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 Despite Covid-19, AP and LOA Team Complete One of DPS’s Largest Projects in History
 As the Adolfson & Peterson (AP) and LOA Architecture team began construction on the Denver Public Schools (DPS) Paul Sandoval Campus (PSC) Expansion project, they knew they were faced with challenges: working with an aggressive schedule and on an occupied facility among them. They did not, of course, anticipate the challenges that would arise as a result of COVID 19. None-the- less, the team moves toward completion, adapting along the way, to complete a project among the largest in DPS’s history.
This multi-faceted campus expansion includes
building a new Small Learning Community (SLC) building, as well as completing two additions to existing buildings, a new soccer field and 4 tennis courts. The new SLC building is located on the southeast corner of 56th Avenue and Central Park Boulevard on the 20-acre PSC and is adjacent to the Denver Parks and Recreation athletic fields. The fully occupied facility will house up to 50 classrooms.
To meet the needs of an accelerated and growing Stapleton/ Northfield neighborhood, DPS requested that LOA Architecture, P.C. provide the fulfillment of the Paul Sandoval Campus Master Plan. The requirements of the build out were to provide for a minimum of 1,000 additional students at Northfield High School in; 1) a 100,000 SF new classroom building, 2) two auxiliary gyms (to be shared between NHS and DSST added onto the existing competition gym), and 3) a music/ drama addition to the existing commons (including practice rooms, a green room and wood shop).
Additional awarded scope includes taking what was an original native seed area into a 140-stall parking lot on the
Rendering of DPS Paul Sandoval Campus
east side of campus, the addition of a new scoreboard and bleachers, construction of boys and girls batting cages, a performance upgrade to the existing Building 1, and the addition of AV equipment in Building 3.
The project team’s most recent construction challenge is a rather obvious one. Nothing quite like the COVID pandemic has been experienced in the industry. Thus, adapting to new safety protocols while maintaining schedule has become top priority on the PSC project. The team has become adept at maneuvering proper scheduling techniques of crews and crew sizes; communicating heavily with suppliers, subcontracting partners and vendors for material availability; and heightening delivery preparedness.
On May 28th, TCO was received for Building 5 and gym. The new facility will accommodate a population growing toward 2,000 students.
 Dominion Water’s High Zone Water Storage Tank Construction
Dominion Water & Sanitation District, a wholesale water, wastewater and stormwater provider for northwest Douglas County, has started the construction of a two-million-gallon water storage tank in Douglas County. The $5 million High Zone Water Tank bond project will provide drinking water storage to current and future customers of Dominion Water, as well as commercial and residential fire flow capabilities, including the potential to serve residential and commercial demand along the Highway 85 corridor.
Tank construction is expected to be concluded by December 2020 enabling initiation of testing of the Dominion’s Eastern Regional Delivery System. The system is comprised of the WISE system and partnerships through Castle Rock and Parker, to the Dominion’s Eastern Regional Pipeline and the 18 | Colorado Construction & Design
High Zone Water Tank. The 11-mile Eastern Regional Pipeline, also under construction and to be built this year, connects to the Town of Castle Rock’s water system and travels 11-miles along Highway 85 and rural areas in Northwest Douglas County to the High Zone Water Tank and on to the Larry D. Moore Water Treatment Plant. This system will connect Northwest Douglas County to the Water Infrastructure and Supply Efficiency (WISE) system, delivering renewable water supplies to residents of Northwest Douglas County and adding 1,325 acre-feet of water to Dominion’s already robust and reliable water supply portfolio. The High Zone Tank is a key piece of infrastructure for the east side of Dominion's regional supply.
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