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Denver's Supply of Housing Is Estimated to Be Short by Tens of Thousands of Units. Why Not Build More Accessory Dwelling Units?

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Denver's Supply of Housing Is Estimated to Be Short by Tens of Thousands of Units. ADUs in Denver would help the growing housing crisis, but can they beat the challenges they face? Many of Denver’s residents believe that accessible dwelling units (ADUs) can be used as a tool in pushing back against the housing crisis.

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Water/Environment, Best Project: City Park Golf Course Redesign

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Completion of this design-build project addressed multiple water-related issues for the city while also providing a new recreation and golf amenity for Denver residents and visitors.

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Colorado must fix construction defects law, Denver Post says

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Colorado''s “vexing construction defects law” has hampered the building of new condominiums in the state, according to an editorial in the Denver Post. State lawmakers have unsuccessfully tried to change the 2005 law blamed for creating an “overly litigious environment around construction defects claims,” the newspaper says.

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2018 IgCC to be Adopted in Baltimore City

Green Building Law Update

I have regularly and consistently been critical of enactments of mandatory green building codes, as violative of the core principal modern green building is built upon that sustainable construction is a voluntary non regulatory response such that the built environment that can repair the planet.

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Water/Environment, Award of Merit: Globeville Landing Outfall, Phases 1A, 1B, 2 and 4, and Brighton Boulevard Segment 2

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This project includes build-out of four parts of a major drainage system that reduces flooding in eight northeastern neighborhoods in Denver while also improving the quality of runoff water.

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Student Housing ProCONNECT event draws developers, contractors, architects, and building product manufacturers to Denver

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in a relaxed environment. The event gave the 25 development professionals the opportunity to meet 1-on-1 with building product manufacturers serving the student residence sector. Equally valuable, according to attendees, was the ability to network with other design, construction, and development professionals from across the U.S.

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Sports ‘districts’ are popping up all over America

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In Denver, the firm is proposing to transform a parking lot near Coors Field, home to the Colorado Rockies baseball team, into a mixed-used environment across an entire city block. Sports arenas and stadiums continue to be the stimuli for urban reincarnations.

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