Allied Works Tapped for Denver Museum/RNL and Hensel Phelps Teaming on Fort Carson HQ/RB+B Architects Wins International Award

The design of another Denver museum was awarded to an out-of-town architectural firm. Allied Works of Portland, Ore., was awarded the Clyfford Still Museum design in November, joining a roster "starchitects" attached to local, high-profile projects that includes David Adjaye (Museum of Contemporary Art Denver) and Daniel Libeskind (Denver Art Museum's Frederic C. Hamilton Building).

Portland Architect Will Design Denver's Clyfford Still Museum

Allied Works Architecture of Portland, Ore., will design the new Clyfford Still Museum in downtown Denver.

Led by noted architect Brad Cloepfil, the firm is known for its extensive experience in the design of cultural, educational and art institutions. Recent and current museum projects include the Contemporary Art Museum in St. Louis, Seattle Art Museum, University of Michigan Museum of Art and the Museum of Arts & Design's new facility at Two Columbus Circle in New York.

Allied Works' proposal expressed "a deep understanding of the museum's goals and collection needs as a single-artist institution while responding to the surrounding architectural environment of Denver's growing cultural center," which includes the new Daniel Libeskind-designed expansion for the Denver Art Museum, said Clyfford Still Museum Director Dean Sobel.

Allied Works Architecture was selected from three finalists, including Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Ohlhausen DuBois Architects.

Museum officials plan to unveil concepts on the building design in the coming months.

RNL and Hensel Phelps Tapped for Fort Carson HQ

RNL Design in Denver is designing the new 140,000-sq-ft office building that will house Fort Carson's new Brigade and Battalion Headquarters.

The project was awarded after a limited design-build competition held by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Omaha District. RNL is part of a design-build team that includes Greeley's Hensel Phelps Construction as the contractor.

The building design will include energy-efficient systems and other sustainable design features that could earn the project LEED-silver certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.

The building is organized around a courtyard, which will provide maximum daylighting to interior spaces and allow for direct access to each functional unit through a glazed entry and circulation link.

Downtown Manitou Springs Revitalization Honored

Denver's Nolte Associates Inc. and a group of partners received a 2006 Governor's Award for Downtown Excellence from the Colorado Community Revitalization Association for their redevelopment and revitalization of the Shoshone Spring Plaza area in the Manitou Springs business district.

The demonstration project served as the first phase of redevelopment and provided the catalyst for a complete revitalization of the downtown business corridor of Manitou Springs.

Nolte's partners on the project included the city of Manitou Springs, A Bill and 2 Chucks LLC, Manitou Springs Economic Development Council, Manitou Springs Business Improvement District, Manitou Springs Art Commission, Manitou Springs Mineral Springs Foundation, El Pomar Foundation and the Gay and Lesbian Fund for Colorado.

Bowman Construction Supply Relocates

Bowman Construction Supply Inc., which specializes in geotextiles, erosion control and waterproofing materials, has moved to 10801 E. 54th Ave., Denver.

The decision to relocate after 24 years on South Syracuse was prompted by the need for more space because the company's product line has expanded, Bowman officials said. The new location, near Interstate 70 and Havana, has triple the warehouse storage of the old site and more parking.

The company's phone numbers remain unchanged. For more information, go to www.bowmanconstructionsupply.com or call 303-696-8960.

A&P Hits Safety Milestone and Wins Aurora Award

Adolfson & Peterson Construction surpassed a major safety milestone in early October - the company became one of few construction firms in the nation to reach two million consecutive man hours worked with no lost-time accidents.

Employees at Adolfson & Peterson Construction reached the first million man hours without a lost time accident in 17 months and hit the two million hour mark 10 months later. During the 27 months it has taken to reach the safety milestone, the firm has completed more than $1.1 billion of work in place.

In November Adolfson & Peterson was honored with a Business Recognition Award from the city of Aurora. The award was presented to four companies that have made significant contributions to the economic vitality and community fabric of Aurora.

Terracon Begins Geotech Services on Telluride Regional Airport

Terracon's Phoenix office was authorized to proceed with geotechnical engineering and related design services for runway and safety improvements at the Telluride Regional Airport, North America's highest commercial airport at 9,078 ft above sea level.

The project design team also includes Kimley Horn and Associates and Golder Associates.

Terracon will provide geotechnical services for design of the runway, excavations and fills that will be required in the design and construction of new safety areas of the project, and evaluate site bedrock for use in the production of concrete, asphalt and aggregates.

The firm will also provide the design for mechanically stabilized earth retaining walls or slopes for the safety embankments at the location of a previously failed embankment.

Olsson Ranked Among Best CE Firms to Work For

Olsson Associates has been ranked 28th overall in CE News's 2006 Best Civil Engineering Firms to Work listing. The firm was also selected as the 8th Best Civil Engineering Firm to Work For among large firms only (500 or more employees).

Nearly 160 firms participated in this year's ranking program and were evaluated in terms of culture, benefits, performance/recognition practices, compensation, professional development programs, recruiting and retention efforts.

CTL/T Moves into Historic Fort Collins Building

The northern Colorado division of CTL/Thompson Inc. and CTL/Thompson Structural Engineers Fort Collins LLC (formerly Secure Foundations LLC) moved to downtown Fort Collins in November.

The two firms, which joined forces in March 2005, had occupied spaces at 211 W. Magnolia and 4001 Automation Way in Fort Collins.

The new facility, located at Unit 140, 351 Linden St. in the historic Sears Trostel building, consists of 6,000 sq ft of office and 2,000 sq ft of laboratory space to accommodate a wide array of soil, asphalt, concrete and materials testing.

The tenant finish was designed by MTA Architects and managed by Hartford Commercial Construction.

OZ, Boston Firm to Design CU's New Visual Arts Complex

Colorado-based OZ Architecture, in collaboration with Kallmann McKinnell & Wood of Boston, was selected to design the new $57 million Visual Arts Complex at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

The 148,000-sq-ft facility will house the university's art museum and the department of art and art history and serve as a new public gateway to the campus. The museum will provide permanent exhibition spaces to showcase its collection, also known as the Colorado Collection.

The new building will open in fall 2009.

Quality Electric Wins ABC Safety Awards

Quality Electric Inc. received two safety awards at the Associated Builders and Contractors Rocky Mountain Chapter's annual safety awards banquet - the 14th year the company has been honored at this event.

Quality Electric won the 2006 Outstanding Safety Program in the subcontractor category and the Safety Training and Evaluation Process Award in recognition of its commitment to job safety and an accident-free workplace.

UPB to Emphasize Green Practices

Urban Pacific Builders LLC officials said the company will move aggressively toward the adoption of more"sustainable development policies and procedures.

The company was presented in 2006 with an Energy Star Outstanding Achievement Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for building more than 50 energy-efficient homes during the past year.

UPB will immediately begin working toward certification from the U.S. Green Building Council and the National Association of Home Builders and other organizations for current and future projects, including Axis, a large mixed-use new town center in Westminster.

Fort Collins Architects Receive International Award

RB+B Architects Inc. was the winner last fall of the 2006 James D. MacConnell Award for excellence in school building design from the Council of Educational Facility Planners International.

The 50-year-old Fort Collins firm received the international award for its work on Fossil Ridge High School, a state-of-the-art campus that incorporates a variety of innovative structural and environmental strategies to provide a healthy learning atmosphere for students and serve as a center for community activities.

The award was presented at CEFPI's 83rd Annual International Conference in September. A photo of the high school is featured on the cover of the November issue of Teacher magazine, an Australian-based publication distributed internationally.

'Blue Room' Debuts at CSU

JE Dunn Construction in Denver completed work last fall on a classroom it's sponsoring in the construction management department of Colorado State University in Fort Collins that is known now as the "JE Dunn classroom."

Located on the second floor of Guggenheim Hall, the room features a wall in "JE Dunn blue" that highlight local projects completed by the firm and others across the nation completed by the JE Dunn Group, of which the Rocky Mountain region is a part.

Students have nicknamed the classroom - the "blue room."

Denver's Norris Design Celebrates 15th Anniversary

Norris Design in Denver celebrated its 15th anniversary last November by reflecting on recent successes and future opportunities.

In the past year, the firm secured 450-plus project wins, added 11 new staff members and opened offices in Chicago and Phoenix. Locally, new projects include: