December 3-December 16, 2014—
COLORADO REAL ESTATE JOURNAL
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Construction, Design & Engineering News
The next phase of work at the National Museum of World War II Aviation is expected to start in April.
GE Johnson Construction
Co. was selected to complete
the next phase of the National
Museum of World War II Avia-
tion in Colorado Springs.
The project will kick off
with the construction of two
30,000-square-foot airplane
hangars to house a collection of
restored World War II aircraft
and is expected to be under
construction in April.
The second element of
this project is Aviation Hall,
approximately 40,000 sf of
museum exhibit space and
40,000 sf of education space,
including offices, classrooms
and laboratories, a small audi-
torium and training area. The
museum space will include a
large atrium capable of han-
dling meetings and events of
up to 1,200 people and will
include a flight-ready, B-25
Mitchell bomber suspended
from the structure.
The museum is located at
755 Aviation Way in Colorado
Springs.
Additionally, the firm was
selected to renovate an exist-
ing 9,857-sf private residence
in Aspen into a $10.5 million
modern home.
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RTL Networks Inc., which
specializes in information
technology talent solutions,
and Platte River Networks
Inc., which focuses on infra-
structure design, deploy-
ment and management,
jointly announced their
Commuter Rail Maintenance
Facility virtualization and
server consolidation project
is underway.
The Commuter Rail Main-
tenance Facility supports the
Eagle P3 Project commuter
rail lines – East, Gold and the
Northwest Rail Westminster
Segment.
“Just as the Denver Metro
light rail itself has served as
a national model for collabo-
ration and symbol of Colo-
rado’s growth, we believe
this partnership between
Platte River Networks and
RTL Networks can serve as
a model for small-business
collaboration and growth
through cooperation,” said
Richard Lewis, president/
CEO, RTLNetworks Inc. “We
are grateful for this opportu-
nity to work with such an
amazing partner to provide
mission-critical IT solutions
and support on such a criti-
cal and visible component of
this landmark project.”
The East Rail Line is 22.8
miles long and will have a
travel time of 35 minutes
from Denver Union Station
to Denver International Air-
port. The phased, scalable
project at the Commuter
Rail Maintenance Facility
includes design, implemen-
tation and support of the
hardware and systems soft-
ware for the facility’s net-
work, servers, user comput-
ers and disaster recovery
site.
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Four hundred leaders and
visionaries spanning all indus-
try sectors from across the Den-
ver metro region recently came
together to celebrate how “we are
revitalizing our communities in
tandem with the development of
transit infrastructure.”
The fourthAnnual Transit Event
included presentations from
Phil Washington of the Regional
Transportation District and Mark
Imhoff, Colorado Department of
Transportation.
Transit Alliance Executive
Director Kathleen Osher opened
the program, challenging attend-
ees to think about how “we stand
on the cutting-edge as we work
to revitalize our communities in
tandem with the development
of more choices in transporta-
tion.” She added that “the posi-
tive impacts that can be realized
on growth patterns, community
development and the health of
our citizens are tremendous.”
Washington, general manag-
er and CEO of RTD, delivered
the State of Transit Address and
unveiled his National Infrastruc-
tureDay.Washington is calling for
leaders at all levels to elevate the
importance of investing in infra-
structure in April. Washington
was elected as chairman of the
American Public Transportation
Association in October.
Imhoff then debuted the
new statewide bus service, the
Bustang. This new interregional
express bus system along Inter-
state 25 and I-70 includes 3 lines:
the Green Line/North Route
between downtown Denver
and Fort Collins; the Blue Line/
West Route between Glenwood
Springs and downtown Denver;
and theOrangeLine/SouthRoute
between downtown Denver and
Tejon Street in Colorado Springs.
Service starts in March.
The final part of the program
celebrated outstanding leadership
in three areas: an outstanding
graduate of the Transit Alliance
Citizens’ Academy, outstanding
leadership by an organization
and outstanding leadership by an
individual.
The award honorees included
Sen. Rachel Zenzinger as out-
standing graduate of the Transit
Alliance Citizens’ Academy. The
academy is a seven-week emerg-
ing leader program designed to
“educate and motivate” commu-
nity stakeholders by encouraging
their involvement in the ongo-
ing development of FasTracks
and other transit-oriented projects
throughout the region.
Urban Land Conservancy was
recognized for outstanding lead-
ership by an organization for its
dedication to preserving afford-
able housing along FasTracks cor-
ridors through land banking and
real estate development.
Lone Tree Mayor Jim Gunning
was awarded the Carla Madison
Award for Outstanding Lead-
ership by an Individual for his
leadership of MPACT-64, work-
ing to find consensus strategies
to increase transportation funding
for all of Colorado.
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