Sustainable Projects Roundup

Here is a list of sustainable projects currently under construction or recently completed in Colorado.

1800 Larimer St.
Denver
$100 million
Owner: Westfield Development
General Contractor: Mortenson Construction
Architect: RNL
Engineer: Swanson Rink
Start: 2007 Finish: April 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 designed for LEED-CS Platinum. It will be one of the first LEED-Platinum office buildings to be built in Denver.

Adams County Government Center
Brighton
$85 million
Owner: Adams County
General Contractor: Saunders Construction Inc.
Architect: Gensler
Engineers: JR Engineering, Drexel Group Inc., Norris Design, Black & Veatch, Jirsa Hedrick, McGrath Inc., Michael J. Hutchison & Associates, Architectural Energy Corp., Shen Milsom and Wilke, TAMPA
Start: April 2009 Finish: April 2011

This project includes an approximately 270,000-sq-ft office building with a large main level that will serve the public and include a central plant, a basement-level parking garage for up to 30 cars and a five-story tower that will contain administrative offices. The project will pursue LEED certification.

Casey Middle School
Boulder
$26.1 million
Owner: Boulder Valley School District RE-2
General Contractor: Saunders Construction Inc.
Architect: RB+B Inc.
Engineers: JVA Inc.,EMC, MKK Inc.
Start: Jan. 2009 Finish: May 2010

Casey Middle School is a 110,000-sq-ft, multi-story structure consisting of all new construction. Highlight is the salvage and reuse of the existing façade into the new building. This projet will be seeking LEED-Platinum certification.

Colorado State University at Pueblo Academic Resource Center
Pueblo
$20 million
Owner: Colorado State University
General Contractor: H.W. Houston Construction Co.
Architects: Bennett Wagner & Grody Architects, Demmon Design Studios Inc.
Engineers: EMC Engineers, Martin/Martin Inc.
Start: Sept. 2009 Finish: Oct. 2010

The existing 104,000-sq-ft library building at CSU-Pueblo is being gutted and remodeled, with the enclosure and expansion of an additional 22,000 sq ft. The refurbished building will include library circulation areas, stack space, classrooms, archival/display spaces, common areas and administrative space. The project team is anticipating LEED-Gold certification.

FBI Office Building
Denver
$50 million
Owners: Alex S. Palmer & Co., U.S. General Services Administration
General Contractor: Bovis Lend Lease Inc.
Architects: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Anderson Mason Dale Architects
Engineer: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Start: Jan. 2009 Finish: Feb. 2010

The overall project includes a 175,155-sq-ft, four-story office building, an annex that will serve as a vehicle maintenance center, a parking garage and a series of connecting corridors and common areas called the Plinth. The Denver FBI branch will consolidate three local offices at the new campus. The project team will seek LEED certification.

Research Support Facilites
NREL Campus, Golden
$64 million
Owner: U.S. Dept. of Energy National Renewable Energy Lab
General Contractor: Haselden Construction LLC
Architect: RNL
Engineers: Stantec, KL&A Inc., Martin/Martin Inc.
Start: Jan. 2009 Finish: July 2010

This project consists of a 218,000-sq-ft building that will serve as a national showcase to demonstrate how high-performance buildings can be aesthetically compelling and acquired at a competitive first-cost and lifecycle cost. The RSF will be designed to meet LEED-Platinum and will also be the first zero-energy building of its kind.