Educational Projects Roundup

Here is a quick look at some of the many educational construction projects either recently completed or under way throughout the state.

Academic Office West Building
Aurora
$30 million
Owner: University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center
Contractor: The Weitz Co.
Architect: Anderson Mason Dale Architects
Start: Feb. 2006  Finish: Aug. 2007
An eight-story, 207,000-sq-ft office building organized along a circulation space facing the Fitzsimons 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.

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Adams 12 Five Star Elementary School #32
Westminster
$10.4 million
District: Adams 12 Five Star School District
Architect: Bennett Wagner & Grody Architects
Contractor: Adolfson & Peterson Construction
Start: June 2006  Finish: Aug. 2007
A new 66,295-sq-ft, two-story facility for 600 students that includes library, gym, music room, specialized classrooms and administrative offices.

Adams 12 Five Star Middle School #11
Westminster
$22.2 million
District: Adams 12 Five Star
Architect: klipp
Contractor: Adolfson & Peterson Construction
Start: Jan. 2006  Finish: July 2007
A new 150,000-sq-ft, two-story facility that includes three classroom pods, cafetorium, two gymnasiums, library, media center and administrative area.

Adams 14 Schools
Commerce City
$22.5 million
Owner: Adams 14 School District
Contractor: The Neenan Co.
Architects: The Neenan Co.; RB+B Architects Inc.
Start: April 2007  Finish: Aug. 2008
Additions and HVAC renovations to nine schools.

Adams 14 High School
&Community College Complex
Commerce City
$57.2 million
Owner: Adams 14 School District
Contractor: Adolfson & Peterson Construction
Architect: H+L Architecture
Start: June 2007  Finish: July 2009
A 300,000-sq-ft design-build high school. Highlights include a swimming pool, science labs, gymnasiums and track and field facilities.

Aims Health & Sciences Building
and Ed Beaty Hall Renovation
Greeley
$20 million
Owner: Aims Community College
Contractor: Alliance Construction Solutions LLC
Architect: H+L Architecture
Start: Aug. 2006  Finish: Dec. 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.

Anderson Elementary
School Remodel
Cheyenne
$2.75 million
Owner:Laramie School District 1
Architects:Potter Architecture LLC; MOA Architecture
Contractor:HeathConstruction
Start:June 2007  Finish:Summer 2008
Remodel of a 55,000-sq-ft school, including the gymnasium, common area and classrooms; plus heating and cooling upgrades, a 40-space overflow parking lot, new roof and waterproofed building perimeter.

Arvada West High School
Arvada
$24.4 million
Owner: Jefferson County School District
Contractor: JHL Constructors Inc.
Architect: LOA Architects PC
Start: June 2006  Finish: Dec. 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.

Auraria Campus Science Building
Addition and Renovation
Auraria Campus, Denver
Owner:AHEC
Architect:Anderson Mason Dale
Contractor:Haselden Construction
Start:Fall 2007 Finish: Summer 2009 (addition)
Addition of nearly 200,000 sq ft of new space and renovation of the existing 143,000-sq-ft science building. Design and construction will follow LEED requirements for green buildings, including energy conservation.

Bear Creek K-8 School
Lakewood
$14.8 million
Owner: Jefferson County Public Schools
Architect: MOA Architecture
Contractor: Adolfson & Peterson Construction
Start: Jan. 2006  Finish: March 2007
A new two-story, 120,000-sq-ft, K-8 school located on a campus with an associated high school. Includes media center and gym.

Cactus Valley Elementary School
Silt
$13.6 million
Owner:Garfield RE-2 School District
Architect:Van Tilburg, Ban Vard & Soderbergh
Contractor:Haselden Construction
Start:Nov. 2006  Finish:Dec. 2007
A 500-student, 61,000-sq-ft school that will include commons and stage areas, a gymnasium and soccer fields.

Centennial Elementary School Remodel
Loveland
$6.8 million
Owner:Thompson R2-J School District
Architect: Kruger Architects
Contractor:Alliance ConstructionSolutions
Start:April 2006  Finish:Jan. 2007
Remodel of existing classroom space and construction of a 20,000-sq-ft addition that includes a media center, gymnasium, administrative office space and additional classrooms. Upgrades were also made to system and building controls and a new playground was installed.

Cherry Middle School #10
Aurora
$23 million
District: Cherry Creek
Architect: klipp
Contractor: Adolfson & Peterson Construction
Start: Nov. 2005  Finish: July 2007
Construction of a new 157,000-sq-ft middle school, including gymnasium, media center and various other amenities.

Christa McAuliffe Elementary School
Colorado Springs
$9.8 million
Owner:Colorado Springs School District 11
Architect:H+LArchitecture
Contractor:Nunn Construction
Start:Sept. 2006 Finish: July 2007
Construction of a new, Energy Star-rated elementary school that features geothermal heating and cooling, heat pumps with localized controls, high-performance glazing with daylight and vision windows and stepped light fixture controls with room-occupancy sensors.

CSU Computer Science Building
Fort Collins
$10.5 million
Owner: Colorado State University
Architect: Anderson Mason Dale Architects
Start: July 2007  Finish: July 2008
Computer labs and offices, including dedicated space for the university’s new Information Systems Technology Center. Highlights include a lounge, plaza and tower.

CU Visual Arts Complex
Boulder
$40 million
Owner: University of Colorado at Boulder
Contractor: MA Mortenson
Architects: Kallmann McKinnel & Wood Architects; OZ Architecture
Start: Dec. 2007  Finish: 2008
A 148,000-gross-sq-ft complex featuring climate-controlled exhibition and storage spaces, galleries, a 200-seat auditorium, collection study and educational workshop.

Discovery Canyon Campus
Colorado Springs
$49 million
Owner: Academy School District 20
Contractor: Gerald H Phipps Inc.
Architects: Antoine Predock Architect; MOA Architecture
Start: Sept. 2004  Finish: Aug. 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.

Douglas County High School #9
Parker
$41 million
Owner: Douglas County School District
Contractor: JHL Constructors Inc.
Architect: H+L Architecture; LKA Partners Inc.
Start: Jan. 2007  Finish: Oct. 2008
A 259,000-sq-ft building supported by drilled piers and grade beams and featuring a steel and structural block with a brick veneer. Highlights include a theater, gymnasiums, track-and-field facilities, sports fields and exposed mechanical and electrical systems in various areas.

Dunstan Middle School
Lakewood
$17.2 million
Owner: Jefferson County School District
Contractor: JHL Constructors Inc
Architect: Bennett Wagner & Grody Architects
Start: Oct. 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 play field with jogging path, patio, play pads and volleyball courts.

Early Childhood
Development Center
Cheyenne
$4.3 million
Owner:Early Education Partnership
Architect: Pappas & Pappas Architects
Contractor: Alliance Construction Solutions
Start: Fall 2006  Finish: April 2007
Design-build project that involves construction of a 20,000-sq-ft, state-of-the-art child care center.

Education II/Academic Office Building East
Aurora
$54 million
Owner: University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center
Contractor: Haselden Construction LLC
Architect: Anderson Mason Dale Architects
Start: Dec. 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.

Falcon High School
Falcon
$32 million
Owner: Falcon School District #49
Contractor: GE Johnson Construction Co.
Architect: LKA Partners Inc
Start: May 2006  Finish: Sept. 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.

Falcon School District High School #3
Colorado Springs
$29 million
Owner: Falcon School District No. 49
Contractor: Nunn Construction Inc.
Architect: LKA Partners Inc
Start: April 2007  Finish: Aug. 2008
A new 160,000-sq-ft high school.

Glenwood Springs High School
Glenwood Springs
$27.4 million
Contractor: FCI Constructors Inc
Architect: RTA Architects
Start: Feb. 2006  Finish: Dec. 2007
Construction of a new 142,000-sq-ft school with renovations to 32,000 sq ft of the existing facility and demolition of the old school.

Green Valley RanchHigh School
Denver
Owner:Denver PublicSchools
Architect:DLRGroup
Contractor:TBD
Start:XXX Finish:August 2009
Design and construction of a 1,600-student school on a 25-acre site in northeast Denver.

Heritage High School
Addition & Renovations
Littleton
$14 million
Owner: Littleton Public Schools
General Contractor: WO Danielson Construction Co. Ltd.
Architect: klipp
Start: March 2005  Finish: Feb. 2007
Extensive addition and renovations to an existing school.

Hinkley High School
Additions & Renovations
Aurora
$23.9 million
Owner: Aurora Public Schools
Contractor: Saunders Construction Inc
Architect: RTA Architects; MOA Architecture
Start: May 2005  Finish: Aug. 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.

Holmes Middle School Upgrades
ColoradoSprings
$2.6 million
Owner:ColoradoSprings SchoolDistrict No. 11
Engineer:Farris Engineering
Contractor:White Construction Group
Start and Finish:Summer 2007
Upgrades to the heating and air-conditioning systems.

Jamaica Elementary School HVAC Upgrades
Aurora
$1.6 million
Owner: Aurora Public Schools
General Contractor: MW Golden Constructors
Architect: SlaterPaull Architects
Start: Feb. 2007  Finish: May 2007
Includes new plumbing and fixtures, ceilings throughout building, HVAC system; wall removal; installation of six new exterior doors and drywall soffits in all classrooms; masonry repairs to the structural glazed tile walls, exterior precast window sills and interior terrazzo window sills.

LCCC Health Sciences Center
and Central Plant Building
Laramie
$11.9 million
Owner:Laramie County Community College
Architect:By Architectural Means
Contractor:FCI Constructors Inc.
Start:Summer 2007
Consists of a 37,500-sq-ft, three-story learning facility and a 4,400-sq-ft central plant building that will serve the new health sciences building and additional structures in the future.

Leeds School of Business
Renovation & Expansion
Boulder
$26.8 million
Owner: University of Colorado at Boulder
Architect:Davis Partnership Architects; Architectural Resources
Contractor:PinkardConstruction Co.
Start:March 2006  Finish:Sept. 2007
Renovation and expansion that includes asbestos abatement; a 50,000-sq-ft, structural steel and stone veneer addition; and significant site upgrades to a greenbelt on the west side of the site.

Mitchell High School
ColoradoSprings
$4.6 million
Owner:ColoradoSprings SchoolDistrict 11
Architect:Bollar Cruz Architects
Engineer: Farnsworth Engineering Group
Contractor:White Construction Group
Start and Finish:Summer 2007
Upgrades to the heating and air-conditioning systems.

Mountain View High School Addition
Loveland
$6.4 million
Owner:Thompson School District R2-J
Architect: RTA Architects
Contractor:HeathConstruction
Start:May 2007 Finish: April 2008
Construction of a 45,000-sq-ft addition to the existing high school, including a two-story classroom wing, 550-seat auditorium and auxiliary gymnasium.

New Castle Middle School
New Castle
$14.85 million
Owner: Garfield School District RE-2
Contractor: FCI Constructors Inc.
Engineers: Boundaries Unlimited; DMCE Engineering; Fanning/Howey Associates
Start: July 2007  Finish: Aug. 2008
A 76,000-sq-ft, steel-and-masonry structure with a two-story academic wing. Houses 750 students.

North High School Renovation–Phase I
Denver
$4.5 million
Owner:Denver PublicSchools
Architects:Humphries Poli, klipp
Contractor:White ConstructionGroup
Start:May 2006 Finish:Winter 2007
Exterior and interior renovations and restorations, including a combination of window rehabilitation and replacement, masonry and terra cotta restoration, metal cornice restoration and painting, roof repairs and cafeteria remodel.

North Middle School
ColoradoSprings
$366,000
Owner:ColoradoSprings SchoolDistrict 11
Architect:Bahr Vermeer Haecker Architects
Contractor:White Construction Group
Start and Finish:Summer 2007
Upgrades to the heating and air-conditioning systems.

Pauline Memorial Catholic School
Colorado Springs
$3.1 million
Owner: Pauline Memorial Catholic School
Contractor: Art C. Klein Construction
Architect: Cliff Taylor Architects
Start: March 2007  Finish: Oct. 2007
New classroom addition and gymnasium

Roaring Fork High School
Carbondale
$16 million
District: Roaring Fork
Architect: LKA Partners
Contractor: Adolfson & Peterson Construction
Start: March 2006  Finish: Nov. 2007
A new 90,000-sq-ft high school that includes two gymnasiums, weight room, science/art rooms, media center and a two-story classroom wing.

Stapleton High School
Denver
Owner:Denver PublicSchools
Architect:Luis O. Acosta Architects
Contractor:TBD
Start:TBDFinish:August 2010
A 230,000-sq-ft “prairie campus”that will accommodate up to 1,600 students on a proposed 20-acre site that is part of a larger regional park located in the Northfield area of the Stapleton redevelopment.

Summit Middle School
Renovation & Addition
Frisco
$17.4 million
Owner: Summit School District
Contractor: Adolfson & Peterson Construction
Architect: SlaterPaull Architects
Start: Jan. 2006  Finish: July 2007
An 83,807-sq-ft renovation of the 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.

Summit High Addition & Renovation
Frisco
$4.3 million
District: Summit RE-1
Architect: SlaterPaull  Architects
Contractor: Adolfson & Peterson Construction
Start: May 2006  Finish: Feb. 2007
A 15,000-sq-ft addition and remodel to the high school for housing the Career and Technical Education program.

Thompson Schools Maintenance Package
Loveland
$18.6 million
District: Thompson R2-J
Architect: RB+B Architects
Contractor: Adolfson & Peterson Construction
Start: May 2006  Finish: Aug. 2008
Multiple facility upgrades and maintenance.

UCCS Science and Engineering Complex
Colorado Springs
$53 million
Owner:University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
Architect:AR7 Architects
Contractor:Gerald H.Phipps
Start:July 2006 Finish:June 2007
Construction of a 143,000-gross-sq-ft building that will feature teaching and research space, including classrooms, laboratories, offices and support

Valley RE-1 Schools
Sterling
$22.5 million
Owner: Valley RE-1 Schools
Contractor: The Neenan Co.
Architect: The Neenan Co.
Start: May 2006  Finish: Aug. 2007
Additions to high school, middle school and two elementary schools, as well as improvements to  nine other district facilities.

Valor Christian High School
Highlands Ranch
$93 million
Owner: Valor Christian School
Contractor: Saunders Construction Inc
Architect: SlaterPaull Architects
Start: Aug. 2006  Finish: Oct. 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.

Wheat Ridge High School
Wheat Ridge
$9 million
Owner:Jefferson County SchoolDistrict
Architect:Larson Group Architects
Contractor:Alliance ConstructionSolutions
Start: May 2007 Finish:XXX
A 203,000-sq-ft renovation and addition that includes construction of an auxiliary gymnasium; upgrades to the cafeteria, classrooms and HVAC systems; and exterior site work.

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