1. Valor Christian High School
Highlands Ranch
$93 million
Owner: Valor Christian School
General Contractor: Saunders Construction Inc
Architect: SlaterPaull Architects
Engineers: AG Wassenaar Inc; Anderson & Hastings; DHM Group; Lund Partnership Inc; The RMH Group
Start: August 2006 Finish: October 2007

Campus includes an academic building, athletic complex, chapel, visual and performing arts complex and aquatics facility, plus a 2,000-seat football and track stadium; soccer, baseball and softball fields, and tennis courts. LEED-silver certification is expected.

2. Education II/Academic Office Building East
Aurora
$54 million
Owner: University of Colorado at Denver
and Health Sciences Center
General Contractor: Haselden Construction LLC
Architect: Anderson Mason Dale Architects
Engineers: Martin/Martin Civil Engineers & Surveyors; SA Miro Inc; Shaffer Baucom Engineering & Consulting
Start: December 2005 Finish: August 2007

Two five-story buildings connected by a second-story bridge. Each building has two stories of education space topped by three stories of academic offices. Features include brick-and-stone masonry and metal panels, windows and sun shades.

3. Discovery Canyon Campus
Colorado Springs
$49 million
Owner: Academy School District 20
General Contractor: Gerald H Phipps Inc
Architects: Antoine Predock Architect; MOA Architecture
Engineers: Classic Consulting; Martin/Martin Inc; M-E Engineers Inc
Start: September 2004 Finish: August 2007

A 3,000-student school featuring a design that references ancient cultures and the origins of science and math. Includes a theater, gymnasium, amphitheater and sports fields.

4. Falcon High School
Falcon
$32 million
Owner: Falcon School District #49
General Contractor: GE Johnson Construction Co
Architect: LKA Partners Inc
Engineers: CEI Consulting Engineers Inc; Guman & Associates; HCDA Engineering Inc; Systems Engineering Corp; Terra Nova Engineering Inc
Start: May 2006 Finish: September 2007

A 176,000-sq-ft precast, masonry and steel structure that includes a finished auditorium, auxiliary gymnasium and two-story classroom wing. The design includes consideration for future academic and athletic facilities expansions.

5. Academic Office West Building
Aurora
$30 million
Owner: University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center
General Contractor: The Weitz Co
Architect: Anderson Mason Dale Architects
Engineers: Redwine Engineers Inc; SA Miro Inc; The RMH Group Inc
Start: February 2006 Finish: August 2007

An eight-story, 207,000-sq-ft office building organized along a circulation space facing the campus quad to the east. Features include a glass curtain wall and a mix of open and enclosed office spaces in the building’s center.

6. Glenwood Springs High School
Glenwood Springs
$27.4 million
Owner: Roaring Fork School District
General Contractor: FCI Constructors Inc
Architect: RTA Architects
Engineers: Architectural Energy Corp; Consulting Engineer; Envision Mechanical Engineers Inc; HCDA Engineering Inc; Sopris Engineering
Start: February 2006 Finish: December 2007

Construction of 142,000-sq-ft school, with renovation to 32,000 sq ft of existing facility and demolition of the old school.

7. Arvada West High School
Arvada
$24.4 million
Owner: Jefferson County School District
General Contractor: JHL Constructors Inc
Architect: L O A Architects PC
Engineers: JC Baur & Associates Inc; McGrath Inc; Sample Engineering
Start: June 2006 Finish: December 2007

A 162,000-sq-ft, 2,000-student replacement school built next to the existing facility. Identical to the two-story west wing built in 1997, the new north wing features large, punched exterior windows and a two-story atrium. The 33-acre site will also include relocated athletic fields, a band practice field and tennis courts. Once it’s complete, most of the existing school will be razed.

8. Hinkley High School Additions & Renovations
Aurora
$23.9 million
Owner: Aurora Public Schools
General Contractor: Saunders Construction Inc
Architect: RTA Architects; MOA Inc dba MOA Architecture
Engineers: Envision Mechanical Engineers Inc; HCDA Engineering Inc; Martin & Martin Civil Engineers & Surveyors; M-E Engineers Inc
Start: May 2005 Finish: August 2007

Conversion of existing comprehensive high school into four small learning-community schools. A central concourse unites each of the learning communities with a light open common space.

9. Valley RE-1 Schools
Sterling
$22.5 million
Owner: Valley RE-1 Schools
General Contractor: The Neenan Co
Architect: The Neenan Co
Engineer: H. Gary Howell, PE
Start: May 2006 Finish: August 2007

Additions to high school, middle school and two elementary schools, as well as improvements to  nine other district facilities.

10. Aims Community College–Health & Sciences Building & Ed Beaty Hall Renovation
Greeley
$20 million
Owner: Aims Community College
General Contractor: Alliance Construction Solutions LLC
Architect: H + L Architecture
Engineers: 5 Design; Ehrhart Griffin & Associates; JBA Inc; Sextant Group; Smith Smeckman Reed Inc
Start: August 2006 Finish: December 2007

A three-story classroom laboratory and office building, including renovation of 60,000-sq-ft Ed Beaty Hall Renovation to house media and learning centers, classrooms, laboratories and offices.

11. Summit Middle School Renovation & Addition
Frisco
$17.4 million
Owner: Summit School District
General Contractor: Adolfson & Peterson Construction
Architect: SlaterPaull Architects
Engineers: Range West Inc; Redwine Engineers Inc; Roof Tech; Shem Milson Wilke; SSR
Start: January 2006 Finish: July 2007

An 83,807-sq-ft renovation of auditorium, kitchen, north classroom wing, commons, building-wide security system, gymnasium and support areas; and an 89,000-sq-ft addition designed to create two equitable learning communities of 450 students each.

12. Dunstan Middle School
Lakewood
$17.2 million
Owner: Jefferson County School District
General Contractor: JHL Constructors Inc
Architect: Bennett Wagner & Grody Architects
Engineers: Koechlein Consulting Engineers; McGrath Inc
Start: October 2005 Finish: March 2007

A 120,840-sq-ft, 30-classroom school designed to replace the original 1967 facility, which was deemed too costly to renovate. Includes new softball field and playfield with jogging path, patio, play pads and volleyball courts.

13. Bear Creek K-8 School
Lakewood
$15 million
Owner: Jefferson County School District R-1
General Contractor: Adolfson & Peterson Construction
Architect: MOA Architecture
Engineers: CTL/Thompson Inc; Envision Mechanical Engineers Inc; JVA Inc; Peak Engineering; RJ McNutt & Associates
Start: January 2006 Finish: June 2007

A two-story, 120,000-sq-ft facility for 1,080 students designed with a central organizational spine oriented south to north with academic areas to the west and activities, after-school programs and public areas to the east.

14. Heritage High School Addition & Renovations
Littleton
$14 million
Owner: Littleton Public Schools
General Contractor: WO Danielson Construction Co Ltd
Architect: klipp
Engineers: Ballard Group; Caruso; CEI Consulting Engineers Inc; JVA Inc; SA Miro Inc
Start: March 2005 Finish: February 2007

Extensive addition and renovations to existing school.

15. Silt Elementary School
Silt
$13.7 million
Owner: Garfield School District RE-2
General Contractor: Haselden Construction LLC
Architect: Van Tilburg Banvard & Soderbergh AIA
Engineers: Alber Engineering Inc; Boundries Unlimited Inc; DMCE Engineering; Fanning/Howey Associates; Glenwood Structural & Civil
Start: Nov. 2006 Finish: Dec. 2007

A 60,875-sq-ft school with a pedestrian-scaled vestibule that opens into a commons area. Building design allows for enhanced security, the ability to lock the academic wing from public access during after-hours community use and natural light in the main areas of the buildings through the use of skylights.

16. Fountain Elementary School No. 8
Fountain
$12 million
Owner: El Paso County School District No. 8
General Contractor: WO Danielson Construction Co Ltd
Architect: Christiansen Reece & Partners PC
Engineer:
Start: August 2006 Finish: August 2007

Two-story, 83,000-sq-ft school composed of structural steel and masonry with fully adhered EPDM material.

17. Roxborough Elementary
Englewood
$11.1 million
Owner: Douglas County School District RE1
General Contractor: Golden Triangle Construction
Architect: RB+B Architects Inc
Engineer: Shaffer Baucom Engineering & Consulting
Start: December 2006 Finish: November 2007

Construction of a 66,864-sq-ft, two-story school

18. Douglas County Elementary School No. 42
Parker
$10.8 million
Owner: Douglas County School District RE1
General Contractor: WO Danielson Construction Co Ltd
Architect: RB+B Architects Inc
Engineer:
Start: November 2006 Finish: November 2007

Two-story, 71,492-sq-ft school.

19. Christa McAuliffe Elementary School
Colorado Springs
$8.8 million
Owner: Colorado Springs Schoo District SD-11
General Contractor: Nunn Construction Inc
Architect: H + L Architecture
Engineer:
Start: September 2006 Finish: July 2007

A new elementary school.

20. Ranch Creek Elementary School
Colorado Springs
$7.4 million
Owner: Academy School District 20
General Contractor: Bryan Construction Inc
Architect: DLR Group
Engineer: Martin/Martin Civil Engineers & Surveyors; M-E Engineers Inc
Start: August 2006 Finish: July 2007

A 57,000-sq-ft school featuring stone and stucco and an entry canopy and vestibule, designed to complement neighborhood homes.

21. Cerebral Palsy of Colorado Early Education Center & K-6 Charter School
Denver
$7.3 million
Owner: Cerebral Palsy of Colorado
General Contractor: Shaw Construction
Architect: Pahl Architecture PC
Engineer: JVA Inc; KVA Consulting; Monroe & Newell Engineers Inc; Norris Design; Swanson Rink Inc
Start: July 2006 Finish: July 2007

A 61,429-sq-ft building to house administrative offices, an early childhood education center and .K-6 charter school.

22. Cherry Creek Middle School No. 10
Aurora
$2.3 million
Owner: Cherry Creek School District #5
General Contractor: Adolfson & Peterson Construction
Architect: klipp
Engineer: Ballard Group; Consulting Engineer
Start: February 2006 Finish: August 2007

A new middle school.