Platte Valley Medical Center Taking Shape/Arvada Center Starts Expansion Project/One Lincoln Park Gets Under Way

Phipps Pushes Ahead with Brighton Medical Facility

The new Platte Valley Medical Center is rising on a 50-acre site off 144th Avenue and Interstate 76 in Brighton. Ground was broken on the hospital last April, with topping out in November. The project is expected to finish in June 2007.

Gerald H. Phipps is the general contractor for the replacement hospital designed by Fentress Bradburn Architects. Watkins Hamilton Ross is the architect-of-record.

The new 224,000-sq-ft facility will allow the Platte Valley Medical Center to expand beyond its existing 58-bed capacity and upgrade from a Level IV to Level III trauma center. The three-story building will open with 76 beds and the capacity for a 28-bed future expansion.

A 58,000-sq-ft medical office building will be attached to the hospital by a glass-enclosed corridor. This facility will include 31,000 sq ft of physician-leased space, oncology and specialty clinics and business offices.

R.E. Monks Begins Work on Dry Creek Dam

Colorado Springs-based R.E. Monks Construction LLC has begun construction on a $15 million contract to build a water storage dam embankment and reservoir under a joint arrangement between the Little Thompson Water District and the Central Weld County Water District.

The project is located just outside Berthoud in Larimer County.

Work on the overall $22 million project is scheduled to take about a year. When finished, the reservoir will hold nearly 9,000 acre-ft of water for the customers of both districts.

Construction Under Way on Food Bank Project

Construction will begin this spring on the renovation of Food Bank of the Rockies' 106,241-sq-ft building in Denver.

The general contractor is I2 Construction of Denver. Denver's Ware Malcomb is providing architecture, interior architecture design and civil engineering design services for the project, which includes the renovation of 17,875 sq ft of office space and 88,366 sq ft of warehouse space.

Phase I of Arvada Center Expansion Under Way

A groundbreaking ceremony was held in March on Phase I of the expansion of the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities. The $6.4 million project is expected to take less than six months to complete. Opening festivities are planned for the center's 30th anniversary celebration on Nov. 5.

Saunders Construction is the general contractor; Fentress Bradburn Architects is the designer.

Phase I of the expansion will include 20,000 sq ft of newly constructed space and 18,500 sq ft of interior renovations and improvements, including a new 200-seat, black-box theater; performing arts shop; expansion of the ballroom from 500 to 700 seats; expanded history museum exhibit space; new storage for exhibit and gallery collections; an expanded gift shop; new bus drop-off area; 60 new parking spaces; and installation of new public art.

CTL/Thompson Working on East Canon City Prison

CTL/Thompson is providing geotechnical and environmental consulting and construction education materials testing for the Colorado State Penitentiary Phase II, a high-custody project at the East Canon City Prison Complex.

The contract was awarded in 2003, but notice to proceed with the studies was delayed until recently. The $102.8 million project includes construction of a 948-bed building adjacent to the existing Centennial Correctional Facility.

The firm will provide recommendations for building foundations, floor systems, grading, utility installation, excavation and drainage. Studies for the expansion and associated improvements will include drilling and/or coring of about 45 test holes to depths of approximately 100 ft.

Improv Theater Will Be Added to Westminster Promenade

Mad Cap Theater, a newly formed improvisational comedy club, has leased 5,100 sq ft at 10679 Westminster Blvd. in the Westminster Promenade, a 238,000-sq-ft entertainment retail center at Church Ranch Road and Interstate 36 in Westminster.

The theater will open in July.

Mad Cap Theater will occupy a free-standing building, currently under construction. The general contractor for the building is Construction Concepts in Longmont. The exterior architect is Englewood's MCG Architecture; the interior architect is Michael Novick of MN2 Architecture in Bailey.

Hyder Building Greenwood Athletic Club's Pool Addition

Hyder Construction is working on the Greenwood Athletic Club's outdoor aquatics complex in Greenwood Village. The $2 million project includes the construction of three new pools, including one 25-meter, six-lane lap pool; new locker rooms and an outdoor cabana building.

With a four-month construction schedule, the project is scheduled to be completed at the end of June.

Construction Begins on One Lincoln Park

Osborn Development Corp. broke ground in March on One Lincoln Park, a 31-story, 186-unit luxury high-rise in downtown Denver. Swinerton Builders is the contractor for the core-and-shell portion of the project, designed by Denver's Buchanan Yonushewski Group.

With half the units already sold, the groundbreaking took place a year ahead of schedule. Completion is set for early 2008.

The luxury high-rise project - one of the city's biggest transit-oriented developments so far - is valued at $80 to $90 million in construction costs, with a total cost closer to $140 million. The property is in Denver's central business district, directly across from the 20th and Welton RTD light rail station.

CU's LASP Dedicates $13M Expansion

The University of Colorado at Boulder's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics celebrated in early March the opening of the $13 million addition to its Space Technology Building in the CU Research Park.

The new addition to the LASP facility was designed to provide much-needed room for space construction projects, mission operations and research programs. The existing 60,000-sq-ft structure gained 45,000 sq ft for laboratories, offices and conference rooms, including new high-bay and clean rooms for instruments designed and built by LASP for NASA planetary and space missions.

The new addition was designed by Denver's AR7 Hoover Desmond.

Nunn Teams with LKA on School District Projects

Nunn Construction Inc. is working on two projects designed by LKA Partners for the Falcon School District - the Meridian Ranch Elementary addition and Falcon Elementary School No. 9.

The $3 million Meridian Ranch project is a 23,200-sq-ft expansion that includes 16 new classrooms, a kitchen upgrade, playground area, media center and more parking. The existing 32,077-sq-ft building was completed by Nunn in 2003.

Prime subcontractors include Alyeska Painting, Central States Roofing, El Paso Floor, El Paso Glass, Kenney Electric, King Masonry, Ludwig Caisson Drilling, Perkey Steel, Pioneer Sand and Vision Mechanical.

The $6 million Falcon Elementary project consists of a new 44,500-sq-ft elementary school in the Stetson Hills development in Colorado Springs. The project is set for completion in July.

Prime subcontractors include Alyeska Painting, Bible Electric, Central States Roofing, Perkey Steel, Pioneer Sand, Ryan Glass, Salina Planing Mill, Tri-City Drywall and Vision Mechanical.

Construction Finished on Inter-Global Exhibitions Space

Ware Malcomb and general contractor Murray & Stafford finished design and construction of a project for Inter-Global Exhibitions Inc. at 8674 Concord Center Dr. in Douglas County.

Ware Malcomb provided interior architectural design services for the new space, which includes 4,200 sq ft of offices and a 7,800-sq-ft warehouse. Highlights include the use of IGE's brand colors; a 15-ft wall with a large-scale, colored graphic of the company's logo in the entrance; and, also in the entry, a large, curved wall painted a muted pumpkin color as an accent. Warm, multi-color slate tones were used in the reception area to add to the overall appeal of the space.

The new facility also features a large, bright and open area that IGE will use as a graphic production room.

Stresscon Continues Work on Westminster Shopping Center

Mark Young Construction Inc. in Denver selected Stresscon Corp.'s Denver Metro Division as part of the project team for Buildings L and M at the Shops at Walnut Creek in Westminster. The buildings will house a PetsMart and Golf Galaxy Store at the shopping center, which has been under phased construction for more than a year.

Red Development of Kansas City, Mo. is the owner of the project, designed by Klover Architects Inc. of Overland Park, Kan. Page McNaghten of Fairway, Kan. provided the structural engineering.

The Building L and M phase features the use of Stresscon's precast/prestressed concrete products - double tee floor panels, beams and 8-in.-thick Styrocore (insulated) wall panels, manufactured using thin brick on the exterior surface.

KB Home Announces First Community in Colorado Springs

KB Home will open its first community in Colorado Springs this summer - Bluffs at Springs Creek, located northeast of the intersection of South Circle Drive and Hancock Expressway. It will offer 86 two-story townhomes with brick and stone exteriors, 1,400 to 1,800 sq ft of living space, three bedrooms, two-and-a-half bathrooms and alley-loaded, attached two-car garages.

Homes will include 12-ft ceilings in the living rooms and covered balconies adjacent to living rooms or kitchens. All of the homes will be built with energy-efficient materials and come with a 10-year limited warranty.

Loggers Lane Finished in Steamboat Springs

Drahota Inc. completed construction of Loggers Lane in Steamboat Springs.

The project, located on the west side of town near U.S. Highway 40 and Elk River Road, consisted of two commercial buildings totaling 24,000 sq ft.

Owned by Loggers Lane Commercial Center LLC, the facility was designed by Jakes Drafting Services in Steamboat Springs.

Salida Hospital Breaks Ground

Construction began in April on Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center, a $20 million replacement hospital in Salida.

Haselden Construction in Denver and Diesslin Structures Inc. of Salida are building the two-story, 85,000-sq-ft hospital, located just outside of town. With an 18-month construction schedule, the new facility will be complete in late fall 2007.

The new medical center was designed by Denver's Davis Partnership.

Bent Fork Grill Completed at Centerra

Construction was completed earlier this year on the Bent Fork Grill at the Shops at Centerra in Loveland. A popular restaurant in Aurora, this is the second location to open in Colorado; it's owned by 33 and a Third.

Work on the restaurant's 1,500-sq-ft interior - designed by Oglesby Sherman Design - began last November. The general contractor was Drahota.

'Barn' Raising Begins at Banning Lewis Ranch

The design-build team of SlaterPaull Architects and Golden Triangle Construction has begun construction on the new 59,222-sq-ft Banning Lewis Ranch Academy in Colorado Springs.

The $8.1 million school will open by the middle of August - 11 months from design start to construction completion.

Major subcontractors on the project include Colorado Springs Fire Protection, PSI, Fire Defense Inc., Zastrow Plumbing Services and KPS Electric.

Drahota Begins Work on Projects in Johnstown, Estes Park

Drahota began work last month on the Bank of Colorado at Everitt MacMillan Development's 2534 project, a four-story, 49,552-sq-ft office building in Johnstown that will house the bank, LBN Insurance Agency, Burns Marketing and other tenants.

The project was designed by Vaught Frye Architects in Fort Collins. Completion is set for early 2007.

The general contractor has also started construction in Estes Park of Vista Ridge Phase 4, designed by Aller-Lingle Architects PC of Fort Collins. The final phase of the development, it consists of the construction of 20 affordable and market rate units totaling 29,425 sq ft.

Completion is scheduled for winter 2006.

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