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This week, workers wearing double layered suits and respirators, inside a bubble of plastic are scraping tiles from the floor and removing drywall from the main office building at the former Grand Junction Steel building to remove asbestos, as the property prepares for the future.

When a building in Colorado is undergoing a renovation, testing is done to determine if there is asbestos present that would be disturbed by the construction work. In the case of the Grand Junction Steel building, the main building did not have any asbestos. However, about 5,500 square feet of the office building, which sits at the entrance of the site off Third Street, was found to have asbestos.

Regional Asbestos, located in Grand Junction and Aurora, was brought in to mitigate the asbestos, which was found in the tile floor, mastic and drywall texture. The floor tile and mastic were both found to be greater than the 1% asbestos threshold requiring a full-regulated abatement, according to Regional Asbestos.

Regional Asbestos President Shaun Witkamp said there are many layers of protections put in place for both the workers and the general public to ensure the mitigation work is safe. The area the workers are in is contained by plastic sheeting and is kept at negative pressure to keep air from escaping.

With our negative air machine, we hold a certain negative pressure, which makes sure we are constantly pulling negative air in and cycling it out, Witkamp said. As were breaking up this asbestos, if fibers are released, theyre working their way into machines and being filtered and not back out into the public.

With the material that is removed, Witkamp said, they use a system to keep the material wet and reduce the amount of asbestos fiber that is released. The material is double bagged, with each bag being cleaned as it is moved out to specialized trucks that will take it to the landfill.

The tile remediation will take five days, Witkamp said, with the drywall mitigation taking another 20 days. A crew of seven full-time workers will be used to complete the project. Witkamp said this is a medium-sized project for his company, which works on everything from a single pipefitting to commercial properties requiring up to 40 workers.

The owner of the Grand Junction Steel property, Jim McConnell, said the remediation was part of an effort to get the building into a usable condition for a future tenant. He said the mitigation work has to be completed first.

Once we get this done, get the asbestos out of here then well start, McConnell said. Ive got some good people working on some plans.

Grand Junction Steel was founded in 1947 and McConnell bought it in the 1980s. The business provided heavy steel plate fabrication for highway and railway structural bridge projects across the country.

I bought it in 1985, McConnell said. After that we went out looking for business. We had a total of maybe 200-plus employees here for a while.

The steel from the business was used to construct bridges in projects around Denver and in Glenwood Canyon. It was used coast-to-coast from bridge construction, from earthquake repair in California to the Big Dig in Boston.

Grand Junction Steel closed in 2009 and was empty for several years. Its most recent tenant was EcoGen, a hemp and CBD producer. However, after EcoGen was sold in mid-2020, the business moved its offices off the property.

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A multi-million dollar development project known as the Smithfield Gateway will be a mixed-use development near East Stroudsburg.

EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. From Skycam 16, you can see heavy machinery and lots of construction work happening off Route 209 near East Stroudsburg. It's all part of a major development project called the Smithfield Gateway.

It takes up more than 120 acres of land in Smithfield Township.

Ken Schuchman owns Odd-Lot Outlet. His business has a front-row seat to construction work.

"We are very, very excited. We've been here for 20 years, and we've been waiting for this type of project to come to town," said Schuchman.

The project broke ground in 2019. That's also when several buildings were demolished to make way for new structures.

Apartments, retail and office space, a grocery store, and a medical building are some of what is planned for this area.

"We do have a 40,000 square foot office building that has been leased out. Of course, we also have the Dunkin' Donuts that will be taking a spot, so they will have a much nicer facility once we get that constructed, a lot of retail, a lot of apartments. It will be a total mixed-use project with townhouses and apartments. So we will have a mix of a type of residential units also," said Doug Olmstead, Smithfield Gateway development manager.

While people are excited to see machines moving, they are really eager to see the improvement project on Route 209.

Route 209 will be converted from two lanes to five. A loop road will be built that goes through the former site of Mosier's Dairy Farm to Route 447.

Drivers Newswatch 16 spoke to hope the change will alleviate some congestion in this area.

"That will be very important for the area to continue growing. Usually, the roads are the last thing they do. They put a lot of places in and forget about the road, and then the congestion is unbelievable," said Al Schmid, Tannersville.

The Smithfield Gateway project is expected to create 1,000 jobs.

Developers say the project is being done in phases, with the first building scheduled to open to the public in 2023.

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Slowing demand at architecture firms last year is expected to contribute to a projected 5.7% decline in construction spending for 2021, according to a new consensus forecast from The American Institute of Architects (AIA).

The AIA Consensus Construction Forecast Panel, comprised of leading economic forecasters, expects steep declines this year in construction spending on office buildings, hotels, and amusement and recreation centers. Health care and public safety are the only major sectors that are slated to produce gains in 2021.

Growth in nonresidential construction is expected for 2022, with three percent gains projected for the overall building market matched by both the commercial and institutional sectors.

The December jobs report confirmed that the economy needs additional support in order to move to a sustainable economic expansion, said AIA Chief Economist Kermit Baker, Hon. AIA, PhD. As pandemic concerns begin to wane and economic activity begins to pick up later in 2021, there is likely to be considerable pent-up demand for nonresidential space, leading to anticipated growth in construction spending in 2022.

Complete details on the latest Consensus Construction Forecast can be found on AIAs website.

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Rea Ventures Group and its development partners have completed the acquisition of an eight-property assemblage comprising approximately 1.5 acres at the border of Ormewood Park and East Atlanta with plans to develop The Lodge, a mixed-use development anchored by affordable housing project Abbington at Ormewood and a new ground-up office building.

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The Lodge first announced in 2019 with the acquisition of the land is now expected to break ground in summer 2021 immediately across from the East Atlanta Village business district, at 525 Moreland Avenue. At the site sits the projects namesake, the 15,000 square-foot historic Masonic Lodge building which will be restored as part of the development. The project also includes a new office building at the corner of the intersection.

Abbington at Ormewood will offer 42 units of affordable housing geared toward households with a mix of incomes from 30 percent to 80 percent of area median income (AMI), with an average of 60 percent AMI. Were proud to be part of this collaborative effort to add a range of affordable housing options to an area where housing prices have escalated rapidly over the past 10 years, Trey Coogle, managing partner at Rea Ventures, said.

The commercial team, led by a partnership between local developers Clark Property R+D, King Properties, and Porch & Square, will develop approximately 30,000 square feet of office, retail, and restaurant space.

The development team worked closely with Ormewood Park and East Atlanta residents to explore design solutions and respond to community concerns: preservation of the historic Masonic Lodge building, affordable housing, outdoor public space, commercial amenities, and work centers. It also uses a transitional height strategy to concentrate density along the Moreland Avenue frontage, while scaling down at the edges adjacent to single-family homes.

After six months, 10 design charrettes, and 12 neighborhood meetings, a necessary rezoning of a portion of the site was unanimously approved by the community and the City of Atlanta in May 2019 but was delayed due to the pandemic.

The development team is now proceeding with finalizing the design, entitlement details, and site preparation before submitting their application for building permits. Construction is targeted to start by the Summer of this year, with the site work and the residential phase of the project completed by 2021. The commercial space is currently for lease by Perry King with King Properties and will break ground in phases as buildings are preleased.

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Global design firm Fentress Architectshas ranked as one of the top architecture firms in Building Design + Construction Magazines annual Giants 400 Report. Internationally known for innovative, award-winning design of diverse building types including airports, museums, convention centers, civic and government buildings, laboratories, and higher education facilities Fentress ranked No.36 on the Top 155 Architecture Firms list, progressing nine places from its 2019 ranking at No.45.

In addition to the firms recognition as one of the Top Architecture Firms for 2020, Fentress, whose portfolio features over 40 convention center designs including the recently completed LEED Silver Miami Beach Convention Center, is ranked No.5 in the Convention Centers/Conference Centers sector. With over $23.8 Billion and 115 Million square feet in aviation projects, the firm is ranked No.8 in the Airport sector. Fentress also landed No.22 in the overall Cultural Facilities sector, No.10 in the Museums and Galleries category, No.63 in the Office Buildings/Core+Shell sector, and No.98 in Office All Building Work.

We are proud that our firm was recognized for our continuous efforts to elevate design excellence in public architecture, said Fentress Architects Principal in Charge of Design Curtis Fentress, FAIA, RIBA. Our ability to drive growth throughout the industry reflects our teams unwavering commitment to innovation, along with the collaborative efforts of our clients and project partners.

Over the past year, Fentress projects achieved major milestones including the completion of four world-class projects: the new Johnson County Courthouse in Olathe, KS; the new Concourse D and Terminal Wings at Nashville International Airport in Nashville, TN, which also became one of only five airport facilities in the US to achieve LEED v4 Silver certification; the Terminal Balancing and Concourse E Extension at Portland International Airport in Portland, OR; the Denver Art Museum North Building Renovation and Anna and John J. Sie Welcome Center in Denver, CO; and the Miami Beach Convention Center Expansion and Renovation in Miami Beach, FL, which also achieved LEED Silver certification.

As a testament to Fentress recognition, the firm garnered 16 awards for design excellence and innovation in 2020 alone, including the American Institute of Architecture (AIA) Colorados Twenty-Five Year Award for the Denver International Airport as well as the AIA Western Mountain Regions Twenty-Five Year Award for the Clark County Government Center. The Miami Beach Convention Center landed a Silver Award in the Faade category of the 2020 World Architecture News (WAN) Awards and a 2020 BEST Award in the Serve category from the International Design Associations (IIDA) Rocky Mountain Chapter.

Positioned for a strong 2021, Fentress is anticipating the upcoming completion of the Fred D. Thompson Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Nashville, TN as well as the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Washington, DC. Additionally, the firm is working on the new South Terminal C at Orlando International Airport, the Terminal Lobby and International Arrivals Facility at Nashville International Airport, the new Mickey Leland International Terminal at George Bush Intercontinental Airport, the U.S. Courthouse Huntsville, Alabama, and the National Museum of Intelligence and Special Operations just to name a few.

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This morning, the Milan-based real estate investment fund COIMA SGR announced that it had crowned a team of Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R) and Stefano Boeri Architetti the winners of an international design contest to fill Pirelli 39, part of a massive portside redevelopment in Milan.

Wedged between Central Station and the Scalo Farini railyard (which OMA is overhauling), Pirelli 39 is home to an existing tower decommissioned by Milan in 2015 over the buildings unsuitability for modern uses and lack of seismic protection. The surrounding site is also in need of environmental remediation. Once complete, Pirelli 39 will join a larger collection of parcels making up the newly reinvigorated Porta Nuova Gioia area, which aims to better integrate the Porta Nuova business district with the citys center.

Our studio is thrilled to have this opportunity to make a meaningful architectural contribution to the city of Milan, our first project in Italy, wrote DS+R partner Elizabeth Diller. As much of our work focuses on the future of cities, the Pirelli 39 project presents a great opportunity to develop a new model of mixed-use development and sustainable urban growth. The project combines the adaptive reuse of heritage buildings with environmentally responsible new construction, and a vibrant living cultural destination devoted to the art and science of plants.

The winning proposal for Pirelli 39 is a complex mixture of new and repurposed buildings that will bring a mixture of residential and office space to the site, along with a bulbous, futuristic laboratory-slash-greenhouse bridge encased in diagrid glass.

The existing building will be retrofitted with both seismic and sustainability upgrades, bringing it in line with Next Generation EU standards (passed as part of the E.U.s COVID recovery plan at the end of 2020, the package includes stringent building efficiency standards intended to combat climate change). As COIMA noted in its selection announcement, Pirelli 39 will be the first Italian redevelopment to be built along Next Generation EU standards.

While the retrofit of the existing office building will reskin it from a clunky International-style office block with heavy mullions to a more typical glass-enclosed tower, the real star of the renderings revealed today is the new residential tower planned for next door. Each floor juts out to a heavily planted terrace, and COIMA has promised that the buildings structural elements will be made from timber, while the nearly 30,000 square feet of photovoltaic panels are projected to generate approximately 65 percent of the buildings annual energy usage. Altogether, an estimated 18,000 square feet of vegetation has been planned to cover the facade.

The residential tower will be linked with the office building via the conversion of an existing building on site that crosses the Via Melchiorre Gioia, one of the citys main thoroughfares. The bridge building will anchor the redevelopment, becoming a transparent greenhouse and events and exhibitions space flowing from the lower levels of each tower and inflating in the center. The bridge is already slated to become an extension of the Biblioteca degli Alberi (Library of Trees) laboratory as well.

COIMA noted that the central theme of the competition was adaptive reuse over demolition and that 70 teams, made up of 359 architecture, landscape, and engineering firms from across 15 different countries, ultimately submitted.

No estimated date of completion or budget has been revealed for the project yet.

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A blaze which destroyed a wood store in the garden of a home in Tipton St John spread to a small gazebo.

Fire crews from Ottery St Mary and Sidmouth were called to the property at lunchtime on Wednesday (January 27) where they put out the fire then dragged the wood from the store to make sure it would not reignite.

The fire crews said the cause of the blaze was accidental and urged care when disposing of ash or other combustible materials.

An Ottery Fire Station spokesperson said: Crews were mobilised to a domestic fire which was later identified as a wood store, which had spread to a small gazebo.

Crews got to work quickly using a hose reel jet and small tools to extinguish and drag out the wood pile to ensure that it was cool and not going to reignite.

The cause of the fire was accidental.

They added: Please remember to always dispose of ash and other burnt or combustible materials properly and ensure they are well away from fuel sources, such as wood.

Fire crews were called to the property shortly before 1pm after the alarm was raised by a member of the public.

When the crews arrived they found an outdoor gazebo and wood store on fire.

Firefighters used a thermal imaging camera, a hose reel jet and drag forks to extinguish the blaze.

The log store was completely destroyed by the blaze and the gazebo was left with 20 per cent fire damage.

A Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said: One fire engine from Sidmouth and one fire engine from Ottery St Mary attended.

On arrival there was a fire within an outdoor gazeboand nearby log store.

Crews got to work with a thermal imagingcamera, one hose reel jet andtwo drag forks to put the fire out.

The gazebo was twenty per cent damaged by fire and the log store one hundred per cent destroyed by the fire.

This is believed to have been accidental.

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On the banks of the River Mole, at the outskirts of London, is this striking house looking for a new owner.

Its not often that we feature overtly modern houses in Country Life. When we do, its generally because they offer something really very striking and different.

That could certainly be said of this house close to Hampton Court Palace in south-west London, a contemporary home on Matham Road thats for sale via Knight Frank at 2.495 million.

From the outside, number 9 is a pleasant building, but its only when you go past the front door that you realise its a very stylish home indeed.

The present owners clearly have a strong vision that theyve been utterly confident in making real, and its hard not to admire the great strokes both in design and decoration.

This extends even to the colour-co-ordinated bookshelves. Weve always been slightly suspicious of those who arrange their books like this if theyre to be used rather than for show, shouldnt they be on the shelves via theme or author? but you cant deny that it looks pretty marvellous when done on this scale.

Among the highlights of the house are the two enormous bi-folding doors which open out at an oblique angle from the living/dining/family room out onto a garden laid out by a Chelsea Flower Show gold medallist.

Theres even a garden studio (with power and even broadband, for working-from-home purposes) in a pretty open space which runs all the way down to the River Mole.

Once you get to the water, there is still another feature. There is no small jetty with an apologetic rowing boat; instead you find a beautiful wooden gazebo with a huge dining table beneath. Its not hard to imagine the long summer evenings enjoying a glass of wine by the water.

Matham Road offers a majestic amount of space for its semi-urban setting, with four bedrooms, four bathrooms, five reception rooms and the aforementioned 34ft by 34ft open-plan kitchen/dining room.

The house is finished to an exceptionally high standard with all sorts of modern toys. There is a sound system throughout, a cinema room and underfloor heating.

Upstairs, meanwhile, the four bedrooms are equally bold and the large master bedroom with separate dressing room area and en-suite enjoys views down the garden.

Matham Road is for sale via Knight Frank at 2.495m see more details and pictures.

Catch up on the best country houses for sale this week that have come to the market via Country Life.

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HOPEDALE On what has been called the finest lot in Hopedale, sits a grand 7,907 square-foot home that features two master bedrooms, wine cavesand a sunken Jacuzzi with a companion steam room.

This updated 1984 home at 90 Adin St.is listed withits owner Mark Rizoli of Keller Williams Premier Properties for $1 million.

The tour begins at the foot of the driveway where there isa landscaped waterfall and Koi pond that is fed by a 70-foot brook.

Other highlights of the grounds include rock walls, multi-tier landscaping, a paver patio, above ground pooland a gazebo.

Set into the brick and stone faade, the double, solid wood front door opens to a voluminous foyer with a curved staircase, upscale architectural door jambsand arched doorways.

To the left, there isa large living room, and to the right, a formal dining room with chair rails, custom architectural molding and hardwood flooring.

Double doors in the dining room open to the kitchen with new appliances, a center island and granite countertops. The kitchens casual dining area features a bay window and a two-sided propane fireplace that is shared with the family room.

Rizoli spoke of the family room with its 30-foot cathedral ceiling as his favorite room in the house. The entry isthrough a cathedral-like arched doorway set in a brick wall. To either side of the entrance are first-floor wine closets, known as wine caves. The floor-to-ceiling, stone-faced fireplace with tall hearth dominates the room. A catwalk on the second floor overlooks the rooms and holds custom bookcases.

A built-in, circular granite bar is set in front of a bank of windows and in a spa-like alcove to one side is a sunken Jacuzzi. The adjacent steam room also accesses the first floor master bedroom suite.

The first floor also holds a sunroom and laundry.

The second floor master bedroom suite has a large bath and walk in cedar closet. This floor also offers three more bedrooms, a bonus roomand a home office.

The private access to the finished basement with a full kitchen could accommodate an in-law apartment. This lower level also offers a bar, family gathering room and an exercise room.

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