March 2-March 15, 2016 —
COLORADO REAL ESTATE JOURNAL
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Construction, Design & Engineering News
The Neenan Co., a fully integrat-
ed design-build firm, announced
theopeningofanew12,200-square-
foot addition to Pawnee School
District’s K-12 school.
The Neenan Co. served as the
design-build partner for the Paw-
nee School project, located at 25
Chatoga Ave. in Grover. The work
included mechanical and lighting
upgrades, as well as 12,200 sf of
additional space to accommodate
a music room, art room, computer
lab, agriculture shop and visitor
locker rooms. The school district
celebrated the official grand open-
ing Feb. 5.
“Designing and building spac-
es for Colorado’s students and
teachers allows us to serve those
whom we greatly appreciate and
admire, and brings us great satis-
faction in the process,” said David
Shigekane, president of The Neen-
an Co.
The firm also broke ground on
a 9,000-sf gymnasium addition
for Poudre School District’s Lib-
erty CommonHigh School at 2745
Minnesota Drive.
The Neenan Co. is the design-
build partner for the public charter
high school in Fort Collins.
The design includes a new full-
sized gymnasium, a new weight
room as well as associated storage
for the high school. In addition to
its design-buildwork, TheNeenan
Co. identified a conceptual design
and budget to assist with Liberty
Common’s fundraising efforts for
the project. The expansion’s antici-
pated completion is in the fall of
2016.
“We are thrilled to be work-
ing with The Neenan Company
on this project. It always delivers
exceptional work on our behalf,”
said Bob Schaffer, principal of Lib-
erty Common High School. “The
design-build team’s attention to
detail and carewill allowthemuch
needed space to benefit our stu-
dent body.”
The firm previously assisted
with three addition or remodel
projects for LibertyCommonHigh
School, as well as two projects at
the system’s K-6 school, Liberty
Common School.
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White Construction Group
recently started work on its sec-
ond carpet replacement project on
Concourse A at Denver Interna-
tional Airport.
The $2.5 million project consists
of removing the existing carpet
and replacing itwith 27,827 square
yards of newcarpeting. More than
66 tons of the old material will be
removed and recycled and 2,092
gallons of adhesive will be used.
Work will extend from the con-
course level to the mezzanine
level, including the jet bridges,
which will affect more than 12 dif-
ferent airlines.
“The significant aspect of this
project will be to coordinate the
work so that there is minimal
impact to critical airline opera-
tions throughout Concourse A.
We also will need to maintain a
safe and passable corridor to the
many travelers that pass through
daily,” said Project Manager Kath-
rynArmstrong.
This is the latest of several proj-
ects White CG has delivered for
Denver International Airport dur-
ing a three-year on-call contract.
Currently, the firm is also working
on repairs to 18 existing grease
traps and recently completed
structural upgrades toeight electri-
cal rooms. In August 2015, White
CG completed its first concession
project for Heidi’s Brooklyn Deli
located in Concourse B. The firm
also completed a carpet replace-
ment project on Courcourse C in
2014.
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D.L. Adams Associates pro-
vided acoustics, sound iso-
lation and mechanical noise
control for a LEED-certified
school in Okinawa, Japan.
The firm designed individu-
al state-of-the-art multimedia
systems for the music class-
room and commons area and a
300-seat performance theater,
including full range left-cen-
ter-right sound reinforcement,
video projection, wired and
wireless production intercom
and full stage lighting and
motorized rigging systems.
The systems were designed to
support musicals, stage plays,
the school's band, convoca-
tions and general education
uses. Stage floor audio moni-
tors are provided as well as
numerous tie lines.
The project is slated for com-
pletion late this year.
The owner is the U.S.
Department of Defense, Edu-
cation Activity. The architect
is Design Partners Inc. of
Honolulu.
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The firm designed individual state-of-the-art multimedia systems for the music classroom and commons area and a 300-seat performance theater.
Golden Triangle Construc-
tion completed its secondAims
CommunityCollege buildwith
construction of the school’s
53,000-square-foot Public Safe-
ty Institute in Windsor.
AndersonMasonDale Archi-
tects designed the building at
1130 South Gate Drive, adja-
cent to the college’s automotive
and technology center, which
will be used by first respond-
ers from across the state for
training.
“Aims' new Public Safety
Institute is extremely impor-
tant for Windsor because it
offers higher education learn-
ing opportunities in general
education and public safety for
residents and others traveling
to Windsor,” Windsor Mayor
John Vazquez said in a release.
“I've been involved in this proj-
ect from the time it was only an
idea, and it is very rewarding
to see such a beautiful cam-
pus completed and ready for
students to receive world-class
training.”
The 10-acre Public Safety
Institute in Windsor houses
emergency medical services,
fire science, medical assist-
ing, phlebotomy and criminal
justice (CJ classes start in the
summer). Amenities include
a two story, state-of-the-art
building, drill ground area
for fire, police and EMS train-
ing, training tower, science
lab, smart classrooms, com-
puter rooms, CPAT (Candidate
Physical Ability Test) testing,
student services (registration,
Accuplacer testing, advising,
tutoring), simulation rooms for
paramedic and EMT training,
workout room for physical fit-
ness training, medical assistant
lab with exam rooms, locker
rooms and general education
offerings so students complete
their degree requirement on
site. The facility will also house
a sand table used for fire mod-
eling and planning and the first
anatomage table in the state
of Colorado, which is a vir-
tual 4-D cadaver resembling an
operating table that has abil-
ity to load data from real-life
patient or cadaver x-rays, CT
scans, MRI scans and nuclear
scans.
Additionally, the large open
area between the fire training
tower and classroom facility
will include streets for emer-
gency response training in
apparatus and areas for train-
ing props.
GTCalsorecentlywas award-
ed its third Aims project at the
school’s Greeley campus.
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Aims Community College
GTC recently completed Aims Community College’s Public Safety Institute in Windsor.
