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Colorado
CONSTRUCTION&Design
“INDUSTRY
SPOTLIGH
T”
Earth
Servic
es&
Abatem
ent In
c.
Earth Serv
ices &
Abate
men
t have r
ecently
com
pleted
a 5-Year C
ontract
on Eagle P
3, Den
ver’s
A Line t
o DIA
. A fir
st-of-i
ts-kin
d design-b
uild co
nsorti
um ca
lled on E
arth Serv
ices &
Abate
men
t
Inc.
to w
ork on C
olora
do’s larg
est m
ass tr
ansit pro
ject to
date.
By Step
hanie
Darling,
Constr
uction
Writ
ers C
ollab
orati
ve
When t
he de
vil is i
n the
proje
ct de
tails,
Earth
Service
s & Aba
temen
t Inc.,
(ESA), b
ased
in
Denve
r, is r
eady
to di
g in.
Litera
lly.
“You na
me it, w
e fou
nd it,
” said
ESA Preside
nt
Kory M
itchell,
refer
ring t
o tain
ted so
il, asb
estos
,
aban
done
d lan
dfills
and o
ther u
nsafe
cons
tructio
n
obsta
cles t
he co
mpany
enco
unter
ed an
d corr
ected
durin
g its
five-ye
ar, $1
6.7 m
illion c
ontra
ct for
envi-
ronmen
tal re
mediat
ion an
d dem
olition
servi
ces o
n
Eagle
P3, a m
ulti-b
illion D
enve
r tran
sit pro
ject
ranke
d as t
he la
rgest
such
ventu
re in
recen
t
Colorad
o histo
ry.
Eagle
P3 is p
art of
the D
enve
r’s Reg
ional
Transp
ortati
on’s (
RTD) Fas
Tracks,
a 20
04-vo
ter
appro
ved p
lan to
expa
nd co
mmuter li
ght ra
il and
bus t
ransit
acros
s the
Denve
r metr
o reg
ion.
ESA’s inv
olvem
ent in
the m
assiv
e end
eavo
r
includ
ed co
mprehe
nsive
servi
ces o
n 40 m
iles
of co
mmuter ra
il corr
idor, c
onne
cting t
he cit
y to
Denve
r Inter
natio
nal A
irport
(DIA) a
nd be
yond
.
ESA crew
s were
onsite
durin
g the
cons
tructio
n of
three
commute
r line
s tha
t wea
ve th
rough
six lo
cal
jurisd
iction
s and
acros
s som
e of D
enve
r’s ol
dest,
most h
istoric
and i
ndus
trialize
d sec
tors.
Light
rail
cars
now gl
ide ov
er lan
d freq
uente
d in t
he 18
20s
by Fren
ch tra
ppers
; pas
t two o
perat
ing ra
ilroad
s
and d
ozen
s of h
eavy
manufa
cturin
g bloc
ks; ov
er
a cree
k whe
re a l
ucky
miner m
ade t
he st
ate’s
first g
old fin
d; an
d nea
r the s
ite of
Denve
r’s ol
d
Staplet
on Airp
ort, n
ow a
large
, well
plann
ed
mixed-u
se co
mmunity.
Eagle
P3 is t
he fir
st majo
r U.S. tr
ansp
ortati
on
projec
t to us
e a pu
blic-pr
ivate
partn
ership
(PPP)
to fin
ance
, des
ign, b
uild, m
aintai
n and
opera
te the
system
over
34 ye
ars. D
enve
r Tran
sit Part
ners
(DTP) h
olds t
he pr
oject
conc
essio
n. Glob
al en
gi-
neeri
ng gi
ant F
luor is
the c
once
ssion
man
aging
partn
er an
d hold
s a 33
-perce
nt sta
ke in
opera
ting
and m
aintai
ning t
he co
mpleted
syste
m.
The fa
mily-ow
ned E
SA, whic
h beg
an as
an
envir
onmen
tal re
mediat
ion co
mpany
in 19
82, w
as
selec
ted fo
r Eag
le P3 f
or en
viron
mental
-relat
ed
servi
ces,
one o
f the p
rojec
t’s mos
t criti
cal jo
bs,
given
the i
ndus
trial ra
il corr
idor’s
histo
ry, le
ngth,
jurisd
iction
s and
geog
raphy.
ESA, with
licen
ses a
nd ce
rtifica
tions
in 35
state
s,
is rec
ogniz
ed as
one o
f the t
op tu
rnkey
envir
on-
mental
remed
iation
and d
emolit
ion fir
ms in th
e
coun
try. T
he co
mpany
owns
its ow
n equ
ipmen
t,
faciliti
es an
d thro
ugh t
he M
idwes
t Trai
ning I
nsti-
tute,
ESA’s trai
ning d
ivision
, deliv
ers a
workfor
ce
that is
skille
d, ce
rtified
and c
ross-t
raine
d to t
he
spec
ific re
quire
ments
of ea
ch jo
b, Mitch
ell sa
id.
For ex
ample
, ESA cr
ews w
ere fu
lly pre
pared
to
hand
le all
plann
ed an
d unp
lanne
d cha
llenge
s on
the Eag
le P3 j
ob be
fore t
he pr
oject
starte
d. ESA
even
traine
d its
demolit
ion work
ers in
envir
onmen
-
tal co
mplianc
e so t
hey w
ould
know
how to
hand
le
unex
pecte
d mate
rials,
such
as as
besto
s, du
ring
demolit
ion ac
tivitie
s. “O
ne of
our n
iches
is rai
l-re-
lated
abate
ment a
nd de
molition
. So,
befor
e eve
n
signin
g the
contr
act o
ur tea
ms had
comple
ted at
least
100 h
ours
of sa
fety t
rainin
g and
all h
ad fu
ll
e-rail
certif
icatio
ns, w
hich w
as m
anda
tory o
n the
Eagle
P3 job
,” Mitch
ell ex
plaine
d. Alth
ough
ESA
has c
omple
ted m
ore th
an 8,
000 j
obs o
ver th
e
years
, with
contr
acts
rangin
g from
$5,00
0 to $
20
All ESA cr
ew m
embe
rs co
mple
te at
leas
t 100
hour
s of
safe
ty tra
ining and earn fu
ll e-ra
il ce
rtific
ations
–
mandato
ry o
n the E
agle P3 p
roject.
The c
ompany
owns
its ow
n equ
ipmen
t, fac
ilities
, and
traini
ng di
vision
,
the
Midw
est T
raini
ng In
stitu
te.
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SMPSLuncheonattheDenverAthleticClub, June8th,
2016withafocus oneconomicdevelopment of Metro
DenverNorthPa
rtingShots
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ShelleyHartnettofThe Stresscon Corporation
JulieJacobyfromThe CityofThorntonwas one
oftheguest speakers
NicoleHammerfromWSP Parsons Brinkerhoff
Bruce Biggi of the NorthernColorado Economic
Alliancewas alsoa guestspeaker
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Multi-family
Housing Round Up
26:72Colorado
CONSTRUCTION &Design
by Sean O’Keefe
AsColorado remains an attra
ctive lifestyle option for m
illennials, and pretty much
every other generation of renters, the red hot multi-family housing market
continues to grow. One of the challenges Denver and other front range
communities face is providing enough variety in lease rates to accommodate tenants of every income
level. In fact, in
the case of some of the projects in this editio
n of the Round Up, th
at includes those
with virtually no income at all. H
ere we explore a wide range of emerging housing options fro
m
close-in urban properties circling Union Station to frin
ge rural projects outside of Louisville and Aurora.
Like their location and price point, th
ese projects also speak to the wide range of talented designers
and builders working in Colorado.
Sean O'Keefe has more than 16 years of experience writing about the design and construction
industry. He provides integration communications services to architects, engineers, and contractors
ranging from public relations to marketing strategy. He can be reached at [email protected]
Multi-family
Housing Round-up
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SUMMER
2016
FiveTips
froma G
C ona M
ulti-Fam
ily LEED
Project
The2785
Speer apa
rtments a
re one of
Martines
Palmeiro
Con-
struction’s
(MPC) larg
est projec
ts inColo
radoand
oneof De
nver’s
largest m
ulti-famil
y infill pr
ojects pu
rsuing LE
ED (Lead
ership in
Energy a
nd Enviro
nmental
Design) c
ertificatio
n. The pro
jectwas
honored b
y theJeffe
rsonPark
United Ne
ighborho
od (JPUN
) for
the positiv
e impact
the projec
t is havin
g onthe n
eighborh
ood.
Theapar
tments co
nsistof 33
2 units a
nd two 4-s
torytowe
rs that
eachwrap
around a
central c
ourtyard w
ith outdo
or pools, a
menity
deckand
green sp
ace.Each
tower has
two levels
of underg
round
parking.
I asked S
arahStott
, who is
the marke
tingman
agerfor M
artines
Palmeiro
Construc
tion,to sh
are five t
ips to ma
ke your f
irst –or
next– LE
ED projec
t a succe
ss.
1. Plan
Early a
nd Revie
w theSite
Witha ne
arlyfive-
acrecons
truction s
ite, 2785
Speer ha
d an
enormou
s amount
of space
for const
ruction m
aterials a
nd stagin
g
at the sta
rt ofthe
project. A
s constru
ctionof th
e two to
wers
progress
ed, the s
taging ar
easredu
cedto th
e perime
ter of the
project. F
or aninfill
project, th
is istypic
al. As yo
u plan yo
ur con-
struction
staging a
reas, con
sider wh
ere they
will be thr
oughout
the life o
f construc
tion.
2. Captu
re the E
arlyOpp
ortunitie
s
Oneof th
e critical
measure
ments of
a projec
t pursuin
g LEED
certificat
ion is re
cycling o
f construc
tionmate
rials. As
an infill
project, t
herewas
siteprep
aration that
included
removing
concrete
andothe
r sitemate
rials. Hav
e your re
cycling p
rogram in
place –
including
dumpste
rs and an
understan
dingof re
quired
LEED do
cumenta
tion– be
forethe f
irst shove
l hitsthe s
oil.
3. Educ
atethe
Team
Impleme
ntingprac
ticesto m
eet LEED
requirem
entswitho
ut an
understan
dingof th
e backgr
oundand
intent ma
y reduce
team
adoption
andsucc
ess.Inclu
de an orientatio
n forall t
eam
members
– includin
g forema
n, sub-co
nsultants
andinsta
llers–
about suc
cessful a
pproache
s toLEE
D constru
ctionas a
partof
yourproje
ct kick-off
. When te
am memb
ers under
stand tha
t their
individua
l actions
impact th
e overall
success
of the pro
ject,they
are much
morelikely
to view L
EEDas a
collabora
tiveeffor
t.
4. Chan
gesto E
quipmen
t Specs
:
Conside
r the Do
mino Ef
fects
Equipme
nt specific
ationchan
gesare u
navoidab
le inlarge
proj-
ects. It’s
important
to look “u
pstream a
nd down
steam” to
ensure
thatthe e
quipmen
t changes
do not im
pactothe
r systems
. For
example,
payspec
ial attenti
on toplum
bingfixtur
es and in
surethe
lower flow
fixtures d
o not hav
e a negat
ive effect
on water
heaters.
5. Colla
borate a
nd Coord
inate
In LEED
construct
ion,we r
ely heavi
ly onall te
ammem
bers:
designer
s, trades
andinsp
ectors. D
evelop a
relations
hip built
on trust a
nd open
commun
ication to
enhance
collabora
tionand
problem-
solving. T
he comm
issioning
agent sho
uld be co
nsidered
yourally
in ensur
ingthe
project’s
intent is
realized
in the
finalproje
ct.
It takes
a village
to create
a village
like2785
Speer. M
indful
of these
fivetips,
youcan
achieve
success
in your ne
xt LEED
project.
Thefollo
wingtable
s provide
an overv
iewof th
e LEED C
ertified
multi-fam
ily projec
ts inColo
rado.
Column:
Colorado
Building G
reen
COLORADO
Theauth
or isDire
ctorof C
ommunity
at the Un
itedState
s Green
Building
Council (
USGBC)
Colorado
PattiMas
on
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FALL 2016
Checking in With Hotel Trends
As the world’s oldest millennial, I often use Airbnb when
traveling for business or pleasure. I simply prefer the
authenticity of moldy towels and sketchy neighbor-
hoods to the safe sterility of corporate hotel chains.
And I am not alone. There are 173,000 Airbnb listings in the
US (vs. about 5 million hotel rooms) but this “disruptive technology”
is growing at a faster rate. In 2015, one in three travelers used
such “private accommodations” in lieu of traditional hotel booking.
The number of business travelers using such services tripled in
recent years.
With all that competition, why then is Colorado experiencing a boom
in the construction of new hotels? CBRE’s “Denver Pipeline Report”
lists 73 current and recent projects ranging from the boutique to the
massive and exceeding $1.9 billion in development value.
Chalk it up to robust market fundamentals, says Larry Kaplan, senior
VP for hotel brokerage at CBRE’s Denver office. “Metro Denver has
a strong economy,” says Kaplan. “It’s anchored by corporate
business, convention business, and leisure destinations. And that’s
a good combination for hotel business.”
In mountain resorts, he adds, hotels have been buoyed by the efforts
of Vail Associates and others to make the summer season as big
a draw as winter. That has led to repositioning of existing hotels
for a higher-end clientele (that does not include campers and
couch-surfers like me).
For example, the 292-room Vail Cascade Resort sold last December
for $89.5 million. Owners commissioned a $35 million renovation and
“upbranding” (I learned a new word here—this is also called “De-Lec-
cese-ing”) to Starwood’s Luxury Collection. In January the humble
115-room Holiday Inn Vail sold for $22.4 million and is undergoing a
$10 million renovation/conversion to a Doubletree by Hilton.
Kaplan says “the Airbnb factor is overblown and is not a big
influence in Denver.” Yet hotel managers and developers are still
being proactive by personalizing their product for a new generation
of travelers. Developed by Sage Hospitality and BMC Investments,
designed by Denver’s Johnson Nathan Strohe and built by Mortenson
Construction, the new 154-room Halcyon Hotel in Cherry Creek
features rooms stocked with long-playing records, a “gear garage”
packed with bikes and fly rods ready for check out, and, (gasp)
full-size shampoo bottles.
The only element that could slow this hotel party are “the laws
of supply and demand, which do not take a holiday,” notes Kaplan.
After a record 2015, Metro Denver occupancy rates have dropped
slightly this year. Air bnb faces its own challenges from unhappy
neighbors and municipalities worry of erosion of revenues from hotel
occupancy taxes.
Leccese has been executive director of the 1,250-member ULI
Colorado since 2005. He always requests the room farthest from the
ice machine, and advises you to book ahead for ULI’s coming events
at http://colorado.uli.org/events. On December 7, 2016, ULI will host
its annual Holiday Party Explorer Series at a new hotel TBA.
Urban Perspectives The Author is Executive Director
at ULI Colorado
Michael Leccese
Above and right: The new 154-room Halcyon Hotel in Cherry Creek
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As the U.S. construction industry continues
to rebound from the downturn in the recent
economic cycle, The Business of Archi-
tecture: 2014 AIA Firm Survey Report shows that
design activity at architecture firms has recovered to
pre-recession levels. Most firms have seen revenue
at least stabilize (if not finally begin to grow), with
gross billings at architecture firms increasing by 20
percent from 2011.
“After what has been an unusually slow recov-
ery process, architecture firms are reporting very
strong business conditions for both the residential
and nonresidential sectors,” said American Institute
of Architects’ (AIA) Chief Economist Kermit Baker,
Hon. AIA, PhD, who presented the findings at AIA
Colorado’s Practice + Design Conference on Octo-
ber 10.
“As activity at design firms returns to pre-reces-
sion levels, we have seen projects that were shelved
due to lack of financing coming back to life in recent
months,” said Baker. “And there appears to be a re-
surgence in demand for institutional market that had
been lying dormant for several years due to budget
shortfalls at the state and local level.”
We find now that job-board activity is approach-
ing pre-recession levels, a heartening trend that
mirrors the overall upward trajectory of the built-
environment economy.
Some of the Key findings:
• With losses during the economic downturn, archi-
tecture firms are smaller and younger. Forty-three
percent were founded since the year 2000, with
one-third of those firms founded since 2010.
• Renovations of existing facilities account for a
larger share of design activity than during the last
construction boom.
• Nearly two-thirds of large firms worked on interna-
tional projects in 2013.
• Over a third of architecture firms nationally—and
virtually all larger firms—were using some form
of building information modeling (BIM) for billable
projects, with twelve percent using energy model-
ing software for billable projects.
• Twenty-one percent of firms have worked on one
or more projects that incorporate resilient design
strategies.
• Even with most of the institutional building cat-
egory remaining in recession in 2013, this sector
generated half of the billings at architecture firms.
The full survey is available for purchase at
aia.org/FirmSurvey.
A Chapter of The American Institute of ArchitectsInside
AIA’s Chief Economist:
“Continued Positive Trends”
By Cathy Rosset
The author is executive vice-president and CEO of the
American Institute of Architects (AIA) Colorado.
Michael Gifford
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AGC, CCA & HCC Taking Workforce Development to the Next Level
When I turn on late night TV, there is always this show
called “Finding Bigfoot.” Well they never seem to “fi
nd” igfoot. So
I submit they should change the name of the sho
w to "Looking
for Bigfoot."
Turning to construction, it can seem like finding additional
craft employees is a little like looking for the e
lusive mythical
beast. Well maybe notthat hard, but darn clos
e! How hard?
Colorado added 11,500 construction employees in
the last year,
a 7.5% growth rate. So where will the next 11,500 const
ruction
employees come from?
AGC and CCAhave developed a Colorado Constru
ction Orienta-
tion Program with Emily Griffith Technical College. The class
will run monthly in the evenings, starting Septem
ber 2016, so
currently underemployedindividuals can take a loo
k and see if a
career in construction is a good fit for them. H
ow will these
individuals know about the opportunity that awai
ts them? AGC,
CCA and HCC have teamed up to secure a $1 m
illion outreach
and recruitment grant through the WORK ACT (AGC and
CCA wrote this bill in 2015 to create the funding
opportunity).
We will be using two recruiters (plus a hefty dose
of social media
and other communications efforts) to attract u
nderemployed
individuals and graduating high school seniors to
the class. We
will be telling them about the great wagesthey can make,
the great benefits, the lack of school loans ina four-year
apprenticeship program,and the rapid upward mo
bility to super-
vision roles with the baby-boomer silver tsunami o
f retirements.
What’s in the class? An industry advisory board m
ade up of ops
directors from AGC, CCA, HCC and union GC’s and specialty
contractors designed a curriculum mix of safety, introductio
n to
the trades, and hands onconstruction basics to giv
e attendees a
taste of the career that isavailable to them in cons
truction.
To get involved as a sponsor or instructor contac
t Bryan Cook,
AGC Chapter OperationsDirector at 303-388-2422
Author Michael Giffordis President
and CEO of the Associated General
Contractors (AGC) of Colorado
Column: Inside AGC Colorado
President’s Letter
New Construction Orientation Program through Emily Griffith Technical College takes shape
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CONSTRUCTION&Design
“INDUSTRY
SPOTLIGH
T”
Earth
Servic
es&
Abatem
ent In
c.
Earth Serv
ices &
Abate
men
t have r
ecently
com
pleted
a 5-Year C
ontract
on Eagle P
3, Den
ver’s
A Line t
o DIA
. A fir
st-of-i
ts-kin
d design-b
uild co
nsorti
um ca
lled on E
arth Serv
ices &
Abate
men
t
Inc.
to w
ork on C
olora
do’s larg
est m
ass tr
ansit pro
ject to
date.
By Step
hanie
Darling,
Constr
uction
Writ
ers C
ollab
orati
ve
When t
he de
vil is i
n the
proje
ct de
tails,
Earth
Service
s & Aba
temen
t Inc.,
(ESA), b
ased
in
Denve
r, is r
eady
to di
g in.
Litera
lly.
“You na
me it, w
e fou
nd it,
” said
ESA Preside
nt
Kory M
itchell,
refer
ring t
o tain
ted so
il, asb
estos
,
aban
done
d lan
dfills
and o
ther u
nsafe
cons
tructio
n
obsta
cles t
he co
mpany
enco
unter
ed an
d corr
ected
durin
g its
five-ye
ar, $1
6.7 m
illion c
ontra
ct for
envi-
ronmen
tal re
mediat
ion an
d dem
olition
servi
ces o
n
Eagle
P3, a m
ulti-b
illion D
enve
r tran
sit pro
ject
ranke
d as t
he la
rgest
such
ventu
re in
recen
t
Colorad
o histo
ry.
Eagle
P3 is p
art of
the D
enve
r’s Reg
ional
Transp
ortati
on’s (
RTD) Fas
Tracks,
a 20
04-vo
ter
appro
ved p
lan to
expa
nd co
mmuter li
ght ra
il and
bus t
ransit
acros
s the
Denve
r metr
o reg
ion.
ESA’s inv
olvem
ent in
the m
assiv
e end
eavo
r
includ
ed co
mprehe
nsive
servi
ces o
n 40 m
iles
of co
mmuter ra
il corr
idor, c
onne
cting t
he cit
y to
Denve
r Inter
natio
nal A
irport
(DIA) a
nd be
yond
.
ESA crew
s were
onsite
durin
g the
cons
tructio
n of
three
commute
r line
s tha
t wea
ve th
rough
six lo
cal
jurisd
iction
s and
acros
s som
e of D
enve
r’s ol
dest,
most h
istoric
and i
ndus
trialize
d sec
tors.
Light
rail
cars
now gl
ide ov
er lan
d freq
uente
d in t
he 18
20s
by Fren
ch tra
ppers
; pas
t two o
perat
ing ra
ilroad
s
and d
ozen
s of h
eavy
manufa
cturin
g bloc
ks; ov
er
a cree
k whe
re a l
ucky
miner m
ade t
he st
ate’s
first g
old fin
d; an
d nea
r the s
ite of
Denve
r’s ol
d
Staplet
on Airp
ort, n
ow a
large
, well
plann
ed
mixed-u
se co
mmunity.
Eagle
P3 is t
he fir
st majo
r U.S. tr
ansp
ortati
on
projec
t to us
e a pu
blic-pr
ivate
partn
ership
(PPP)
to fin
ance
, des
ign, b
uild, m
aintai
n and
opera
te the
system
over
34 ye
ars. D
enve
r Tran
sit Part
ners
(DTP) h
olds t
he pr
oject
conc
essio
n. Glob
al en
gi-
neeri
ng gi
ant F
luor is
the c
once
ssion
man
aging
partn
er an
d hold
s a 33
-perce
nt sta
ke in
opera
ting
and m
aintai
ning t
he co
mpleted
syste
m.
The fa
mily-ow
ned E
SA, whic
h beg
an as
an
envir
onmen
tal re
mediat
ion co
mpany
in 19
82, w
as
selec
ted fo
r Eag
le P3 f
or en
viron
mental
-relat
ed
servi
ces,
one o
f the p
rojec
t’s mos
t criti
cal jo
bs,
given
the i
ndus
trial ra
il corr
idor’s
histo
ry, le
ngth,
jurisd
iction
s and
geog
raphy.
ESA, with
licen
ses a
nd ce
rtifica
tions
in 35
state
s,
is rec
ogniz
ed as
one o
f the t
op tu
rnkey
envir
on-
mental
remed
iation
and d
emolit
ion fir
ms in th
e
coun
try. T
he co
mpany
owns
its ow
n equ
ipmen
t,
faciliti
es an
d thro
ugh t
he M
idwes
t Trai
ning I
nsti-
tute,
ESA’s trai
ning d
ivision
, deliv
ers a
workfor
ce
that is
skille
d, ce
rtified
and c
ross-t
raine
d to t
he
spec
ific re
quire
ments
of ea
ch jo
b, Mitch
ell sa
id.
For ex
ample
, ESA cr
ews w
ere fu
lly pre
pared
to
hand
le all
plann
ed an
d unp
lanne
d cha
llenge
s on
the Eag
le P3 j
ob be
fore t
he pr
oject
starte
d. ESA
even
traine
d its
demolit
ion work
ers in
envir
onmen
-
tal co
mplianc
e so t
hey w
ould
know
how to
hand
le
unex
pecte
d mate
rials,
such
as as
besto
s, du
ring
demolit
ion ac
tivitie
s. “O
ne of
our n
iches
is rai
l-re-
lated
abate
ment a
nd de
molition
. So,
befor
e eve
n
signin
g the
contr
act o
ur tea
ms had
comple
ted at
least
100 h
ours
of sa
fety t
rainin
g and
all h
ad fu
ll
e-rail
certif
icatio
ns, w
hich w
as m
anda
tory o
n the
Eagle
P3 job
,” Mitch
ell ex
plaine
d. Alth
ough
ESA
has c
omple
ted m
ore th
an 8,
000 j
obs o
ver th
e
years
, with
contr
acts
rangin
g from
$5,00
0 to $
20
All ESA cr
ew m
embe
rs co
mple
te at
leas
t 100
hour
s of
safe
ty tra
ining and earn fu
ll e-ra
il ce
rtific
ations
–
mandato
ry o
n the E
agle P3 p
roject.
The c
ompany
owns
its ow
n equ
ipmen
t, fac
ilities
, and
traini
ng di
vision
,
the
Midw
est T
raini
ng In
stitu
te.
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SMPSLuncheonattheDenverAthleticClub, June8th,
2016withafocus oneconomicdevelopment of Metro
DenverNorthPa
rtingShots
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ShelleyHartnettofThe Stresscon Corporation
JulieJacobyfromThe CityofThorntonwas one
oftheguest speakers
NicoleHammerfromWSP Parsons Brinkerhoff
Bruce Biggi of the NorthernColorado Economic
Alliancewas alsoa guestspeaker
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Multi-family
Housing Round Up
26:72Colorado
CONSTRUCTION &Design
by Sean O’Keefe
AsColorado remains an attra
ctive lifestyle option for m
illennials, and pretty much
every other generation of renters, the red hot multi-family housing market
continues to grow. One of the challenges Denver and other front range
communities face is providing enough variety in lease rates to accommodate tenants of every income
level. In fact, in
the case of some of the projects in this editio
n of the Round Up, th
at includes those
with virtually no income at all. H
ere we explore a wide range of emerging housing options fro
m
close-in urban properties circling Union Station to frin
ge rural projects outside of Louisville and Aurora.
Like their location and price point, th
ese projects also speak to the wide range of talented designers
and builders working in Colorado.
Sean O'Keefe has more than 16 years of experience writing about the design and construction
industry. He provides integration communications services to architects, engineers, and contractors
ranging from public relations to marketing strategy. He can be reached at [email protected]
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Housing Round-up
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2016
FiveTips
froma G
C ona M
ulti-Fam
ily LEED
Project
The2785
Speer apa
rtments a
re one of
Martines
Palmeiro
Con-
struction’s
(MPC) larg
est projec
ts inColo
radoand
oneof De
nver’s
largest m
ulti-famil
y infill pr
ojects pu
rsuing LE
ED (Lead
ership in
Energy a
nd Enviro
nmental
Design) c
ertificatio
n. The pro
jectwas
honored b
y theJeffe
rsonPark
United Ne
ighborho
od (JPUN
) for
the positiv
e impact
the projec
t is havin
g onthe n
eighborh
ood.
Theapar
tments co
nsistof 33
2 units a
nd two 4-s
torytowe
rs that
eachwrap
around a
central c
ourtyard w
ith outdo
or pools, a
menity
deckand
green sp
ace.Each
tower has
two levels
of underg
round
parking.
I asked S
arahStott
, who is
the marke
tingman
agerfor M
artines
Palmeiro
Construc
tion,to sh
are five t
ips to ma
ke your f
irst –or
next– LE
ED projec
t a succe
ss.
1. Plan
Early a
nd Revie
w theSite
Witha ne
arlyfive-
acrecons
truction s
ite, 2785
Speer ha
d an
enormou
s amount
of space
for const
ruction m
aterials a
nd stagin
g
at the sta
rt ofthe
project. A
s constru
ctionof th
e two to
wers
progress
ed, the s
taging ar
easredu
cedto th
e perime
ter of the
project. F
or aninfill
project, th
is istypic
al. As yo
u plan yo
ur con-
struction
staging a
reas, con
sider wh
ere they
will be thr
oughout
the life o
f construc
tion.
2. Captu
re the E
arlyOpp
ortunitie
s
Oneof th
e critical
measure
ments of
a projec
t pursuin
g LEED
certificat
ion is re
cycling o
f construc
tionmate
rials. As
an infill
project, t
herewas
siteprep
aration that
included
removing
concrete
andothe
r sitemate
rials. Hav
e your re
cycling p
rogram in
place –
including
dumpste
rs and an
understan
dingof re
quired
LEED do
cumenta
tion– be
forethe f
irst shove
l hitsthe s
oil.
3. Educ
atethe
Team
Impleme
ntingprac
ticesto m
eet LEED
requirem
entswitho
ut an
understan
dingof th
e backgr
oundand
intent ma
y reduce
team
adoption
andsucc
ess.Inclu
de an orientatio
n forall t
eam
members
– includin
g forema
n, sub-co
nsultants
andinsta
llers–
about suc
cessful a
pproache
s toLEE
D constru
ctionas a
partof
yourproje
ct kick-off
. When te
am memb
ers under
stand tha
t their
individua
l actions
impact th
e overall
success
of the pro
ject,they
are much
morelikely
to view L
EEDas a
collabora
tiveeffor
t.
4. Chan
gesto E
quipmen
t Specs
:
Conside
r the Do
mino Ef
fects
Equipme
nt specific
ationchan
gesare u
navoidab
le inlarge
proj-
ects. It’s
important
to look “u
pstream a
nd down
steam” to
ensure
thatthe e
quipmen
t changes
do not im
pactothe
r systems
. For
example,
payspec
ial attenti
on toplum
bingfixtur
es and in
surethe
lower flow
fixtures d
o not hav
e a negat
ive effect
on water
heaters.
5. Colla
borate a
nd Coord
inate
In LEED
construct
ion,we r
ely heavi
ly onall te
ammem
bers:
designer
s, trades
andinsp
ectors. D
evelop a
relations
hip built
on trust a
nd open
commun
ication to
enhance
collabora
tionand
problem-
solving. T
he comm
issioning
agent sho
uld be co
nsidered
yourally
in ensur
ingthe
project’s
intent is
realized
in the
finalproje
ct.
It takes
a village
to create
a village
like2785
Speer. M
indful
of these
fivetips,
youcan
achieve
success
in your ne
xt LEED
project.
Thefollo
wingtable
s provide
an overv
iewof th
e LEED C
ertified
multi-fam
ily projec
ts inColo
rado.
Column:
Colorado
Building G
reen
COLORADO
Theauth
or isDire
ctorof C
ommunity
at the Un
itedState
s Green
Building
Council (
USGBC)
Colorado
PattiMas
on
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Checking in With Hotel Trends
As the world’s oldest millennial, I often use Airbnb when
traveling for business or pleasure. I simply prefer the
authenticity of moldy towels and sketchy neighbor-
hoods to the safe sterility of corporate hotel chains.
And I am not alone. There are 173,000 Airbnb listings in the
US (vs. about 5 million hotel rooms) but this “disruptive technology”
is growing at a faster rate. In 2015, one in three travelers used
such “private accommodations” in lieu of traditional hotel booking.
The number of business travelers using such services tripled in
recent years.
With all that competition, why then is Colorado experiencing a boom
in the construction of new hotels? CBRE’s “Denver Pipeline Report”
lists 73 current and recent projects ranging from the boutique to the
massive and exceeding $1.9 billion in development value.
Chalk it up to robust market fundamentals, says Larry Kaplan, senior
VP for hotel brokerage at CBRE’s Denver office. “Metro Denver has
a strong economy,” says Kaplan. “It’s anchored by corporate
business, convention business, and leisure destinations. And that’s
a good combination for hotel business.”
In mountain resorts, he adds, hotels have been buoyed by the efforts
of Vail Associates and others to make the summer season as big
a draw as winter. That has led to repositioning of existing hotels
for a higher-end clientele (that does not include campers and
couch-surfers like me).
For example, the 292-room Vail Cascade Resort sold last December
for $89.5 million. Owners commissioned a $35 million renovation and
“upbranding” (I learned a new word here—this is also called “De-Lec-
cese-ing”) to Starwood’s Luxury Collection. In January the humble
115-room Holiday Inn Vail sold for $22.4 million and is undergoing a
$10 million renovation/conversion to a Doubletree by Hilton.
Kaplan says “the Airbnb factor is overblown and is not a big
influence in Denver.” Yet hotel managers and developers are still
being proactive by personalizing their product for a new generation
of travelers. Developed by Sage Hospitality and BMC Investments,
designed by Denver’s Johnson Nathan Strohe and built by Mortenson
Construction, the new 154-room Halcyon Hotel in Cherry Creek
features rooms stocked with long-playing records, a “gear garage”
packed with bikes and fly rods ready for check out, and, (gasp)
full-size shampoo bottles.
The only element that could slow this hotel party are “the laws
of supply and demand, which do not take a holiday,” notes Kaplan.
After a record 2015, Metro Denver occupancy rates have dropped
slightly this year. Air bnb faces its own challenges from unhappy
neighbors and municipalities worry of erosion of revenues from hotel
occupancy taxes.
Leccese has been executive director of the 1,250-member ULI
Colorado since 2005. He always requests the room farthest from the
ice machine, and advises you to book ahead for ULI’s coming events
at http://colorado.uli.org/events. On December 7, 2016, ULI will host
its annual Holiday Party Explorer Series at a new hotel TBA.
Urban Perspectives The Author is Executive Director
at ULI Colorado
Michael Leccese
Above and right: The new 154-room Halcyon Hotel in Cherry Creek
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As the U.S. construction industry continues
to rebound from the downturn in the recent
economic cycle, The Business of Archi-
tecture: 2014 AIA Firm Survey Report shows that
design activity at architecture firms has recovered to
pre-recession levels. Most firms have seen revenue
at least stabilize (if not finally begin to grow), with
gross billings at architecture firms increasing by 20
percent from 2011.
“After what has been an unusually slow recov-
ery process, architecture firms are reporting very
strong business conditions for both the residential
and nonresidential sectors,” said American Institute
of Architects’ (AIA) Chief Economist Kermit Baker,
Hon. AIA, PhD, who presented the findings at AIA
Colorado’s Practice + Design Conference on Octo-
ber 10.
“As activity at design firms returns to pre-reces-
sion levels, we have seen projects that were shelved
due to lack of financing coming back to life in recent
months,” said Baker. “And there appears to be a re-
surgence in demand for institutional market that had
been lying dormant for several years due to budget
shortfalls at the state and local level.”
We find now that job-board activity is approach-
ing pre-recession levels, a heartening trend that
mirrors the overall upward trajectory of the built-
environment economy.
Some of the Key findings:
• With losses during the economic downturn, archi-
tecture firms are smaller and younger. Forty-three
percent were founded since the year 2000, with
one-third of those firms founded since 2010.
• Renovations of existing facilities account for a
larger share of design activity than during the last
construction boom.
• Nearly two-thirds of large firms worked on interna-
tional projects in 2013.
• Over a third of architecture firms nationally—and
virtually all larger firms—were using some form
of building information modeling (BIM) for billable
projects, with twelve percent using energy model-
ing software for billable projects.
• Twenty-one percent of firms have worked on one
or more projects that incorporate resilient design
strategies.
• Even with most of the institutional building cat-
egory remaining in recession in 2013, this sector
generated half of the billings at architecture firms.
The full survey is available for purchase at
aia.org/FirmSurvey.
A Chapter of The American Institute of ArchitectsInside
AIA’s Chief Economist:
“Continued Positive Trends”
By Cathy Rosset
The author is executive vice-president and CEO of the
American Institute of Architects (AIA) Colorado.
Michael Gifford
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AGC, CCA & HCC Taking Workforce Development to the Next Level
When I turn on late night TV, there is always this show
called “Finding Bigfoot.” Well they never seem to “fi
nd” igfoot. So
I submit they should change the name of the sho
w to "Looking
for Bigfoot."
Turning to construction, it can seem like finding additional
craft employees is a little like looking for the e
lusive mythical
beast. Well maybe notthat hard, but darn clos
e! How hard?
Colorado added 11,500 construction employees in
the last year,
a 7.5% growth rate. So where will the next 11,500 const
ruction
employees come from?
AGC and CCAhave developed a Colorado Constru
ction Orienta-
tion Program with Emily Griffith Technical College. The class
will run monthly in the evenings, starting Septem
ber 2016, so
currently underemployedindividuals can take a loo
k and see if a
career in construction is a good fit for them. H
ow will these
individuals know about the opportunity that awai
ts them? AGC,
CCA and HCC have teamed up to secure a $1 m
illion outreach
and recruitment grant through the WORK ACT (AGC and
CCA wrote this bill in 2015 to create the funding
opportunity).
We will be using two recruiters (plus a hefty dose
of social media
and other communications efforts) to attract u
nderemployed
individuals and graduating high school seniors to
the class. We
will be telling them about the great wagesthey can make,
the great benefits, the lack of school loans ina four-year
apprenticeship program,and the rapid upward mo
bility to super-
vision roles with the baby-boomer silver tsunami o
f retirements.
What’s in the class? An industry advisory board m
ade up of ops
directors from AGC, CCA, HCC and union GC’s and specialty
contractors designed a curriculum mix of safety, introductio
n to
the trades, and hands onconstruction basics to giv
e attendees a
taste of the career that isavailable to them in cons
truction.
To get involved as a sponsor or instructor contac
t Bryan Cook,
AGC Chapter OperationsDirector at 303-388-2422
Author Michael Giffordis President
and CEO of the Associated General
Contractors (AGC) of Colorado
Column: Inside AGC Colorado
President’s Letter
New Construction Orientation Program through Emily Griffith Technical College takes shape
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CONSTRUCTION&Design
“INDUSTRY
SPOTLIGH
T”
Earth
Servic
es&
Abatem
ent In
c.
Earth Serv
ices &
Abate
men
t have r
ecently
com
pleted
a 5-Year C
ontract
on Eagle P
3, Den
ver’s
A Line t
o DIA
. A fir
st-of-i
ts-kin
d design-b
uild co
nsorti
um ca
lled on E
arth Serv
ices &
Abate
men
t
Inc.
to w
ork on C
olora
do’s larg
est m
ass tr
ansit pro
ject to
date.
By Step
hanie
Darling,
Constr
uction
Writ
ers C
ollab
orati
ve
When t
he de
vil is i
n the
proje
ct de
tails,
Earth
Service
s & Aba
temen
t Inc.,
(ESA), b
ased
in
Denve
r, is r
eady
to di
g in.
Litera
lly.
“You na
me it, w
e fou
nd it,
” said
ESA Preside
nt
Kory M
itchell,
refer
ring t
o tain
ted so
il, asb
estos
,
aban
done
d lan
dfills
and o
ther u
nsafe
cons
tructio
n
obsta
cles t
he co
mpany
enco
unter
ed an
d corr
ected
durin
g its
five-ye
ar, $1
6.7 m
illion c
ontra
ct for
envi-
ronmen
tal re
mediat
ion an
d dem
olition
servi
ces o
n
Eagle
P3, a m
ulti-b
illion D
enve
r tran
sit pro
ject
ranke
d as t
he la
rgest
such
ventu
re in
recen
t
Colorad
o histo
ry.
Eagle
P3 is p
art of
the D
enve
r’s Reg
ional
Transp
ortati
on’s (
RTD) Fas
Tracks,
a 20
04-vo
ter
appro
ved p
lan to
expa
nd co
mmuter li
ght ra
il and
bus t
ransit
acros
s the
Denve
r metr
o reg
ion.
ESA’s inv
olvem
ent in
the m
assiv
e end
eavo
r
includ
ed co
mprehe
nsive
servi
ces o
n 40 m
iles
of co
mmuter ra
il corr
idor, c
onne
cting t
he cit
y to
Denve
r Inter
natio
nal A
irport
(DIA) a
nd be
yond
.
ESA crew
s were
onsite
durin
g the
cons
tructio
n of
three
commute
r line
s tha
t wea
ve th
rough
six lo
cal
jurisd
iction
s and
acros
s som
e of D
enve
r’s ol
dest,
most h
istoric
and i
ndus
trialize
d sec
tors.
Light
rail
cars
now gl
ide ov
er lan
d freq
uente
d in t
he 18
20s
by Fren
ch tra
ppers
; pas
t two o
perat
ing ra
ilroad
s
and d
ozen
s of h
eavy
manufa
cturin
g bloc
ks; ov
er
a cree
k whe
re a l
ucky
miner m
ade t
he st
ate’s
first g
old fin
d; an
d nea
r the s
ite of
Denve
r’s ol
d
Staplet
on Airp
ort, n
ow a
large
, well
plann
ed
mixed-u
se co
mmunity.
Eagle
P3 is t
he fir
st majo
r U.S. tr
ansp
ortati
on
projec
t to us
e a pu
blic-pr
ivate
partn
ership
(PPP)
to fin
ance
, des
ign, b
uild, m
aintai
n and
opera
te the
system
over
34 ye
ars. D
enve
r Tran
sit Part
ners
(DTP) h
olds t
he pr
oject
conc
essio
n. Glob
al en
gi-
neeri
ng gi
ant F
luor is
the c
once
ssion
man
aging
partn
er an
d hold
s a 33
-perce
nt sta
ke in
opera
ting
and m
aintai
ning t
he co
mpleted
syste
m.
The fa
mily-ow
ned E
SA, whic
h beg
an as
an
envir
onmen
tal re
mediat
ion co
mpany
in 19
82, w
as
selec
ted fo
r Eag
le P3 f
or en
viron
mental
-relat
ed
servi
ces,
one o
f the p
rojec
t’s mos
t criti
cal jo
bs,
given
the i
ndus
trial ra
il corr
idor’s
histo
ry, le
ngth,
jurisd
iction
s and
geog
raphy.
ESA, with
licen
ses a
nd ce
rtifica
tions
in 35
state
s,
is rec
ogniz
ed as
one o
f the t
op tu
rnkey
envir
on-
mental
remed
iation
and d
emolit
ion fir
ms in th
e
coun
try. T
he co
mpany
owns
its ow
n equ
ipmen
t,
faciliti
es an
d thro
ugh t
he M
idwes
t Trai
ning I
nsti-
tute,
ESA’s trai
ning d
ivision
, deliv
ers a
workfor
ce
that is
skille
d, ce
rtified
and c
ross-t
raine
d to t
he
spec
ific re
quire
ments
of ea
ch jo
b, Mitch
ell sa
id.
For ex
ample
, ESA cr
ews w
ere fu
lly pre
pared
to
hand
le all
plann
ed an
d unp
lanne
d cha
llenge
s on
the Eag
le P3 j
ob be
fore t
he pr
oject
starte
d. ESA
even
traine
d its
demolit
ion work
ers in
envir
onmen
-
tal co
mplianc
e so t
hey w
ould
know
how to
hand
le
unex
pecte
d mate
rials,
such
as as
besto
s, du
ring
demolit
ion ac
tivitie
s. “O
ne of
our n
iches
is rai
l-re-
lated
abate
ment a
nd de
molition
. So,
befor
e eve
n
signin
g the
contr
act o
ur tea
ms had
comple
ted at
least
100 h
ours
of sa
fety t
rainin
g and
all h
ad fu
ll
e-rail
certif
icatio
ns, w
hich w
as m
anda
tory o
n the
Eagle
P3 job
,” Mitch
ell ex
plaine
d. Alth
ough
ESA
has c
omple
ted m
ore th
an 8,
000 j
obs o
ver th
e
years
, with
contr
acts
rangin
g from
$5,00
0 to $
20
All ESA cr
ew m
embe
rs co
mple
te at
leas
t 100
hour
s of
safe
ty tra
ining and earn fu
ll e-ra
il ce
rtific
ations
–
mandato
ry o
n the E
agle P3 p
roject.
The c
ompany
owns
its ow
n equ
ipmen
t, fac
ilities
, and
traini
ng di
vision
,
the
Midw
est T
raini
ng In
stitu
te.
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rtingShots
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JulieJacobyfromThe CityofThorntonwas one
oftheguest speakers
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Multi-family
Housing Round Up
26:72Colorado
CONSTRUCTION &Design
by Sean O’Keefe
AsColorado remains an attra
ctive lifestyle option for m
illennials, and pretty much
every other generation of renters, the red hot multi-family housing market
continues to grow. One of the challenges Denver and other front range
communities face is providing enough variety in lease rates to accommodate tenants of every income
level. In fact, in
the case of some of the projects in this editio
n of the Round Up, th
at includes those
with virtually no income at all. H
ere we explore a wide range of emerging housing options fro
m
close-in urban properties circling Union Station to frin
ge rural projects outside of Louisville and Aurora.
Like their location and price point, th
ese projects also speak to the wide range of talented designers
and builders working in Colorado.
Sean O'Keefe has more than 16 years of experience writing about the design and construction
industry. He provides integration communications services to architects, engineers, and contractors
ranging from public relations to marketing strategy. He can be reached at [email protected]
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SUMMER
2016
FiveTips
froma G
C ona M
ulti-Fam
ily LEED
Project
The2785
Speer apa
rtments a
re one of
Martines
Palmeiro
Con-
struction’s
(MPC) larg
est projec
ts inColo
radoand
oneof De
nver’s
largest m
ulti-famil
y infill pr
ojects pu
rsuing LE
ED (Lead
ership in
Energy a
nd Enviro
nmental
Design) c
ertificatio
n. The pro
jectwas
honored b
y theJeffe
rsonPark
United Ne
ighborho
od (JPUN
) for
the positiv
e impact
the projec
t is havin
g onthe n
eighborh
ood.
Theapar
tments co
nsistof 33
2 units a
nd two 4-s
torytowe
rs that
eachwrap
around a
central c
ourtyard w
ith outdo
or pools, a
menity
deckand
green sp
ace.Each
tower has
two levels
of underg
round
parking.
I asked S
arahStott
, who is
the marke
tingman
agerfor M
artines
Palmeiro
Construc
tion,to sh
are five t
ips to ma
ke your f
irst –or
next– LE
ED projec
t a succe
ss.
1. Plan
Early a
nd Revie
w theSite
Witha ne
arlyfive-
acrecons
truction s
ite, 2785
Speer ha
d an
enormou
s amount
of space
for const
ruction m
aterials a
nd stagin
g
at the sta
rt ofthe
project. A
s constru
ctionof th
e two to
wers
progress
ed, the s
taging ar
easredu
cedto th
e perime
ter of the
project. F
or aninfill
project, th
is istypic
al. As yo
u plan yo
ur con-
struction
staging a
reas, con
sider wh
ere they
will be thr
oughout
the life o
f construc
tion.
2. Captu
re the E
arlyOpp
ortunitie
s
Oneof th
e critical
measure
ments of
a projec
t pursuin
g LEED
certificat
ion is re
cycling o
f construc
tionmate
rials. As
an infill
project, t
herewas
siteprep
aration that
included
removing
concrete
andothe
r sitemate
rials. Hav
e your re
cycling p
rogram in
place –
including
dumpste
rs and an
understan
dingof re
quired
LEED do
cumenta
tion– be
forethe f
irst shove
l hitsthe s
oil.
3. Educ
atethe
Team
Impleme
ntingprac
ticesto m
eet LEED
requirem
entswitho
ut an
understan
dingof th
e backgr
oundand
intent ma
y reduce
team
adoption
andsucc
ess.Inclu
de an orientatio
n forall t
eam
members
– includin
g forema
n, sub-co
nsultants
andinsta
llers–
about suc
cessful a
pproache
s toLEE
D constru
ctionas a
partof
yourproje
ct kick-off
. When te
am memb
ers under
stand tha
t their
individua
l actions
impact th
e overall
success
of the pro
ject,they
are much
morelikely
to view L
EEDas a
collabora
tiveeffor
t.
4. Chan
gesto E
quipmen
t Specs
:
Conside
r the Do
mino Ef
fects
Equipme
nt specific
ationchan
gesare u
navoidab
le inlarge
proj-
ects. It’s
important
to look “u
pstream a
nd down
steam” to
ensure
thatthe e
quipmen
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Checking in With Hotel Trends
As the world’s oldest millennial, I often use Airbnb when
traveling for business or pleasure. I simply prefer the
authenticity of moldy towels and sketchy neighbor-
hoods to the safe sterility of corporate hotel chains.
And I am not alone. There are 173,000 Airbnb listings in the
US (vs. about 5 million hotel rooms) but this “disruptive technology”
is growing at a faster rate. In 2015, one in three travelers used
such “private accommodations” in lieu of traditional hotel booking.
The number of business travelers using such services tripled in
recent years.
With all that competition, why then is Colorado experiencing a boom
in the construction of new hotels? CBRE’s “Denver Pipeline Report”
lists 73 current and recent projects ranging from the boutique to the
massive and exceeding $1.9 billion in development value.
Chalk it up to robust market fundamentals, says Larry Kaplan, senior
VP for hotel brokerage at CBRE’s Denver office. “Metro Denver has
a strong economy,” says Kaplan. “It’s anchored by corporate
business, convention business, and leisure destinations. And that’s
a good combination for hotel business.”
In mountain resorts, he adds, hotels have been buoyed by the efforts
of Vail Associates and others to make the summer season as big
a draw as winter. That has led to repositioning of existing hotels
for a higher-end clientele (that does not include campers and
couch-surfers like me).
For example, the 292-room Vail Cascade Resort sold last December
for $89.5 million. Owners commissioned a $35 million renovation and
“upbranding” (I learned a new word here—this is also called “De-Lec-
cese-ing”) to Starwood’s Luxury Collection. In January the humble
115-room Holiday Inn Vail sold for $22.4 million and is undergoing a
$10 million renovation/conversion to a Doubletree by Hilton.
Kaplan says “the Airbnb factor is overblown and is not a big
influence in Denver.” Yet hotel managers and developers are still
being proactive by personalizing their product for a new generation
of travelers. Developed by Sage Hospitality and BMC Investments,
designed by Denver’s Johnson Nathan Strohe and built by Mortenson
Construction, the new 154-room Halcyon Hotel in Cherry Creek
features rooms stocked with long-playing records, a “gear garage”
packed with bikes and fly rods ready for check out, and, (gasp)
full-size shampoo bottles.
The only element that could slow this hotel party are “the laws
of supply and demand, which do not take a holiday,” notes Kaplan.
After a record 2015, Metro Denver occupancy rates have dropped
slightly this year. Air bnb faces its own challenges from unhappy
neighbors and municipalities worry of erosion of revenues from hotel
occupancy taxes.
Leccese has been executive director of the 1,250-member ULI
Colorado since 2005. He always requests the room farthest from the
ice machine, and advises you to book ahead for ULI’s coming events
at http://colorado.uli.org/events. On December 7, 2016, ULI will host
its annual Holiday Party Explorer Series at a new hotel TBA.
Urban Perspectives The Author is Executive Director
at ULI Colorado
Michael Leccese
Above and right: The new 154-room Halcyon Hotel in Cherry Creek
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As the U.S. construction industry continues
to rebound from the downturn in the recent
economic cycle, The Business of Archi-
tecture: 2014 AIA Firm Survey Report shows that
design activity at architecture firms has recovered to
pre-recession levels. Most firms have seen revenue
at least stabilize (if not finally begin to grow), with
gross billings at architecture firms increasing by 20
percent from 2011.
“After what has been an unusually slow recov-
ery process, architecture firms are reporting very
strong business conditions for both the residential
and nonresidential sectors,” said American Institute
of Architects’ (AIA) Chief Economist Kermit Baker,
Hon. AIA, PhD, who presented the findings at AIA
Colorado’s Practice + Design Conference on Octo-
ber 10.
“As activity at design firms returns to pre-reces-
sion levels, we have seen projects that were shelved
due to lack of financing coming back to life in recent
months,” said Baker. “And there appears to be a re-
surgence in demand for institutional market that had
been lying dormant for several years due to budget
shortfalls at the state and local level.”
We find now that job-board activity is approach-
ing pre-recession levels, a heartening trend that
mirrors the overall upward trajectory of the built-
environment economy.
Some of the Key findings:
• With losses during the economic downturn, archi-
tecture firms are smaller and younger. Forty-three
percent were founded since the year 2000, with
one-third of those firms founded since 2010.
• Renovations of existing facilities account for a
larger share of design activity than during the last
construction boom.
• Nearly two-thirds of large firms worked on interna-
tional projects in 2013.
• Over a third of architecture firms nationally—and
virtually all larger firms—were using some form
of building information modeling (BIM) for billable
projects, with twelve percent using energy model-
ing software for billable projects.
• Twenty-one percent of firms have worked on one
or more projects that incorporate resilient design
strategies.
• Even with most of the institutional building cat-
egory remaining in recession in 2013, this sector
generated half of the billings at architecture firms.
The full survey is available for purchase at
aia.org/FirmSurvey.
A Chapter of The American Institute of ArchitectsInside
AIA’s Chief Economist:
“Continued Positive Trends”
By Cathy Rosset
The author is executive vice-president and CEO of the
American Institute of Architects (AIA) Colorado.
Michael Gifford
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AGC, CCA & HCC Taking Workforce Development to the Next Level
When I turn on late night TV, there is always this show
called “Finding Bigfoot.” Well they never seem to “fi
nd” igfoot. So
I submit they should change the name of the sho
w to "Looking
for Bigfoot."
Turning to construction, it can seem like finding additional
craft employees is a little like looking for the e
lusive mythical
beast. Well maybe notthat hard, but darn clos
e! How hard?
Colorado added 11,500 construction employees in
the last year,
a 7.5% growth rate. So where will the next 11,500 const
ruction
employees come from?
AGC and CCAhave developed a Colorado Constru
ction Orienta-
tion Program with Emily Griffith Technical College. The class
will run monthly in the evenings, starting Septem
ber 2016, so
currently underemployedindividuals can take a loo
k and see if a
career in construction is a good fit for them. H
ow will these
individuals know about the opportunity that awai
ts them? AGC,
CCA and HCC have teamed up to secure a $1 m
illion outreach
and recruitment grant through the WORK ACT (AGC and
CCA wrote this bill in 2015 to create the funding
opportunity).
We will be using two recruiters (plus a hefty dose
of social media
and other communications efforts) to attract u
nderemployed
individuals and graduating high school seniors to
the class. We
will be telling them about the great wagesthey can make,
the great benefits, the lack of school loans ina four-year
apprenticeship program,and the rapid upward mo
bility to super-
vision roles with the baby-boomer silver tsunami o
f retirements.
What’s in the class? An industry advisory board m
ade up of ops
directors from AGC, CCA, HCC and union GC’s and specialty
contractors designed a curriculum mix of safety, introductio
n to
the trades, and hands onconstruction basics to giv
e attendees a
taste of the career that isavailable to them in cons
truction.
To get involved as a sponsor or instructor contac
t Bryan Cook,
AGC Chapter OperationsDirector at 303-388-2422
Author Michael Giffordis President
and CEO of the Associated General
Contractors (AGC) of Colorado
Column: Inside AGC Colorado
President’s Letter
New Construction Orientation Program through Emily Griffith Technical College takes shape
With AIA, ACEC & SMPS
July 20, 2016 at 7:30am
Denver Marriott City Centre
400+ attendance with the leaders of the Construction & Design Industry
Top 25 GC Showcase with Project Managers that Buy Out Project Teams
Don't miss this blockbuster event!
Register at 303-388-2422
AGC Breakfast with the
Board and GC Showcase
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