Justice Center Team Named/Nolte Picked for Pikes Peak Projects/Brannan Sand & Gravel Earns Recognition

Denver's David Owen Tryba Architects, in association with DMJM Design and Mundus Bishop Design, was named master urban design architect for the $378 million Denver Justice Center. They were among six nationally recognized teams vying for the job.

DOT Architects to Lead Justice Center Team

Denver's David Owen Tryba Architects, in association with DMJM Design and Mundus Bishop Design, was selected as the master urban design architect for the $378 million Denver Justice Center, approved by Denver voters in May.

The team will provide a unifying vision for the downtown Justice Center, including a courthouse, detention facility and parking garage.

As the master urban design architect, David Owen Tryba/DMJM and Mundus Bishop Design will lead a team of experts that includes Jeremy Klop of Fehr and Peers and Mace Pemberton of MNA Engineering.

They will study the Justice Center site and conduct community listening sessions to provide a detailed description of how the courthouse, detention facility and parking garage will relate to each other and how the public spaces will function and connect to the adjacent neighborhoods and district.

Firms Chosen for Gates HQ Redevelopment

David Owen Tryba Architects was also named to the team that will create a master plan for the redevelopment of the former Gates Headquarters property in Denver. The group was assembled by Lionstone Urban Investments One LP. It includes:

• Acquilano Leslie Inc., architect for the rehabilitation of the existing office buildings and plaza;
• Martin & Martin PC, civil engineers;
• URS Corp., traffic planning;
• The Kenney Group, community relations;
• Jirsa Hedrick & Associates, structural engineers;
• Integrated Mechanical Systems Inc., mechanical engineers; and
• Clayden Engineering Inc., electrical engineers.

The redevelopment effort will be led by Doug McKinnon of McKinnon & Associates LLC, a development partner with Lionstone.

Nunn Teams with AR7 on Golden High School

Nunn Construction Inc. of Colorado Springs was selected by Jefferson County Public Schools as the project construction manager/general contractor for the new Golden High School, a 194,000-sq-ft. replacement for the aging high school.

The architect for the $29.5 million project is AR7 Architects of Denver.

Construction is scheduled to start in September 2006, with completion planned for August 2008.

Nunn was also selected by Littleton Public Schools to renovate the Education Services Center and build an addition to the district's Transportation Services Center.

Nunn is working with OZ Architecture and JE Jacobs on the project, which is scheduled to start in December 2005 and finish in June.

Loveland's Coe Construction Sold

After nearly 15 years of ownership, Brian Coe has sold his general contracting business, Loveland-based Coe Construction Inc. to employee Gregg Meisinger.

Meisinger, who has a construction management degree from Colorado State University and 20 years of construction experience, has worked for Coe Construction since January 2000, most recently as a senior project manager.

Shaffer-Baucom Selected for Hospital Project

Shaffer-Baucom Engineering & Consulting of Lakewood and Dunham Associates of Minneapolis were jointly selected to provide mechanical and electrical engineering services for the $145 million St. Mary's Hospital Century project in Grand Junction.

Other project team members include Rob Jenkins, AIA, Perkins+Will, Chamberlin Architects and Jacobs Facilities.

The project includes the design of a new 376,000-gross-sq-ft, 12-story patient tower and the remodeling of an existing 158,000 gross sq ft of hospital space. The hospital, one of the region's premier regional medical centers, will remain open throughout work on the facility.

Nolte Associates Picked for PPRTA Project

Nolte Associates Inc. was selected by the city of Colorado Springs to provide program management services for the city's projects authorized through the Pikes Peak Rural Transportation Authority.

RTA made Colorado history last November when voters in Colorado Springs, Manitou Springs, Green Mountain Falls and El Paso County approved a one percent sales tax to address regional infrastructure and transit needs.

Nolte's Dino Bakkar, Steve Behrens and Marsha Sheldon will manage capital improvement program projects worth approximately $28 to $30 million a year in project expenditures while John Tracey and Pam Brown will manage the city's street program management projects, estimated at approximately $4 to $6 million a year in expenditures.

They will serve as program managers dedicated to RTA projects and will work out of the city's engineering offices and maintenance facilities.

Monroe & Newell Relocates to Frisco

The Summit County office of Monroe & Newell Engineers Inc. has moved from Dillon to Frisco.

The firm's new street address is 619 Main St., Suite 7. The mailing address is P.O. Box 295, Frisco, 80443. The telephone numbers are 970-668-3776 and 970-668-3789.

NAPA Honors Brannan Sand & Gravel

Brannan Sand & Gravel Co., a member of the Colorado Asphalt Pavement Association, was awarded the Diamond Achievement Commendation for Excellence in Hot Mix Asphalt Plant/Site Operations from the National Asphalt Pavement Association.

The recognition was for Brannan's Yard B facility in Denver.

Ground Engineering Wins Glass House and CU Projects

Ground Engineering will provide construction observation and materials testing on the 23-story Glass House project, a premier luxury residential project under construction at 1700 Bassett St. in Denver.

Ground Engineering was also awarded the construction materials quality control on two premiere projects at the University of Colorado at Boulder campus - the Wolf Law Building and the Alliance for Technology Learning and Society (ATLAS) Building.

Bornengineering Relocates Its Office to Westminster

Bornengineering relocated to 1130 W. 124th Ave., Suite 100, Westminster, 80234.

The move symbolizes the consulting engineering firm's rebirth, said President Fred Hoyt, PE. He purchased the company in late 2002 and changed its name to Bornengineering in September 2004.

Kenney Will Lead Mixed-Use Project

Kenney Architects PC was selected to complete the conceptual design and rezoning for a mixed-use project at 3rd and Steele in Cherry Creek.

The project will combine a retail component with high-end condominiums.

JHL Awarded Adams 12 Five Star Schools Project

JHL Constructors Inc. was named construction manager/general contractor for Adams 12 Five Star Schools' Elementary School No. 31 in Thornton.

The architect is Christiansen Reece & Partners.

The 67,925-sq-ft school will be a single-story, steel-frame structure with a brick veneer and standing seam metal roof. The entire HVAC system, including the air-handling units, will be enclosed within the building's mechanical mezzanine.

Stapleton Recycling Reaches Milestone

Recycled Materials Company Inc. of Arvada completed the demolition and removal of approximately 6.5 million tons of concrete and asphalt hardscape at the former Stapleton International Airport site.

Removals began in early July of 1999, taking six full years to complete. RMC crews and the remaining stockpiles of recycled aggregates will remain onsite at Stapleton until July 2009, or until all recycled product has been sold.

As a result of its success at Stapleton, the company was selected to work with the city of Irvine, Calif. to recycle the 4,700-acre El Toro Marine Base in Orange County.

Denver's H+L Named 2005 'Hot Firm'

Management consulting and research firm ZweigWhite ranked Denver-based H+L Architecture No. 7 on its list of the 100 fastest-growing architecture firms in the United States for its annual ranking, The Zweig Letter Hot Firm List.

H+L Architecture grew in revenue more than $16.5 million from 2001 to 2004, or 184 percent.