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Construction to Begin on Spring Creek Elementary
Nunn Construction Inc. started work in March on the new $10.4
million, 95,400-sq-ft Harrison School District Spring Creek
K-8 School in Colorado Springs.
The project is a two-story K-8 school building and associated
site work. Prime subcontractors include Bochnak Mechanical
Inc., West Electric Group, Midwest Drywall Co. Inc., Central
States Roofing and Perkey Steel.
Christiansen, Reece and Partners is the project architect.
Joe Plaskett is Nunn's project manager with Berry Scovel as
Nunn's onsite superintendent. The project is scheduled for
completion in May 2005.
Haselden Completes Rock Canyon High School in Douglas County
Centennial-based Haselden Construction, working with the
architectural team of H+L Architecture and LKA Partners, recently
completed Douglas County's newest high school five months
ahead of schedule.
Rock Canyon High School sits on a 63-acre site in southeast
Highlands Ranch and includes tennis courts, baseball, softball
and football fields, as well as a track and soccer field.
The two-story, 219,000-sq-ft school includes two gymnasiums
with locker rooms, plus a cafeteria and a 478-seat auditorium.
Students will be phased into the school starting with 425
ninth and 10th graders when it opens in August 2004.
Design-Build Team Building Excel Academy
The design-build team of Saunders Construction and SlaterPaull
Architects recently began work on the new Excel Academy Charter
School at 84th Avenue and Simms in Arvada. Founded in 1995,
the school is relocating from a strip mall to a 7.2-acre site
to serve K-8 students.
Scheduled to be built in only seven months, the $4.1 million,
44,095-sq-ft Excel Academy will serve 440 students. Design
of the new school includes 20 classrooms - two classrooms
each for grades K-8; a dedicated middle school science room
and one extra middle school classroom; a library with attached
computer lab; art room; special education; cafeteria with
kitchen; and a gymnasium with a stage that will also serve
as a music classroom.
The team is using tilt-up concrete construction to meet a
tight budget and a demanding schedule.
"SlaterPaull chose to use the moldable aspects of ready-mix
concrete rather than cover it up with typical cast-in products,
thus pushing the envelope on creative tilt-up design,"
said Jim MacKinnon, manager of project development for Saunders
Tilt-up Services.
"Traditional limits of panel engineering were also tested
when the design team detailed trapezoidal shaped panels at
the gymnasium. This alone distinguishes this project from
almost all other tilt-up projects nationally," he said.
Neenan Begins Expansion of Roosevelt High School
The Weld County Re5J School District and The Neenan Co. have
begun the expansion of Roosevelt High School.
The project will entail several additions to the school, including
21,000 sq ft of classroom space, a 3,696-sq-ft wrestling room
and a 2,920-sq-ft locker room. Plans also include remodeling
approximately 9,000 sq ft of existing space.
The existing media center and four classrooms will be remodeled
to create a larger media center and counseling offices with
a testing area.
Existing locker rooms at the main gym will be remodeled
to create a new weight room.
The existing CFS room will be remodeled for a new special
needs area.
The existing band room will be remodeled to create a new
classroom.
The existing special needs area will be remodeled into a
new classroom.
The total design and construction cost for the project is
$4.1 million, part of a bond initiative passed last November.
Key Construction Building New Aquatics
Center in Glenwood Springs
Members of the Sopris Barracudas and Glenwood Springs High
School swim teams and officials from the City of Glenwood
Springs recently celebrated the groundbreaking for a new
$3.5 million Aquatics Center.
The center is being built on the east side of the community
center, adjacent to the gymnasium. It will include an eight-lane
lap pool suitable for competition, a leisure pool, a hot
tub and a "cardio balcony" above the pool that
will overlook the pool and gymnasium.
The project designer is Ohlson Lavoie Collaborative of Denver,
and Key Construction of Denver is the general contractor.
Completion is scheduled for November 2004.
Hyder Construction Working on Amgen Project
Hyder Construction was awarded its first project for the
nation's largest biotechnology concern, with a 26,000-sq-ft
interior finish of Amgen's Boulder pharmaceutical production
facility. Hyder is working in conjunction with Jacobs Engineering
as part of the facility expansion.
Hyder is also working on its second project for Wheat Ridge
Animal Hospital, a state-of-the-art veterinarian clinic.
The centerpiece of the addition/renovation will be an MRI
unit and patient transport elevator to improve diagnostic
capabilities.
Hyder is also completing construction on a 20,000-sq-ft
tenant-improvement project for education client, Alta Colleges,
at its Denver offices.
Quality Electric Working on Defense Project
Quality Electric is providing electrical contracting services
for the North American Aerospace Defense Command headquarters
expansion project in Colorado Springs.
It will also be responsible for the power infrastructure
of the new battle management facility, which will deal with
anti-terrorism activities and strategy. Quality will also
provide services for a second building that will deal with
high-security communications. The total value of the electrical
portion of the contract is over $5 million.
The project is the nation's latest military command created
to protect the homeland. It will include an above ground
and basement facility totaling 78,000 sq ft, including a
12,000-sq-ft battle management center.
Swinerton Builders is the general contractor for the U.S.
Corp. of Engineers, and Merrick & Co. is the architect.
Construction is scheduled for completion in April 2005.
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