Fentress Bradburn Architects Chosen for Museum Project

Denver's Fentress Bradburn Architects has been selected to help implement a new strategic plan for the Boston Museum of Science. The plan calls for integrating technology into programs and exhibits, expanding outreach to the broadest possible audience and renovating current galleries to improve the overall visitor experience.

"Given our mission and our unique location - which spans both Cambridge and Boston at the head of the Charles - we agreed that Fentress Bradburn could enhance the museum, inside and out, while putting the visitor first," MOS President Ioannis Miaoulis said.

My House Magazine Debuts in Colorado

My House in the Mountain States, a new regional magazine and information resource to serve high-end homeowners and design and building professionals, went on sale last month at the Tattered Cover and Barnes & Noble bookstores.

My House establishes a unique new resource that bridges the "shelter" and "builder" media categories by serving all of the important decision-makers in a homebuilding or renovation project - the homeowner, architect, homebuilder and interior designer.

The magazine is published by McGraw-Hill Construction, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies.

Belmar Earns Arcadis EPA's Phoenix Award

Arcadis was recently named as the Region 8 recipient of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Phoenix Award for excellence in brownfield redevelopment.

The award honored Arcadis' environmental accomplishments in the development of Belmar, the 103-acre, $560-million mixed-use project designed to create a downtown for the city of Lakewood.

Arcadis developed and implemented an overall business solution for Continuum Partners LLC to revitalize and redevelop the site of the former Villa Italia mall into a vibrant, mixed-use community.

Gleeds Expands Its U.S. Operation into Denver

Gleeds, the international construction management firm, is expanding its U.S. operation with the opening of a new office in Denver that will capitalize on the expanding opportunities in the federal and educational sectors.

Gleeds's U.S. operation - based in Atlanta - has established a strong market in local, state and government projects and handled project management and cost management services for a number of high-profile schemes.

Nunn Finishes School Projects

Nunn Construction Inc. has finished several school projects along the Front Range:

• The Florissant Library in Florissant Park. Pinnacle DesignWorks Inc. of Woodland Park is the architect. Prime subcontractors on the project included Bochnak Mechanical Inc., Riviera Electric, Athey Beamen, Industrial Constructors/ Managers Inc. and Stout Drywall.
• A variety of mechanical and building improvements to Powell Middle School in the Littleton Public School District. The $3.6 million project was designed by LKA Partners Inc. Prime subcontractors included Cobb Mechanical Contractors, Riviera Electric and Sprehe Interior Construction.
• The da Vinci Academy, a 56,700-sq-ft, state-of-the-art campus for the Academy School District. It was designed by Christiansen, Reece and Partners PC. Prime subcontractors included SteelCon Inc., Cobb Mechanical Contractors, Rocky Mountain Interior Construction Inc. and Central States Roofing Company Inc.
• Meridian Ranch Elementary School for Falcon School District No. 49 in Falcon. The 32,100-sq-ft campus was designed by architect LKA Partners Inc. Major subcontractors included Bochnak Mechanical, Inc., Perkey Steel, Tri-Star Masonry and McKinney Door and Hardware.

Hyder Construction Working on Gambro Healthcare Project

Hyder Construction Inc. has announced its first project for Lakewood-based Gambro Healthcare, a subsidiary of Gambro AB, an international leader in medical technology and health care.

Hyder's initial project - now under way - is the renovation of a four-floor, 90,000-sq-ft building in the Denver West office complex. The new administrative offices were designed by burkettdesign Inc. and are scheduled for occupancy in the first quarter of 2005.

J.E. Dunn Lands St. Francis Medical Center

J.E. Dunn Construction Rocky Mountain Region has been selected as general contractor for the 250,000 sq-ft, nine-story tower addition to St. Francis Medical Center in Grand Island, Neb.

ACI-Boland is the architect for the $68 million project.

Construction of the acute-care hospital is scheduled to begin in May 2005, with an anticipated completion date of July 2007. Demolition of existing structures and site preparation will begin in March.

Architectural Record and Rizzoli Release 'Imagining Ground Zero'

Architectural Record and Rizzoli International Publications have released "Imagining Ground Zero, Official and Unofficial Proposals for the World Trade Center Site," a 240-page, hardcover book written by Suzanne Stephens, special correspondent to Architectural Record, with Ian Luna and Ron Broadhurst. Editor-in-Chief Robert Ivy wrote the foreword. The book sells for $60.

Bryan Construction Lands $200M MATOC Contract

Bryan Construction Inc. of Colorado Springs was recently awarded several contracts, including a $200 million Multiple Award Task Order Contract from the U.S. Corps of Engineers for construction services throughout the southwestern United States.

Additional contracts recently awarded include an $11 million design-build, addition/alteration to the Mission Support Facility at Peterson AFB. and the design-build construction of a $6 million, 70,000-sq-ft Aircraft Weather Shelter at Laughlin AFB near Del Rio, Texas.

Mortenson Selected to Build Cornerstone Arts Center at CC

M. A. Mortenson Co. has been chosen as the construction manager and general contractor for the new $21 million Cornerstone Arts Center at Colorado College in Colorado Springs. The architects are Anderson Mason Dale and Antoine Predoc.

The 72,000-sq-ft facility will include two theaters, theater support space, an art gallery and gallery support space, high-tech classrooms, office space and numerous "discovered" spaces.

Stormwater Risk Management Opens for Business in Centennial

Longtime Saunders Construction staffer Bill Robinson has founded Stormwater Risk Management Inc., a Centennial-based company that offers risk management services related to storm water regulatory compliance in the construction and property development industries in Colorado.

His partners at SRM are Chris Dray and Adrian Romano.

SRM's office is located at 6989 S. Jordan Rd., Centennial. The phone number is 303-627-STORM (7867). Robinson can also be reached via e-mail at :bill@stormwaterrm.com.