Pankow Builders and Noll & Tam met the challenge of a new Recycling Center in El Cerrito with a hybrid of Design Build and Integrated Project Delivery. Using this format, the project was able to develop a two acre multi-million dollar recycling facility in under one year. The project boasts net zero water use, net zero energy use, and innovative re-use of building materials. The project team also partnered with Zeta Communities to provide a high quality modular structure that furthers the team’s material, energy, water and cost goals in a way that site built construction could not.
The design-build team with extensive community input met El Cerrito’s environmental goals, commitment, and leadership in the design and construction of the new Center. The Center not only serves as a recycling drop-off location, but also as a living model of sustainable practices. 2 acre site; 2,000 SF; LEED Platinum Certified.
This project is one of the first large hospital projects using Lean Construction Delivery with a Fully Integrated Project Delivery Team. Pankow is a Core Team member and the Structural Concrete Trade Partner on this project. The general Contractor is Herrero Boldt.
The DaVita World Headquarters is not an office of the past where employees aimlessly enter a blank office building adorned with rows of tan desks and black chairs. It is an office of the future providing a whole new way of approaching a collaborative, team-oriented work environment.
A 500,000 sq. ft. Class A office building and parking garage accommodating 950 teammates; the offices are designed and built to be a “home away from home.” To promote a pleasing work environment, additional features include: rooftop exterior terraces, three interior seasonal gardens, three water features, workout room, top level marketplace, community spaces, large employee training area, and student union. In addition, the top floor and corners are devoted as employee spaces, not private offices.
Built on a brownfield site, the building is a vital component to the redevelopment of the Central Platte Valley near the Millennium Bridge and provides teammates ample access to public transportation. This facility received a LEED Gold certification.
Saunders delivered the building on time, within budget to the acclaim of our client and owner’s representative.
The Denver Art Museum Administration Building is a 52,000-square-foot, three-level office building housing 150 employees. The building was designed to meet LEED Gold and an exposed ceiling throughout. This distinct feature of open ceilings required numerous hours of 3D coordination and modeling. The time spent modeling the space ensured the exposed vents and piping, that would other wise be covered, were perfectly aligned.
The first two floors consist of open office areas, conference rooms and break rooms. Located in the center of each floor are the conference rooms and break room. This area is known as the “Heart Beat Zone.” It is divided into 4 separate areas symbolically representing the chambers of a human heart.
The secured basement consists of Art and High Density (library) Storage. The art storage area required a dedicated HVAC system to meet specific environmental and American Alliance of Museums (AAM) criteria. It is also a humidity controlled environment, to properly preserve all the art archives.
Just a few blocks away from Union Station, Saunders is working on one of Downtown Denver’s most anticipated projects: Dairy Block, formally known as Z-Block. Dairy Block is taking up a large amount of surface parking while keeping to the true historic form of Lower Downtown.
The project includes over 220,000 sq. ft. of office on five levels, a seven floor 170-room independent hotel, 40,000 sq. ft. of ground floor restaurant/retail/hotel lobby space as well as a 3 floor, 397 stall, below grade parking garage.
Originally built in 1910 for industrial use, the Culver Building was completely renovated by Lewis in 2012. Work included adding a penthouse, roof deck, new glazing systems, elevator, restrooms, and HVAC system. The LEED Silver space largely consists of unique meeting areas and features an open concept to encourage collaborative teamwork. Hoteling stations, high-tech conferencing rooms, informal huddle spaces and outdoor meeting spaces promote connectivity and innovation.
Lewis built these two LEED Gold certified apartment buildings. Skybox is a six-story, 94,000 square foot building which features 76 units, ranging from one bedroom to five bedrooms. Courtside is a 64,000 square foot, five-story apartment building which houses 47 living units and includes ground floor retail. Sustainable features include energy-efficient appliances and windows, low-VOC products, low-flow plumbing fixtures, occupancy sensors in common areas, and an eco-roof which retains and cleans storm water.
The Center Building was renovated by Lewis in multiple phases to create a modern new learning commons and student union the Center for Learning and Student Success. In addition to a new open and airy learning commons, the CLASS project updated the food services area, replaced the out-of-date bookstore with a new Titan Store, and created a new user-friendly plaza, which greatly improved access in and around the building. Energy efficient mechanical and electrical systems contributed to the project’s LEED Silver certification goal.
After acquiring the OshKosh B’Gosh line, Carter’s, Inc. relocates their headquarters to occupy 11 floors at Phipps Tower in Atlanta. Choate Construction performs an interior renovation of the contemporary office space.
Carter’s 275,000-SF space highlights the company’s heritage of quality, innovation, and value on each of its floors. As each brand under the Carter’s, Inc. umbrella is unique; the design scheme of each floor accounts for this with different materials and colors schemes. Each floor includes a library for informal gatherings equipped with a coffee bar and seating area. Features throughout the spaces include custom mobile product display cases, extensive use of glass wall systems, wood wall and ceiling systems, high-end lighting, and over 100,000 SF of walnut wood flooring. Two grand staircases allow easy transition from floor to floor, encouraging employee collaborating and connectivity.
Carter’s Atlanta Headquarters achieved LEED Gold certification for implementing practical and measurable strategies and solutions aimed at achieving high performance in sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection, and indoor environmental quality.
This new “living lab” is located on the north hillside of the campus overlooking stunning views of the Bay. The Center features two large indoor laboratory classrooms and a single large covered outdoor classroom; ample space for study, experimentation, research and group gatherings; office, restroom and storage facilities; a mobile kitchen, pizza oven/barbecue and fire circle; and a greenhouse. Designed to maximize natural lighting and ventilation while being extremely energy efficient, the building offers the flexibility of an indoor/outdoor learning environment. North-facing walls will open out into the adjacent tree-covered hillside and the west facing wall onto the large open terrace; LEED Platinum Certified.
A new, LEED Gold certified, 92,500-square-foot facility is an innovative, state-of-the art research, education and patient care facility located on the University of Colorado’s Anschutz Medical Campus.
Major building elements include: aerobics exercise pool, saunas, whirlpool spas, locker room facilities, 15,000-square-foot fitness equipment area, including free weights, laboratory fitness equipment area, with calibrated and specialized fitness equipment for prescribed programs, walking/running track, nutritional kitchen producing take-home prescribed meals, demonstration kitchen, bistro area, 20 clinical exam rooms, two minor procedure rooms, -80 degree freezer farm with alarmed UPS system for tissue storage, blood work laboratory, testing labs, DEXA room, physician and intern offices and conference rooms, and a board room opening out to roof garden for events.
The building’s “L” shape was dictated by the location of the existing Fisher House, short term stay facility for Veterans, at the southwest corner of the site. Our project involved rerouting utilities to and from the Fisher House and being a “good neighbor” by being cognizant of maintaining parking areas and delivery routes to their facility, along with daily start and stop time constraints for construction for noise mitigation.