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COLORADO REAL ESTATE JOURNAL
— September 16-October 6, 2015
Construction, Design & Engineering News
U.S. Engineering is on track
to complete construction the
last week of this month with
move in Oct. 2 for its new
headquarters facility.
Its new Rocky Mountain
headquarters will be located
in an existing warehouse in
the Park 12 Hundred devel-
opment near Interstate 25
and West 120th Avenue in
Westminster, which was con-
verted to 28,000 square feet of
office space while maintain-
ing 7,000 sf of office.
In relocating, U.S. Engineer-
ing is consolidating its three
current Colorado locations in
Westminster, Thornton and
Loveland.
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U.S. Engineering’s new headquarters will consolidate its three current Colorado locations.
Western State Colorado Univer-
sity recently held a ceremonial
groundbreaking for a $25.7 mil-
lion project that will bring new
life to Quigley Hall.
Quigley Hall, which opened in
1967,housesWesternState'smusic
and art departments, including
a recital hall, music practice and
rehearsal rooms, an outdoor band
shell, art studios and classrooms,
gallery and faculty office space.
After 48 years in service with no
major remodeling, Quigley Hall
needed structural, accessibil-
ity and life safety improvements,
along with updated teaching, lab,
studio and performance spaces to
meet 21st century needs.
Funded by the Colorado
Department of Higher Educa-
tion's Capital Construction Fund,
the renovation project will add an
8,000-square-foot partial second
story above the art studios, allow-
ing Quigley Hall to remain with-
in its existing building footprint.
The new building will comprise
45,000 sf.
While the groundbreaking cer-
emony occurred Sept. 10, actual
construction on the renovation of
Quigley Hall, designed by Hord
Coplan Macht and being built
by general contractor JE Dunn,
has been underway for several
months.
JE Dunn began construction on
Quigley Hall in May, at the end
of the spring semester, when inte-
rior demolition, asbestos abate-
ment and utility relocation were
completed.
During the design process,
“significant faculty and student
participation” helped determine
design priorities for the building,
ranging from better ventilation in
art studios to better spaces for stu-
dents to relax, saidMatt Vineyard,
project manager with JE Dunn. JE
Dunn has also made recruitment
of local and regional subcontrac-
tors a priority.
The summer work enabled stu-
dents and faculty to safely return
in August to art lab spaces for
ceramics, metalwork, silkscreen
printing and woodworking. For
technical reasons, these facilities
could not be moved from their
existing spaces in Quigley, while
music programs and the rest of
the art department have relocated
for the year to temporary quarters
elsewhere on campus.
Continuing to hold classes in
a construction zone brings chal-
lenges, but “The faculty and staff
have been great to work with,”
Vineyard said. Project superinten-
dent Lance Toles communicates
with them almost daily to deter-
mine their needs and let them
know what’s happening as con-
struction proceeds, with safety
the highest priority, he added.
Workatthebuildingwillinclude
a new entry, designed to be more
accessible and more welcoming.
An expanded and acoustically
enhanced music recital hall will
include a wrap-around balcony
and offstage storage space for its
two grand pianos, which makes
the space more flexible for perfor-
mances and community events.
Accessibility, life safety and sys-
tems improvements will benefit
all students, alongwith expanded
art gallery space bathed in natural
light. Better soundproofing and
acoustical engineering will make
the music facilities a less distract-
ing environment for learning, and
safer for the hearing of students
and staff.
“It is extremely important that
we are designing a space that will
function properly for both the art
and music programs and serve as
a campus icon to greet visitors,”
saidChris Skulley, LEEDAP, proj-
ect manager, HordCoplanMacht.
“With the enhancements to the
Concert Hall and the enlarged
gallery, Quigley Hall will become
an outstanding part of the art and
music community.”
Both JEDunn andHordCoplan
Macht are familiar with Western
State Colorado University. Hord
Coplan Macht (formerly Slater-
Paull Architects) designed the
renovated Taylor Hall and Wel-
come Center and the University
Center, while JE Dunn served as
general contractor for the Pinna-
cles apartments and Mountaineer
Field House.
Along with JE Dunn and Hord
Coplan Macht, the Quigley Hall
team includes JVA Structural
Engineers, Cator Ruma &Associ-
ates and D.L. Adams Associates.
Other firms contributing to the
project include Ute Plumbing, EC
Electric, Colorado Hazard Con-
trol, Excel Fire Protection, Schom-
mer Construction and three Gun-
nison-based companies: Schmalz
Construction, Hearn Excavating
and Concrete Systems Inc.
The existing art labs will receive
extensive renovation during the
summer 2016 break, before the
entire Quigley Hall building
returns to service in time for fall
2016 classes at Western State.
Western State is located at 600
N. Adams St. in Gunnison.
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Adolfson & Peterson Con-
struction celebrated the ground-
breaking of the South Metro Fire
Authority Fire Station 31 project
in Greenwood Village.
The project represents the
push by SMFRA to bring the
authority’s facilities into the 21st
century and provide services to
the community and is the sec-
ond project Adolfson & Peter-
son has built for the SMFRA.
The state-of-the-art 12,740-
square-foot fire station was
designed by OZ Architecture
to be as functional as possible
while maintaining the aesthetic
of the surrounding Greenwood
Village neighborhood.
“We are excited to break
ground on the new Fire Station
31. This fire station will provide
much-needed space for our dive
rescue equipment and is a prime
location to deliver emergency
services well into the future,”
said SMFRA Fire Chief Bob
Baker. “We have worked with
Adolfson & Peterson Construc-
tion on other fire stations and
appreciate their commitment to
excellence and making the con-
struction process as trouble-free
as possible for our citizens.”
The station will be locat-
ed at the southwest corner of
East Orchard Road and South
Havana Street – the location of
the Fire Station 31 that has been
temporarily decommissioned
while the new facility is con-
structed.
Construction on the new sta-
tion is expected to be complete
in spring 2016.
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The $25.7 million project will add an 8,000-square-foot partial second
story above the art studios, depicted in a conceptual rendering by Hord
Coplan Macht.
Groundbreaking recently was held on the 12,740-square-foot fire station
at the southwest corner of East Orchard Road and South Havana Street
in Greenwood Village.
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