Shaw Construction Building New CSU Parking Garage/Construction Under Way on Parker Adventist Hospital Expansion

Construction Starts on CSU’s First Multi-level Parking Structure

Shaw Construction of Denver will build Lake Street Garage, the first multi-level parking structure to be built on the main campus of Colorado State University. The 297,000-sq-ft project will consist of four levels with parking for approximately 850 vehicles.

In addition to parking, 13,000 sq ft of office space will be built within the garage for the Parking Services Division of the CSU Police Department. The project also includes an option to add 5,000 sq ft of tenant office shell on the first and second levels at the south end of the structure and to convert 2,800 sq ft of parking to tenant office or retail shell on the first level at the north end.

The building is LEED Gold-certified and will offer separate parking for fuel-efficient/low-emitting vehicles, as well as bicycle parking.

H+L Architecture of Denver is the project architect.

AR7, Golden High School Win CFPI Award

The Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Council of Facility Planners International has awarded the 2008 Peak Design Award for Outstanding New Construction to the new Golden High School. 

The 188,554-sq-ft building, designed by AR7 Architects of Denver, replaced the existing school, which remained in operation during construction. The new 1,450-student building is organized around a campus quadrangle that includes two buildings, one with classrooms, laboratories and the library; the other with performing arts, athletic facilities and a commons area/dining space.

Nunn Construction of Colorado Springs provided preconstruction and construction management services.

Parker Adventist Hospital Breaks Ground on Surgery, Women’s Center

GE Johnson Construction Co., with offices in Colorado Springs and Denver, recently broke ground on a new project for Parker Adventist Hospital that includes constructing two new rooftop additions, renovations within the hospital, a new entry lobby, a major central plant expansion and a pedestrian bridge within the 24-hour operating facility.  

This project includes a new 22,000-sq-ft surgery and Post Anesthesia Critical Unit expansion on top of the existing emergency department. The expansion will include five new operating suites and 22 new PACU stations. 

The new 10,000-sq-ft Women’s Center expansion will include eight new birthing suites and a new nursery. The hospital’s central plant facilities will be upgraded, with the addition of a new boiler, chiller, cooling tower and emergency generator equipment. 

A new pedestrian pathway will also be constructed to connect patients, staff and visitors from the hospital to the new medical office building, which is also currently under construction by GE Johnson. This pathway will include a new elevator and stairway core, an enclosed roof walkway and an elevated bridge walkway.

Construction is scheduled to be complete in May 2010.

ICC Renovating Two Denver Branch Libraries

Interlock Construction Corp. of Denver launched its participation in the Better Denver Bond Program Improvements with work at two of Denver’s public libraries.

Under the voter-approved bond issue and in cooperation with OZ Architecture of Denver and the city and county of Denver’s Facilities Management Division, Interlock is renovating and upgrading the historic Park Hill and Decker branch libraries.

The interior improvements at each branch library include installing state-of-the-art alarm and fire-detection systems, upgrades to the electrical systems and conservation improvements to the plumbing. Interior finishes are being repaired, replaced and updated.

In addition to the interior modernizations, each library also is receiving exterior upgrades. Park Hill Library’s roof is being repaired and the Decker Library is getting a brick-and-stone repair, as well as a new paint job.

Both branches are closed during construction, and the work should be complete in late June.

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