Tag Archive for ‘Colorado’
Saving Places Conference: Historic Preservation & Sustainability
Elicia Ratajczyk, LEED-AP, from EVstudio Evergreen attended the Saving Places Conference in Denver last week. The annual historic preservation focused conference is hosted every year by Colorado Preservation Inc. The theme of this years conference was Historic Preservation and Sustainability. The conference was well attended by various members of the historic preservation community including such [...]
“The Place” Community Center getting Underway
This story, Reprinted in its entirety from the Canyon Courier this week, is all about “The Place”, a project we had the privilege to be involved with:
***
The Place to be: Former Carpet Exchange building to host businesses, coffee shop, nonprofits
By Deb Hurley Brobst
The Place is going to be about miracles.
That’s the description Dean Dalvit, owner of [...]
Villas at Park West Multifamily Post Tension Foundations
The post tension slab foundations are looking great at The Villas at Park West. EVstudio was hired by C and L Development to design the PT slabs located in Pueblo.
The picture above is a great example on the interior smooth finish and the exterior broom finish. The smooth finish at the interior works well for [...]
Notice of Intent (NOI) vs. Grading Permit (GP) – Jefferson County, CO
We’ve been fortunate to work on a handful of Notice of Intent (NOI) and Grading Permit (GP) applications in Jefferson County recently. These are two of the most common applications for residential projects.
Generally (speaking from the civil engineering side of things) an NOI includes a set of plans for a single [...]
Jefferson County Code Supplement Deletes 2009 Residential Fire Sprinkling Requirements
Although Jefferson County has been one of the first counties in the state to adopt the 2009 International Codes, the 2009 Jefferson County Residential Code Supplement states that Section 313 for Automatic Fire Sprinkler Systems has been “deleted in it’s entirety” from their adoption of the new code.
Although Automatic Fire Sprinkler Systems are often included [...]
Evergreen’s Alliance for Sustainability – You make it E.A.S.-Y!
We are proud to announce that Elicia Ratajczyk of the EV Studio Evergreen Office has recently been appointed as the Vice President of a new non-profit organization serving the mountain community!
Evergreen’s Alliance for Sustainability is dedicated to keeping the “green” in Evergreen by becoming a catalyst for awareness, action, & access that will develop sustainability [...]
National Park Service Historic Train Relocation off to a Great Start
EVstudio attended the pre-construction meeting earlier this week and had our first chance to visit the train and observe the existing conditions. The plan is simple; prepare the new site and place tracks, set the temporary bridge using a steel frame adjacent to the existing bridge and use a flat bed train car to span [...]
EVstudio awarded National Park Service Historic Train Relocation
EVstudio will provide structural engineering services for the relocation of Locomotive #278 from the Denver & Rio Grande (D&RG) Narrow Gauge Railroad located near Cimarron, CO. Working with Au’ Authum Ki, Inc and Disher and Company the historic Steam Engine, Coal Tender, Box Car and Caboose will be relocated from its current location atop of [...]
Many Hats: The Roles That Architects Play on Behalf of the Client
In architecture school we are taught that an architect must be able to “wear many hats”, as a metaphor for the many different roles that an architect should be ready to play. I experienced a good dose of this theory in practice yesterday when it became necessary to put on the diplomat hat and seek [...]
Helical Piers Placed at Denver Home Addition
EVstudio observed the placement of the helical piers for a recent home addition the Structural Department designed. The existing foundation is supported by straight shaft drilled piers extending to an unknown depth. With many additions to a home, access is difficult for large machines. For this house access was very difficult due to a slope [...]
Entries(RSS)