thomas, Etkin Johnson (ULI Colorado executive (and co-chair of ULI Colorado committee chair, 2015-17), IMPACT Awards) and Sarah Panel 2 from left: Brian Levitt, NAVA Real Estate; Brice LeConte, and Bruce O’Donnell, Laverty, EnviroFinance Group iUnit, Ferd Belz, Fulenwider, Emily Silverman, City and County Starboard Real Estate (and chair of ULI Colorado of Denver, Wes Maurer, CDOT, moderator J.J. Ament of Metro (ULI governance chair) UrbanPlan for Public Officials Denver EDC
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68 | Colorado Construction & Design 2018 DBIA RMR Annual Meeting and Awards Luncheon 12/07/18 at Lakewood Country Club 2018 DBIA RMR Design-Build Project Awards
The Design-Build Institute of America gave Barbara Jackson its highest honor at their conference Nov. 8 in New Orleans. Jackson, director of the Franklin L. Burns School of Real Estate and Construction Management, was recognized as the Brunelleschi Lifetime Achievement Award winner.
The honor is presented to an individual who has made significant contributions to the design and construction industry through outstanding leadership and the advancement of integrated design- build project delivery. Each recipient of this award has demonstrated originality, vision and breadth over the course of their professional life. In addition, each has dedicated 25 years or more of strong and well-documented commitment to design-build project delivery.
“The Brunelleschi is the most meaningful award that I could ever receive,” Jackson said. “The first time I had ever heard about design- build, I was a sophomore in college, and proceeded to build my whole career around this integrated process. It didn’t take me long to realize that I was never going to change the way we do the design and construction business one project at a time. So, some 20-plus years ago, after leaving the industry, I set out to influence and inspire the next generation of contractors and designers through education. I’ve pretty much dedicated my professional life to showing people how to do this business a better way through the design-build process.”
Named for Filippo Brunelleschi—the Florentine master builder whose most notable work is the Duomo of the Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, Italy—the award is the highest individual honor DBIA bestows.
“As a recognized thought leader in the education of students, industry professionals and university faculty, your leadership has had a widespread, positive impact,” DBIA officials wrote in a letter to Jackson. “Your exuberant passion, the countless hours you have dedicated to preparing the next generation of design-build leaders, and the insight and innovative thinking you have provided to advance design-build and DBIA, make you a natural choice as the 2018 recipient. You embody the qualities that DBIA envisioned when it conceived the Brunelleschi award.”
A highly respected thought leader in the design-build industry, Jackson’s primary focus is on leadership and culture in the transforming design and construction disciplines. She is a leading expert in the area of integrated project delivery, design-build, interdisciplinary collaboration and integrated project leadership. Jackson was named director of Daniels’ Burns School in 2013 after 20 years in industry as a chief estimator, senior project manager and CEO of Design-Build Services Inc.
For 15 years, she also developed design-build and integrated project delivery education at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, California. At Burns, Jackson has developed an educational model representing the full life-cycle of the built environment, and an advanced master’s degree in integrated project delivery with an emphasis on leadership.
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