Colorado Real Estate Journal - August 19, 2015
GH Phipps Construction Cos. was selected by Colorado College to renovate and expand Tutt Library – part of the college’s commitment to 100 percent carbon neutrality by 2020. The modernization of the building is designed to not only adjust the library to the school’s “Block Plan,” an academic schedule that allows students to plunge into a different subject every 3 ½ weeks rather than balancing several throughout a semester, but also add sustainable features to the building. The estimated $30 million project will include adding 39,000 square feet to the library and demolition of the 1980 Tutt South addition. A 9,700-sf fourth level also will be added to the original library, which was constructed in 1962 and designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill of Chicago. The 63,000-sf renovated library will house a new Center for Immersive Learning and Engaged Teaching. The project will involve the temporary relocation of the current library, abatement and inclusion of a geothermal system within the new landscaping. Pfeiffer Partners Architects of Los Angeles is the architect on the project and is working with consultants MASS Design Group of Boston. Work is expected to start in May with completion in August 2017. Colorado College is located at 14 E. Cache La Poudre St. in Colorado Springs.