tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42404754447658807792024-03-13T21:23:19.406-07:00Scott, Cox & Associates, Inc.Dashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17491496029292015128noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4240475444765880779.post-39472686847002437222012-10-16T12:02:00.001-07:002012-10-16T12:02:18.560-07:00Eastern Boulder County commuters to face major logjam this week<div class='posterous_autopost'><p><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://www.dailycamera.com/lafayette-news/ci_21753689/eastern-boulder-county-commuters-face-major-logjam-next">Closure of Baseline Road, along with construction work elsewhere, promises delays</a></span></b></p><p><i><span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">By John Aguilar Camera Staff Writer Boulder Daily Camera</span></i></p><p><i><span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">Posted: DailyCamera.com </span></i></p><p></p><p> <div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://getfile0.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/1SPeAFyEZCj66t7Nqi8EqBNLxDmsAfYb2grPdehyIWusB44z9V1x4rJY7pfW/image001.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg"><img alt="Image001" height="788" src="http://getfile8.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/dnJ7onWHxHmDLmJoCh04g3ig0Jh3uSB9aWW5fBwlzGtS1QaU4EbPCkupodBf/image001.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" /></a> </div> </p><p>Call it the Eastern Boulder County Crawl.</p><p></p><p>Commuters moving from Erie, Broomfield, Lafayette and Louisville toward Boulder and back next week will likely notice a considerable increase in traffic and an annoying bump in backups.</p><p></p><p>The chief culprit for the upcoming travel woes is Baseline Road, which will be closed between 75th and 95th streets so that a new rail crossing can be installed in Lafayette. But a collection of other road construction projects east of Boulder -- on Arapahoe Road, South Boulder Road and 76th Street -- will combine with the Baseline closure to make life behind the wheel a real drag for people traveling east-west across the county.</p><p></p><p>"I don't remember a time when we've had so much going on in all the corridors," Boulder County Transportation Director George Gerstle said. "It's going to certainly be a difficult week for everyone, and we ask for everyone's patience."</p><p></p><p>The fun starts at 9 a.m. Monday when Baseline shuts down to through traffic (local traffic will still have access) and remains closed between 75th and 95th streets for at least four days. On Tuesday and Wednesday, Burlington Northern will replace its rickety wooden crossing with a concrete one, and on Monday and Thursday, the city will tear out 15 feet of asphalt on either side of the tracks and then repatch the road once the new crossing is in.</p><p></p><p>"Barring any unforeseen circumstances, we will be done on Friday," Lafayette Public Works Director Doug Short said. "The new tracks are already on site."</p><p></p><p>But in the event of weather delays or project complications, the city is prepared to keep motorists off Baseline until Oct. 24. Electronic signs will be posted starting Monday informing motorists of the situation.</p><p></p><p>With Baseline Road out of commission, it means the 5,000 motorists who normally traverse that section of road each day will need to find new routes east and west. Valmont and Lookout roads -- even Colo. 52 farther north -- are all cone zone-free options, especially for residents of Erie and northern Lafayette.</p><p></p><p>Gerstle urges commuters to adjust their travel times out of rush hours, share the drive with someone else or try the bus. The Jump rolls from Erie to Boulder down Arapahoe Road, while The Dash goes from Lafayette to Boulder via South Boulder Road.</p><p></p><p>"We encourage folks to leave a little earlier or later so not everyone is trying to leave at the same time," he said. "It would also be a great opportunity to test out the bus."</p><p></p><p>Kristin Flood, of Erie, said the anticipated traffic troubles in eastern Boulder County next week could prompt her to give public transit a shot in getting to her job at The Nature Conservancy's Boulder office. Whether the ride on the bus will become habit-forming, Flood doubts it. She said she has children she has to drive to athletic events most days and can't risk waiting around for a late or disabled bus.</p><p></p><p>"It would probably double my time," she said of the journey on The Jump.</p><p></p><p>Flood said she hopes to avoid much of the hassle next week by sticking with her regular route on Valmont Road, though she knows she'll be battling it out with motorists who generally use Baseline Road. Already she has noticed increased use of Valmont Road over the last few years -- a commute that took her 25 minutes one-way now can take 40 minutes.</p><p></p><p>"I'm pretty sure it's going to be 10 times worse than it is," she said of next week.</p><p></p><p>Jeannie Dulaney, who has commuted from her Louisville home to her job at Flatirons Elementary School in Boulder for four years, said she will leave the aggravation of driving to the Regional Transportation District. She usually takes The Dash to work, and starting next week, she will simply give herself more time to make it to work.</p><p></p><p>"Knowing there will be more traffic on South Boulder Road because of this, I will plan to leave earlier," she said.</p><p></p><p>The only way to approach the imminent slowdown across eastern Boulder County, she said, is with acceptance.</p><p></p><p>"These kinds of things have to happen, and four days isn't such a big deal," Dulaney said. "Everyone needs to think ahead -- and relax."</p></div>Dashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17491496029292015128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4240475444765880779.post-7147090565015613472012-10-16T11:57:00.001-07:002012-10-16T11:57:17.484-07:00$3 million improvement project begins at Boulder Reservoir<div class='posterous_autopost'><p><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_21779541/3-million-improvement-project-begins-at-boulder-reservoir">$3 million improvement project begins at Boulder Reservoir</a></span></b></p><p><span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">By Erica Meltzer Camera Staff Writer Boulder Daily Camera</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">Posted: DailyCamera.com </span></p><p></p><p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://getfile4.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/sxBZaxOgGAh8wvqJa1AitLS45ZOeMedk7liPRkqbP04ZrlueJjaypWGR5MwI/image001.jpg"><img alt="Image001" height="339" src="http://getfile5.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/kH4uZAYlhxJs2HD8bfEL04pxZH7DvwfUPU91mXo43s4pdpfRYXsop4CUEszO/image001.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" /></a> </div> </p><p></p><p>Boulder began a $3 million improvement project at the Boulder Reservoir on Monday that aims to improve infrastructure for visitors and increase operational efficiencies.</p><p></p><p>The main entrance will be closed at least through next May, as construction crews work on entry-gate fencing, roadway and parking lot improvements, sewer and stormwater management infrastructure, landscaping and the installation of a raw water irrigation system. The aquatic nuisance monitoring system also will be upgraded.</p><p></p><p>The project was funded as part of $49 million in capital improvement programs approved last fall by Boulder voters.</p><p></p><p>The reservoir improvements were identified as high-priority projects in the Boulder Reservoir Master Plan, which was adopted by the City Council earlier this year after a public process.</p><p></p><p>Boulder Parks and Recreation spokeswoman Jennifer Bray said many of the improvements will directly affect the visitor experience. There should be better traffic flow through the main entrance, fewer traffic back-ups during the height of the season and fewer traffic problems along 51st Street during special events.</p><p></p><p>The entrance should also be more attractive due to new landscaping and architectural features.</p><p></p><p>Bray said the entryway improvements also will allow for better monitoring of aquatic nuisance species and will include a decontamination station to prevent infestations.</p><p></p><p>Other parts of the project include the development of multi-use trails along 51st Street and the north shore of the reservoir to allow off-street access from 51st and to provide connections with other regional trails, dock improvements along the south shore, building renovations and utility upgrades.</p><p></p><p>"All of the improvements are high priority in that, once implemented, they will address ongoing operational efficiencies and accommodate the expectations and needs of the community," Bray said.</p><p></p><p>Work on the trail improvements is expected to continue through 2015, though most of the rest of the project is expected to wrap up sooner.</p><p></p><p>The reservoir will continue to be open during construction, but visitors will have to avoid the main entrance.</p><p></p><p>Visitors will be able to get to the reservoir's south shore through a temporary gate, which will be located at the south overflow parking lot.</p><p></p><p>There will be a temporary gatehouse located inside the gates of the south overflow lot and it will be open and staffed during regular facility hours.</p><p></p><p>People who are driving to the reservoir to run, walk or bike should use either the Eagle Trail parking area or enter into the reservoir and park in the main lot.</p><p></p><p>Contact Camera Business Writer Erica Meltzer at 303-473-1355 or <a href="mailto:meltzere@dailycamera.com">meltzere@dailycamera.com</a>.</p></div>Dashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17491496029292015128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4240475444765880779.post-46465044259486732762012-10-16T11:55:00.001-07:002012-10-16T11:55:06.319-07:00Eastern Boulder County commuters to face major logjam this week<div class='posterous_autopost'><p style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Sorry for #5…</span></p><p style="background: white;"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"><a href="http://www.dailycamera.com/lafayette-news/ci_21753689/eastern-boulder-county-commuters-face-major-logjam-next">Closure of Baseline Road, along with construction work elsewhere, promises delays</a></span></b></p><p style="background: white;"><i><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">By John Aguilar Camera Staff Writer Boulder Daily Camera</span></i></p><p style="background: white;"><i><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Posted: DailyCamera.com</span></i></p><p style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Call it the Eastern Boulder County Crawl.</span></p><p style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Commuters moving from Erie, Broomfield, Lafayette and Louisville toward Boulder and back next week will likely notice a considerable increase in traffic and an annoying bump in backups.</span></p><p style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">The chief culprit for the upcoming travel woes is Baseline Road, which will be closed between 75th and 95th streets so that a new rail crossing can be installed in Lafayette. But a collection of other road construction projects east of Boulder -- on Arapahoe Road, South Boulder Road and 76th Street -- will combine with the Baseline closure to make life behind the wheel a real drag for people traveling east-west across the county.</span></p><p style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">"I don't remember a time when we've had so much going on in all the corridors," Boulder County Transportation Director George Gerstle said. "It's going to certainly be a difficult week for everyone, and we ask for everyone's patience."</span></p><p style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">The fun starts at 9 a.m. Monday when Baseline shuts down to through traffic (local traffic will still have access) and remains closed between 75th and 95th streets for at least four days. On Tuesday and Wednesday, Burlington Northern will replace its rickety wooden crossing with a concrete one, and on Monday and Thursday, the city will tear out 15 feet of asphalt on either side of the tracks and then repatch the road once the new crossing is in.</span></p><p style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">"Barring any unforeseen circumstances, we will be done on Friday," Lafayette Public Works Director Doug Short said. "The new tracks are already on site."</span></p><p style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">But in the event of weather delays or project complications, the city is prepared to keep motorists off Baseline until Oct. 24. Electronic signs will be posted starting Monday informing motorists of the situation.</span></p><p style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">With Baseline Road out of commission, it means the 5,000 motorists who normally traverse that section of road each day will need to find new routes east and west. Valmont and Lookout roads -- even Colo. 52 farther north -- are all cone zone-free options, especially for residents of Erie and northern Lafayette.</span></p><p style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Gerstle urges commuters to adjust their travel times out of rush hours, share the drive with someone else or try the bus. The Jump rolls from Erie to Boulder down Arapahoe Road, while The Dash goes from Lafayette to Boulder via South Boulder Road.</span></p><p style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">"We encourage folks to leave a little earlier or later so not everyone is trying to leave at the same time," he said. "It would also be a great opportunity to test out the bus."</span></p><p style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Kristin Flood, of Erie, said the anticipated traffic troubles in eastern Boulder County next week could prompt her to give public transit a shot in getting to her job at The Nature Conservancy's Boulder office. Whether the ride on the bus will become habit-forming, Flood doubts it. She said she has children she has to drive to athletic events most days and can't risk waiting around for a late or disabled bus.</span></p><p style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">"It would probably double my time," she said of the journey on The Jump.</span></p><p style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Flood said she hopes to avoid much of the hassle next week by sticking with her regular route on Valmont Road, though she knows she'll be battling it out with motorists who generally use Baseline Road. Already she has noticed increased use of Valmont Road over the last few years -- a commute that took her 25 minutes one-way now can take 40 minutes.</span></p><p style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">"I'm pretty sure it's going to be 10 times worse than it is," she said of next week.</span></p><p style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Jeannie Dulaney, who has commuted from her Louisville home to her job at Flatirons Elementary School in Boulder for four years, said she will leave the aggravation of driving to the Regional Transportation District. She usually takes The Dash to work, and starting next week, she will simply give herself more time to make it to work.</span></p><p style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">"Knowing there will be more traffic on South Boulder Road because of this, I will plan to leave earlier," she said.</span></p><p style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">The only way to approach the imminent slowdown across eastern Boulder County, she said, is with acceptance.</span></p><p style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">"These kinds of things have to happen, and four days isn't such a big deal," Dulaney said. "Everyone needs to think ahead -- and relax."</span></p><p style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Contact Camera Staff Writer John Aguilar at 303-473-1389 or <a href="mailto:aguilarj@dailycamera.com">aguilarj@dailycamera.com</a>. </span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://getfile7.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/MDrFYjM0SKfxFuklFAlvp6KGm7K4mwZ3aM4rk64sZm4NTajzrG01XMrtHaid/image001.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg"><img alt="Image001" height="788" src="http://getfile5.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/lPHCgJfEYY6EkRqnJ2kNzhXJUc7q1QDAyxDIAU1Z9xpHFSFwHGoSYIZf6Oiv/image001.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" /></a> </div> </p></div>Dashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17491496029292015128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4240475444765880779.post-24279527081247036442012-10-09T14:53:00.001-07:002012-10-09T14:53:49.262-07:00Nice day for a big pick at the Red Lion Bridge. Thanks to Paramount Construction and Gebau for their fine work today..<div class='posterous_autopost'><p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://getfile4.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2012-10-09/kHsvkDiFGvIBoGucbCwEdgFzlfrGwksqniAGtmCroyFnhwFdpgJwwgwAycza/IMG_7243.JPG.scaled1000.jpg"><img alt="Img_7243" height="333" src="http://getfile4.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2012-10-09/kHsvkDiFGvIBoGucbCwEdgFzlfrGwksqniAGtmCroyFnhwFdpgJwwgwAycza/IMG_7243.JPG.scaled500.jpg" width="500" /></a> <a href="http://getfile1.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2012-10-09/viuecCecsatHegJziumCrhAJDcsFJGkhAJDiuIkxHtGxrCdnmFsisCkFJHwb/IMG_7245.JPG.scaled1000.jpg"><img alt="Img_7245" height="333" src="http://getfile6.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2012-10-09/viuecCecsatHegJziumCrhAJDcsFJGkhAJDiuIkxHtGxrCdnmFsisCkFJHwb/IMG_7245.JPG.scaled500.jpg" width="500" /></a> <a href="http://getfile1.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2012-10-09/AwjfpGznFvAyrgpboacJCBaetpbEFagmIIyiiqaFDIdaGusFIGgobBqcBpcg/IMG_7254.JPG.scaled1000.jpg"><img alt="Img_7254" height="333" src="http://getfile3.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2012-10-09/AwjfpGznFvAyrgpboacJCBaetpbEFagmIIyiiqaFDIdaGusFIGgobBqcBpcg/IMG_7254.JPG.scaled500.jpg" width="500" /></a> <a href="http://getfile5.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2012-10-09/ECGBkzbljdzdBFixyHpqBnpBIJnHxlphztynyjbbIjtEcGpEyvyHvHHxlChn/IMG_7257.JPG.scaled1000.jpg"><img alt="Img_7257" height="333" src="http://getfile7.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2012-10-09/ECGBkzbljdzdBFixyHpqBnpBIJnHxlphztynyjbbIjtEcGpEyvyHvHHxlChn/IMG_7257.JPG.scaled500.jpg" width="500" /></a> <a href="http://getfile3.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2012-10-09/gkduyBJDBBldBoHasymFClyppwCmoHqGDJFftyfnJyiDDFDkoyEsBIzCjqrB/IMG_7270.JPG.scaled1000.jpg"><img alt="Img_7270" height="333" src="http://getfile3.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2012-10-09/gkduyBJDBBldBoHasymFClyppwCmoHqGDJFftyfnJyiDDFDkoyEsBIzCjqrB/IMG_7270.JPG.scaled500.jpg" width="500" /></a> <a href="http://getfile1.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2012-10-09/yGpqhAJIsfAipzrwrqvzwewsidsiGzhtsoabjlthlAHfbClFqIFcFywumeAF/IMG_7273.JPG.scaled1000.jpg"><img alt="Img_7273" height="333" src="http://getfile6.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2012-10-09/yGpqhAJIsfAipzrwrqvzwewsidsiGzhtsoabjlthlAHfbClFqIFcFywumeAF/IMG_7273.JPG.scaled500.jpg" width="500" /></a> <a href="http://getfile8.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2012-10-09/imbykqEdexxwumvvihEHedDIsmsAuGJhqolfrvvBqgxyxzFdHcmjuuipalmE/IMG_7256.JPG.scaled1000.jpg"><img alt="Img_7256" height="333" src="http://getfile5.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2012-10-09/imbykqEdexxwumvvihEHedDIsmsAuGJhqolfrvvBqgxyxzFdHcmjuuipalmE/IMG_7256.JPG.scaled500.jpg" width="500" /></a> <a href="http://getfile5.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2012-10-09/tEArawIfIavAutzzBieyumytoDpbHefmvscAvBybbcpinijGEBIvFkhtkbus/IMG_7281.JPG.scaled1000.jpg"><img alt="Img_7281" height="333" src="http://getfile0.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2012-10-09/tEArawIfIavAutzzBieyumytoDpbHefmvscAvBybbcpinijGEBIvFkhtkbus/IMG_7281.JPG.scaled500.jpg" width="500" /></a> <a href="http://getfile8.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2012-10-09/uuykgCidecbkyupJlveFnbkcoFqkbgBdqiaoJpbyhrwJavwtuvEJgrbtqcbD/IMG_7297.JPG.scaled1000.jpg"><img alt="Img_7297" height="333" src="http://getfile3.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2012-10-09/uuykgCidecbkyupJlveFnbkcoFqkbgBdqiaoJpbyhrwJavwtuvEJgrbtqcbD/IMG_7297.JPG.scaled500.jpg" width="500" /></a> <a href="http://getfile3.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2012-10-09/EjnGqGltAznjdHHcosJJfDvvqrADqyBhGncouoxBltJotBpxpniEypDeyJjy/IMG_7318.JPG.scaled1000.jpg"><img alt="Img_7318" height="333" src="http://getfile0.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2012-10-09/EjnGqGltAznjdHHcosJJfDvvqrADqyBhGncouoxBltJotBpxpniEypDeyJjy/IMG_7318.JPG.scaled500.jpg" width="500" /></a> <div class='p_see_full_gallery'><a href="http://scaboulder.posterous.com/nice-day-for-a-big-pick-at-the-red-lion-bridg">See the full gallery on Posterous</a></div> </div> </p></div>Dashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17491496029292015128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4240475444765880779.post-25265777853274765732012-06-20T08:06:00.001-07:002012-06-20T08:20:03.647-07:00Great piece on energy-efficient data centers http://grn.bz/M3d0hH #GrnBz via @GreenBiz<br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">3 essentials for energy-efficient data centers</span><br /></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">By </span></span><a href="http://www.greenbiz.com/bio/padma-nagappan"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Padma Nagappan</span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Published June 18, 2012</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Couresy GreenBiz</span><br /><br /><img src="http://getfile9.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/kketwr1HGIntSH3pW1MoukvZ8X1kZiN32aMVegzPGMPqofQHXepjri5zQQcQ/image001.jpg" /><br /><br />When it comes to data centers and energy efficiency, companies prefer to take their own unique approach. Google has its custom servers and built-in batteries, Facebook has opted for an evaporative cooling and proprietary uninterruptible power supply and Yahoo has selected an outdoor air-cooled "chicken coop" design.<br /><br />Large data center operators have an inherent advantage when implementing energy-efficient strategies as they can shift operations to another facility in the event of a failure or changing circumstances, according to Michael Fluegeman, a principal and engineer with </span><a href="https://plannet.net/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">PlanNet Consulting</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. PlanNet is a Brea, Calif.-based IT consulting firm focused on providing support for critical infrastructure, including data centers.<br /><br />"Large centers can operate at a higher risk of failure with the offset, but smaller data centers can't do that as easily," said Fluegeman, who specializes in facilities, power and cooling.<br /><br />"It's following the sun or the moon, because they can very easily shift their traffic to different locations depending on whether it's night or day in a particular location," he said. "Especially if you're using outside air and free cooling or air-side economy as it's called, this is a concept that's used to some degree by larger companies with data centers worldwide, where they shift traffic."<br /><br />So how can data centers lacking the resources of their larger counterparts achieve increased energy efficiency while reducing costs?<br /><br />According to Fluegeman, there are three essentials that smaller data centers should follow.<br /><br />Essential #1: Start with the IT architecture: Fluegeman suggests starting with how you structure all the different components for a network or data center, as there are ways to create a design that will work more efficiently with certain tasks such as file duplication.<br /><br />"There are ways to architect your system to deal with duplication and keep things lean and mean and trim with good housekeeping,” he said. “This allows data centers to be smaller and greener by using as little power as possible."<br /><br />As an example, Fluegeman referred to how many have moved away from Microsoft Outlook email in preference of cloud-based email such as Gmail. With Outlook, the same file can get stored hundreds of times, taking up valuable server space. Email in the cloud saves and stores a file only once.<br /><br />Tiered storage is another way to lower energy usage.<br /><br />Using this method, older data is stored in a way that takes up very little energy by archiving them on a storage device that goes to sleep or can be pulled up as needed.<br /><br />Photo of </span><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AFacebook_Data_Center.jpg"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Facebook's data center in Prineville, Ore.</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> provided by Tom Raftery via Wikimedia Commons <br /><br />Essential #2: Rethink the cooling strategy: Even for smaller data centers, the current trend is to use either a hot aisle containment method or a cold aisle containment method, which arranges the equipment so that hot air is isolated from the cold air.<br /><br /><br />Containing the hot air and cold air separately and preventing them from mixing can create a 30-degree difference in temperature, according to Fluegeman. The big difference is easier for the A/C system to sense, which results in less power needed to cool the area.<br /><br />But how do you keep the two from mixing?<br /><br />Hot air comes out the back, so you line up the servers so all the fronts face one direction and all the backs face the reverse direction. This creates a hot aisle and a cold aisle.<br /><br />If a center has several parallel rows of servers, alternate hot and cold aisles can be set up by arranging the rows so the fronts face each other and back up to another line of servers, like houses on parallel streets.<br /><br />Essential #3: Reduce power used with offline uninterrupted power supply, fewer transformers and higher voltage: A radical transformation in data centers is to use an offline uninterrupted power supply, or UPS. The UPS -- which acts as an emergency power supply in the case of a power failure -- also enables the center to operate more efficiently, according to Fluegeman, because it remains in a sleep mode and only wakes up if the power fails.<br /><br />"It’s controversial -- some won't do it, but we encourage our clients to do it," Fluegeman said.<br /><br />The lag between power outage and the UPS turning back on is so minimal that the equipment does not pick up on the drop in power, he said.<br /><br />How the users operate the system will also impact efficiency. The high efficiency or economy mode carries a risk where as the low efficiency mode is considered more reliable, which Fluegeman characterizes as the classic compromise between cautious safety and efficiency.<br /><br />In the same vein, reducing the number of transformers used will lower the amount of UPS used, which some engineers believe increases risk. Fluegeman, however, said that he thinks the risk is miniscule. A transformer provides isolation between input and output, which can be achieved with circuit breakers and other tools, he said.<br /><br />Switching to higher voltage equipment can deliver significant energy savings, since it's more efficient and the physical conductors are smaller, something the U.S. is realizing now. While the rest of the world uses 240 volt power, U.S. equipment runs at 120 volts.<br /><br />"If you look at power lines on big poles on the hill side, those wires are small -- they're far apart, but the power voltage is very high,” he said. “This is being applied to data centers now. Higher voltage is slightly more dangerous and in the U.S we have a lot more attorneys. That's what keeps voltage lower, in my personal opinion."</span>Dashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17491496029292015128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4240475444765880779.post-29820055668253727222012-04-05T13:32:00.001-07:002012-04-05T13:32:41.870-07:00Shipping Container House: Great piece from Arch Daily on our friends @studioht. http://www.archdaily.com/222361/shipping-container-house-studio-ht/<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="WordSection1"><p><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Shipping Container House / Studio H:T</span></b></p><p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p><p><a href="http://www.archdaily.com/?attachment_id=222363"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;"><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://getfile8.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/gPMvSmPhmq3PQ1mYQhrp39z4yo3pirZe7ENG8AMrRvWqAPYtPvt14E7mZUWe/image001.jpg"><img alt="Image001" height="331" src="http://getfile9.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/7gojOJA3wHJ56o1ul1kYaPuLHfjkMEgguAA1djEnUcBFhrjyQE5JrXjiTe63/image001.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" /></a> </div> </span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Architects:<strong><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.studioht.com/"> Studio H:T</a></span></strong><br />Location: <strong><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Nederland, <a href="http://www.archdaily.com/tag/colorado/" title="Posts tagged with Colorado">Colorado</a>, <a href="http://www.archdaily.com/tag/usa/" title="Posts tagged with USA">USA</a></span></strong><br />Project Completion: <strong><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">May 2010</span></strong><br />Building Area: <strong><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">1,517 sqft</span></strong><br />Photographs: © <strong><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bradengunem.com/">Braden Gunem</a></span></strong></span></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"></span></strong></p><p><a href="http://www.archdaily.com/?attachment_id=222369"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;"><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Image002" height="500" src="http://getfile4.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/fIY3DhQ7W9969GXyzT13BqBhOrLPdO2sJ7Kbfo5LBAR12bvHtzjHI5AJ88n5/image002.jpg" width="331" /> </div> </span></b></a><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"></span></strong></p><p><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">This project questions the need for excessive space and challenges occupants to be efficient. Two shipping containers saddlebag a taller common space that connects local rock outcroppings to the expansive mountain ridge views. The containers house sleeping and work functions while the center space provides entry, dining, living and a loft above. The loft deck invites easy camping as the platform bed rolls between interior and exterior. The project is planned to be off-the-grid using solar orientation, passive cooling, green roofs, pellet stove heating and photovoltaics to create electricity.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p></div><p></p><p></p><p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Image003" height="125" src="http://getfile9.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/pKbJyDqSz7I2wuWFqE6tsUDElTqFVl98zi1YM10iTCWaEQjeiCsBqehqHbrX/image003.jpg" width="125" /> <img alt="Image004" height="125" src="http://getfile2.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/hAJKYIuWm14R0LVJoEGj1fsNMXP1CkhQBsHU4tysu3QsPxKFHjy4lSNOw1sP/image004.jpg" width="125" /> <img alt="Image005" height="125" src="http://getfile5.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/QRqFnMQXihneArRaMbu4R2po5HIzyKOGdYM5QKHOJVAmT76zTuNgJkW4ehDA/image005.jpg" width="125" /> <img alt="Image006" height="125" src="http://getfile8.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/9uNzI7URAUwkKxpN4Kv2ykaRC4EfFgINnF5TDIrpn40gAPDp2QuDMOUkzTVC/image006.jpg" width="125" /> <img alt="Image007" height="125" src="http://getfile2.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/9cUraPGXhyHTPr1P3sgv0x6zGuqNr8ZIaZY8zG8CSLqYkRNm6XnViw7LQFMs/image007.jpg" width="125" /> <img alt="Image008" height="125" src="http://getfile5.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/M39763IFskDVazgWX3fgoi7nbFJOjesUGCkoOn4FMvGyjtrdR8aIv5GmFJjf/image008.jpg" width="125" /> <img alt="Image009" height="125" src="http://getfile8.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/WfDZGb3OXTqKdGiZrM3Va8LfyHDWP6mVQtM75ZDL8zpHS5oLyYYdu9V5CUHW/image009.jpg" width="125" /> <img alt="Image010" height="125" src="http://getfile1.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/vE5CpGx0OqYj3wix7Utyu7Id4r00RdnaDvrB1eysACHIF2vso1Kj079kDvOx/image010.jpg" width="125" /> <img alt="Image011" height="125" src="http://getfile4.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/LH0gkbDaGriaUDsMMo1E97OWyRMmPpNdhBw8zPML2oykVbeoQcnV9rSzxIsW/image011.jpg" width="125" /> <img alt="Image012" height="125" src="http://getfile8.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/DISqjfLDR2wyQRcpC4K19cVnIb63Zjva2g9Q3h3AYkmBz7yY0SvVM4dwYRz9/image012.jpg" width="125" /> <div class='p_see_full_gallery'><a href="http://scaboulder.posterous.com/shipping-container-house-great-piece-from-arc">See the full gallery on Posterous</a></div> </div> </p></div>Dashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17491496029292015128noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4240475444765880779.post-9568974396083285442011-11-17T08:57:00.001-08:002011-11-17T08:57:07.771-08:00Argh LinkedIn....<div class='posterous_autopost'></div>Dashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17491496029292015128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4240475444765880779.post-49583306589796124932011-11-17T08:23:00.001-08:002011-11-17T08:23:19.470-08:00Check this out - Moses Bridge / RO&AD Architecten<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="WordSection1"><h1><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Moses Bridge / RO&AD Architecten</span></h1><p><a href="http://www.archdaily.com/184921/moses-bridge-road-architecten/jogger/"><span style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;"><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Image001" height="500" src="http://getfile2.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/BKVRam9ZNsa0Hjz5iTbc7BT4R9XKRefxPOu7qXMbO0YMr4ZKZOu7TXR1YQrx/image001.jpg" width="430" /> </div> </span></a></p><p class="wp-caption-text"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Courtesy of RO&AD Architecten</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Architects: <strong><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.ro-ad.org%20">RO&AD Architecten</a></span></strong><br />Location: <strong><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.archdaily.com/tag/halsteren/" title="Posts tagged with Halsteren">Halsteren</a>, <a href="http://www.archdaily.com/tag/the-netherlands/" title="Posts tagged with The Netherlands">The Netherlands</a></span></strong><br />Client: <strong><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Municipality of Bergen op Zoom</span></strong><br />Project Area: <strong><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">50 sqm</span></strong><br />Photographs: <strong><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Courtesy of RO&AD Architecten</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">The West Brabant Water Line is a defense-line consisting of a series of fortresses and cities with inundation areas in the south-west of the Netherlands. It dates from the 17th century but fell into disrepair in the 19th century. When the water line was finally restored, an access bridge across the moat of one of the fortresses, Fort de Roovere, was needed. This fort now has a new, recreational function and lies on several routes for cycling and hiking.</span></p><p><a href="http://www.archdaily.com/184921/moses-bridge-road-architecten/overview-summer/"><span style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;"><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://getfile0.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/iLbo5zaKjuJzY9QlG84uZK2oPRPyTnRx7PXM0Vfzs8SMvSSmkcMOp15IS6fw/image006.jpg"><img alt="Image006" height="373" src="http://getfile1.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/ZzKeeYEGmKf6fK4DCl5E2uXlCBthsm6bss0g7OmHeUZbfCf0HlUZCjYp5iVz/image006.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" /></a> </div> </span></a></p><p class="wp-caption-text"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Courtesy of RO&AD Architecten</span></p><p><a href="http://www.archdaily.com/184921/moses-bridge-road-architecten/0001nc-4/"><span style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;"><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://getfile7.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/j6Z2jGY12Jo9b5NK1ejr3KENr3CvmR3KHeemDcRndC41HTNi7bwPHKDK9sH9/image007.jpg"><img alt="Image007" height="353" src="http://getfile8.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/gBZwUZqt0p8mbnACquHMyZ3RwnhAFEuQc7vziaT8xendNqvWb0TKh6zkD7IN/image007.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" /></a> </div> </span></a></p><p class="wp-caption-text"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Plan</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">It is, of course, highly improper to build bridges across the moats of defense works, especially on the side of the fortress the enemy was expected to appear on. That’s why we designed an invisible bridge. Its construction is entirely made of wood, waterproofed with EPDM foil. The bridge lies like a trench in the fortress and the moat, shaped to blend in with the outlines of the landscape.</span></p><p><a href="http://www.archdaily.com/184921/moses-bridge-road-architecten/stef-in-the-bridge/"><span style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;"><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://getfile3.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/xSpkS7tym8HNSVliM0BBCGVP6DzKhIXXq3JQ98Up5FGhmdyCoBDKFNOKsmGm/image008.jpg"><img alt="Image008" height="324" src="http://getfile4.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/L67eNzFKxm2Z3M8chUJgrGMVdyLMzG4itLHGvUSWwzyoasRhIAIcCRfq1b2i/image008.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" /></a> </div> </span></a></p><p class="wp-caption-text"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Courtesy of RO&AD Architecten</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">The bridge can’t be seen from a distance because the ground and the water come all the way up to its edge. When you get closer, the fortress opens up to you through a narrow trench. You can then walk up to its gates like Moses on the water.</span></p><p><a href="http://www.archdaily.com/184921/moses-bridge-road-architecten/close-up-in-the-bridge/"><span style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;"><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://getfile9.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/34BOFagw59yeyLzl1BlEs4GtchD4SFjob8LJI3s1BLv70yVMdMzZSl9hpsxq/image009.jpg"><img alt="Image009" height="332" src="http://getfile0.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/Sw3Rr42lNbxOpqg5qfn49w6QdPTTarq1ztomAUznX6tl5EevnUzkYSlooPy1/image009.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" /></a> </div> </span></a></p><p class="wp-caption-text"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Courtesy of RO&AD Architecten</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Text provided by RO&AD Architecten</span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Full article here</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.archdaily.com/184921/moses-bridge-road-architecten/">http://www.archdaily.com/184921/moses-bridge-road-architecten/</a></p><p></p><p></p></div><p></p><p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Image002" height="125" src="http://getfile7.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/TnXq88klczywkb0k2pKeR0iz8ANs8ZB2fCa43z1nQ0w9DvkHJ3GXg2KPZ4uV/image002.jpg" width="125" /> <img alt="Image003" height="125" src="http://getfile0.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/MvvqSWcAJtX3mESaOEZgwnIhbY2IMqBNyctOo2FN3VmqPXe2i7kIWopQPAQt/image003.jpg" width="125" /> <img alt="Image004" height="125" src="http://getfile3.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/kLxUYdKmqxQIpCqVmP54uzU3DMTc7VmhH7gT9YzKUuK0UflstSlNMmGfvhkL/image004.jpg" width="125" /> <img alt="Image005" height="125" src="http://getfile6.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/5JOPB6JUpKvNznn0C7EPsVWZBfQBs0g2J0Ifj3Ag5S8oOGgZBDVeSVQk7aOW/image005.jpg" width="125" /> <div class='p_see_full_gallery'><a href="http://scaboulder.posterous.com/check-this-out-moses-bridge-road-architecten">See the full gallery on Posterous</a></div> </div> </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Image010" height="125" src="http://getfile6.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/vedKmaGQGMpHWW7mOUB27VbpyZzgOSQXOWRy1T2gQD2sLgrvZ4ILBcaZvzWj/image010.jpg" width="125" /> <img alt="Image011" height="125" src="http://getfile9.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/ZtEGhGBn49LN9Mr1IEDvQ2Fs9ohv7h68iwrmtYGsVddV8Fvi5vr7y4MlOXJ9/image011.jpg" width="125" /> <img alt="Image012" height="125" src="http://getfile2.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/80bda7adqo3Ck2Wvw6yjNFZjro9qv98ErsydzgZAbsiiH5FaxjphmT3Uz5U1/image012.jpg" width="125" /> <img alt="Image013" height="125" src="http://getfile1.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/7o80GNoTtdzTNF6zfRNeP74hfoZlJgqJOa6rsfeMIGX1SpPFDDD2A5OmDjcz/image013.jpg" width="125" /> <img alt="Image014" height="125" src="http://getfile0.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/Dj3Vp8SksIHpEaDeCPNun5WFJJ0G1Zkk6NFCUBxmdTDJPk4ns3wnKYiRIhfG/image014.jpg" width="125" /> <img alt="Image015" height="125" src="http://getfile8.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/OdV2FkMiN9aoAlJ51IzNDGy6je7IEUPQJWDzZd9Dh6j6nPtdZ1a23JifuTcu/image015.jpg" width="125" /> <img alt="Image016" height="125" src="http://getfile5.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/erHdAHfDcaRpTaSjrcAHVx4iM29q9njDQoikoOENNsjoiHI0lDqVSFh0q5hs/image016.jpg" width="125" /> <img alt="Image017" height="125" src="http://getfile3.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/0rua62Ye2hT429W95Yid0Nh1Rj24Fo15BZamUSGxNg9252nbE5RmVOIxVjp9/image017.jpg" width="125" /> <div class='p_see_full_gallery'><a href="http://scaboulder.posterous.com/check-this-out-moses-bridge-road-architecten">See the full gallery on Posterous</a></div> </div> </p></div>Dashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17491496029292015128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4240475444765880779.post-26841212547043316142011-10-24T07:45:00.001-07:002011-10-25T09:46:47.584-07:00Parking Lots Quickly Emerging as New Hotspot for Solar Projects<span style="font-family:arial;">I really want to do something like this in Boulder. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Parking Lots Quickly Emerging as New Hotspot for Solar Projects </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">by Urban Land Institute on Monday, October 24, 2011 at 7:47am </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">by Jeffrey Spivak, Urban Land institute </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RccSWVINppo/Tqbnr3hujXI/AAAAAAAAAgs/eYbyY_YbSVY/s1600/image001.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667471921918152050" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RccSWVINppo/Tqbnr3hujXI/AAAAAAAAAgs/eYbyY_YbSVY/s400/image001.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">All across America, surface parking lots dot metropolitan landscapes, serving the same solitary purpose day after day, a poster child for underutilized real estate.<br /><br />But that is changing in some parts of the country. Parking lots are quietly becoming the new frontier in solar power.<br /><br />While photovoltaic solar-panel installations are most often seen on swaths of vacant land or on top of buildings, parking lots are quickly emerging as a new hotspot for solar projects, primarily on the East and West Coasts. So far this year, thousands of solar panels have been constructed over parking lots at government offices in California, a football stadium in Maryland, a zoo in Ohio, and a corporate campus in New Jersey, among other places . . .<br /><br />Continue reading the entire Urban Land magazine story: http://bit.ly/nXFXJJ</span>Dashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17491496029292015128noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4240475444765880779.post-33975291497922135662011-10-01T15:05:00.001-07:002011-10-01T15:05:42.499-07:00Great piece on the HBR blog about sales.<div class='posterous_autopost'><a href="http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/09/selling_is_not_about_relatio.html?referral=00563">http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/09/selling_is_not_about_relatio.html?referral=00563</a></div>Dashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17491496029292015128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4240475444765880779.post-77446365435429914392011-09-20T13:55:00.001-07:002011-09-20T13:55:48.058-07:00We would like to give a special shout out to our friends at HMHArchitecture + Interiors, Levitt Architects, Studio H:T and Neenan for theirrecognition by the AIA Colorado North Chapter.<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class='p_embed p_file_embed'> <a href="http://scaboulder.posterous.com/we-would-like-to-give-a-special-shout-out-to"><img alt="" src="http://posterous.com/images/filetypes/pdf.png" /></a> <div class='p_embed_description'> <strong>11_AIA_North_winners.pdf</strong> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/WzrRresM0T8iMPD1O9WGQ5IInFom01ADQd3AhGZfZP2rGsACc3yLtqOOs6eB/11_AIA_North_winners.pdf">Download this file</a> </div> </div> </div>Dashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17491496029292015128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4240475444765880779.post-65878489396977038742011-09-20T13:34:00.001-07:002011-09-20T13:34:36.933-07:00Five developers on ACE park shortlist | Boulder County Business Report<div class='posterous_autopost'><p><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Five developers on ACE park shortlist</span></b></p><p></p><p>LOVELAND - The city of Loveland and the Colorado Association of Manufacturing and Technology have five developers on the shortlist of candidates to help run the Aerospace and Clean Energy manufacturing park, according to media reports.</p><p></p><p>The city and the trade group are trying to establish the facility at the campus formerly occupied by Agilent Technologies Inc. CAMT said the center could be used by more than 70 companies and provide up to 10,000 jobs. Loveland bought a long-vacant portion of the campus for $5.5 million in June. </p><p></p><p>CAMT and Loveland initially signed an agreement with United Properties, a Minneapolis-based developer, to help create the center, but in August the developer withdrew from the project. </p><p></p><p>The city and CAMT have received requests for proposals from five developers, according to press reports. Three are from Colorado.</p><p></p><p>Local candidates include Loveland Commercial LLC, which is based in Loveland, Neenan Co., which is in Fort Collins, and the Broe Group, which is headquartered in Denver.</p><p></p><p>Cumberland & Western Resources, from Bowling Green, Kentucky, the Beck Group, which is headquartered in Dallas, are the other bidders.</p><p></p><p>Betsey Hale, Loveland's director of economic development, could not be reached for comment.</p><p></p><p>Read the article here: <a href="http://bit.ly/r9QL8H">http://bit.ly/r9QL8H</a></p><p></p><p>By Michael Davidson</p><p>© 2001 Boulder County Business Report</p></div>Dashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17491496029292015128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4240475444765880779.post-60102514569605513472011-09-14T08:44:00.001-07:002011-09-14T08:44:53.362-07:00Great piece in the WSJ about the recent trends in "Agriburbia"<div class='posterous_autopost'><p><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">An Apple Tree Grows in Suburbia </span></p><p></p><p><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; color: #595959;">The hot trend in the suburbs is to mix homes and agriculture</span></i></p><p></p><p>Used to be, developers built high-end suburban communities around golf greens.</p><p></p><p>In a movement propelled by environmental concern, nostalgia for a simpler life and a dollop of marketing savvy, developers are increasingly laying out their cul-de-sacs around organic farms, cattle ranches, vineyards and other agricultural ventures. They're betting that buyers will pay a premium for views of heirloom tomatoes—and that the farms can provide a steady stream of revenue, while cutting the cost of landscaping upkeep.</p><p></p><p>Forget multimillion-dollar recreation centers—"our amenities are watching the cows graze and the leaves change," says Joe Barnes, development principal for Bundoran Farm, a 2,300-acre development set amid apple orchards and cattle pastures outside Charlottesville, Va.</p><p></p><p>To be sure, the shaky economy has taken a toll on some of these developments, including Bundoran Farms, where the developers are moving ahead with new financial backers after a co-owner of the acreage went into foreclosure. Still, Bundoran's developers say they have sold 19 lots, which run from about $250,000 to more than $1 million, in the past 10 months. And new communities centered on agricultural development are in various stages of planning and construction in cities from coast to coast, including South Burlington, Vt., Hayes, Va., Boise, Idaho, and Stockton, Calif.</p><p></p><p>"Agriculture is the new golf," says Ed McMahon, a senior resident fellow at the Urban Land Institute, a nonprofit group focused on land-use planning.</p><p></p><p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Image001" height="174" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/dash-yceug/n9lv5xs4UPXjhzrXxLMDUlK3gLHLVOoohbDEqAny9gx95AkSPmPyAcVFQJjh/image001.jpg" width="262" /> </div> </p><p></p><p>Read more at <a href="http://on.wsj.com/r9ixzX">http://on.wsj.com/r9ixzX</a></p><p></p><p>© WSJ</p></div>Dashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17491496029292015128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4240475444765880779.post-41644758459114200992011-09-12T15:45:00.001-07:002011-09-12T15:45:13.758-07:00ULI: Military Offers Opportunity for Entrepreneurs: http://bit.ly/qK2QC0<div class='posterous_autopost'><p><b><span style="font-size: 15.5pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #991F23;">Military Offers Opportunity for Entrepreneurs</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: 15.5pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #991F23;"></span></b></p><p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Image001" height="238" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/dash-yceug/g0fKWBSKnqmiw1HffwJb21AJkuvF9y96dVyqfVyteBbhy5vNtdm4DEX8itZP/image001.jpg" width="351" /> </div> </p><p></p><p>The military real estate market is marching forward. </p><p></p><p>From Florida to Georgia, California to Texas, military projects are being proposed, planned, and built—providing welcome work for architects, land planners, and construction firms across the country and beyond. The Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines have all embarked on major housing upgrade programs in the past decade, creating a military housing construction boom. </p><p></p><p>Those in the industry say assignments for the military are one of the hot sectors in the real estate market. Like Washington, D.C., they add, the military sector seems “recession proof.” </p><p></p><p>The reason? Companies involved in military construction expect even more contract opportunities during the years ahead as the U.S. military looks more toward private development.</p><p></p><p>Read more on ULI</p><p></p><p><a href="http://urbanland.uli.org/Articles/2011/September/SheridanMilitary">http://urbanland.uli.org/Articles/2011/September/SheridanMilitary</a></p><p></p><p>© ULI 2011</p></div>Dashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17491496029292015128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4240475444765880779.post-3326929521659209602011-09-12T13:17:00.001-07:002011-09-12T13:17:39.590-07:00Nice job Jeff!<div class='posterous_autopost'><p>Boulder selects Jeff Arthur as new utility director - Boulder Daily Camera" <a href="http://bit.ly/n6C5bm">http://bit.ly/n6C5bm</a></p></div>Dashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17491496029292015128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4240475444765880779.post-71935251592145964642011-08-02T14:15:00.001-07:002011-08-02T14:15:47.945-07:00Great piece on the Four Mile Fire - Still smoldering - ColoradoBIZ Magazine: http://bit.ly/pi1SZe<div class='posterous_autopost'><p style=""><b><span style="font-size: 16.5pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #BF0222;">Still smoldering</span></b></p><p style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #2A2A2A;">The Four Mile Canyon fire outside Boulder has left a residue of anger, confusion and loss </span></b></p><p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; line-height: 18.0pt;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #2A2A2A;">By Steven Titus/photograph by Thia Martin</span></i></b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #2A2A2A;"> </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; line-height: 18.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #2A2A2A;"><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Image001" height="213" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/Xv8DVkgvmwOhNLHzVx1UesbHediJRa5mQF7XdnUFYhfGuCg04oS1AEqWsalM/image001.jpg" width="320" /> </div> </span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #2A2A2A;"></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; line-height: 18.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #2A2A2A;">The 6,250-acre Four Mile Canyon fire was deemed "contained" on Sept. 13, 2010, a week after it started a few miles west of downtown Boulder. But for those whose homes it touched, the impact of this relatively small forest fire will be felt for decades.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; line-height: 18.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #2A2A2A;">Some 169 structures were destroyed and hundreds more damaged. Since then Boulder County has issued only 30 building permits, and some residents of the area predict only half the homes will be rebuilt. Depending on whom you speak to, blame for the slow pace of rebuilding is spread between county officials, the state of Colorado, the economy and insurance companies.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; line-height: 18.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #2A2A2A;">Conversations with residents about this subject can quickly spiral into anger and frustration. Some still can't talk about it. Others talk as a kind of therapy. To understand how bad the situation was - and is - and how ravaged people living in the canyons feel, it helps to go back to the day residents were allowed to go home.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; line-height: 18.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #2A2A2A;">Read more at ColoradoBIZ Magazine: <a href="http://bit.ly/pi1SZe">http://bit.ly/pi1SZe</a></span></p></div>Dashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17491496029292015128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4240475444765880779.post-82454528757123443862011-07-05T13:35:00.001-07:002011-07-05T13:35:42.732-07:00The new website is up and running - www.scottcox.com<div class='posterous_autopost'> Finally upgraded to the 20th century. :-) Check it out. <p /> <p />The new <a href="http://www.scottcox.com">www.scottcox.com</a>. <p /> <p />-D</div>Dashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17491496029292015128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4240475444765880779.post-25168062150298622552011-05-26T09:14:00.001-07:002011-05-26T09:14:15.269-07:00Construction spending forecasted to increase in 2011<div class='posterous_autopost'> Interesting analysis of the 2011 Construction Starts in the Denver Metro area. Residential and Non-Residential Construction looking like a slight rebound this year, while Non-Building Construction will take a hit. <a href="http://mountainstates.construction.com/mountainstates_construction_cities/2011/0425_Denver.asp">http://mountainstates.construction.com/mountainstates_construction_cities/2011/0425_Denver.asp</a></div>Dashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17491496029292015128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4240475444765880779.post-70101408712437753552011-05-19T12:20:00.001-07:002011-05-19T12:20:40.496-07:00A Cautionary Digital Tale of Virtual Design and Construction | ENR: Engineering News Record<div class='posterous_autopost'> Disturbing article from ENR regarding the perils of BIM. <div><span> </span><p></p><a href="http://enr.construction.com/buildings/design/2011/0523-ACautionaryDigitalTale.asp"></a></div><span>http://enr.construction.com/buildings/design/2011/0523-ACautionaryDigitalTale.asp <p><span class="985341519-19052011" /></p>I always say that you build a project twice; once on paper and once in the field. Communication is the key to any good, successful project. <p><span class="985341519-19052011" /></p> <p><span class="985341519-19052011" /></p> <p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="1" height="400" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/IJLSVPutLU0xuOPQZf2T1LF2nV6TbMewNeWvmc2tRjMpADBmuybt6aZzpLQp/1.jpg" width="500" /> <img alt="2" height="400" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/W4cX0S37WkCeQYgkbIWjZeMYeCAwXRlDLo8D2MgYpJvJhTprxMq2iY7LrhVg/2.jpg" width="500" /> <img alt="3" height="400" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/B6wTTThEjLbISuv6SHYw0ba1xXsmGO2yd71DdU98BcnebzwBR1gvj0QpptdE/3.jpg" width="500" /> <img alt="4" height="400" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/Z189UtEgN0e1m2HuutVrTS1fRAZoJ05aMG4R9ulv3OMYDkWDOnFqiURCUk2I/4.jpg" width="500" /> <img alt="5" height="400" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/rPOLhZn22PoQjgKQBGAtVUmSjDooBM7z17OHRCyE7W4IFgwa1q0ozR5NIkCF/5.jpg" width="500" /> <div class='p_see_full_gallery'><a href="http://scaboulder.posterous.com/a-cautionary-digital-tale-of-virtual-design-a">See the full gallery on Posterous</a></div> </div> </p></span></div>Dashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17491496029292015128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4240475444765880779.post-66579543517596774132011-05-09T13:02:00.001-07:002011-05-09T13:02:22.238-07:00Studio Gang | On Her Precipice | ENR: Engineering News Record<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote><div> <p>Unlike many architects, Jeanne Gang, designer of Chicago's mesmerizing Aqua Tower, respects builders and lives for construction. Paul Treacy, the 87-story skyscraper's concrete superintendent, knows this well. </p> <div> <div> <div> <div> <a href="http://enr.construction.com/people/interviews/2011/0504-JeanneGangArchitect-1.asp#"><img src="http://enr.construction.com/images2/2011/05/0504-26.jpg" width="300" /><p /><div><span>Slide Show</span></div></a> </div> <div>Photo By Steve Hall/Hedrich Blessing</div> <div>Gang is known for projects of different looks, scales and types. (42,000-sq-ft Starlight Theatre and 18-ft-tall “Marble Curtain.”)</div> </div> <div>Related Links: <div><a href="http://enr.construction.com/people/interviews/2011/0504-JeanneGangArchitect-1.asp#" target="_blank">Getting a Handle on the Curves of Chicago’s Aqua Tower</a></div> <div><a href="http://construction.com/video/?fr_story=a3fb410259ac95a588c64f6ed18e0cd0be608880&rf=bm" target="_blank">Making Waves: Bendable form edges curve cantilevers</a></div> <div><a href="http://construction.com/video/?fr_story=fc71392cdff2f265af0a110423232439e6105786&rf=bm" target="_blank">Gang on Gang: From high-rise to low-rise</a></div> <div><a href="http://construction.com/video/?fr_story=41c7b3a846f7a71fed05aba710615e466ed49087&rf=bm" target="_blank">Kit of Parts: Structure set up like a tent</a></div> <div><a href="http://construction.com/video/?fr_story=e580777da5cdcae932c7cc259c4181e0fcadb9ad&rf=bm" target="_blank">Oasis in the City: Building keeps out bad vibes</a></div> </div> </div> <div> ----- Advertising -----<br /> </div> </div> <p>Gang had a profound effect on Treacy during construction of her first tower, an innovative residential building that evokes a vertical landscape of rolling hills and ponds. And it is not only because the designer and the “super” bonded over means and methods for <a href="http://enr.construction.com/people/interviews/2011/0504-JeanneGangArchitect-1.asp#">Aqua's 78 unique and undulating slab edges</a>, which have extreme cantilevers of up to 12 ft. Gang also left a lasting impression with Treacy on the home front. </p> <p>“My son Ryan is an architecture student at the University of Illinois-Chicago, thanks to Jeanne,” says Treacy, who works for James McHugh Construction Co., Chicago. “She inspired him.” </p> <p>In 2008, when Aqua was up only 40 stories, Treacy—mildly distracted by his teenage son's lack of direction—asked Gang for words of wisdom. Her response was to invite Ryan to spend a day at Studio Gang Architects (SGA). </p> <p>The gesture is part of the 47-year-old architect's style. “I thought Paul's son would get a better idea of what it was like to be an architect by spending a little time in the office. Plus, I think the world of Paul,” says Gang, who gained “starchitect” status last year when the 859-ft-tall Aqua, the world's fourth-tallest residential-hotel tower, opened. </p> <p>For Treacy, Gang's gesture was above and beyond the call of duty. “She changed my son's life. She didn't have to do that,” he says. “That's really something.” </p> <p>Her bent for building, which Gang calls a “love of concretizing objects,” is a cause of her forward motion. “Jeanne has succeeded not only because she's imaginative but because she knows how to build,” says Blair Kamin, the Chicago Tribune's architecture critic. </p> <p>Her concretizing is infectious. “If you care about construction methods and you engage people in the design, you get something better,” says Weston Walker, an SGA senior designer. “All of her projects are embedded with an idea of how they [will] be made.” </p> <p>Ron Klemencic, president of Aqua's structural engineer, Magnusson Klemencic Associates, Seattle, says, “She makes everyone around her better, and they get more invested in design. She listens and then draws things out of people, including me.” </p> <p>Gang's late father, a civil engineer, nurtured her interest in building as well as science, nature, infrastructure and exploring. On family vacations, he would drive “way out of the way to see some bridge,” says Gang, the third of four daughters who grew up in Belvidere, Ill., 73 miles northwest of Chicago. </p> <p>A self-proclaimed info-junkie, Gang says she gets a thrill from discovery. She likes to break and crush rocks, then study the results. Informal organizations, such as cities, and formal ones—such as crystals, shells, networks, neurons, and landscapes—are sources of fascination that find their way into her work. </p> <p>Inspirational Architecture</p> <p>Composer Harold Meltzer, a New York City native, was inspired by Aqua to write music. “I was mesmerized by the photos,” says Meltzer. The Avalon String Quartet played the premier performance of Meltzer's composition “Aqua” in Chicago on April 27. </p> <p>Gang also credits her mother and grandmother, who often worked with fabrics, for her fascination with materials, which led her to the crafts. “I started connecting with tradespeople because our work explores materials and taking them in new directions,” says Gang. “Tradespeople know their materials best and always have great insights.” </p> <p>Carrie Warner, an associate principal with local structural engineer Halvorson and Partners, who is working on SGA's Blue Wall Center in Greenville County, S.C., says, “Compared to other architects, Jeanne digs deeper into the idea of what can be done with materials, rethinking how we can use them.” </p> <p>And dig she does. Her current obsession is dirt of different colors. </p> <p>Gang first became aware of architecture when she saw ancient cliff dwellings carved into the sandstone mountainsides of Colorado's Mesa Verde National Park. She calls skylines “mountain ranges,” skyscrapers “mountains” and terraces “precipices.” She says any resemblance between the dwellings and Aqua's terraces, with their overhangs, is unintentional. </p> <p>Friends and colleagues describe her as accessible, unassuming, flexible, innovative, cooperative, organized, pragmatic and fun. They also call her serious, gutsy, tenacious, driven, competitive, principled, demanding and opinionated. At home in the city or the country, she is public about her ideas and private about herself. Despite the many contradictions, Gang finds a way to live in peaceful coexistence with her traits while putting them to work in her profession. </p> <p>Community Context </p> <p>Gang sees herself as an environmental steward. Concerned with a coming crush in human population concurrent with a predicted extinction of 20% of living species by 2028, she tries to minimize the impact of shelter, especially through small-footprint, high-density residential towers. </p> <p>Her sustainable ways are rooted in her waste-not, want-not Midwestern values. As a child, she would spend hours drawing on the blank back sides of desk calendar pads from her father's office. She considered a career in studio art or engineering but decided on architecture because it combined the two. </p> <div> <div>“She inspired my son. She didn't have to do that.”</div> <div>—Paul Treacy,concrete superintendent</div> </div> <p>Gang likens the architect to a cook, a prospector and a nomad. Like a sustainable cook preparing menus from seasonal, local food, the studio switched to expressed concrete after losing a masonry donation for the exterior of the SOS Children's Villages Lavezzorio Community Center in Chicago. Like a prospector, SGA found scrap metal from former steel plants nearby for columns for the Ford Calumet Environmental Center (as yet unbuilt), lined up slag and broken glass for terrazzo floor aggregate and reclaimed reinforcing steel for a filigree patio enclosure that prevents birds from crashing into windows. Like a nomad, SGA designed the local Lincoln Park Zoo South Pond pavilion with lightweight, prefabricated wood and fiberglass elements so that two workers could assemble the structure in one day, without using heavy equipment. </p> <p> </p> </div></blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://enr.construction.com/people/interviews/2011/0504-JeanneGangArchitect-1.asp">enr.construction.com</a></div> <p>Great piece on Jeanne Gang.</p></div></div>Dashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17491496029292015128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4240475444765880779.post-85991641750912685312011-05-03T14:51:00.001-07:002011-05-03T15:21:53.800-07:00LUXE Magazine - Spring Issue<div class="posterous_autopost"> The Spring issue of LUXE Magazine features Barrett Studio Architects and "Home on the Range." Located in South Boulder, this Colorado ranch home has incredible views of the Flatirons in a rustic, agricultural setting. The buildings included an plethora of sustainable features including passive solar, photovoltaic solar, geothermal and solar thermal systems. <p> </p><p>Photo Credit: LUXE Magazine and Barrett Studio Architects - <a href="http://www.barrettstudio.com/">www.barrettstudio.com</a> </p><p><a href="http://issuu.com/newbeauty-16/docs/luxe_colorado_23_digital/208">Link to LUXE Magazine Digital Edition</a><br /></p><p></p> <p></p><p></p><div class="p_embed p_image_embed"> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/tEnD7GS6wq0pCbyLlXcAvJaJDJU2IcLeKmeCw2PPCuu2FuuXMGAYAn4NiOzk/Luxe-1.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg"><img alt="Luxe-1" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/SWrkCSljg2D00k6XqIOaRW4MT9mn2BDKzuDscPrc9HvkawgiAB7seUjTTmmb/Luxe-1.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="300" /></a> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/pGsKwvFsjkOGetMqYtLqEMWMa4ElwKvohjaXVfg2JBIIylZ84s96R7vsMgqO/Luxe-2.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg"><img alt="Luxe-2" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/IEPXG8PjXzJDCZYPMHF0CUNXFrjkc3tRjh2Jk8fXfx2J4dqTlIyMPqSsMtET/Luxe-2.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="300" /></a> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/FHqQ8Supvj65ZD8Qff9B7dZRiE89nN7MYCBDp9msqQOXtq7RZbaN1DACUlCp/Luxe-3.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg"><img alt="Luxe-3" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/FFQGwP2AvINK9ag0HH0nFKlEYxFTBQZnV93mPGc5EQ21iNdSRdtBVV1ivC2M/Luxe-3.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="300" /></a> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/5lmD1BqhT3zETpRsaQASwD1IjcAVwUVcSQ6bRvVL0zoDsaQSO9Ks8AH4hiql/Luxe-4.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg"><img alt="Luxe-4" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/s1Vgr69aXHwcKV4afHwU3gj1lKXy1vki7G8Ei28SEqCxAgbr0fYkFwBf7M5d/Luxe-4.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="300" /></a> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/3DhhO5esniz94HVWFGSckEH3QXTrgzaFBFMcw84FzkAuzd3A1uc6ZFJn11aR/Luxe-5.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg"><img alt="Luxe-5" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/mA6YSNaLDk70U6fXzIDnzJ5ehTx40ka38vGgerQLvvbHABxLyjfchAdSDvvh/Luxe-5.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="300" /></a> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/eTgZyR1nCj1GNiVAXoaNFLlk77DOZCPPEekqX6E2f5NGmQxflJfdzCHTFK13/Luxe-6.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg"><img alt="Luxe-6" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/uJahwKzrUskEJIe0vm74n0GvZ12oMZyX2CyNZxgOwSRPNT5oqKuxm0Pm5SmD/Luxe-6.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="300" /></a> <div class="p_see_full_gallery"><a href="http://scaboulder.posterous.com/luxe-magazine-spring-issue">See the full gallery on Posterous</a></div> </div> <p></p></div>Dashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17491496029292015128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4240475444765880779.post-47625361166642901572011-05-03T13:42:00.001-07:002011-05-03T13:42:58.287-07:00University of Colorado - Visual Arts Complex certified LEED Gold<div class='posterous_autopost'> The Visual Arts Complex is located at the heart of the University of Colorado at Boulder campus. The 180,000 SF building contains the CU Art Museum and the Departments of Art and Art History. The building was recently certified LEED Gold by the U.S. Green Building Council. The project was designed and constructed in collaboration with OZ Architecture of Boulder, Kallmann McKinnell & Wood Architect of Boston, MA, and Mortenson Construction of Denver. <p /> <p />Photo Credit: OZ Architecture - <a href="http://www.ozarch.com">www.ozarch.com</a> <p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/qP6Bl5WqeNkZ88qwoauiBs9ROBlTeMNYH0E1l7FBP6fEE7TjTfq42dvTeieP/file_8209.jpg"><img alt="File_8209" height="244" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/gFkVHBILNh3RMzvdXoDYWdgDHTkNOaqniNQm28eDlhbn3sE1Pr3y3uE8XWac/file_8209.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" /></a> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/YXNHXnwfgM3scpVe06kQlzxn70lyjMZRg7XgbSQxtW5ks5jrNgzhrBNjyDjQ/file_8201.jpg"><img alt="File_8201" height="244" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/hFW1U6KwJ330YvQ7g89ZNGuQaUeak41QIOBAFohm6fLYqwIuhymR5C4fIHhD/file_8201.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" /></a> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/2k5YnCOedx2dwHksWgHZcs6QLs5xLyBGuoWT2nLBAC6QbKxCDznzndalFBvk/file_8200.jpg"><img alt="File_8200" height="244" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/EJunNMfkE1FkXDdlonCl6h8EYk6OmrAyw75pz0Vd3nHsAlstuoUKwaxOyKKa/file_8200.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" /></a> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/4zOfdd3NBkI7pQvl6VGDlzDH2F2JNlV5PpA161xCAclzBawGe91ff8lrMKpw/file_8202.jpg"><img alt="File_8202" height="244" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/uHk2z3QiQdTjUq2rKTE8fIOW6Wvm9wpLh48dgctlyIOdiehCIzhyPuBF1tUn/file_8202.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" /></a> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/9oftkGEsXi6BWas8j9W8Hp8wHAiz0GZE6Xhcv81bS8ucSMlOSysdvN59qT5k/file_8203.jpg"><img alt="File_8203" height="244" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/1xZpbWDuBYHB8iOq83r05pzxktAIbmmBL3j1TJlw7qAMwvKJ11oZklazZbsr/file_8203.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" /></a> <div class='p_see_full_gallery'><a href="http://scaboulder.posterous.com/university-of-colorado-visual-arts-complex-ce">See the full gallery on Posterous</a></div> </div> </p></div>Dashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17491496029292015128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4240475444765880779.post-63018854361720539682011-05-03T13:13:00.001-07:002011-05-03T13:13:29.149-07:00City of Boulder Regional Fire Training Center wins AIA Awards<div class='posterous_autopost'> The City of Boulder Regional Fire Training Center has been recognized with several awards from the American Institute of Architects. The project received a Merit Award for Built Architecture and the People's Choice Award from the AIA. The project also won an Award of Citation from the Colorado Chapter of the AIA. <p /> <p />This 10 acre site is adjacent to the Boulder Reservior and contains an Adminstration Building, a Burn Building and a Drill Tower. The project is certified LEED Gold. <p /> <p /> <p />Photo Credit: Roth + Sheppard Architects - <a href="http://www.rothsheppard.com">www.rothsheppard.com</a> <p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/jSaGIOz0cTGy6VGc7dU9AXzg0WZx0IUMSEgI7sjuyDZ8ZnAjzakYAiM7nqUw/Boulder_5.jpg"><img alt="Boulder_5" height="282" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/DPqODmDTQQZ7U0mXssHsiinu2FZ2qrwXSM3pOczOjeTBkE4PY3Z9PbFGI35E/Boulder_5.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" /></a> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/SLkIlVeaBmRNWbaDEfFf6YwsQ1q56wD4RR4JN6rRajnGZce8MYTL24z93ynZ/Boulder_2.jpg"><img alt="Boulder_2" height="602" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/TcNvXzM5ewqGa8bFA4zw4eT1nxu2GmOijvZ5BeU3BYScCXlUznqTZprTdzaz/Boulder_2.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" /></a> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/fcqmuEl60oYvdAG9BzZZDrFcssAYIYDmGGC8RDBnkKyBb3ufJuc7Nod5wa4i/Boulder.jpg"><img alt="Boulder" height="334" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/K6S1rO4lY0ssktcdJNB0YIiBjzDse7i34N4eRZUaYR8q5fNTmJD2BVHXWkh9/Boulder.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" /></a> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/ehLEEuZGpKviVnBIYmkxHDmjqz5oAfGMjaPhvkJSJ9b0sCsS58lvLl7pyCTM/Boulder_1.jpg"><img alt="Boulder_1" height="334" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/weaOFUNM65t0ZQ5cNjM3oTFdW1zQEcJmBuiFGfrK1BT1OJQiXjTuz01k0Cp4/Boulder_1.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" /></a> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/LIeXC5jDoxTkf4kef41XEx6Ey0OHEyfcJhA4kwS9j7HupngEWqEcU7U0ozPc/Boulder_3.jpg"><img alt="Boulder_3" height="705" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/9K74OJ6hE3SrhgtXOhe8JoZhkhWDVrcCiBkUin5nwmBNiSYV5u1sJkOJI2Fp/Boulder_3.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" /></a> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/9yNM8Fj6hq8AQhjQuATRd6WDo5ITrdlO7xR3q4RNIdnX6gvk25MPobd4xeYL/Boulder_4.jpg"><img alt="Boulder_4" height="660" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/Rt0J1VqZX1hYiYgruYhowCuLSLOUmCdeibu2lggcaoLgrZ2bBtcV6ZWmsWpU/Boulder_4.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" /></a> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/jD9TmV3U8N72ipZqz5dl9SreNu4dgtc0xD3TFVGlrVpVhW6MPSFhVuqevV72/Boulder_6.jpg"><img alt="Boulder_6" height="576" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/scaboulder/PaRWQK3mzV7yrXUSTi48D0btyszPvpUt7GXn8YSzzdsBFOdAoyVmyDrwNYuq/Boulder_6.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" /></a> <div class='p_see_full_gallery'><a href="http://scaboulder.posterous.com/city-of-boulder-regional-fire-training-center">See the full gallery on Posterous</a></div> </div> </p></div>Dashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17491496029292015128noreply@blogger.com0