AIA Colorado South Announces Architectural Design Awards

More than 200 people attended the Colorado South Chapter of the American Institute of Architects' 2004 Holiday Gala & Design Awards program, held Dec. 16 at the Briarhurst Manor in Manitou Springs. Thomas Fischer, dean of the University of Minnesota College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, was the jury chair.

Merit Awards for Design Excellence

• The Bradley Residence. Clients, Gary and Anne Bradley; architect, Clifford Taylor Architects PC; contractor, Mahler General Contractors.
• Fox Meadow Middle School. Client, Harrison School District No. 2; architect, CSNA Architects Inc.; contractor, Gerald H. Phipps Inc.
• Red Rock Valley Residence. Client, Roger and Destiny Loo; architect, Clifford Taylor Architects PC; contractor, Penman Construction. The Loo Residence also received a 1999 Award of Excellence from the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the American Concrete Institute.

2004 People's Choice Award

• Bijou Cascade Parking Garage. Client, city of Colorado Springs; architects, Yergensen, Obering, Whittaker PC; contactor - Thomas General Construction; parking Consultants, Carl Walker; mechanical, electrical and plumbing consultants, P2RS

2004 Architect of the Year

• Clifford Taylor, AIA.

25-Year Award

• olld Colorado City

Contribution to the Built Environment by a Non-Architect

• Tom Ostenberg, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

2004 Young Architects Award Gala

• Cell Tower Design competition - Peter Burr, Associate. AIA and Matt Faichnie.

The 2005 South Chapter board of directors was also announced. They are Stuart Coppedge, president; Roger Sauerhagen, president elect; James Ramsey, past president; Margaret Gilbert, treasurer; Lou Galletta, secretary; Charles Campbell, director; Richard Cherry, director; Michael Cook, Dempsey Currie, Marvin Maples and Dan McCully, directors; Whitney Calhoun, associate director; Cindy Senger, PA, ASID Allied member director; Ron Bevans, ASLA public director; and Leslie Acosta AIA Colorado, ex-officio.

CU Engineering Professor Will Lead IEEE

University of Colorado Professor Michael Lightner will serve as 2005 president-elect of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, taking office as president in January 2006.

Lightner is a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Colorado at Boulder and a professor of rehabilitation medicine at the University of Colorado at Denver and the CU Health Sciences Center.

ABC RMC Names Officers, Presents Chapter Awards

The Rocky Mountain Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors named its 2005 slate of officers in late December. They are:

Executive Committee:

• Chairman - Monte Robinett, CFC Construction
• Chairman-Elect - Dennis Walker, United Rentals
• Treasurer - Fred Artes, Key Bank
• Secretary - Susy Fischer, Waterfield Insurance Agency
• Past-Chairman - Kurt Kaltenbacher, The Copestone Co.

Board Members:

• Through 2005 - Pete Carner, LPR Construction; Doug Koeltzow, IMA of Colorado; and Jeff Shigeno, Greiner Electric.
• Through 2006 - John Banks, Sprehe Interior Construction; Rick Stocking, 1st Electric Co.; Tim Van Stelle, Duro Electric.
• Through 2007 - Steve Kugler, MTECH Mechanical; Kate Raabe, Stettner, Miller & Cohn PC; and Dave Sandlin, MA Mortenson.

Associated Builders and Contractors is a national association representing more than 24,000 merit shop construction and construction-related firms in 80 chapters across the United States.

NRMCA Increases National Advocacy Staff

To increase its presence on Capitol Hill and lobby the industry's positions to federal lawmakers, the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association has added two experienced advocacy professionals to its government affairs staff.

Gerald Fritz has been hired as a director of government relations. He spent the previous eight years on Capitol Hill working as a senior staff assistant for Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., and in the office of Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho.

Fritz and Sullivan join Jennifer LeFevre, NRMCA's other director of government relations. Each of them reports to NRMCA President Robert Garbini.

Daniels Fund Grant Helps First Tee of Denver

The First Tee of Denver received a $150,000 grant from the Daniels Fund to expand programming and construct three new junior clubhouses, a new junior course and a new learning center at the Aqua Golf site on Santa Fe Drive.

First Tee of Denver - formerly known as Denver's Junior Golf Program - was created by the city in 2001 to work with inner-city schools, building relationships with students and increasing their interest in golf.

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