Flatiron Wins New Transportation Projects/Aardex Awarded Double LEED Platinum

Flatiron Secures $134 Million in New Transportation Contracts

Longmont-based Flatiron Construction Corp. has been awarded $134 million in transportation contracts for new highway and bridge construction.

Flatiron has secured its first contract for the Utah Department of Transportation, an $80-million, design-build project to widen State Route 92, approximately 45 minutes south of Salt Lake City in northern Utah County. Flatiron is managing the design-build joint venture and holds a 60% share of the contract.

Flatiron is also constructing a new segment of State Route 52 in Santee, Calif., approximately 20 miles northeast of San Diego. With a contract value of $28 million, the new six-lane highway is the final section needed to tie Route 52 into Route 125 in the west and Route 67 in the east.

Smaller projects include a $20-million contract to widen the Hazel Avenue Bridge in Sacramento, and a $1.4-million bridge replacement in Elk Grove, Calif.

Aardex Receives Double LEED Platinum from USGBC

Aardex LLC, a full-service design and construction services firm, recently received its second LEED-Platinum certification from the U.S. Green Building Council for commercial interiors at the Signature Centre at Golden’s Denver West.

Signature Centre also won the 2008 National NAIOP “Green Development of the Year” Award.

The building’s first certification is LEED-Platinum Core and Shell. The five-story, 185,000-sq-ft building features under-floor air throughout, with individual temperature and ventilation controls. Daylight harvesting via interior and exterior light shelving, abundant glass and individual lighting help to promote productivity and creativity. The building’s performance for 2008 showed energy usage at 35% less than a building of comparable size.

The second certification is LEED-Platinum Commercial Interiors. The space was recognized for its water savings, use of recycled materials, energy performance and indoor environmental quality. The space also utilizes demountable wall systems for flexibility and speed when reconfiguring space in an ever-changing business environment.

SiteWise Secures Xcel Contract

SiteWise LLC, a Denver-based subsurface utility engineering firm, has been awarded a major contract from Xcel Energy to provide locating services for the company’s underground gas and electric facilities in South Denver, Pueblo and along the Western Slope.

Catamount, MCC Construction Awarded Training Facility Job

Catamount Constructors Inc. and MCC Construction Corp., both with offices in Colorado, will act as joint-venture partners under the name MCC/Catamount LLC, for the recently awarded government project, METC Field Medical Training Facility at Camp Bullis.

Located at Ft. Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas, and owned by the U.S. Army, the design-build project consists of 13 pre-engineered metal buildings totaling 61,200 sq ft. The buildings will include administration, dining, dormitory, multi-purpose, classrooms and latrines.

The site at Camp Bullis consists of approximately 125 acres of relatively undeveloped land. Construction began April 1 and is expected to complete in nine months.

Ninyo & Moore to Provide Environment Services for RMSM

Ninyo & Moore, a geotechnical and environmental sciences consultant with offices in Denver, was recently retained to perform an environmental investigation and resultant mitigation of an old oil pit at Rocky Mountain Steel Mills in Pueblo.

The scope of services included drilling borings for soil sampling around the oil pit, excavating the pit and inspection and documentation of the pit for containment integrity.

This project is part of Rocky Mountain Steel Mills’ RCRA Corrective Action program.