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May 6-May 19, 2015 — COLORADO REAL ESTATE JOURNAL — Page 37
Construction, Design & Engineering News
Bryan Construction Inc., a
Colorado Springs-based con-
struction management and
general contracting firm,
announced that Terry Drahota
and his Fort Collins and Steam-
boat Springs-based construc-
tion operations will become
part of an operating group
of Bryan Construction, doing
business as Drahota – A Bryan
Construction Co. out of Fort
Collins.
Bryan Construction will
maintain its brand, operating
as Bryan Construction out of its
Colorado Springs headquarters
along with its Denver location.
Bryan has also had a Fort Col-
lins office since 2005.
Scott Bryan, owner of Bryan
Construction, will serve as
CEO, with Terry Drahota,
founder of Drahota, acting as
president of the Fort Collins
operation. The combined oper-
ations will include more than
120 employees among the four
offices and will expand their
footprint throughout Colorado
and into Wyoming.
“This strategic alliance will
allow us to synergize our capa-
bilities and bring more services
to a wider market,” said Bryan.
“Drahota’s expertise, resources
and track record of high-quali-
ty projects throughout the Den-
ver and mountain regions, and
Wyoming – particularly in the
multifamily and resort areas –
will create a formidable entity
with broad reach, big capabili-
ties and high standards.”
“We’re proud to bring our
capabilities and history of ser-
vice to this merger,” added
Drahota. “We look forward
to achieving growth together
that we couldn’t have achieved
individually. Bryan Construc-
tion’s mix of expertise, rela-
tionships and history of quality
are a great fit for Drahota.”
The company will offer a
full suite of construction man-
agement and general con-
tracting services, including
design-build, design-assist,
CMGC and design-bid-build,
focused on commercial, civil,
industrial, federal, multifam-
ily, health care, recreation and
retail projects.s
Pictured are Scott Bryan, left, and Terry Drahota.
White Construction Group
recently broke ground on The
Move, an anticipated tech
building at 202 Sixth St. in Cas-
tle Rock.
The $10 million, 50,000-s
quare-foot building will fea-
ture a contemporary architec-
tural style creating a prominent
presence from the freeway and
the downtown area, noted
White Construction. Some of
the highlights featured in the
building includemultiple over-
head doors effectively bringing
the outdoors into the building,
modern energy-efficient MEP
systems to provide lower ener-
gy consumption, 74 parking
spaces with bicycle parking
and a large, open office floor
plan. The industrial features
and urban landscape design
makes this building unique to
the downtown area. The Move
will also be the first building
in downtown Castle Rock to
feature solar panels covering
approximately 8,646 sf of roof
area and offsetting about 20
percent of the electric energy
consumption.
Designed for companies
wanting to expand, the space
will be home to Where Food
Comes From Inc. and Digital
Globe Services Inc. (dgs).
“We couldn’t be more excit-
ed about our engagement with
The Move. This new building
not only gives us an opportu-
nity to expand our space, but
the unique attributes incorpo-
rating healthy living and sus-
tainability align perfectly with
our corporate objectives,” said
John Saunders, CEO of Where
Food Comes From Inc. “We
are a company built on the
verification of where and how
food is raised, which means
that we interact with a wide
range of clients – from the
wonderful farmers and ranch-
ers here in Colorado and all
over the U.S. to executives of
the largest food companies in
the world. As a result, we need
a space that is welcoming, ver-
satile, and represents exactly
who we are, and we know The
Move will give us the oppor-
tunity to achieve that.”
“It will benefit dgs in two
ways, one, it allows our teams
to work together in one space
and and, two, it establishes
the infrastructure to support
our current growth rate. It will
benefit the Castle Rock com-
munity because it will bring
new people here that will con-
sume products and enjoy all
that Castle Rock has to offer,”
added Jeff Cox, founder of dgs.
Barker Rinker Seacat Archi-
tecture designed the building.
Additional partners in the
project are Castle Rock Eco-
nomic Development Council,
the Town of Castle Rock, the
Castle Rock Downtown Devel-
opment Authority, Castle Rock
Bank, First Bank and Colorado
Lending Source.s
Studio Architecture’s design
for a new senior care facil-
ity in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin
received unanimous approval by
the city council and architectural
review board. Studio was select-
ed by Colorado and Wisconsin-
based Azura Living, a premier
memory care provider, to design
the project.
Construction is slated to
begin this summer on the
28,800-square-foot facility, which
incorporates several design con-
cepts considered to be highly
innovative in the memory care
industry, the firm noted.
Some of those innovations
include the creation of smaller
communities within the project
which are linked with intuitive
markers to provide residents the
opportunity to travel beyond
their neighborhood, looped cir-
culation corridors that will pro-
vide a safe environment for self-
directed resident navigation and
exploration, a memory café to
encourage family and guests to
relax and spend time within the
community, intuitive wayfinding
design elements integrating inte-
rior finishes, colors, artwork and
other visual connectivity devices
and relieve the stress associated
with wandering, low contrast
flooring to reduce the experience
of visual cliffs and integration of
Snoezelon multisensory environ-
ments into the project.s
Denver-based Elements, a
full-service commercial interior
products dealership, has part-
nered with Fort Collins-based
commercial furniture dealership
and business relocation firm
Workspace Innovations to form
a new company called Work-
space Innovations: An Elements
Partner. The new company will
offer expanded service capabili-
ties, access to premier product
lines, and deeper local support to
clients in Northern Colorado and
Wyoming.
“At Elements, we are always
looking for ways to expand with
fiscal responsibility and an eye
towards the future,” Elements
Principal Traci Lounsbury said.
“Our partnership with Work-
space Innovations is perfectly in
line with our growth strategy. We
look forward to offering clients
our combined talents for deliver-
ing exceptional workspaces from
concept through occupancy.”
Workspace Innovations: An
Elements Partner will give clients
access to a significantly expand-
ed product portfolio, including
Knoll, Dirtt and Hon – brands
with which Elements maintains
an exclusive relationship in Colo-
rado and Wyoming.
“Workspace Innovations: An
Elements Partner is designed to
leverage the strengths of both
companies to better serve clients
in Northern Colorado and Wyo-
ming,” added Mistene Nugent,
managing principal with Work-
space Innovations.s
Versatility Creative Group
Pictured left to right are Tim White, president of White Construction
Group; Doug Decker, vice president of White Construction Group; Jeff
Cox, founder of dgs; and LeAnne Saunders and John Saunders, CEO
of Where Food Comes From Inc. All are owners of The Move.