Colorado Real Estate Journal - April 5, 2017
Pinkard Construction and partners architect TreanorHL and Carl Walker Parking Consultants were recently awarded a 2016 Design-Build Institute of America Award for Design Excellence in the Rocky Mountain Region. This challenging project, Pinkard's 14th on the Colorado State University’s Fort Collins campus, is a $15 million, four-story, 664-car parking structure. The finished product helps manage a busy and congested section of CSU's campus while maintaining its trademark midcentury modern international style architecture. While CSU’s robust bridging documents described a base bid structure and several additive alternates, the Pinkard/TreanorHL team was able to offer several creative solutions including relocation of the southwest stair core for improved site circulation; an increase in the structural bay sizes; and the addition of a “Mondrian-patterned” precast element for design variety and cost savings over a stone clad wall. As a result of these and other innovations, CSU saved $462,000 and incorporated all add-alternates.