Norris Design worked closely with Kroenke Sports Enterprises and a select group of subconsultants to provide a professional-quality product within a tight budget and short timeframe $22 million for the athletic fields and parking lots.

The individual fields, divided into four main pods with six fields in each pod, were designed to allow visitors excellent access to parking. While there are some similarities among the pods, each has its own distinct planting plan. Bosques of trees define entries and the corners of each pod. A living fence surrounds the outer edge while ornamental grasses and signage promote wayfinding. Surrounding each pod are 8-ft rectilinear berms that overlook the fields and allow for stadium-like seating. The berms will also have trees on them, creating natural shade so fans and players can stay cool. The accessory buildings, including canopy shade structures, concessions and restrooms, complement the architecture of the stadium.

Dick’s Sporting Goods Park
Commerce City

Bronze Hard Hat Award (tie)

Phase one of the project included a new 20,800-sq-ft maintenance and cart storage building, a precast structure with a 62-stall parking deck on the roof.

The country club is anchored by the new 41,900-sq-ft, two-level clubhouse. The exterior facade features extensive use of brick, natural stone, concrete roof tiles and copper gutters. The main level includes the formal and casual dining rooms, lounge, library/boardroom, banquet facilities, kitchen, administration and other support functions, plus six masonry fireplaces in the clubhouse.

The women’s locker room/social area has its own fireplace and private courtyard. The dining rooms and lounges extend outward to covered terraces and patios overlooking the golf course. The men’s locker room and lounges are on the upper level with dramatic views of the course and the mountains.

The final phase includes tennis courts and a new 4,500-sq-ft pool building with a snack bar, locker rooms and an exercise room and will be similar in materials and character to the clubhouse.

Lakewood Country Club
Lakewood

Bronze Hard Hat Award (tie)

In 2007, Rio Tinto Minerals, the world’s largest producer of salt, boron and talc, selected Greenwood Village for its new corporate headquarters and laboratories, merging the firm’s US Borax and Luzenac America subsidiaries.

The primary project goal was to integrate the company’s office and laboratory functions. The design team created an environment reflecting RTM’s values of collaboration and sustainability. The existing three-story office was totally remodeled to accommodate 65,000 sq ft of office and 35,000 sq ft of laboratory functions for improved interaction among the 215 office and laboratory staff.

Another goal was to achieve LEED-Silver certification. The team designed and installed evaporative condensing rooftop HVAC and laboratory make-up air systems, chemical-free water treatment systems, acid neutralizing laboratory waste systems, high-efficiency lighting and lighting control systems, CO2 sensors for control of indoor air quality, recycling programs, construction waste management and other sustainable strategies. The effort resulted in RTM successfully filing for a USGBC Silver certification.

A third goal was meeting the highly accelerated schedule. Design was authorized in January 2007, with initial occupancy required by mid-April 2007. Multiple construction packages necessitated phased scheduling that allowed for maximum productivity of up to 200 workers onsite. Seamless cooperation and communication among all team members was critical to successfully meeting the move in date.

Rio Tinto Minerals Headquarters
Greenwood Village

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