Sustainability Projects Roundup

Here is a partial list of key ongoing or recently completed green projects statewide.

1515 Wynkoop
Denver
$42 million
Owner: Hines
Architect: Gensler
General Contractor: Holder Construction Co.
Start: March 2007 Finish: 2008

This eight-story office building in the lower downtown Denver will have retail on the first floor and seven stories of office space. The project team is planning to achieve a LEED CS-Silver rating with sustainable components that will include locally manufactured brick and energy-efficient design.

1755 Blake St.
Denver
$20 million
Owner:First Century Development LLC
Architect: RNL
General Contractor: Haselden Construction
Start: Sept. 2007 Finish: Nov. 2008

The new office building in Denver’s LoDo district includes 113,000 rentable sq ft. Design and construction followed LEED requirements for green buildings, including energy conservation to achieve LEED-Gold certification.

1800 Larimer St.
Denver
$100 million
Owner: Westfield Development
Architect: RNL
General Contractor: Mortenson Construction
Engineer: Swanson Rink
Start: 2007 Finish: Spring 2010

This 22-story, mixed-use tower at 18th and Larimer streets will be the largest high-rise office building built in downtown Denver in the last 20 years. When completed, it will offer state-of-the-art class AA lease office space sustainably designed for LEED-CS Platinum. It will be the first LEED-Platinum office building to be built in Denver.

Adams County Government Center
Brighton
$76 million
Owner: Adams County
Architect: Gensler
General Contractor: Saunders Construction Inc.
Start: March 2009 Finish: March 2010

This project will consolidate the multiple offices of one of Colorado’s fastest-growing counties into one centralized campus. Project goals include an open design with a sustainable building that will consume fewer resources in its construction methods and materials. The project team plans to create a campus that will last 100 years.

Argonaut Liquors
Denver
Owner: Hampden Partners
Architect: Buchanan Yonushewski Group LLC
General Contractor: Buchanan Yonushewski Group LLC
Start: Feb. 2008 Finish: Dec. 2008

The new Argonaut is a 39,000-sq-ft liquor store that will replace the existing store on the corner of Colfax Avenue and Clarkson Street in Denver. The building was designed with sustainability and enhancement of the East Colfax corridor as priorities.

Auraria Higher Education Center
Science Building
Denver
$83.3 million
Owner: Auraria Higher Education Center
Architect: Anderson Mason Dale
General Contractor: Haselden Construction LLC
Engineer: Martin/Martin Inc.
Start: Jan. 2008 Finish: Aug. 2010

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The science building addition and renovation project includes nearly 200,000 sq ft of new space and renovation of the existing 142,000-sq-ft science building. Design and construction will follow LEED requirements for green buildings, including energy conservation.

Bethke Elementary School
Timnath
Owner: Poudre School District
Architect: RB+B Architects Inc.
General Contractor: Dohn Construction
Engineers: Northern Engineering, JVA Inc, Shaffer Baucom Engineering & Consulting
Start: April 2007 Finish: Aug. 2008

This 63,000-sq-ft, two-story building is designated as the country’s first school to earn three Golden Globes with the Green Building Initiative. It is targeting gold certification under the USGBC’s new LEED for Schools classification.

Brighton Branch Library
Brighton
$4.9 million
Owner: Rangeview Library District
Architect: Humphries Poli Architects
General Contractor: Fransen Pittman General Contractors
Engineers: Wember Inc., M-E Engineers, Jirsa + Hedrick & Associates, R&R Engineers/Surveyors
Start: Aug. 2008 Finish: July 2009

The new 20,000-sq-ft library is located in the historic downtown and is part of the new Brighton Cultural Center. The single-story, metal-framed facility will be submitted for LEED-Silver certification.

Bud Werner Memorial Library
Steamboat Springs
$11.8 million
Owner: East Routt County Library District
Architects: Meyer Scherer & Rockcastle Ltd., West Elevation Architects Inc.
General Contractor: Adolfson & Peterson Construction
Start: July 2007 Finish: Nov. 2008

This project consists of remodeling and renovating the library’s existing 9,000-sq-ft facility, plus an addition of approximately 26,000 sq ft on the same site. This project is LEED-Silver registered.

Community Bank Building
101 Cook St., Cherry Creek
Owners: Community Banks of Colorado, MBH Enterprises Inc.
Architect: Pahl Architecture
General Contractor: Buchanan Yonushewski Group LLC
Start: Feb. 2008 Finish: Dec. 2008

Community Bank-Cherry Creek is an 18,000-sq-ft bank and office building with underground parking located at First Avenue and Cook Street in Denver. The project utilizes high-performance glazing and a well-insulated building envelope to achieve energy. Construction methods minimize waste, promote recycling and protect the indoor air quality of the finished building, which is on track to achieve LEED-Gold certification.

The Edge
Centennial
Owner: Corporex
Architect: Gensler
General Contractor: Provident Construction
Start: Sept. 2008 Finish: Oct. 2009

The Edge will be a multi-tenant Class A office building sited on an east-west axis featuring two different façade treatments for maximum energy conservation.

Fairview High School
Boulder
Owner: Boulder Valley School District RE-2
Architect: RTA Inc.
General Contractor: Golden Triangle Construction
Start: June 2008 Finish: July 2009

This project consists of a 39,000-sq-ft renovation of an existing school that will include green features through building reuse and recycling.

Fort Carson Company
Operations Facility
Fort Carson, Colorado Springs
$67 million
Owner: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Architect: Leo A Daly
General Contractor: Mortenson Construction
Engineer: PBS&J
Start: Oct. 2006 Finish: Sept. 2008

The 400,000-sq-ft, six-building complex was designed and constructed to LEED-Silver standards. The buildings provides space for 3,800 soldiers to work each day, many of whom will be relocated to Fort Carson through the Base Realignment and Closure process.

Fort Carson Division
Company Operations Facility
Fort Carson, Colorado Springs
$34.2 million
Owner: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Architect: Hayes Seay Mattern & Mattern
General Contractor: Hensel Phelps Construction Co.
Engineer: HSMM
Start: June 2007 Finish: Nov. 2008

The project includes the design and construction of three facilities of approximately 224,000 sq ft to support 14 Army companies. The project is designed to LEED standards and anti-terrorism and force-protection requirements. >>

Fort Lewis College Berndt Biology Hall
Addition, Renovation
Durango
$14.4 million
Owner: Fort Lewis College
Architect: Anderson Mason Dale
General Contractor: Adolfson & Peterson Construction
Start: July 2008 Finish: Jan. 2010

This project consists of a phased addition and renovation to the biology building’s classrooms, labs, offices and a new mechanical system. This project is LEED-Silver registered.

Horizon Uptown Master Plan
Aurora
Owner: Lend Lease Communities
Planner: RNL
General Contractor: TBD
Start: 2007 Finish: 2009

RNL is assisting Lend Lease Communities with its master plan for a sustainable, 500-acre community that will be designed under criteria for the USGBC’s LEED Neighborhood Development pilot program.

Huron Street Library
Thornton
$6.2 million
Owner: Rangeview Library District
Architect: Humphries Poli Architects
General Contractor: Fransen Pittman General Contractors
Engineers: M-E Engineers, Martin/Martin, Interwest Consulting Group
Start: Nov. 2008 Finish: Oct. 2009

The 25,000-sq-ft library will incorporate sustainable design practices with a goal of achieving LEED-Silver certification. Concepts utilized include environmentally responsible materials, minimizing site impact and incorporating educational learning moments that transmit sustainable design ideas.

Mancos Library
Mancos, Colo.
$2.3 million
Owner: Mancos Library
Architect: Humphries Poli Architects
General Contractor: Jaynes Construction
Engineers: M-E Engineers, Rocky Mountain Consulting Engineers, Monroe & Newell, Wilbur Engineering
Start: Aug. 2008 Finish: June 2009

This project consists of a 7,000-sq-ft library located on a .75-acre site, designed to demonstrate sustainable design principles by making green building systems visually accessible.

National Renewable Energy Laboratories
Research Support Facilities
Golden
$62 million
Owner: U.S. Dept. of Energy/NREL
Architect: RNL
General Contractor: Haselden Construction
Start: Jan. 2009 Finish: May 2010

The 220,000-sq-ft Research Support Facility is to be a model for sustainable, high-performance building design and workspace for administrative staff who currently occupy leased space in the Denver West Office Park. It will be built with a goal of achieving LEED-Platinum certification.

Offices at SouthGlenn
at The Streets at SouthGlenn
Centennial
$15.5 million
Owner: Southglenn LLC
Architect: SEM Architects
General Contractor: The Weitz Co.
Engineers: Callison, SEM Architects, Commarts
Start: March 2008 Finish: June 2009

The Offices at SouthGlenn building includes 140,000 sq ft of LEED Silver-certified, Class A office space and more than 30,000 sq ft of retail space located at The Streets at SouthGlenn, a redevelopment of the former Southglenn Mall.

Palazzo Verdi Mixed-Use
Greenwood Village
$55.8 million
Owner: John Madden Co.
Architect-of-Record: Fentress Architects
General Contractor: Kiewit Construction Co.
Start: 2006 Finish: Aug. 2008

Palazzo Verdi is a $55-million, mixed-use tower with 300,000 sq ft of office space. To maximize views to the Front Range, 10 stories of offices are stacked atop three levels of parking, a 55-ft-tall lobby, a double-height art gallery with rotating exhibits and a full-service restaurant. The project team is pursuing LEED-Gold certification.

ProLogis
Denver
Owner: ProLogis
Architect: Gensler
General Contractor: The Weitz Co.
Start: Jan. 2007 Finish: Nov. 2008

After designing ProLogis’ five-story, 89,000-sq-ft, LEED-certified corporate headquarters, Gensler was asked to design a second building on the site. Phase two consists of a four-story, 84,000-sq-ft building connected to the first building. The project team is striving for a LEED-Silver NC rating.

Pueblo West White Branch Library
Pueblo West
$1.5 million
Architect: Humphries Poli Architects
General Contractor: Houston Construction
Engineers: M-E Engineers, Studio NYL, Clark Engineering
Start: Dec. 2007 Finish: Feb. 2009

This renovation and expansion project entails 23,000 sq ft of additional space for the library branch. The design enhances the existing 5,000 sq ft facility and brings the total facility space to 28,000 sq ft. The project team is striving for LEED-Silver certification.

T. Rowe Price TI
Colorado Springs
$2.9 million
Owner: T. Rowe Price
Architect: Gensler
General Contractor: JE Dunn Construction
Engineers: Swanson Rink
Start: May 2008 Finish: Nov. 2008

This project includes the remodel of the second and third floors of Building One on the T. Rowe Price Campus. Each floor is approximately 32,000 sq ft. The project team is pursuing LEED CI status.

UCCS Engineering and Science Building
Colorado Springs
$53 million
Owner: University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, State of Colorado
Architect: AR7 Architects
General Contractor: GH Phipps Construction Co.
Start: Aug. 2006 Finish: April 2009

Construction of a 157,000-sq-ft building that will house expanded space for teaching and research. LEED certification is being sought.

University of Denver
Ben Cherrington Hall Addition
Denver
$2.8 million
Owner: University of Denver
Architects: Bennett Wagner and Grody, Atkin Olshin Schade
General Contractor: Fransen Pittman General Contractors
Engineers: Martin/Martin, EMC Engineers Inc., Rocky Mountain Institute/ENSAR Built
Start: Nov. 2008 Finish: May 2009

The Ben Cherrington Hall project includes a 5,537-sq-ft addition and a 325-sq-ft renovation. Constructed of cast-in-place concrete with load-bearing masonry, the building will have a stone veneer and select areas of copper wall panels. When completed, the project will be submitted for LEED-Gold certification.

University of Denver
Nagel Hall
Denver
$31 million
Owner: University of Denver
Architect: DU, H+L Architecture
General Contractor: GH Phipps Construction Co.
Engineers: Cator Ruma & Associates, S.A. Miro Inc., Smith Seckman Reid
Start: Dec. 2006 Finish: July 2008

This project consists of a 364-bed, five-story housing facility with a basement and penthouse. LEED certification is being sought.

Wright Farms Library
Thornton
$9.2 million
Owner: Rangeview Library District
Architect: Humphries Poli Architects
General Contractor: Fransen Pittman General Contractors
Engineers: M-E Engineers, Martin/Martin, Interwest Consulting Group
Start: Feb. 2009 Finish: March 2010

This project will include 45,000 sq ft of new construction in a contemporary design planned to achieve LEED-Silver certification. Part of a series of libraries being constructed by the Rangeview Library District, the Wright Farms Library is sited along an east-west axis with xeriscaped landscaping and abundant daylighting components.