ABC Rocky Mountain Names Award Winners/HCC Honors Garcia/DAF Elects 2006 Officers

Congressman Bob Beauprez was named Public Servant of the Year by the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Associated Builders and Contractors at the organization's annual awards banquet in January. Other honorees included Greiner Electric, CFC Construction, Weld County Garage and United Rentals.

ABC Honors 2006 Chapter Award Winners

More than 140 people attended the January awards banquet of the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Associated Builders and Contractors, which also included the installation of the group's 2006 officers and board of directors.

This year's awards recipients were:

• Public Servant Award - Congressman Bob Beauprez
• Special Service Award - Caryn Bohn, M.A. Mortenson
• Community Service Award - Greiner Electric
• President's Award - Member Resource Committee
• Outstanding New Member - CFC Construction
• Associate of the Year - Weld County Garage
• Supplier of the Year - United Rentals
• Subcontractor of the Year - Greiner Electric
• General Contractor of the Year - CFC Construction
• ABCer of the Year - Keith Couch, Weld County Garage

The 2006 officers are chairman, Dennis Walker, United Rentals; chairman-elect, Dave Sandlin, M.A. Mortenson; treasurer, Fred Artes, KeyBank; secretary, Susy Fischer, Waterfield Insurance; and past-chairman, Monte Robinett, CFC Construction.

The 2006 board of directors are John Banks, Sprehe Interior Construction; Keith Couch, Weld County Garage; Steve Kugler, MTECH Mechanical; Diane Miller, Shaw Construction; Ken Pfannenstiel, LPR Construction; Kate Raabe, Stettner, Miller & Cohn PC; Jeff Shigeno, Greiner Electric; Tim Van Stelle, Duro Electric; and Rick Stocking, 1st Electric Contractors.

DBIA Program Will Focus on BIM

The Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Design-Build Institute of America will offer on March 15 the second session of a two-part program on building information modeling.

The program will include discussions by subcontractors and contractors on how they use the design model for construction and how owners use the model for facilities management. It will begin at 11:30 a.m. at the Lakewood Country Club, 6800 W. 10th Ave.

Registration for DBIA members is $45 per session or $75 for both; non-member registration is $60 per session or $110 for both. For more information or to register, call 303-841-8999 or go to www.dbiarockymountain.org.

HCC Honors Denver Councilman with Community Advocate Award

The Hispanic Contractors of Colorado honored Denver Councilman Rick Garcia as its Community Advocate of the Year during the association's 16th annual awards banquet last month at the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities.

The award recognizes Garcia's ongoing efforts to include business training and contracting opportunities for minority/women/small businesses in his economic revitalization policies and access to new transit projects and business development. He has made notable contributions to the T-REX SBE/DBE Incentive Program and the ballot initiatives for FasTracks and the Denver Justice Center.

HCC also named its 2006 officers . They are :

• President - José Amaya, J.E. Dunn Construction Co.;
• Past president - Leneé Koch, LEI Companies Inc.;
• Vice president - Dennis Walker, United Rentals;
• Treasurer - Dan White, Bauerle & Co.; and
• Secretary - John Olson, AMI Mechanical.

Other 2006 HCC board members include Doug Decker, White Construction Group; Gary Dominguez, Pinkard Construction; Luke Gentrup, Pinkard Construction; Manuel Gonzales, AMI Mechanical; Sharon Gonzales, Denver Public Schools; John Meza, Meza Construction; Nonie Willisch, CRS Insurance Brokerage; and Patty Yanker, M.A. Mortenson.

Denver Architectural Foundation Names 2006 Officers

Frank Traylor was elected president of the Denver Architectural Foundation in January. Other officers elected were Ted Halsey, AIA, vice president; William Tracy, AIA, treasurer; and Donald Bain, secretary.

Current members of the board also include Curtis Fentress, FAIA; Mark Gelernter, Assoc. AIA; L. Tyrone Holt, Esq.; Diana Murphy; Jon Ratner; Sonia Riggs; John Rogers, FAIA; and J. Mark Taylor. Thomas Noel is an honorary member.

DRCOG Says Growth Seen Primarily in Infill Developments

The Denver Regional Council of Governments released in January population and household estimates for 2005 that show local growth occurring principally as infill development in areas such as Stapleton, the Central Platte Valley, Belmar, Skyline Estates and Lowry.

According to DRCOG, communities on the north end of the metro area are showing strong growth in new home construction.

DRCOG's estimates show a rate of growth in 2004 of 1.8 percent, below the region's average of the past five years. Also, in 2004, the metro area added 20,000 new housing units for a total of 1.1 million.

Communities on the north end of the metro area, including Commerce City, Thornton, Brighton and Arvada, are showing strong housing growth trends. Commerce City, better known for its industry, added 1,810 new housing units in 2004 for a total of 5,078 new housing units since 2000.

DRCOG's estimates show a large number of new housing units being built along the E-470 corridor. Two-thirds of Aurora's housing unit growth occurred along E-470. Thornton and Commerce City also saw about half of their expansion in the corridor.

CU Solar Decathlon Team Will Defend Title in 2007

The University of Colorado at Boulder will defend its title as reining champs of the Solar Decathlon in 2007, the U.S. Department of Energy announced.

CU-Boulder is among 20 teams selected through a proposal system to compete in the 2007 Solar Decathlon, set for October on the National Mall in Washington, DC. Colorado won the previous two Solar Decathlons, in 2002 and 2005.

Each of the teams will be awarded $100,000 over two years to support the Solar Decathlon's research goal of reducing the cost of solar-powered homes and advancing solar technology.

Held every other year, the Solar Decathlon brings teams from universities across the United States, Europe and Canada to compete in designing, building and operating highly energy-efficient, completely solar-powered houses. For more information, go to www.solardecathlon.org.

ASCE Group Seeks Comments on Rehabilitation Standard

The Structural Engineering Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers is conducting a public comment period through March 21 on the newly developed professional standard, "Seismic Rehabilitation for Existing Buildings."

This standard specifies nationally applicable provisions for the seismic rehabilitation of existing buildings and is intended for use by code officials in jurisdictionally mandated seismic rehabilitation programs or for reference by building owners and design professionals in voluntary rehabilitation efforts.

The procedures contained in the standard are specifically applicable to the rehabilitation of existing buildings and are not intended for implementation in new building codes. Many new building codes include provisions that encourage or require the development of designs with features important for good seismic performance; however, many existing buildings were designed without such features.

To participate, contact ASCE Standards Administrator Eileen Boeing at eboeing@asce.org or 703-295-6338.

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