FLA Celebrates 30 Years/PCL Makes Record Contribution to Mile High United Way/Mortenson Recognized by NREL

Architects Mark Anniversary with Donations to Local Food Bank

Fletemeyer & Lee Associates Inc., a Boulder-based architecture and landscape architecture firm, recently celebrated its 30-year anniversary with an event that had an added twist—a commitment to support a local food bank. Together, FLA staff and guests collected 420 lb of food.

Philanthropy is one of the firm’s core values and its gifts of time and talent have helped to create places that enhance the lives of children, the elderly and those that are physically challenged.

FLA has also donated services such as master planning and conceptual drawings for PleasantView Fields, a courtyard for Centennial Middle School, a preschool playground and church site for First Presbyterian Church, and baseball stadium seating for Fairview High School.

PCL Contributes $1 Million To Mile High United Way

PCL Construction Enterprises Inc. made a record-breaking $1.06-million contribution to Mile High United Way in December. Despite tough economic times, the 160 employees in PCL’s Denver office kicked off their annual United Way fundraiser on Nov. 3 and then far surpassed the firm’s $400,000 goal by collecting more than $1 million in donations and company-matched dollars in less than two weeks.

A portion of PCL’s gift will fulfill the company’s pledge last year to raise $1 million over four years for Lights On After School, a program designed to reduce middle school and high school dropout rates and increase academic performance in the Denver Public Schools through quality after-school programs.

PCL Denver began partnering with Mile High United Way in 1998, giving $34,838 in employee and company-matched contributions. By 2007 that number had increased to $904,000.

Olsson Associates Acquires Cordilleran Compliance Services

Olsson Associates, a national engineering and design firm, has acquired Cordilleran Compliance Services Inc., a Colorado-based environmental sciences and engineering consulting firm.

Olsson announced the acquisition on Nov. 14, and the deal became final on Dec. 1.

Cordilleran will be known as “Cordilleran, a division of Olsson Associates,” until June 1, when it takes on the Olsson Associates name. Cordilleran will maintain its offices in Golden and Grand Junction, and all staff members will remain with the firm.

Mortenson Recognized by NREL

Denver’s Mortenson Construction recently received a certificate of recognition from the Colorado Renewable Energy Society for its contributions to the successful construction of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory Science and Technology facility in Golden.

The certificate was presented to Mortenson based on the contractor’s “outstanding contribution to the demonstration of high-performance buildings through energy efficiency and renewable energy.”

Merrick & Co. Opens Office in San Antonio

Merrick & Co., a $75-million engineering, architecture, surveying and geospatial solutions firm headquartered in Aurora, has opened a new office in San Antonio, Texas.

The firm has been involved in the planning and design of projects in Texas for more than 15 years. Through its new office, Merrick will manage and service its recently awarded, five-year international indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity 4PAE contract.

The Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment located at Brooks City Base in San Antonio assigned the contract to multiple firms. It provides professional services to the U.S. government for environmental, military construction, military family housing and facility sustainability, restoration and modernization projects worldwide.

MOA Joins Prestigious K-12 Design Organization

Denver’s MOA Architecture recently became the newest member of the prestigious America’s Schoolhouse Council.

A national-level professional collaboration, ASC is dedicated to improving student learning through creation of better academic facilities. Membership is selective, offered to firms based on their excellence in planning, building and maintaining K-12 schools.

Joining America’s Schoolhouse Council allows MOA to tap into the collective resources of K-12 design firms across the county and share that expertise with clients. This collaborative approach to K-12 design gives districts better value for their investments by harnessing the talents of multiple firms to create learner-centered facilities that employ cutting-edge planning, design and technology.

Washington Park 5K Charity Run Raises $5,000

In November, more than 200 runners and walkers participated in the first annual Wash Park 5K Charity Run to benefit the Volunteers of America’s Bannock Youth Center.

The Bannock Youth Center is a facility where homeless youth in transitional housing programs meet to develop life skills. Swanson Rink, OZ Architecture, Rattlesnake Triathlon and Runners Roost sponsored the race.

One-hundred percent of the proceeds from the race went toward the remodel of the Volunteers of America Bannock Youth Center. The project will upgrade the 50-year-old facility, including improvements to the kitchen, restrooms and meeting space. Calcon Constructors, OZ Architecture and Swanson Rink are leading the design and construction of the upgrades.

DU, DMCAR Honor Brighton Learning Campus

The University of Denver Franklin L. Burns School of Real Estate and Construction Management, in partnership with the Denver Metro Commercial Association of Realtors, honored Brighton Learning and Resource Campus as its Special Project of the Year at the 14th Annual Rocky Mountain Commercial Real Estate Expo and Fall Forecast.

The Brighton Learning and Resource Campus is an adaptive-reuse project that reflects the cooperation of government, educational and not-for-profit agencies under the leadership of the city of Brighton and Community Reach Center Foundation.

The 7.6-acre campus offers numerous benefits to the community, including an expanded Front Range Community College Campus; relocation of the Adams County Head Start program; expansion of local preschool programs and expansion of the community’s mental health counseling programs.

Pinkard Construction Co. provided construction management/general contracting services for the renovation and build-out. Pinkard worked with architect Burkett Design and owner’s representative Norm DeHart of Guidance Corporate Realty Advisors.