CCA Community Project/AIA Young Architects Gala/DIA Partnership Awards

CCA member firms donated their time and materials to build the charity ranch's first track and field.

CCA Community Project Provides Track & Field

Staff and members of the Colorado Contractors Association and residents, staff and board members of El Pueblo Boys and Girls Ranch laid 8,000 rolls of sod to complete the first multi-purpose field and track for the 108 boys and girls that reside at the ranch in Pueblo.

The new track and field was a gift of CCA's Association Advancement Committee, which selects a charitable project recipient every year as a way to demonstrate the unity of the construction industry and the community.

The committee chose the El Pueblo Boys' and Girls' Ranch in March as the recipient of their 2004 gift and made it their goal to create a field that could be used for activities like flag football, soccer and track events.

The project, which took six weekends to complete, included laying 60 tons of structural fill beneath the track, pouring cement for the track curb, and compacting and laying recycled asphalt millings for the track surface. The field also includes a fully functional sprinkler system.

El Pueblo, an adolescent treatment community, is a private, non-profit organization that serves the needs of at-risk boys and girls, ages 10-18, and their families. El Pueblo currently serves 108 kids.

AIA Young Architects Awards Presented at Gala
AIA Colorado recently presented its 5th annual Young Architects Awards. The winners were:

• Student Portfolio Award: Manya Albreht
  Honorable Mention: Ginger Jones
• Individual/Team Architectural Project Award: The Joy House Project - Michael Hughes and students
  Honorable Mention: Alluvion-Kai Fishman, Melisa Pezuk and Julie Roberts
• Two-Dimensional Architectural Graphics Award: Barry Ballinger, Brian Hunter and Seung Ra
  Honorable Mention: Brian Hunter
• Architectural Modeling Award: Adam B. Wright
• Artistic Craftsmanship
  Honorable Mention: Manya Albreht
• Mentoring Firm of the Year
  Honorable Mention: The Davis Partnership
• Architectural Intern of the Year
  Honorable Mention: Fred Lai
• Instructor/Mentor of the Year
  Instructor: Allen Harlow - University of Colorado
  Mentor: John Fuentes - Humphries Poli Architects
• 2004 AIA Colorado Young Architect of the Year Award: Elaine Gallagher Adams
  Honorable Mention: David C. Pfeifer

DIA Partnership Honors Regional Contributors

The DIA Partnership hosted its fourth annual awards event in June to honor businesses, organizations and projects that made significant contributions to the growth of the northeast Denver area in 2003.
The Partnership selected five winners from a pool of 16 nominees. They were:
Aurora City Place - A 66-acre shopping/town center on the northeast corner of I-225 and East Alameda Avenue.
o Brighton Small Business Resource Center - The center provides information on consumer trends and business issues in the northeast Denver region.
o The Cardiac Alert System Program - After a 911 call, the specially trained EMS response team makes a rapid assessment of a person's cardiac status, begins treatment and alerts the emergency department.
o Hughes Station - Brighton's first mixed-income, affordable-housing apartment community in its historic downtown area.
o Johnson & Wales University - More than 1,300 students are learning in state-of-the-art business and culinary facilities.

CCA/CDOT Program Graduates New Businesses

Graduates of the 2004 CCA/CDOT Mentor-Protege program display their diplomas. From left, Tanya Kenyon, Charken Construction Inc.; Joan and David Anderson, ATS Excavating; John Meza, Meza Construction Co.; and Lalit Mehra, Quality Linings Co. Inc.

Four new small businesses have graduated from the CCA/CDOT Mentor-Protégé program, designed to help emerging small business contractors sharpen their business skills by working closely with CCA member volunteers.
The 2004 program graduates are:
o Dave and Joan Anderson, ATS Excavating, LLC, Castle Rock
o Tanya Kenyon, Charken Construction Inc., Longmont
o John and Chris Meza, Meza Construction Co., Denver
o Lalit Mehra, Quality Linings Co. Inc., Denver
The Mentor-Protégé Program is part of CDOT's Emerging Small Business Program, recognized nationally as the first partnership between a state transportation department and a construction association. Since its inception in 1998, 11 companies have graduated.

BC's Western Colorado Chapter Re-Accredited

The ABC Western Colorado chapter has been re-accredited through the Associated Builders and Contractors national chapter standards accreditation program, managed by ABC's national office.
To receive full accreditation, chapters must conduct and submit an exhaustive review of chapter management practices, financial management practices, leadership development initiatives and chapter programs and services.
The program was developed by ABC's national office to assist chapters in moving to the highest level of member service and professionalism.

Renewable Energy Awards Recipients Honored

Recipients of the 2004 Energy in Buildings Awards were honored in June during the seventh annual Colorado Renewable Energy Conference at the University of Denver. The awards honor builders, owner-builders and architects for incorporating renewable energy and energy-efficiency technologies in newly constructed buildings. The recipients:
o Residential - Homeowners Mark and Cyndie Fitzgerald for their house in Tabernash; architect Solar Design Associates of Harvard, Mass.; and contractor Ken Olsen of SoL Energy LLC in Carbondale.
o Non-residential - Boulder Community Foothills Hospital in Boulder; architect Kristi Ennis of Boulder Associates; and Caroline Clevinger of Architectural Energy Corp.
The CRES Special Achievement Award was presented to Maria Ellingson, director of energy efficiency and conservation of Energy Outreach Colorado, for her leading role in the creation of the "Energy Hog" energy-efficiency campaign.

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