Southern Colorado & Southern

Front Range Projects Roundup

Here is a sampling of recently completed or ongoing projects along Colorado's southern Front Range corridor and the southern part of the state.

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Austin Bluffs Interchange Improvements
Colorado Springs
$35.5 million
Owner: Pikes Peak Rural Transportation Authority
Engineer: CH2M Hill
Contractor: Lawrence Construction Co.
Start: Jan. 2007 Finish: Late 2008

This transportation project will transform one of the city’s busiest intersections into a single-point diamond interchange with a bridge on Austin Bluffs Parkway passing over Union Boulevard.

Bloom House
Trinidad
Owner: Colorado Historical Society
Architect: UNiT Design Studio
Contractor: White Construction Group
Start: Dec. 2007 Finish: March 2008

Exterior restoration and preservation of historic 1882 mansion.

Photo by Farr Studio

Cheyenne Mountain Zoo Exhibit
Colorado Springs
Owner: Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
Architect: The Portico Group
Contractor: GE Johnson Construction Co.
Start: Jan. 2006 Finish: Spring 2008

The Event Center, Moose Lake Lodge, is a two-story, 5,700-sq-ft wooden structure that consists of a 4,200-sq-ft main level, which has an open space that can be divided into three rooms by use of partitions. Attached to the outside of the second level will be three mews cages, which can be viewed from inside.

Colorado Springs
Fire Station No. 8
Colorado Springs
Owner: City of Colorado Springs
Architect: HB&A
Contractor: White Construction Group
Engineer: MGA Structural Engineers Inc., Farris Engineering
Start: June 2007 Finish: Jan. 2008

Located at 3737 Airport Rd., just east of the old station, the project consisted of a 12,595-sq-ft building with three apparatus bays, individual sleeping quarters, a large kitchen, dayroom, dispatch center, weight and community rooms. This building replaced the old fire station, built in 1966.

Cougar Canyon
Trinidad
$17 million
Owner: Cougar Canyon Golf Resort and Spa
Architect: Architects Studio LLC
Contractor: Colarelli Construction
Engineer: Anchor Engineering and Construction Inc., Plant Engineering
Start: Spring 2008 Finish: Spring 2009

A 35,000-sq-ft clubhouse with a 3,100-sq-ft banquet conference room, including a full kitchen and dining area, an outdoor pool with fire pits and a 75-suite hotel adjacent to the clubhouse.

Fairfield Inn
Monument
$6 million
Owner: Fairfield Inn
Architect: Architects Studio LLC
Contractor: Colarelli Construction
Start: March 2008 Finish: Dec. 2008

Construction of a new 83-room hotel.

Heart of the Rockies
Regional Medical Center
Salida
$33 million
Owner: Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center Foundation
Architect: Davis Partnership
Contractor: Haselden Construction, Diesslin Structures
Start: July 2006 Finish: Feb. 2008

A state-of-the-art, 25-bed, 85,000-sq-ft hospital located on a 25-acre campus on the west side of Colorado 291. It replaces the aging building the hospital had occupied since 1885.

IT’Z
Colorado Springs
$7.5 million
Owner: IT’Z
Architect: Runyon Architects & Associates
Contractor: Colarelli Construction
Engineer: Hunt & Joiner Inc., Arjo Engineers Inc., Rockwell Consulting Inc., Entech Engineering Inc.
Start: May 2007 Finish: Feb. 2008

A new family fun center that includes games, rides and food.

Marian House Soup Kitchen, Phase 1
Colorado Springs
Owner: Catholic Charities
Architect: Bollar Cruz Architects
Contractor: JE Dunn Construction
Engineer: M-E Engineers Inc., Obering, Wurth & Associates
Start: June 2007 Finish: May 2008

This project includes construction of new 15,700-sq-ft kitchen and dining facilities in the first phase and construction of office and administrative areas in the second phase, which is currently in redesign.

Monument Academy
Colorado Springs
$9.3 million
Owner: Lewis Palmer School District 38
Architect: Hutton Architecture Studio
Contractor: JE Dunn Construction
Engineer: Shaffer Baucom Engineering, The Sheflin Group Inc., Classic Consultants
Start: Dec. 2007 Finish: Sept. 2008

A 74,004-sq-ft, three-story replacement charter school that will include a gymnasium and library and utilize donated or reused items, including furniture, doors, door hardware and flooring.

NorthCare at St. Francis
Woodmen and Powers
$22 million
Owner: NorthCare LLC
Architect: RTA Architects
Contractor: Colarelli Construction
Engineer: Sol Chavez, Plant Engineering, MGA Structural Engineers
Start: Aug. 2007 Finish: Aug. 2008

A new medical office building to house various medical practices.

Pagosa Springs Mountain Hospital
Pagosa Springs
$9 million
Owner: Upper San Juan Health Services Dist.
Architect: Prochaska & Associates
Contractor: GE Johnson Construction Co.
Start: Oct. 2006 Finish: Jan. 2008

A 29,000-sq-ft acute care hospital with nursing care, a full-time laboratory, CT digitized scanning, radiology, EKG and EEG services. Future services will be added to enhance the hospital's capabilities.

Peak Vista Community
Health Center Renovation
Colorado Springs
$3.5 million
Owner: Peak Vista Community Health
Architect: James W Nakai & Associates
Contractor: GE Johnson Construction Co.
Start: Aug. 2007 Finish: Jan. 2008

The Colorado Springs Special Projects Department performed the interior remodel at the Peak Vista Community Health Center, along with the addition of a new grand entrance and stairwell. The completion of this 34,000-sq-ft health care center allowed Peak Vista to provide multiple services to a wide range of patients at one facility.

Pikes Peak School
of Expeditionary Learning
Falcon
$3.7 million
Owner: CB Richard Ellis
Architect: SlaterPaull Architects
Contractor: Colarelli Construction
Engineer: Redwine Engineers, Envision Mechanical Engineers
Start: Feb. 2008 Finish: Aug. 2008

A new charter school for students in Falcon.

Pueblo Social Security
Administration Building
Pueblo
Owner: Simco Ventures West
Architect: Randal Friesen Architecture
Contractor: White Construction Group
Engineer: Clark Engineering
Start: Jan. 2008 Finish: Aug. 2008

St. Francis Medical Center
Colorado Springs
$151 million
Owner: Centura Health
Architect: RTA Architects
Contractor: GE Johnson Construction Co.
Start: June 2006 Finish: June 2008

This project consists of a seven-story hospital, 1,100-stall parking structure, helipad/maintenance hangar and an attached medical office building. The hospital will have 158 beds and six operating rooms.

TriLakes YMCA
Monument
$10 million
Owner: YMCA of the Pikes Peak Region
Architect: LKA Partners Inc.
Contractor: GE Johnson Construction Co.
Start: June 2007 Finish: May 2008

The complex is a 45,761-sq-ft recreational facility that will feature a zero entry swimming pool with a play structure, full-court gymnasium for basketball and volleyball, strength and conditioning room for weight lifting, exercise room, locker room, a child care area and community meeting rooms.

T. Rowe Price T1
Colorado Springs
$2.9 million
Owner: T. Rowe Price
Architect: Gensler
Contractor: JE Dunn Construction
Engineer: Swanson/Rink
Start: May 2008 Finish: Nov. 2008

Remodel of the second and third floors of Building One on the T. Rowe Price campus.

UCCS Engineering and Science Building
Colorado Springs
$53 million
Owner: University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, State of Colorado
Architect: AR7 Hoover Desmond Architects
Contractor: Gerald H. Phipps
Start: Aug. 2006 Finish: June 2008

Construction of a 157,00-sq-ft building that will house expanded space for teaching and research. LEED certification is being sought.

Union Senior Living
Colorado Springs
$34 million
Architect: Lantz-Boggio Architects
Contractor: Palace Construction
Start: Fall 2006
Finish: Dec. 2007

A four-story, 230,395-sq-ft building with detached garages and related sitework and infrastructure. Construction is post-tension, slab-on-grade with metal studs, cementatious siding and simulated veneer stone.

Victor High School
Addition, Renovation
Cripple Creek
$9 million
Owner: Cripple Creek — Victor School District RE-1
Architect: LKA Partners
Contractor: JE Dunn Construction
Engineer: Systems Engineering, Consulting Engineers Inc., Terra Nova Engineering
Start: April 2008
Finish: March 2009

The project includes an 18,000-sq-ft addition and 45,000 sq ft of remodel. The remodel will include new mechanical and electrical systems while the addition on the north side of the building will include a new kitchen, stage, common area and lockers.

Village at Skyline
Colorado Springs
$8.3 million
Owner: Brookdale Senior Living
Architect: James W. Nakai & Associates
Contractors: JE Dunn Construction
Engineer: Sol Chavez & Associates, Consulting Engineers Inc., Classic Consulting Engineers & Surveyors
Start: TBD
Finish: TBD

This 45,000-sq-ft project will add a five-story nursing tower attached to the existing five-story building.

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