The American Subcontractors Association of Colorado recently held its 28th Annual Construction Industry Awards, which recognizes the top performers in the construction industry. ASA National President Walt Bazan of Bazan Painting Inc. (St. Louis) presented an ASA National Ethics Award to ASAC member South Valley Drywall Inc. This is the second consecutive year that South Valley Drywall has been the award recipient of the ASA Ethics Award. In all, ASAC recognized and presented awa…

East West Partners and an affiliate of Starwood Capital Group plan to break ground on the Triangle Building next to Denver Union Station in October. The 10-story, 200,000-plus-square-foot office building will cost an estimated $85 million and is scheduled for completion in May 2015. It will feature nine stories of office space, 10,000 sf of street-level retail space and two levels of underground parking. Todd Wheeler of Cushman & Wakefield of Colorado will lead the leasing …

On the long plane ride from Denver to China, landscape architect Craig Karn read the best seller, “The World is Flat,” by Thomas L. Friedman.       “Hey, that is us,” Karn thought, while reading the book about how there are increasingly no geographic or other barriers to doing global business in these days of heightened technology.       “Our tiny little firm is doing this giant, transit-oriented, re…

Construction is under way on a mixed-use project that will bring King Soopers to Lower Downtown Denver. Martines|Palmeiro Construction recently broke ground on Elan Union Station, a seven-story, approximately 642,000-square-foot development at 20th Street and Chestnut Place that will feature 314 apartment units above-ground level retail and two stories of underground parking. “We are really excited to be building such a high-profile property in Denver,” said Michael …

Adolfson & Peterson Construction’s AP Healthcare group recently celebrated the completion of the Rangely District Hospital.The replacement facility was completed three months early, on budget and with no contractor-initiated change orders. The high-tech, single-story medical facility is a 72,367-square-foot critical access hospital that includes 18 beds, labs and clinic space, and provides primary and emergency health care services for residents and visitors of Northwes…

According to the latest construction cost report from property and construction consultant Rider Levett Bucknall, the construction industry is recovering from the worst effects of the Great Recession and should experience modest growth throughout 2013. RLB cites the strengthening of the Architectural Billings Index, prepared by the American Institute of Architects, as just one sign of the recovery. The index rose to 54.2 in January from a mark of 51.2 in December. Overall constr…

The U.S. General Services Administration recently announced major public building construction and repair projects outlined in President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2014 Budget. The budget proposal calls for common sense investments in the nation’s public buildings managed by the GSA. “By investing in our public buildings, a smaller federal footprint and improved border crossing stations, GSA will not only create savings for the American people, but also assist in prov…

Greenwood Village City Council has agreed to sell 3.54 acres of property at the Arapahoe at Village Center Station (on the east side of Interstate 25) for construction of a Westin Hotel. Greenwood Village Hotel LLC, a development group consisting of Waveland Ventures, Jackson Street Holdings and Arrival Partners, expects to begin construction in the fourth quarter. Preliminary plans for the hotel include 200 guest rooms and suites; a signature restaurant and bar welcoming both …

The modernization of the Byron G. Rogers Federal Office Building in Denver is under way. HOK is the design architect on the design-build team for the modernization of the 18-story building for the U.S. General Services Administration. The team was challenged to design an affordable, highly energy-efficient retrofit of a large historic existing building while creating a modern, flexible workplace for 11 federal agencies. The project included complete design and construction for u…

The American Institute of Architects Denver chapter invite area children to participate in Box City for Kids, a free and unique children’s event that promotes an understanding of historic preservation and urban design by combining art, architecture, creative thinking, city planning, design, construction, fun and learning into one comprehensive educational experience. Children in kindergarten through fifth grade (accompanied by adults) will experience the design and cons…

JE Dunn Construction, in conjunction with architecture, engineering and planning firm SmithGroupJJR, recently celebrated a major milestone of the U.S. Department of Energy’s new Energy Systems Integration Facility on the National Renewable Energy Laboratory campus in Golden. A certificate of substantial completion was issued for the $135 million design-build project, allowing staff to occupy the 182,500-square-foot facility. Research equipment relocation and laboratory…

Mortenson Construction has broken ground on the University of Colorado Colorado Springs’ first design-build project – and the second project of its kind in the state. “For the university, the main goal is it’s not just a parking structure but it’s a gathering space,” said Chris Knight, design phase manager at Mortenson. “The project will serve as a gateway to the west side of the campus, recreation center and a gathering place for the com…

Repairing stone on the exterior to the historic Brown Palace Hotel may seem like an inevitability for a building constructed in 1892. However, to Rhonda Maas, it is work like this that is crucial to the vitality of a downtown. “Maintaining historic buildings is key to strengthening the fabric of downtown,” said Maas, president of Building Restoration Specialties Inc., which recently was awarded the contract to complete repairs, such as repairing stone on the exterior…

RJM Construction has started a 65,000-square-foot office renovation for Mercury Payment Systems. Mercury is expanding its existing space in the Metropoint II office building at 4610 S. Ulster St. in the Denver Tech Center. RJM Construction is renovating space on the three floors to accommodate Mercury’s growing payment and call center services, including an expanded data center with 24/7 UPS service and an emergency backup generator. The sixth floor renovations will be com…

The Regional Transportation District (RTD) has received a confidential unsolicited proposal for the North Metro Rail Project, part of RTD’s FasTracks program.The proposal was submitted this afternoon by a team led by Graham Contracting Limited. RTD staff will conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the proposal consistent with the agency’s Unsolicited Proposals Policy to see if the proposal has merit. If so, RTD will then pursue a competitive procurement process and rele…

A&P Healthcare, a group of health care construction professionals within Adolfson & Peterson Construction, recently broke ground on the University of Colorado Health’s second phase of its new cancer center in Fort Collins. The second phase is a 30,000-square-foot addition to the existing oncology clinic and radiation oncology department. The two-story center will be located on UC Health’s Harmony campus in the city’s southeastern area. The outpatient fac…

Caring is at the foundation of a planned Denver facility. GH Phipps Construction Cos. was awarded the job of building a new Hunger Relief Center for Metro CareRing, one of Denver’s largest hunger relief programs, which distributes between 4,000 and 6,500 pounds of food, baby items and personal care products every day.  Currently, Metro CareRing is raising $5.5 million to fund construction of the new 15,000-square-foot center, which will be built on the existing site a…

It’s an energy-conscious building that “expanded horizons” for mechanical design. The Denver Department of Human Services Eastside Building, for which ACEC Colorado recently awarded MKK Consulting Engineers Inc. a 2013 Engineering Excellence Award, is part of the growing trend of furthering sustainability through mechanical design. “This project gave us a great opportunity not only to help repurpose an existing vacant site with a facility that serves the …

Shaw Builders LLC is under way on a senior housing project minutes from downtown Denver’s core. The 101-unit University Hills Senior Residences project will be a four-story, wood-framed construction built over secured, underground parking designed to provide quality, independent-living options for seniors aged 62 to 75. Shaw Builders is the contractor for the project, located at 2775 Southbrook Drive in Denver. Also part of the project team are owner and developer The Resi…