Anchor Center Earns Workplace Design Award/ CITC Announces 2008 Graduates/ ACEC Awards Scholarships

Anchor Center Receives CBCA’s Top Award

Denver’s Anchor Center for Blind Children was recently awarded the 2008 Business for the Arts Award for exceptional workplace design.

Davis Partnership Architects of Denver designed the nationally recognized school for visually impaired preschoolers. Other finalists included The Children’s Hospital and San Luis Valley Regional Medical Center.

The $5.2-million, state-of-the-art Anchor Center is packed with sensory elements to make learning intuitive for children with a wide range of visual impairments, enabling them to “see” the world with all the senses available to them.

The CBCA judges acknowledged Anchor Center’s new facility for embracing all of the senses and the building’s integrated role as a teaching tool itself. “Anchor Center for Blind Children’s buildings and grounds themselves have also been designed as art forms through their use of color, texture and sound,” the judges wrote.

Swinerton Builders of Arvada served as the general contractor and won a Silver ACE Award from the Associated General Contractors of Colorado for the project.

Construction Industry Training Council Honors Its 2008 Graduates

The Construction Industry Training Council of Colorado held its 2008 graduation ceremony on May 3. These graduates completed their apprenticeship programs:

Carpentry

• Troy Anderson, Fransen Pittman
• Alex Berry, Haselden Construction
• Rex Breyer, Fransen Pittman
• Zachary Dale, Adolfson & Peterson
• Adrian Lopez, Mortenson
• Lendl Lyles, Hensel Phelps
• Victor Mariscal, Mortenson
• Jose Martinez, Hensel Phelps
• Juan Medina, Calcon Constructors
• Quintin Mese, Hensel Phelps
• Rudy Ramirez, Mortenson

Electrical

• Beau Coçkcroft, Duro Electric
• Jonathon Craig, no sponsoring co.
• Lance Farris, Ludvik Electric
• Derek Ferguson, Ludvik Electric
• Donald Finley, Ludvik Electric
• Elijah Garcia, First Electric
• Josh Harden, Ludvik Electric
• Brandon Irwin, Ludvik Electric
• Joshua Keller, Ludvik Electric
• Simon Lawson, Greiner Electric
• David O’Bray, Long Building Technologies
• Daniel Pérez, LEI Companies
• Sean Phillips, Team Electric
• Kylan Ragsdale, Greiner Electric
• Jeff Ryan, Tower Electric
• Justin Smith, Greiner Electric
• Craig Spialek, Tower Electric
• Shane Thomas, Tower Electric
• Chris Westerhoff, Ludvik Electric

Plumbing

• Tyrone Brown, Total Plumbing
• Kenneth Daubs, Kimmel Mechanical
• William Lawrence, Total Plumbing
• Ernest Reyes, Kimmel Mechanical
• Anthony Sena, Total Plumbing
• William Turley, Total Plumbing
• John Ussery, AMI Mechanical
• Robert Zegel, Central Mechanical

Sheet Metal

• Corey Goldsmith, A & L Sheetmetal
• William Grogan, Rogers & Sons
• Robert Halterman, A & L Sheetmetal
• Gabriel Jones, MTech
• Daniel Ray, AMI Mechanical
• Matthew Skinrood, Rogers & Sons
• Ralph A. Tawney, Rogers & Sons
• Chris Townsend, John Bowman Inc.

Engineering Council Awards $30,000 in Scholarships

The American Council of Engineering Companies of Colorado recently announced $30,000 in 2008 student scholarships to promote the study of engineering.

The council’s scholarships are awarded to students who attend Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology-accredited undergraduate programs in Colorado and support an initiative of the council to ensure the nation has the engineering work force needed to meet future demands.

ACEC/CO engineering scholarship recipients for 2008-2009 are: Brooke Bowman, Colorado State University; Elliott DeJongh, CSU; Fallon Donohoue, Colorado School of Mines; Matthew Eberly, CSU; Alex Ennor, University of Colorado at Boulder; Islin Moy, Colorado School of Mines; Akira Rattenbury, Colorado School of Mines; Phillip Tucker, CSU; and Diane Wetzel, Colorado School of Mines.

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