Last Week

• Installation of the metal panel rain screen assem­bly con­tin­ued at the north and south ele­va­tions, and cladding of the exte­rior wall on the rooftop sculp­ture gar­den continued.
• Installation of the exte­rior woven Prodema screen con­tin­ued on the facility’s north and east sides.
• Ceiling assem­bly and final fin­ish work con­tin­ued through­out the facility’s non-gallery spaces.
• Glass rail­ings were installed in the sec­ond level, Gallery One corridor.
• Final phases of fin­ish work, includ­ing hang­ing of doors and door trim work were sub­stan­tially com­pleted on the ground floor, and trending—the mea­sure­ment of both tem­per­a­ture and humid­ity levels—was ongo­ing in the New AAM galleries.
• Installation of the New AAM secu­rity sys­tem and trim out of the fire/life safety sys­tems were ongo­ing through­out the facility.
• Preparations for com­mis­sion­ing and trend­ing in the non-gallery spaces continued.
• Work on both the South Spring Street and East Hyman Avenue exte­rior hard-scaping continued.
• Pouring of the New AAM Grand Stair com­menced at the east ele­va­tion of the build­ing. The Grand Stair—an inter­sti­tial pas­sage­way that can be accessed from both the inte­rior and exte­rior of the build­ing and which runs from the museum’s street level to the rooftop—is one of Shigeru Ban’s five major design fea­tures for the new facil­ity. The space is also capa­ble of accom­mo­dat­ing art­work, which can be installed on pedestals at cer­tain points on the Grand Stair.

This Week

• Installation of the metal panel rain screen assem­bly con­tin­ues at the north and south ele­va­tions of the facil­ity. Cladding of the exte­rior wall on the rooftop sculp­ture gar­den will also be sub­stan­tially completed.
• Installation of the exte­rior woven Prodema screen will be sub­stan­tially complete.
• Trending in the gallery and non-gallery spaces continues.
• Installation of the New AAM secu­rity sys­tem and trim out con­tin­ues, and will be sub­stan­tially com­pleted in the gallery spaces through­out the museum.
• Finish work and mill­work instal­la­tion will be ongo­ing in the facility’s front-of-house spaces.
• Work on both the South Spring Street and the East Hyman Avenue exte­rior hard-scaping continues. In addi­tion to pro­vid­ing ele­ments of a wel­com­ing and pic­turesque pub­lic gath­er­ing space, the hard-scaping and land­scape ele­ments within the com­mons area on the north and east sides of the new build­ing are also com­po­nents of an envi­ron­men­tally sus­tain­able biore­ten­tion sys­tem for the effi­cient treat­ment of storm water around the New AAM site.
• Pouring of the New AAM Grand Stair will be com­pleted at the east ele­va­tion of the building.

Next Week

• Installation of the metal panel rain screen assem­bly will con­tinue at the facility’s south elevation.
• Finish mill­work will be ongo­ing in the facility’s front-of-house spaces.
• Work on both the South Spring Street and the East Hyman Avenue exte­rior hard-scaping will continue.

Construction Notes

Don’t for­get to check out the lat­est New AAM facil­ity time-lapse con­struc­tion footage here!

http://aspenartmuseum.org/newbuilding/

Last Week

• Installation of the metal panel rain screen assem­bly con­tin­ued at both the north and south ele­va­tions, and cladding of the exte­rior wall on the rooftop sculp­ture gar­den commenced.
• Work on the “Moving Room” gallery ele­va­tor, shaft, and machine room was sub­stan­tially completed.
• Installation of the exte­rior woven Prodema screen con­tin­ued on the facility’s north and east sides.
• Ceiling assem­bly and final fin­ish work con­tin­ued through­out the facility’s non-gallery spaces.
• Installation of the New AAM secu­rity sys­tem and trim out of the fire/life safety sys­tems were ongo­ing on the ground floor.
• Final phases of fin­ish work, includ­ing hang­ing of doors and door trim work were sub­stan­tially com­pleted on the ground floor, and trending—the mea­sure­ment of both tem­per­a­ture and humid­ity levels—was ongo­ing in the New AAM galleries.
• Commissioning of the HVAC in non-gallery spaces continued.
• Work on both the South Spring Street and East Hyman Avenue exte­rior hard-scaping continued.

This Week

• Installation of the metal panel rain screen assem­bly con­tin­ues at the north and south ele­va­tions and cladding of the exte­rior wall on the rooftop sculp­ture gar­den will be sub­stan­tially complete.
• Installation of the exte­rior woven Prodema screen con­tin­ues on the facility’s north and east sides.
• Trending in the gallery spaces will be ongo­ing, and prepa­ra­tions for com­mis­sion­ing and trend­ing in the non-gallery spaces continue.
• Installation of the New AAM secu­rity sys­tem and trim out con­tinue in the gallery spaces through­out the museum.
• Work on both the South Spring Street and the East Hyman Avenue exte­rior hard-scaping continues.
• Pouring of the New AAM Grand Stair will com­mence at the east ele­va­tion of the build­ing. The Grand Stair—an inter­sti­tial pas­sage­way that can be accessed from both the inte­rior and exte­rior of the build­ing and which runs from the museum’s street level to the rooftop—is one of Shigeru Ban’s five major design fea­tures for the new facil­ity. The space is also capa­ble of accom­mo­dat­ing art­work, which can be installed on pedestals at cer­tain points on the Grand Stair.

Next Week

• Installation of the metal panel rain screen assem­bly will con­tinue at both the north and south elevations.
• Installation of the exte­rior woven Prodema screen will be sub­stan­tially com­pleted on the facility’s north and east sides.
• Trending in the non-gallery spaces will continue.
• Installation of the New AAM secu­rity sys­tem and trim out of the fire/life safety sys­tems will be ongoing.
• Finish and mill­work will be ongo­ing in the facility’s front-of-house spaces.
• Work on both the South Spring Street and the East Hyman Avenue exte­rior hard-scaping will continue.

Construction Notes

Come join us this Friday, July 4, at the AAM’s cur­rent loca­tion (590 N. Mill St.), for our annual Fourth of July Picnic fol­low­ing Aspen’s town parade!

Don’t for­get to check out the lat­est New AAM facil­ity time-lapse con­struc­tion footage here!

http://aspenartmuseum.org/newbuilding/

Last Week

• Installation of the metal panel rain screen assem­bly con­tin­ued at both the north and south elevations.
• Installation of the exte­rior woven Prodema screen con­tin­ued on the facility’s north and east sides.
• The roof deck sculp­ture gar­den top­ping slab was poured.
• Work on the “Moving Room” Gallery ele­va­tor, shaft, and machine room con­tin­ued and work on the New AAM freight ele­va­tor was sub­stan­tially completed.
• Ceiling assem­bly and final fin­ish work con­tin­ued through­out both gallery and non-gallery spaces.
• Installation of the New AAM secu­rity sys­tem was ongoing.
• Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) rough-in, insu­la­tion work and instal­la­tion of the lin­ear dif­fuser and extru­sion was com­pleted in all the galleries.
• Sealing of the gal­leries for com­mis­sion­ing began.
• Work on the South Spring Street bench and exte­rior hard-scaping con­tin­ued and work on the East Hyman Avenue bench commenced.

This Week

• Installation of the metal panel rain screen assem­bly con­tin­ues at both the north and south elevations.
• Work on the “Moving Room” Gallery ele­va­tor will be sub­stan­tially completed.
• Installation of the New AAM secu­rity sys­tem and trim out of the fire/life safety sys­tems are ongo­ing on the ground floor.
• Trending—the mea­sure­ment of both tem­per­a­ture and humid­ity levels—is ongo­ing in the New AAM galleries.
• Commissioning of the HVAC sys­tem in non-gallery spaces will be ongoing.
• Hanging of doors and door trim work will be sub­stan­tially com­pleted on the ground floor.
• Work on both the South Spring Street and the East Hyman Avenue benches and exte­rior hard-scaping continues.

Next Week

• Installation of the metal panel rain screen assem­bly will con­tinue at both the north and south elevations.
• Trending in the gallery spaces will be ongo­ing and prepa­ra­tions for com­mis­sion­ing and trend­ing in the non-gallery spaces will continue.
• Installation of the New AAM secu­rity sys­tem and trim out of the fire/life safety sys­tems will be ongoing.
• Finish and mill­work will be ongo­ing in facility’s front-of-house spaces.
• Pouring of the Grand Stair will com­mence at the building’s east elevation.
• Work on both the South Spring Street and the East Hyman Avenue benches and exte­rior hard-scaping will continue.

Construction Notes

Don’t for­get to check out the lat­est New AAM facil­ity time-lapse con­struc­tion footage here!

http://aspenartmuseum.org/newbuilding/

Last Week

• Installation of the metal panel rain screen assem­bly con­tin­ued at the south elevation.
• Installation of the exte­rior woven Prodema screen con­tin­ued on the facility’s north and east sides. The screen is one of Shigeru Ban’s five key design ele­ments of the new AAM.
• Final prepa­ra­tions for the pour­ing of the top­ping slab on the roof deck sculp­ture gar­den were com­pleted and the café area top­ping slab was poured.
• Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) rough-in, insu­la­tion work and instal­la­tion of the lin­ear dif­fuser and extru­sion con­tin­ued and was sub­stan­tially com­pleted in all of the galleries.
• Fellert acousti­cal plas­ter work was com­pleted in all of the gal­leries, and the final phases of fin­ish work were ongo­ing in prepa­ra­tion for gallery com­mis­sion­ing. Gallery com­mis­sion­ing tests the proper func­tion­al­ity of the HVAC sys­tems and assures that tem­per­a­ture and humid­ity lev­els within the gallery spaces are sta­ble and that they are ready for the instal­la­tion of art to begin.
• Ceiling assem­bly and fin­ish work were ongo­ing in both gallery and non-gallery spaces through­out the building.
• Work on the gallery elevator/moving room, shaft, and machine room continued.
• The scissor-lift was installed on the New AAM load­ing dock.
• Installation of the New AAM secu­rity sys­tem commenced.
• Work on the Spring Street bench and exte­rior hard-scaping was ongoing.

This Week

• Installation of the metal panel rain screen assem­bly con­tin­ues at both the north and south elevations.
• The roof deck sculp­ture gar­den top­ping slab will be poured.
• Work on the gallery elevator/moving room, shaft, and machine room con­tin­ues. Work on the New AAM freight ele­va­tor will be sub­stan­tially completed.
• Installation of the New AAM secu­rity sys­tem will be ongoing.
• Work on the Spring Street bench and exte­rior hard-scaping con­tin­ues and work on the Hyman Avenue bench commences.
• The seal­ing of the gal­leries for com­mis­sion­ing begins.

Next Week

• Installation of the metal panel rain screen assem­bly will con­tinue at both the north and south elevations.
• Work on the gallery elevator/moving room, shaft, and machine room con­tin­ues, and work on the gallery ele­va­tor will be sub­stan­tially completed.
• Installation of the New AAM secu­rity sys­tem will be ongo­ing. Trim out of the fire/life safety sys­tems will com­mence on the ground floor.
• Trending—the mea­sure­ment of both tem­per­a­ture and humid­ity levels—begins in the gal­leries. Commissioning of the HVAC in non-gallery spaces will be ongoing.
• Hanging of doors and door trim work will be ongo­ing on the ground floor.

Construction Notes

No exte­rior work will be allowed on Friday, June 20 and Saturday, June 21 in the Central Resort Area by City of Aspen man­date. As such, con­struc­tion on the exte­rior of the New AAM will be tem­porar­ily sus­pended in com­pli­ance. Work will resume on Monday, June 23, on schedule.

Don’t for­get to check out the lat­est New AAM facil­ity time-lapse con­struc­tion footage here!

http://aspenartmuseum.org/newbuilding/

Last Week

• The top­ping slabs in the sec­ond level cor­ri­dor, ground level entry, and the museum shop were all poured.
• Installation of the metal panel rain screen assem­bly con­tin­ued at the north and south elevations.
• Preparations were ongo­ing for the pour­ing of the top­ping slab on the roof deck sculp­ture garden.
• Installation of the exte­rior woven screen was ongo­ing on the facility’s north and east sides. Made of a durable mate­r­ial that includes a wood veneer and a struc­ture of paper bonded with resin called Prodema, the woven screen is one of Shigeru Ban’s five key design ele­ments of the new AAM.
• Gallery ceil­ing assem­bly and fin­ish work con­tin­ued in all of the galleries.
• Drywall ceil­ing assem­bly con­tin­ued, and fin­ish work con­tin­ued in the pre­func­tion area and other areas of the facil­ity. The ceil­ing grid was also installed in the edu­ca­tion workshop.
• Work on the pas­sen­ger ele­va­tor, shaft, and machine room continued.
• Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) rough-in and insu­la­tion work and instal­la­tion of the lin­ear dif­fuser and extru­sion con­tin­ued in all the galleries.
• Work on the Spring Street bench foun­da­tion wall was ongoing.

This Week

• Installation of the metal panel rain screen assem­bly con­tin­ues at the south elevation.
• Installation of the exte­rior woven screen con­tin­ues on the facility’s north side.
• Final prepa­ra­tions for the pour­ing of the top­ping slab on the roof deck sculp­ture gar­den are com­pleted and prepa­ra­tion work for café area will commence.
• MEP rough-in and insu­la­tion work and instal­la­tion of the lin­ear dif­fuser and extru­sion will con­tinue and be near­ing com­ple­tion in all the galleries.
• Fellert acousti­cal plas­ter work is com­pleted in all the gal­leries and the final phases of fin­ish work are ongo­ing in prepa­ra­tion for gallery com­mis­sion­ing. Gallery com­mis­sion­ing tests the proper func­tion­al­ity of the HVAC sys­tems and assures that tem­per­a­ture and humid­ity lev­els within the gallery spaces are sta­ble and they are ready for the instal­la­tion of art.
• Finish work is ongo­ing through­out the non-gallery spaces in the building.
• Work on the pas­sen­ger ele­va­tor, shaft, and machine room continues.
• Work on the Spring Street bench and exte­rior hard-scaping continues.
• The scissor-lift will be installed on the New AAM load­ing dock.

Next Week

• Installation of the metal panel rain screen assem­bly will con­tinue at the south elevation.
• The top­ping slab on the roof deck sculp­ture gar­den will be poured.
• Work on the pas­sen­ger ele­va­tor, shaft, and machine room will continue.
• Installation of the New AAM secu­rity sys­tem will commence.
• Work on the Spring Street bench and exte­rior hard-scaping continues.
• Galleries will be sealed for com­mis­sion­ing at the end of the week.

Construction Notes

Don’t for­get to check out the lat­est New AAM facil­ity time-lapse con­struc­tion footage here!

http://aspenartmuseum.org/newbuilding/

Last Week

• Gallery ceil­ing assem­bly and fin­ish work con­tin­ued in all of the gal­leries. Fellert acousti­cal plas­ter was applied in Gallery One.
• Drywall ceil­ing fin­ishes com­menced in the pre­func­tion area.
• The edu­ca­tion work­shop was painted.
• Work on the pas­sen­ger ele­va­tor, shaft, and machine room continued.
• Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) rough-in and insu­la­tion work and instal­la­tion of the lin­ear dif­fuser and extru­sion con­tin­ued in all the galleries.
• Excavation for the Spring Street bench was com­pleted and the bench’s foot­ing was poured.
• The sec­ond level cor­ri­dor top­ping slab was poured.
• Installation of the metal panel rain screen assem­bly con­tin­ued at the south elevation.
• Installation of the exte­rior woven screen began on the facility’s north and east sides. Made of a durable mate­r­ial that includes a wood veneer and a struc­ture of paper bonded with resin called Prodema, the woven screen is one of Shigeru Ban’s five key design ele­ments for the new building.

This Week

• The top­ping slabs on the roof deck sculp­ture gar­den, sec­ond level cor­ri­dor, ground level entry, and the museum shop are being poured.
• Installation of the metal panel rain screen assem­bly con­tin­ues at the north and south elevations.
• Gallery ceil­ing assem­bly will con­tinue, and paint­ing and fin­ish work will be ongo­ing through­out the building.
• The ceil­ing grid will be installed in the edu­ca­tion workshop.
• Work on the pas­sen­ger ele­va­tor, shaft, and machine room continues.
• MEP rough-in and insu­la­tion work and instal­la­tion of the lin­ear dif­fuser and extru­sion con­tin­ues in all the galleries.
• Work on the Spring Street bench foun­da­tion wall is ongoing.
• Installation of the exte­rior woven screen con­tin­ues on the north and east sides of the facility.

Next Week

• Installation of the metal panel rain screen assem­bly will con­tinue at the south elevation.
• Gallery ceil­ing assem­bly will con­tinue and paint­ing and fin­ish work will be ongo­ing through­out the building.
• Work on the pas­sen­ger ele­va­tor, shaft, and machine room continues.
• MEP rough-in and insu­la­tion work and instal­la­tion of the lin­ear dif­fuser and extru­sion con­tin­ues in all the galleries.
• Work on the Spring Street bench will continue.
• Installation of the exte­rior woven screen will be ongo­ing on the north and east sides of the facility.

Last Week

• Preparations for pour­ing the top­ping slab con­tin­ued in the third level café area and the top­ping slab in the pre­func­tion area was poured.
• Rough in for the radi­ant heat and prepa­ra­tions for pour­ing the top­ping slab were com­pleted in the sec­ond level corridor.
• Installation of the metal panel rain screen assem­bly con­tin­ued at the south and east elevations.
• Structural steel back­ing was com­pleted in prepa­ra­tion for instal­la­tion of the exte­rior woven screen.
• Gallery ceil­ing assem­bly and fin­ish work con­tin­ued in all of the gal­leries. Fellert acousti­cal plas­ter was applied in Galleries Four and Five.
• Painting and the instal­la­tion of the ceil­ing grid were com­pleted in the admin­is­tra­tion area, and instal­la­tion of dry­wall was ongo­ing in the edu­ca­tion workshop.
• Framing of the first and sec­ond level cor­ri­dor ceil­ings was completed.
• Work on the pas­sen­ger ele­va­tor, shaft, and machine room con­tin­ued. The plat­form is now operational.
• Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) rough-in and insu­la­tion work and instal­la­tion of the lin­ear dif­fuser and extru­sion con­tin­ued in the galleries.
• The over­head door to art stor­age was installed.
• Excavation com­menced on the out­door com­mons in the space for the Spring Street bench.

This Week

• Preparations for pour­ing the top­ping slab con­tinue on the ground level cor­ri­dor and the third level.
• Installation of the metal panel rain screen assem­bly con­tin­ues at the south ele­va­tion, and scaf­fold­ing will be erected at the north elevation.
• Installation of the exte­rior woven screen will begin.
• Gallery ceil­ing assem­bly and fin­ish work con­tin­ues in all of the galleries.
• Drywall ceil­ing fin­ishes com­mence in the pre­func­tion area.
• Work on the pas­sen­ger ele­va­tor, shaft, and machine room continue.
• MEP rough-in and insu­la­tion work and instal­la­tion of the lin­ear dif­fuser and extru­sion con­tinue in the galleries.
• Excavation for the Spring Street bench will be com­pleted and work on the bench’s foot­ing will commence.

Next Week

• The top­pings slabs in the roof deck sculp­ture gar­den, the sec­ond level cor­ri­dor, the ground level entry, and the museum shop will be poured.
• Installation of the metal panel rain screen assem­bly will con­tinue at the north and south elevations.
• Installation of the exte­rior woven screen will be ongoing.
• Gallery ceil­ing assem­bly and fin­ish work will con­tinue in the galleries.
• Painting will be ongo­ing through­out the building.
• Work on the pas­sen­ger ele­va­tor, shaft, and machine room will continue.

Last Week

• Pressure test­ing of the building’s hydronic sys­tems was performed.
• Installation of the metal panel rain screen assem­bly con­tin­ued at the south and east elevations.
• Structural steel back­ing con­tin­ued in prepa­ra­tion for instal­la­tion of the woven exte­rior screen.
• Gallery ceil­ing assem­bly and fin­ish work con­tin­ued in Galleries One, Four, and Five.
• Drywall fin­ish was accom­plished in the admin­is­tra­tion area and instal­la­tion of dry­wall was ongo­ing in the edu­ca­tion work­shop and through­out the facility.
• Work on the pas­sen­ger ele­va­tor machine room and shaft continued.
• Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) rough-in and insu­la­tion, as well as fir­ing of the units on all lev­els all con­tin­ued. Installation of the lin­ear dif­fuser and extru­sion con­tin­ued in the galleries.
• Framing of the sec­ond level cor­ri­dor ceiling continued.
• Preparations for pour­ing the top­ping slab were ongo­ing in the third level café area.
• Drywall fin­ishes con­tin­ued in the lower level pre-function area.

This Week

• Installation of the metal panel rain screen assem­bly con­tin­ues at the south and east elevations.
• Structural steel back­ing con­tin­ues in prepa­ra­tion for instal­la­tion of the exte­rior woven screen.
• Gallery ceil­ing assem­bly and fin­ish work in Galleries One, Four, and Five.
• Painting com­mences in the admin­is­tra­tion area, and instal­la­tion of dry­wall will be ongo­ing in the edu­ca­tion workshop.
• Work on the pas­sen­ger ele­va­tor, shaft, and machine room continues.
• MEP rough-in and insu­la­tion work and instal­la­tion of the lin­ear dif­fuser and extru­sion will con­tinue in the galleries.

Next Week

• Installation of the metal panel rain screen assem­bly will con­tinue at the south and east elevations.
• Structural steel back­ing will be fin­ished in prepa­ra­tion for instal­la­tion of the exte­rior woven screen.
• Gallery ceil­ing assem­bly and fin­ish work in Galleries One, Four, and Five and the fram­ing of the sec­ond level cor­ri­dor ceil­ing all will be continuing.
• Painting will be ongo­ing in the admin­is­tra­tion area, and instal­la­tion of dry­wall in the edu­ca­tion work­shop will be sub­stan­tially completed.
• Work on the pas­sen­ger ele­va­tor, shaft, and machine room will continue.
• MEP rough-in and insu­la­tion work and instal­la­tion of the lin­ear dif­fuser and extru­sion will con­tinue in the galleries.

Construction Notes

MEET NEW AAM BUILDING ENGINEER AND FACILITIES MANAGER KEVIN HAUPT

New Aspen Art Museum Building Engineer and Facilities Manager Kevin Haupt has suc­cess­fully oper­ated and main­tained high-end com­mer­cial build­ings and their grounds begin­ning with his very first posi­tion with the Winter Park, Colorado ski area in 2000. In addi­tion to his skills in over­sight of major com­mer­cial struc­tures, Kevin is also an expe­ri­enced Construction Manager who has played essen­tial roles in numer­ous suc­cess­ful com­mer­cial build­ing con­struc­tion teams—from the ini­tial design stage of the project through startup and the final deliv­ery of the build­ing to its owners.

A Building Engineer and Facilities Manager is respon­si­ble for coor­di­nat­ing and mon­i­tor­ing super­vi­sory main­te­nance and upkeep in the daily oper­a­tion of a com­mer­cial building—both pre­ven­ta­tive main­te­nance and repair. In that role, the FM’s activ­i­ties ensure the smooth and effi­cient oper­a­tion of the building’s many com­put­er­ized oper­a­tional sys­tems, as well as issues of struc­tural integrity of a build­ing and its grounds—including mechan­i­cal, elec­tri­cal, plumb­ing and HVAC equip­ment, secu­rity and com­puter sys­tems, and other util­i­ties nec­es­sary to its smooth operation.

We are very proud to have Kevin work­ing as a mem­ber of our AAM team!

Last Week

• Glazing of the cur­tain wall was sub­stan­tially com­pleted at both the east and north elevations.
• Installation of the metal panel rain screen assem­bly con­tin­ued at the east ele­va­tion, and prepa­ra­tions were made for instal­la­tion at the north elevation.
• Drywall instal­la­tion, wall prim­ing, and final fin­ish work con­tin­ued through­out the facility.
• Polishing of the top­ping slab was com­pleted in Gallery Two.
• Work on the pas­sen­ger ele­va­tor machine room con­tin­ued and com­menced in the shaft.
• Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) rough-in and insu­la­tion work con­tin­ued, and instal­la­tion of the lin­ear dif­fuser and extru­sion con­tin­ued in the Gallery Five ceiling.
• Structural steel back­ing com­menced in prepa­ra­tion for instal­la­tion of the woven exte­rior screen.
• Concrete floor pol­ish­ing was com­pleted in Gallery Two and gallery ceil­ing assem­bly and fin­ish work com­menced in Galleries Four and Five.
• Pressure tests on the lower level fire sup­press sys­tems were per­formed and approved, and pres­sure test­ing of the building’s hydronic sys­tems also commenced.
• Framing of the sec­ond level cor­ri­dor ceil­ing was ongoing.
• The roof deck sculp­ture gar­den area was waterproofed.
• Framing and dry­wall work com­menced in the lower level pre-function area.

This Week

• Installation of the metal panel rain screen assem­bly con­tin­ues at the north and south elevations.
• Structural steel back­ing con­tin­ues in prepa­ra­tion for instal­la­tion of the woven exte­rior screen.
• Gallery ceil­ing assem­bly and fin­ish work con­tin­ues in Galleries One, Four, and Five.
• Drywall fin­ish will be accom­plished in the admin­is­tra­tion area, and instal­la­tion of dry­wall is ongo­ing in the edu­ca­tion workshop.
• Work on the pas­sen­ger ele­va­tor machine room and shaft continues.
• MEP rough-in and insu­la­tion work and the com­menc­ing of fir­ing of units con­tin­ues on all lev­els and instal­la­tion of the lin­ear dif­fuser and extru­sion con­tin­ues in the galleries.
• Framing of the sec­ond level cor­ri­dor ceiling continues.
• Preparations for pour­ing the top­ping slab are ongo­ing in the third level café area.
• Drywall fin­ishes con­tinue in the lower level pre-function area.

Next Week

• Installation of the metal panel rain screen assem­bly will con­tinue at the east and south elevations.
• Structural steel back­ing will con­tinue in prepa­ra­tion for instal­la­tion of the exte­rior woven screen.
• Gallery ceil­ing assem­bly and fin­ish work will con­tinue in Galleries One, Four, and Five.
• Framing of the sec­ond level cor­ri­dor ceil­ing will continue.
• Painting will com­mence in the admin­is­tra­tion area, and instal­la­tion of dry­wall will be ongo­ing in the edu­ca­tion workshop.
• Work on the pas­sen­ger ele­va­tor, shaft, and machine room will continue.
• MEP rough-in and insu­la­tion work and instal­la­tion of the lin­ear dif­fuser and extru­sion will continue.

Construction Notes

Don’t for­get to check out the lat­est New AAM facil­ity time-lapse con­struc­tion footage here!

http://aspenartmuseum.org/newbuilding/

Last Week

• Glazing of the cur­tain wall was ongo­ing at both the east and north elevations.
• Installation of the metal panel rain screen assem­bly con­tin­ued at the east ele­va­tion and prepa­ra­tions made for instal­la­tion at the north elevation.
• Drywall instal­la­tion, wall prim­ing, and final fin­ish work con­tin­ued through­out the facility.
• The walls in the lower level pre-function area were dry­walled and the ceil­ing framed.
• Installation of the glass doors on Galleries Four, Five, and Six was completed.
• Polishing of the top­ping slab was com­pleted in Gallery One and com­menced in Gallery Two.
• Work on the pas­sen­ger ele­va­tor machine room commenced.
• The walk­a­ble sky­lights were installed at the roof deck sculp­ture garden.
• Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) rough-in and insu­la­tion work con­tin­ued, and instal­la­tion of the lin­ear dif­fuser and extru­sion con­tin­ued in the Gallery Five ceiling.
• The month of April saw an aver­age of over 100 work­ers on-site per day—over 18,000 man-hours for the month. That means con­struc­tion crews work­ing on the New AAM facil­ity have logged over 133,000 man-hours to date since begin­ning con­struc­tion in October 2012. Thank you to all our con­struc­tion team mem­bers for all the hard work!

This Week

• Installation of the metal panel rain screen assem­bly con­tin­ues at the east elevation.
• Glazing of the cur­tain wall is sub­stan­tially com­pleted at both the east and north elevations.
• Structural steel back­ing will com­mence in prepa­ra­tion for instal­la­tion of the woven screen.
• Work on the pas­sen­ger ele­va­tor machine room continues.
• Concrete floor pol­ish­ing con­tin­ues in Gallery Two, and gallery ceil­ing assem­bly and fin­ish work com­mences in Galleries Four and Five.
• Framing of the sec­ond level cor­ri­dor ceil­ing is ongoing.
• The roof deck sculp­ture gar­den area will be waterproofed.

Next Week

• Installation of the metal panel rain screen assem­bly will con­tinue at the north and south elevations.

• Structural steel back­ing will con­tinue in prepa­ra­tion for instal­la­tion of the woven screen.
• Concrete floor pol­ish­ing will be ongo­ing in Gallery Two, and gallery ceil­ing assem­bly and fin­ish work will con­tinue in Galleries One, Four, and Five.
• Work on the pas­sen­ger ele­va­tor machine room will continue.
• Painting will be accom­plished in the admin­is­tra­tion area, and instal­la­tion of dry­wall will com­mence in the edu­ca­tion workshop.
• Preparations for pour­ing the top­ping slabs will be made in the third level café area.

Construction Notes

Don’t for­get to check out the lat­est New AAM facil­ity time-lapse con­struc­tion footage here!

http://aspenartmuseum.org/newbuilding/

Last Week

• Drywall instal­la­tion, wall prim­ing, and final fin­ish work con­tin­ued through­out the facility.
• Glazing of the cur­tain wall at the east ele­va­tion and the pas­sen­ger ele­va­tor shaft continued.
• Installation of the metal panel rain screen assem­bly and prepa­ra­tions for the first ele­ments of the woven wood screen con­tin­ued at the east elevation.
• Installation of the glass doors on Galleries Four, Five, and Six was ongoing.
• Preparations for pour­ing of the top­ping slab in the non-gallery spaces con­tin­ued and pol­ish­ing of the Gallery One top­ping slab commenced.
• Framing of the Gallery Six ceil­ing was completed.
• Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) rough-in and insu­la­tion work con­tin­ued, and instal­la­tion of the lin­ear dif­fuser and extru­sion con­tin­ued in the Gallery Two ceiling.

This Week

• Drywall instal­la­tion, wall prim­ing, and final fin­ish work continues.
• Installation of the metal panel rain screen assem­bly con­tin­ues at the east ele­va­tion and prepa­ra­tions made for instal­la­tion at the north elevation.
• Glazing of the cur­tain wall is ongo­ing at both the east and north elevations.
• Polishing of the top­ping slab will be com­pleted in Gallery One.
• Work on the pas­sen­ger ele­va­tor machine room commences.

Next Week

• Installation of the metal panel rain screen assem­bly will con­tinue at the east elevation.
• Glazing of the cur­tain wall will be ongo­ing at both the east and north elevations.
• Work on the pas­sen­ger ele­va­tor will continue.
• Concrete floor pol­ish­ing will com­mence in Galleries Two and Three, and gallery ceil­ing assem­bly and fin­ish work will com­mence in Galleries Four and Five.
• The roof deck sculp­ture gar­den area will be waterproofed.
• The walk­a­ble sky­lights on the third level will be glazed.

Construction Notes

Don’t for­get to check out the lat­est New AAM facil­ity time-lapse con­struc­tion footage here!

http://aspenartmuseum.org/newbuilding/

Last Week

• Drywall instal­la­tion, wall prim­ing, and final fin­ish work con­tin­ued through­out the facility.
• Glazing of the east side cur­tain wall and prepa­ra­tions for the first ele­ments of the woven wood screen both con­tin­ued along the east side.
• Installation of the metal panel rain screen assem­bly com­menced at the east elevation.
• Framing of the Gallery Six ceil­ing was ongo­ing, and the glass doors on Galleries Four, Five, and Six were being installed.
• Preparations for pour­ing of the top­ping slab in non-gallery spaces through­out the facil­ity con­tin­ued, and pol­ish­ing of the top­ping slab was com­pleted in Galleries Four and Five.
• The facility’s water meter was set.
• Mechanical, Electrical, ad Plumbing (MEP) rough-in and insu­la­tion work con­tin­ued, and instal­la­tion of the lin­ear dif­fuser and extru­sion was com­pleted in the Gallery One ceiling.
• The glass floor was installed at Gallery Three.

This Week

• Drywall instal­la­tion, wall prim­ing, and final fin­ish work con­tinue through­out the facility.
• Installation of the metal panel rain screen assem­bly con­tin­ues at the east elevation.
• Glazing of the cur­tain wall is ongo­ing at the east and north elevations.
• Framing of the Gallery Six ceil­ing will be completed.
• Polishing of the top­ping slab com­mences in Gallery One.
• Installation of the lin­ear dif­fuser and extru­sion con­tin­ues in the Gallery Two ceiling.

Next Week

• Drywall instal­la­tion, wall prim­ing, and final fin­ish work continue.
• Installation of the metal panel rain screen assem­bly will con­tinue at the east ele­va­tion and prepa­ra­tions made for instal­la­tion on the north elevation.
• Glazing of the cur­tain wall will be ongo­ing at the east and north elevations.
• Polishing of the top­ping slab will be com­pleted in Gallery One.
• Work on the pas­sen­ger ele­va­tor will commence.

Construction Notes

Don’t for­get to check out the lat­est New AAM facil­ity time-lapse con­struc­tion footage here!

http://aspenartmuseum.org/newbuilding/

Last Week

• Drywall instal­la­tion, wall prim­ing, and final fin­ish work con­tin­ued in the gallery spaces through­out the facility.
• Preparations for pour­ing of the top­ping slab in the non-gallery spaces through­out the facil­ity continued.
• Polishing of the top­ping slab was ongo­ing in Galleries Four and Five.
• The glass doors were installed at the Gallery One entrance.
• Off-site fab­ri­ca­tion of mill­work, trim, and metal rain screen ele­ments continued.
• Preparations for instal­la­tion of the rain screen sys­tem con­tin­ued on-site.
• Glazing of the east side cur­tain wall was ongoing.
• Permanent elec­tri­cal power was brought to the building.
• Painting of the steel work on the pas­sen­ger ele­va­tor was completed.
• MEP rough-in and insu­la­tion work con­tin­ued, and instal­la­tion of the lin­ear dif­fuser and extru­sion con­tin­ued in the Gallery One ceiling.

This Week

• Drywall instal­la­tion, wall prim­ing, and final fin­ish work con­tin­ues through­out the facility.
• Glazing of the east side cur­tain wall and prepa­ra­tions for the first ele­ments of the woven wood screen con­tin­ue along the east side.
• Installation of the metal panel rain screen assem­bly com­mences at the east elevation.
• Framing of the Gallery Six ceil­ing is ongo­ing, and the glass doors on Galleries Four, Five, and Six are being installed.
• The facility’s water meter is being set.

Next Week

• Drywall instal­la­tion, wall prim­ing, and final fin­ish work will con­tinue through­out the facility.
• Installation of the metal panel rain screen assem­bly will con­tinue at the east ele­va­tion of the facility.
• Glazing of the cur­tain wall con­tin­ues at the east and north elevations.
• Framing of the Gallery Six ceil­ing will be completed.
• Polishing of the top­ping slab will com­mence in Gallery One.
• Work on the pas­sen­ger ele­va­tor will commence.
• The glass floor in Gallery Three will be set.

Construction Notes

Don’t for­get to check out the lat­est New AAM facil­ity time-lapse con­struc­tion footage here! http://aspenartmuseum.org/newbuilding/

Last Week

• Glass cur­tain wall instal­la­tion con­tin­ued along the north and east ele­va­tions of the facility.
• Drywall instal­la­tion and fin­ish work con­tin­ued in the gallery spaces through­out the building.
• Off-site fab­ri­ca­tion of mill­work, trim ele­ments, and the metal panel rain screen sys­tem all continued.
• Polishing of the Gallery Six top­ping slab was com­pleted and pol­ish­ing com­menced in Galleries Four and Five.
• Installation of the slid­ing glass doors con­tin­ued, and the Gallery Four and Five doors were installed.
• MEP rough-in and insu­la­tion work con­tin­ued, and instal­la­tion of the lin­ear dif­fuser and extru­sion con­tin­ued in the Gallery One ceiling.
• Steel for the third level planter was set.
• Dave Muller’s large-scale art­work A Few of My Favorite Things—Aspen Three–Day Weekend (2013), which has been on view on the exte­rior of the cov­ered walk­ways around the New AAM site, was de-installed in prepa­ra­tion for removal of the walk­ways themselves.

This Week

• Drywall instal­la­tion, wall prim­ing, and final fin­ish work is ongo­ing in the gallery spaces through­out the facility.
• Preparations for pour­ing of the top­ping slab in the non-gallery spaces through­out the facil­ity will continue.
• Polishing of the top­ping slab will be ongo­ing in Galleries Four and Five.
• The glass doors will be installed at the Gallery One entrance.
• Off-site fab­ri­ca­tion of mill­work, trim, and metal rain screen ele­ments con­tin­ues, and prepa­ra­tions for instal­la­tion of the metal panel rain screen sys­tem will con­tinue on-site.
• Preparations for the first ele­ments of the woven wood screen will be ongoing.
• Glazing of the east side cur­tain wall will be ongoing.
• Permanent elec­tri­cal power will be brought to the building.
• Painting of the steel work on the pas­sen­ger ele­va­tor will commence.

Next Week

• The metal panel assem­bly will com­mence at the east ele­va­tion of the facility.
• The Gallery Six ceil­ing will be framed, and the glass doors on Galleries Four, Five, and Six will be installed.
• Work com­mences on the pas­sen­ger elevator.
• The facility’s water meter will be set.

Construction Notes

MEET BOUMA CONSTRUCTION’S RANDY “POKEY” POKORZYNSKI

Born and raised in Alpena, Michigan, and a res­i­dent of Rifle, Colorado, for almost seven years, Bouma Construction job super­vi­sor Randy Pokorzynski has worked on numer­ous large-scale projects through­out the Roaring Fork Valley over the past twelve-and-a-half years. These include the Viceroy in Snowmass, the St. Regis remodel, the RFTA wel­come cen­ter, and the Galena Street GAP in Aspen. Working with a dry­wall crew of twenty-one on the New AAM, “Pokey,” as they call him on-site, is quick to point out that the fine “level five” fin­ish required on the project means a metic­u­lous eye and real atten­tion to detail—with three to four coats of dry­wall top­ping com­pound applied to each surface—and about one thou­sand buck­ets of “mud” used to com­plete the job! That also means a great deal of labor-intensive hand-finish work through­out the facil­ity so the New AAM looks its best on open­ing day. Thanks to Randy and the entire Bouma crew for all their hard work.

Don’t for­get to check out the lat­est New AAM facil­ity time-lapse con­struc­tion footage here!

http://aspenartmuseum.org/newbuilding/

Last Week

• Drywall instal­la­tion and fin­ish work was ongo­ing in the gallery spaces through­out the facil­ity, and off-site fab­ri­ca­tion of mill­work and trim ele­ments commenced.
• The walls of Galleries Four and Five were primed.
• Polishing of the Gallery Six top­ping slab commenced.
• Glass cur­tain wall instal­la­tion con­tin­ued along the north and east ele­va­tions of the facility.
• Installation of the slid­ing glass doors con­tin­ued and work on the rooftop sky­lights was completed.
• Erection of stair num­ber four continued.
• MEP rough-in and insu­la­tion work con­tin­ues, and instal­la­tion of the lin­ear dif­fuser and extru­sion com­menced in the ceil­ing of Gallery One.
• Off-site fab­ri­ca­tion of the metal panel rain screen sys­tem began.

This Week

• Drywall instal­la­tion and fin­ish work con­tin­ues in the gallery spaces through­out the facil­ity and Gallery One wall prim­ing commences.
• Off-site fab­ri­ca­tion of mill­work, trim ele­ments, and the metal panel rain screen sys­tem all are continuing.
• Polishing of the Gallery Six top­ping slab will be com­pleted and pol­ish­ing will com­mence in Galleries Four and Five.
• Installation of the slid­ing glass doors continues.
• MEP rough-in and insu­la­tion work con­tin­ues, and instal­la­tion of the lin­ear dif­fuser and extru­sion con­tin­ues in the ceil­ing of Gallery One.

Next Week

• Drywall instal­la­tion, wall prim­ing, and final fin­ish work con­tin­ues in the gallery spaces through­out the facility.
• Preparations for pour­ing of the top­ping slab in the non-gallery spaces through­out the facil­ity will commence.
• Off-site fab­ri­ca­tion of mill­work, trim ele­ments, and metal rain screen ele­ments will be con­tin­u­ing, and prepa­ra­tions for instal­la­tion of the metal panel rain screen sys­tem will com­mence on-site.
• Screen wall sup­port brack­ets will con­tinue to be installed, and prepa­ra­tions made for the first ele­ments of the woven wood screen will be ongoing.
• Glazing of the east side cur­tain wall will be ongoing.

Construction Notes

Don’t for­get to check out the lat­est New AAM facil­ity time-lapse con­struc­tion footage here!

http://aspenartmuseum.org/newbuilding/

Last Week

• Glass cur­tain wall instal­la­tion con­tin­ued along the north and east ele­va­tions of the facility.
• Installation of the slid­ing glass doors on the rooftop level continued.
• Installation of ele­ments of the final and per­ma­nent roof­ing struc­ture were ongo­ing above the wood truss.
• Drywall instal­la­tion on the facility’s sec­ond level con­tin­ued, and dry­wall instal­la­tion com­menced on the ground level.
• Erection of stair num­ber four con­tin­ued and glass rail sup­port bracket instal­la­tion began at stair num­ber five.
• Installation of the lin­ear dif­fuser and extru­sion com­menced in the ceil­ing of Gallery One.
• Preparations for the fab­ri­ca­tion and instal­la­tion of the metal panel rain screen sys­tem were ongoing.

This Week

The Aspen Art Museum con­grat­u­lates Shigeru Ban as recip­i­ent of the 2014 Pritzker Architecture Prize. The award announce­ment was made yes­ter­day (March 24, 2014) by Thomas J. Pritzker, chair­man of prize spon­sor The Hyatt Foundation. The Pritzker Architecture Prize is known inter­na­tion­ally as architecture’s high­est honor. It is pre­sented annu­ally to a liv­ing archi­tect whose built work demon­strates a com­bi­na­tion of tal­ent, vision and com­mit­ment, and who has pro­duced con­sis­tent and sig­nif­i­cant con­tri­bu­tions to human­ity and the built envi­ron­ment through the art of archi­tec­ture. So exciting!

• Drywall instal­la­tion and fin­ish work is ongo­ing in the gallery spaces through­out the facil­ity, and off-site fab­ri­ca­tion of mill­work and trim ele­ments commences.
• Off-site fab­ri­ca­tion of the metal panel rain screen sys­tem commences.
• Erection of stair num­ber four continues.
• Preparation for the pour­ing of the third-level top­ping slab and pol­ish­ing of the Gallery Six top­ping slab both commence.
• Installation of the slid­ing glass doors and work on the rooftop sky­lights continue.
• Installation of ele­ments of the final and per­ma­nent roof­ing struc­ture con­tinue above the wood truss.
• The walls of Galleries Two and Three will be primed.
• MEP rough-in and insu­la­tion work continues.

Next Week

• Drywall instal­la­tion and fin­ish work will con­tinue in the gallery spaces through­out the facility.
• Priming will com­mence on the walls in Gallery One.
• Off-site fab­ri­ca­tion of mill­work and trim ele­ments continues.
• Off-site fab­ri­ca­tion of the metal panel rain screen sys­tem will continue.
• Pouring of the third-level top­ping slab will be com­pleted and pol­ish­ing of the Gallery Six top­ping slab continues.
• Installation of the slid­ing glass doors and work on the rooftop sky­lights continue.
• Installation of the final and per­ma­nent roof­ing struc­ture con­tin­ues above the wood truss.
• Erection of stair num­ber four continues.
• MEP rough-in and insu­la­tion work continues.

Construction Notes

Don’t for­get to check out the lat­est New AAM facil­ity time-lapse con­struc­tion footage here!
http://aspenartmuseum.org/newbuilding/

Last Week

•   Glass cur­tain wall instal­la­tion con­tin­ued along the north ele­va­tion of the facil­ity and com­menced at the east elevation.
• Installation of ele­ments of the final and per­ma­nent roof­ing struc­ture com­menced above the wood truss.
• Drywall com­menced on the facility’s sec­ond level.
• Topping slabs were poured in Galleries Two and Three. All gallery top­ping slabs have now been poured.
• Installation of the slid­ing glass doors on the rooftop level commenced.
• Materials for the exte­rior woven screen arrived in Colorado from Spain.
• MEP rough-in and insu­la­tion work continued.
• Work con­tin­ued on the rooftop skylights.
• Erection of stair num­ber four commenced.

This Week

• Glass cur­tain wall instal­la­tion con­tin­ues along the north and east ele­va­tions of the facility.
• Installation of the slid­ing glass doors on the rooftop level continues.
• Installation of ele­ments of the final and per­ma­nent roof­ing struc­ture are ongo­ing above the wood truss.
• Drywall instal­la­tion on the facility’s sec­ond level con­tin­ues, and dry­wall instal­la­tion com­mences on the ground level.
• Erection of stair num­ber four con­tin­ues and glass rail sup­port bracket instal­la­tion begins at stair num­ber five.
• Ceiling frame struc­ture instal­la­tion is ongo­ing in the facility’s pre-function area.
• Installation of the lin­ear dif­fuser and extru­sion com­mences in the ceil­ing of Gallery One.
• Preparations for the fab­ri­ca­tion and instal­la­tion of the metal panel rain screen sys­tem are ongoing.

Next Week

• Drywall instal­la­tion and fin­ish work will be ongo­ing in the gallery spaces through­out the facil­ity and off-site fab­ri­ca­tion of mill­work and trim ele­ments will commence.
• Off-site fab­ri­ca­tion of the metal panel rain screen sys­tem commences.
• Erection of stair num­ber four continues.
• Preparation for the pour­ing of the third-level top­ping slab and pol­ish­ing of the Gallery Six top­ping slab will both commence.
• Elements of the final and per­ma­nent roof­ing struc­ture will con­tinue to be installed above the wood truss.

Construction Notes

Check out the lat­est New AAM facil­ity time-lapse con­struc­tion footage here!

http://aspenartmuseum.org/newbuilding/

Last Week

• The top­ping slab was poured in Gallery One.
• Glass cur­tain wall frame instal­la­tion con­tin­ued along the north ele­va­tion of the facil­ity and glass instal­la­tion commenced.
• Installation of the freight ele­va­tor machine room commenced.
• Stainless-steel anchor instal­la­tion com­menced on the third level.
• Drywall was installed on the facility’s lower level.
• Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) rough-in con­tin­ued with fire sprin­kler instal­la­tion on the third level and MEP insu­la­tion ongo­ing through­out the facility.
• Preparations for pour­ing the top­ping slabs in Galleries Two and Three were ongoing.
• Work con­tin­ued on the rooftop skylights.
• Preparations for the fab­ri­ca­tion of the metal panel rain screen sys­tem were ongoing.

This Week

• Glass cur­tain wall instal­la­tion con­tin­ues along the north ele­va­tion of the facil­ity and com­mences at the east elevation.
• Installation of ele­ments of the final and per­ma­nent roof­ing struc­ture begins above the wood truss.
• Drywall com­mences on the facility’s sec­ond level.
• Preparation work com­mences for the pour­ing of the third-level top­ping slab.
• Topping slabs will be poured in Galleries Two and Three.
• Installation of the slid­ing glass doors on the rooftop level will commence.
• Materials for the exte­rior woven screen will arrive in Colorado from Spain this week.
• MEP rough-in and insu­la­tion work continues.

Next Week

• Glass cur­tain wall instal­la­tion will con­tinue along the north and east ele­va­tions of the facility.
• Installation of ele­ments of the final and per­ma­nent roof­ing struc­ture will con­tinue above the wood truss.
• Drywall instal­la­tion will con­tinue on the facility’s sec­ond level and com­mence on the ground level.
• Erection of stair num­ber four will com­mence and glass rail sup­port bracket instal­la­tion will begin at stair num­ber five.
• The ceil­ing fram­ing struc­ture will be installed in the facility’s pre-function area.

Last Week

• Installation of the freight ele­va­tor rails and plat­form was ongoing.
• MEP rough-in con­tin­ued with fire sprin­kler and spi­ral duct­work instal­la­tion on the third level and MEP insu­la­tion ongo­ing through­out the facility.
• Preparations for the pour­ing of the top­ping slabs in Galleries Two and Three were ongoing.
• Layout work and glass cur­tain wall frame instal­la­tion was ongo­ing along the north ele­va­tion of the facil­ity and glass instal­la­tion commenced.
• Work con­tin­ued on instal­la­tion of the rooftop skylights.
• The south ele­va­tion of the facil­ity was scanned to pre­pare for the fab­ri­ca­tion of the metal panel rain screen system.
• Man hours on-site reached the 100,000 mark this week! Thanks to our New AAM Construction team for their out­stand­ing work, and for keep­ing us on sched­ule and on budget.

This Week

• The top­ping slabs will be poured in Galleries One and Three, as well as the ground level restrooms.
• Glass cur­tain wall instal­la­tion con­tin­ues along the north ele­va­tion of the facility.
• Installation of the freight ele­va­tor machine room commences.
• Stainless steel anchor instal­la­tion will be occur­ring on the third-level.
• Drywall is being installed on the facility’s lower level.
• MEP rough-in con­tin­ues with fire sprin­kler instal­la­tion on the third level and MEP insu­la­tion ongo­ing through­out the facility.

Next Week

• Glass cur­tain wall instal­la­tion will con­tinue along the north ele­va­tion of the facil­ity and will com­mence at the east elevation.
• Installation of ele­ments of the final and per­ma­nent roof­ing struc­ture will com­mence above the wood truss.
• Drywall will begin being installed on the facility’s sec­ond level.
• Preparation work com­mences for the pour­ing of the third-level top­ping slab.
• The mate­ri­als for the exte­rior woven screen will be arriv­ing in Colorado from Spain.
• MEP rough-in continues.

Last Week

• As per City of Aspen man­date, no exte­rior work was per­formed on Monday, February 17, in obser­vance of the Presidents’ Day holiday.
• Preparation for pour­ing the Gallery One top­ping slab was ongo­ing and the Gallery Five top­ping slab was poured.
• Finish work on the ceil­ings, and dry­wall and sound mat instal­la­tion were per­formed in Galleries Two and Three, and prepa­ra­tion for the top­ping slabs for both gal­leries commenced.
• Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) rough-in con­tin­ued on the third level with fire sprin­kler instal­la­tion, and MEP insu­la­tion was ongo­ing through­out the facility.
• Work con­tin­ued on the instal­la­tion of the rooftop skylights.
• Layout work for the exte­rior glass cur­tain wall was ongo­ing and instal­la­tion began along the north ele­va­tion of the facility.
• Installation of the freight ele­va­tor pis­ton was com­pleted, and the instal­la­tion of the freight ele­va­tor rails commenced.

This Week

• Installation of the freight ele­va­tor rails and plat­form is ongoing.
• MEP rough-in con­tin­ues with fire sprin­kler and spi­ral duct­work instal­la­tion on the third level and MEP insu­la­tion is ongo­ing through­out the facility.
• Stainless-steel anchors are being installed in the floor of the third-level rooftop sculp­ture gar­den in antic­i­pa­tion of exhibit­ing sculpture-based artworks.
• The top­ping slab is being poured in Gallery One, and prepa­ra­tion for the pour­ing of the top­ping slabs in Galleries Two and Three is ongoing.
• Glass cur­tain wall frame instal­la­tion is ongo­ing along the north ele­va­tion of the facil­ity and glass instal­la­tion work commences.

Next Week

• The top­ping slabs will be poured in Galleries Two and Three.
• Glass cur­tain wall instal­la­tion will con­tinue along the north ele­va­tion of the facility.
• Installation of the freight ele­va­tor rails and plat­form will continue.
• Stainless-steel anchor instal­la­tion will con­tinue on the third level.
• MEP rough-in will con­tinue with fire sprin­kler instal­la­tion on the third level and MEP insu­la­tion will be ongo­ing through­out the facility.

Last Week

• Layout work for the exte­rior glass cur­tain wall was ongo­ing, includ­ing instal­la­tion of frames for the rooftop sky­lights and the gallery elevator.
• Roofing work, fire sprin­kler and duct­work instal­la­tion, and Mechanical, Plumbing, and Electrical (MEP) rough-in con­tin­ued on the third level.
• MEP insu­la­tion was ongoing.
• Removal of the remain­ing exte­rior scaf­fold­ing was completed.
• Installation of the freight ele­va­tor pis­ton continued.
• Drywall work was largely com­pleted in Gallery One, and prepa­ra­tion for dry­wall instal­la­tion began in Galleries Two and Three.
• Installation of the sound mat—which helps mit­i­gate sound/noise trans­fer­ence between floors—was accom­plished at Gallery One.
• Interior wall fram­ing com­menced at the third floor cafe.
• Topping com­pound, sand­ing, and fin­ish work con­tin­ued on the Gallery One ceiling.
• The Gallery Four and Gallery Six top­ping slabs were poured.

This Week

• As per City of Aspen man­date, no exte­rior work was per­formed yes­ter­day, Monday, February 17, in obser­vance of the Presidents’ Day holiday.
• Installation of the freight ele­va­tor rails and plat­form will commence.
• Preparation for pour­ing the Gallery One top­ping slab is ongo­ing and the Gallery Five top­ping slab will be poured.
• Preparation begins for fin­ish work on the Gallery Two and Gallery Three ceilings.
• Drywall instal­la­tion is ongo­ing in Galleries Two and Three .
• Installation of the sound mat will be accom­plished at Galleries Two and Three.
• MEP rough-in con­tin­ues on the third level with fire sprin­kler installation.
• MEP insu­la­tion is ongoing.
• Glass cur­tain wall instal­la­tion begins along the north ele­va­tion of the facility.

Next Week

• Installation of the freight ele­va­tor rails and plat­form will be ongoing.
• MEP rough-in will con­tinue with fire sprin­kler instal­la­tion con­tin­u­ing on the third level, and MEP insu­la­tion will con­tinue through­out the facility.
• Stainless steel anchors will be installed in the floor of the third level rooftop sculp­ture gar­den in antic­i­pa­tion of exhibit­ing sculpture-based artworks.
• The top­ping slab will be poured in Gallery One and prepa­ra­tions will begin for the pour­ing of the top­ping slab on the third level.
• Glass cur­tain wall instal­la­tion will be ongo­ing along the north ele­va­tion of the facility.

Last Week

• Layout work for the exte­rior glass cur­tain wall was ongo­ing with instal­la­tion of frames for the rooftop sky­lights and the gallery elevator.
• Fluid-applied mois­ture bar­rier instal­la­tion and roof­ing work was ongo­ing on the third level.
• Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) rough-in con­tin­ued on the third level with instal­la­tion of fire sprin­klers and spi­ral ductwork.
• MEP insu­la­tion was ongo­ing. Insulating the ele­ments of the mechan­i­cal infra­struc­ture assists with both energy effi­ciency and sound absorption.
• Installation of dry­wall and ceil­ing fin­ish work began in Gallery One.
• Preparation for pour­ing of the Gallery Four top­ping slab was ongoing.
• Installation of the freight ele­va­tor pis­ton began.
• The on-site tower crane was demobilized.

This Week

• Layout work for the exte­rior glass cur­tain wall will be ongoing.
• Roofing work, fire sprin­kler and duct­work instal­la­tion, and MEP rough-in con­tin­ues on the third level.
• MEP insu­la­tion is ongoing.
• Removal of the remain­ing exte­rior scaf­fold­ing will be completed.
• Installation of the freight ele­va­tor pis­ton continues.
• Drywall work will be largely com­pleted in Gallery One, and prepa­ra­tion for dry­wall instal­la­tion begins in Galleries Two and Three.
• Installation of the sound mat will be accom­plished at Gallery One. The sound mat helps mit­i­gate sound/noise trans­fer­ence between floors.
• Interior wall fram­ing will com­mence at the third floor cafe.
• Topping com­pound, sand­ing, and fin­ish work will con­tinue on the Gallery One ceiling.
• The Gallery Four and Gallery Six top­ping slabs will be poured.

Next Week

• As per City of Aspen man­date, no exte­rior work will be per­formed on Monday, February 17 in obser­vance of the Presidents’ Day holiday.
• Installation of the freight ele­va­tor rails and plat­form will commence.
• Preparation for pour­ing the Gallery One top­ping slab will be ongo­ing and the Gallery Five top­ping slab will be poured.
• Preparation will begin for the fin­ish work on the Gallery Two and Gallery Three ceilings.
• Installation of the sound mat will be accom­plished at Galleries Two and Three.
• Glass cur­tain wall instal­la­tion will begin along the north ele­va­tion of the facility.

Last Week

• Interior wall fram­ing com­menced, and exte­rior roof­ing work con­tin­ued on the third level.
• The fluid-applied mois­ture bar­rier was com­pleted at the north and east sides of the facility.
• Skylight con­struc­tion con­tin­ued at the wood truss.
• Pouring of the Stair Five top­ping slab was accomplished.
• Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP) rough-in con­tin­ued on the third level.
• Stainless steel anchor instal­la­tion in the floors was ongo­ing at var­i­ous strate­gic points through­out the build­ing to enable the future exhi­bi­tion of sculpture-based artworks.
• Construction per­son­nel work­ing onsite reached its height last week with a count of 63 trades­men and con­trac­tors per­form­ing their duties to keep the project mov­ing steadily for­ward. The con­struc­tion team has logged an impres­sive 90,000+ man hours to date!
• The AAM and Turner Construction hosted a bar­be­cue lun­cheon for the mem­bers of the con­struc­tion team to say thanks, and to cel­e­brate the tremen­dous progress to date.

This Week

• Layout work for the exte­rior glass cur­tain wall is ongo­ing in con­junc­tion with the instal­la­tion of frames for the rooftop skylights.
• Interior wall fram­ing con­tin­ues and instal­la­tion of sheetrock begins in Gallery One.
• Roofing work con­tin­ues on the third level.
• Installation of the freight ele­va­tor pis­ton begins.
• MEP rough-in con­tin­ues on the third level with instal­la­tion of fire sprin­klers and spi­ral duct­work ongoing.
• The on-site tower crane will be demobilized.

Next Week

• Roofing work and MEP rough-in will con­tinue on the third level.
• Remaining exte­rior scaf­fold­ing will be removed.
• Glass cur­tain wall frames will be set at the site of the pas­sen­ger elevator.
• Drywall will con­tinue to be hung in Gallery One.

Last Week

• Roofing and wood deck­ing work con­tin­ued on the third level.
• Preparation for pour­ing of the Gallery One, Gallery Four, and Gallery Five top­ping slabs continued.
• The frames for the glass floor were set at Gallery Three on the new AAM facility’s ground floor level.
• Skylight con­struc­tion was ongo­ing at the wood truss.
• Installation of a fluid-applied mois­ture bar­rier com­menced at the north and east sides of the facility.
• Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing (MEP) rough-in con­tin­ued on the third level, includ­ing the hang­ing of spi­ral ductwork.

This Week

• Interior wall fram­ing com­mences, and exte­rior roof­ing work con­tin­ues on the third level.
• The fluid-applied mois­ture bar­rier will be com­pleted at the north and east sides of the facility.
• Skylight con­struc­tion con­tin­ues at the wood truss.
• Pouring of the Stair Five top­ping slab will be accomplished.
• Stainless steel anchors are being installed in the floors at var­i­ous strate­gic points through­out the build­ing in antic­i­pa­tion of instal­la­tion needs for the exhi­bi­tion of sculpture-based artworks.

Next Week

• Roofing work will con­tinue on the third level.
• Installation of the rails on the freight ele­va­tor will commence.
• MEP rough-in will con­tinue on the third level with instal­la­tion of fire sprinklers.
• Stainless steel anchors will be installed in the floors of Gallery Six.

Last Week

• Roofing work con­tin­ued, includ­ing deck­ing and curb­ing work for the “walk­a­ble skylights.”
• The break­down and removal of the exte­rior scaf­fold­ing sys­tem was completed.
• Steel was erected at the site of the AAM’s “mov­ing room” glass elevator.
• Insulation and ply­wood back­ing instal­la­tion took place at Galleries Four and Five.
• Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) rough-in com­menced at the third level mechan­i­cal room.
• A tem­po­rary struc­ture was erected to facil­i­tate the appli­ca­tion of the fluid-applied mois­ture bar­rier at the north and east sides of the facility.

This Week

• Roofing and wood deck­ing work con­tin­ues on the third level.
• Preparation con­tin­ues for the pour­ing of the Gallery One, Gallery Four, and Gallery Five top­ping slabs.
• The frames for the glass floor will be set at Gallery Three on the new AAM facility’s ground floor level.
• Skylight con­struc­tion is ongo­ing at the wood truss.
• Installation of a fluid-applied mois­ture bar­rier com­mences at the north and east sides of the facility.
• MEP rough-in con­tin­ues on the third level, includ­ing the hang­ing of spi­ral ductwork.

Next Week

• Interior wall fram­ing will com­mence on the third level.
• The fluid-applied mois­ture bar­rier will be com­pleted at the north and east sides of the facility.
• Skylight con­struc­tion will con­tinue at the wood truss.
• Pouring of the Stair Five top­ping slab will be accomplished.
• Roofing work and the hang­ing of spi­ral duct­work will con­tinue on the third level.

Last Week

• Roofing work was ongo­ing, includ­ing sheath­ing at the wood truss and deck­ing and curb­ing work for rooftop skylights.
• The break­down and removal of the exte­rior scaf­fold­ing sys­tem continued.
• Electrical rough-in com­menced on the third level.
• Interior wall fram­ing work was ongoing.
• Preparations con­tin­ued in Galleries Four and Five and Stair Five for pour­ing of the con­crete top­ping slab.
• Installation of the “walk­a­ble sky­lights” on the third floor commenced.
• Structural steel erec­tion com­menced for the AAM gallery pas­sen­ger elevator.

This Week

•  Roofing work con­tin­ues, includ­ing deck­ing and curb­ing work for the “walk­a­ble skylights.”
• The break­down and removal of the exte­rior scaf­fold­ing sys­tem will be sub­stan­tially completed.
• Electrical rough-in is ongoing.
• The con­crete top­ping slab for Stair Five will be poured.
• Steel erec­tion con­tin­ues on the AAM gallery pas­sen­ger elevator.
• Insulation and ply­wood back­ing instal­la­tion will be tak­ing place at Galleries Four and Five.
• Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) rough-in will com­mence at the third level mechan­i­cal room.

Next Week

• Roofing and wood deck­ing work will continue.
• A tem­po­rary struc­ture will be erected to facil­i­tate the appli­ca­tion of the fluid-applied mois­ture bar­rier at the north and east sides of the facility.
• The Gallery Four top­ping slab will be poured.
• Preparation work will com­mence for the pour­ing of the Gallery One top­ping slab.

Construction Notes

Architectural Digest online named Shigeru Ban’s New AAM facil­ity one of the “14 Most Anticipated Buildings” of 2014! Check out the arti­cle here: www.architecturaldigest.com

The New York Times also high­lighted Shigeru Ban and the New AAM online this week in “52 Places to go in 2014″ (see num­bers 2 and 29): www.nytimes.com

Last Week

• Construction resumed on sched­ule on Thursday, January 2, 2014, with the con­tin­u­a­tion of roof­ing work.
• The break­down of the exte­rior scaf­fold­ing sys­tem began in prepa­ra­tion for the com­mence­ment of lay­out work and instal­la­tion of the glass cur­tain wall.
• Preparation for pour­ing the con­crete top­ping slab began in Galleries Four and Five on the lower level.

This Week

• Roofing work remains ongo­ing, includ­ing sheath­ing at the wood truss and deck­ing and curb­ing work for rooftop skylights.
• The break­down and removal of the exte­rior scaf­fold­ing sys­tem continues.
• Electrical rough-in com­mences on the third level.
• Interior wall fram­ing work is ongoing.
• Preparations con­tinue in Galleries Four and Five and Stair Five for pour­ing of the con­crete top­ping slab.
• Installation of the “walk­a­ble sky­lights” on the third floor com­mences. These skylights—which allow fil­tered nat­ural light into Gallery One just below— are one of Shigeru Ban’s five main design ele­ments for the New AAM facility.
• Structural steel erec­tion com­mences for the AAM gallery pas­sen­ger elevator.

Next Week

• Roofing work con­tin­ues, includ­ing deck­ing and curb­ing work for the “walk­a­ble skylights.”
• The break­down and removal of the exte­rior scaf­fold­ing sys­tem will be sub­stan­tially completed.
• Electrical rough-in will be ongoing.
• The con­crete top­ping slab for Galleries Four and Five and Stair Five will be poured.
• Steel erec­tion will con­tinue on the AAM gallery pas­sen­ger elevator.

Construction Notes

Don’t for­get to check out the lat­est New AAM facil­ity time-lapse con­struc­tion footage here!

http://aspenartmuseum.org/newbuilding/

Last Week

• The New AAM facility’s roof truss sys­tem was com­plete and fully self-supporting as of December 18th at 3:45 pm! Special thanks to Manfred Elmer and the Spearhead/Crestone team. Spearhead con­sul­tants headed home to Canada for the hol­i­days and a well-deserved rest. We are all proud of their efforts on our behalf.
• As per City of Aspen require­ments, there was no work per­formed on the New AAM site from Tuesday, December 25, 2013, through January 1, 2014.

This Week

• A very Happy New Year to all of our friends, neigh­bors, sup­port­ers, and mem­bers of the AAM team!
• Construction resumes on sched­ule Thursday, January 2, 2014, with the con­tin­u­a­tion of roof sheath­ing work.
• The break­down of the exte­rior scaf­fold­ing sys­tem will begin in prepa­ra­tion for the com­mence­ment of lay­out work for instal­la­tion of the glass cur­tain wall.
• Preparation for pour­ing the con­crete top­ping slab will begin in Galleries Four and Five on the lower level.

Next Week

• Roofing work will con­tinue, includ­ing sheath­ing at the wood truss.
• The break­down of the exte­rior scaf­fold­ing sys­tem will continue.
• Electrical rough-in will be ongo­ing on the third level.
• Gallery Four and Stair Five will be prepped for the con­crete top­ping slab to be poured.
• Installation of the walk­a­ble sky­lights in Gallery Three will commence.

Construction Notes

MEET NEW AAM TEAM MEMBER RUSS VARLEY OF JEFF SCHIROS PAINTING

Lead Jeff Schiros project painter Russ Varley is a man of many tal­ents and inter­ests, list­ing road bik­ing on Vail Pass among his pas­times, and hold­ing a national record in swim­ming while attend­ing Philadelphia, Pennsylvania’s Episcopal Academy before his life in the west began. Nevertheless, in what­ever arena he oper­ates, Russ has an eye for detail that makes him invalu­able to the New AAM project. Russ, who lives in Edwards, Colorado, has worked with the Jeff Schiros since 1980, and man­ages all the company’s top projects through­out the region. Russ’s spe­cialty is fine fin­ishes, and he has been work­ing on the nearly 900 lin­ear feet of fire line and 450 lf of duct­work cur­rently being installed on site. The fin­ishes on these—and other ele­ments within the building—are of the utmost impor­tance, as Russ notes, say­ing: “The fin­ishes are level five, the high­est, due to their high vis­i­bil­ity within the fin­ished build­ing. I’m the last per­son to come in con­tact with many of the exposed ele­ments within the facil­ity, so every­thing I do not only reflects on my work, but also calls atten­tion to every­one else’s work around it as well. It has to be per­fect.” He adds: “The amount of square feet in the AAM is not that much by com­mer­cial stan­dards, but it is among the most exact­ing work I have done.” Russ will be apply­ing those skills through­out the remain­der of the New AAM project. It’s good to know he’s on our team.

Last Week

• Construction on the facility’s roof truss con­tin­ued with the instal­la­tion of the system’s top chords, which were com­pleted on 12.11.13. Congratulations to Turner Construction, Spearhead Timberworks, and Crestone on the com­ple­tion of a huge mile­stone for the project.
• Roofing work at the site of the freight ele­va­tor and mechan­i­cal room con­tin­ued on the third level.
• Fire sprin­kler mate­ri­als were stocked in prepa­ra­tion for instal­la­tion on the third level.
• Plywood back­ing com­menced in the lower level galleries.
• Installation of the fluid-applied water­proof­ing mem­brane at the south ele­va­tion commenced.

This Week

• Construction on the facility’s roof truss webs will be sub­stan­tially com­plete and roof sheath­ing will commence.
• The con­crete top­ping slab for the facility’s load­ing dock will be poured.
• Installation of the fluid-applied mem­brane at the south ele­va­tion will be completed.

Next Week

• As per City of Aspen require­ments, there will be no work per­formed on the New AAM site from Tuesday, December 24, 2013, through Wednesday, January 1, 2014. Work will resume again on sched­ule on Thursday, January 2, 2014. We at the AAM wish every­one a happy hol­i­day sea­son and a peace­ful and pros­per­ous new year.

Construction Notes

Don’t for­get to check out the lat­est New AAM facil­ity time-lapse con­struc­tion footage here!
aspenartmuseum.org/newbuilding/

Last Week

• Frame instal­la­tion for the “walk­a­ble” sky­lights on the ground floor was ongoing.
• Layout work con­tin­ued in prepa­ra­tion for the New AAM’s glass cur­tain wall.
• Construction on the facility’s roof truss con­tin­ued, includ­ing instal­la­tion of spi­ral duct­work and web structures.
• Installation of fire sprin­klers began on the sec­ond level.
• Roofing work com­menced at the site of the freight ele­va­tor and the third level mechan­i­cal room.
• Pre-finished duct­work and fire sprin­kler lines were installed the third level.

This Week

• Construction on the facility’s roof truss con­tin­ues with the instal­la­tion of the system’s top chords.
• Roofing work at the site of the freight ele­va­tor and mechan­i­cal room con­tin­ues on the third level.
• Fire sprin­klers will be stocked in prepa­ra­tion for instal­la­tion on the third level.
• Plywood back­ing com­mences in the lower level galleries.
• Installation of the fluid-applied water­proof­ing mem­brane at the south ele­va­tion commences.

Next Week

• Construction on the facility’s roof truss webs will be sub­stan­tially com­pleted and roof sheath­ing will commence.
• Installation of the pis­ton on the New AAM’s freight ele­va­tor will commence.
• Installation of the fluid-applied mem­brane at the south ele­va­tion will be completed.

Construction Notes

UPDATE: RK Mechanical’s Francisca “Fran” Heusser

MEP con­trac­tor RK Mechanical’s Francisca Heusser con­tin­ues to pass her tests on the way to attain­ing her plumbers license. Fran has been work­ing on instal­la­tion of the New AAM facility’s cold water sys­tem and dili­gently pur­su­ing her license in her spare time. Congratulations, Fran, on your con­tin­u­ing success!

Don’t for­get to check out the lat­est New AAM facil­ity time-lapse con­struc­tion footage here!

http://aspenartmuseum.org/newbuilding/

Last Week

• Construction con­tin­ued on the facility’s top level, includ­ing instal­la­tion of wood deck­ing, spi­ral duct­work, and roof truss elements.
• As per City of Aspen require­ment, work on the New AAM facil­ity was sus­pended on Thursday, November 28, for the obser­va­tion of the Thanksgiving hol­i­day. Construction resumed on sched­ule on Friday, November 29.
• Frame instal­la­tion for the “walk­a­ble” sky­lights on the ground floor commenced.

This Week

• Frame instal­la­tion for the “walk­a­ble” sky­lights on the ground floor is ongoing.
• Layout work con­tin­ues in prepa­ra­tion for the New AAM’s glass cur­tain wall.
• Construction on the facility’s roof truss con­tin­ues, includ­ing instal­la­tion of spi­ral duct­work and web structures.
• Fire sprin­klers are being installed on the sec­ond level.
• Roofing work com­mences at the site of the freight ele­va­tor and the third level mechan­i­cal room.

Next Week

• Construction on the facility’s roof truss will con­tinue, includ­ing instal­la­tion of wood deck­ing, spi­ral duct­work, and web structures.
• Roofing work at the site of the freight ele­va­tor and mechan­i­cal room con­tin­ues on the third level.
• Fire sprin­klers will be stocked on the third level.

Construction Notes

Don’t for­get to check out the lat­est New AAM facil­ity time-lapse con­struc­tion footage here!

Last Week

• Ground floor glaz­ing and win­dow instal­la­tion was sub­stan­tially com­pleted on the east side of the facility.
• Construction con­tin­ued on the facility’s roof truss sys­tem, includ­ing deliv­ery of web struc­tures and Glulam beams—laminated struc­tural tim­ber prod­ucts bonded together with highly durable, moisture-resistant adhesives.
• The tem­po­rary heat­ing sys­tem was installed.

This Week

• Construction con­tin­ues on the facility’s top level, includ­ing instal­la­tion of wood decking, spiral ductwork, and roof truss elements.
• The real­iza­tion of Shigeru Ban’s sig­na­ture roof truss design for the New AAM (one of five key design fea­tures) gen­er­ates some amaz­ing facts, these are just a few:

• There were approx­i­mately 900 hours devoted to the ini­tial design phase of the truss.
• The fab­ri­ca­tion ele­ments for the truss rely on a group of lead­ing experts and man­u­fac­tur­ers from around the globe—Finland, Switzerland, Canada, and the USA.
• Structural test­ing for truss ele­ments were accom­plished at the University of Berne in Switzerland.
• Each truss web weighs 500 lbs., and the hor­i­zon­tal Glulam beams weigh approx­i­mately 4,500 lbs. each.
• Some of the ply­wood tech­nolo­gies used in its man­u­fac­ture are being used for the first time anywhere.
• There are about 20,000 fasteners/bolts used in its installation.
• There is less than a mil­lime­ter of tol­er­ance allowed between each joint within the truss sys­tem upon installation.
• The Swiss-made adhe­sives used in the man­u­fac­ture of the truss are being used in North America for one of the first times on this project, and each ele­ment will be sealed with a moisture-wicking coat­ing to assure that they are com­pletely mois­ture and weatherproof.

• Frame instal­la­tion for the “walk­a­ble” sky­lights on the ground floor commences.
• Roofing work com­mences at the site of the freight ele­va­tor and the third level mechan­i­cal room.

Next Week

• Frame instal­la­tion for the “walk­a­ble” sky­lights on the ground floor will continue.
•  Layout work com­mences in prepa­ra­tion for the New AAM’s glass cur­tain wall.
• Construction will con­tinue on the facility’s roof truss, includ­ing instal­la­tion of wood deck­ing, spi­ral duct­work, and web structures.
• Fire sprin­klers will begin to be installed on the sec­ond level.

Construction Notes

Meet Spearhead Timberworks’ Manfred Elmer

A native Austrian and full-time res­i­dent of Canada since May of 2007, Spearhead Timberworks’ Manfred Elmer has been involved with the tech­ni­cal, logis­ti­cal, and struc­tural ele­ments of the New AAM’s truss sys­tem since the first con­cep­tual phase of the AAM design project began over four years ago. A mas­ter car­pen­ter by trade, Manfred has been on-site in Aspen as a com­pany rep­re­sen­ta­tive for the British Columbia-based firm, tasked with ensur­ing that the roof truss sys­tem is installed accord­ing to its rig­or­ous specifications—no small feat, as he describes each of its cutting-edge ele­ments and their global ori­gins, their unique design and man­u­fac­ture (see “roof truss facts” in THIS WEEK sec­tion above), and the pre­cise nature of their instal­la­tion. Says Manfred: “The truss is truly sin­gu­lar, one-of-a-kind—using tech­nolo­gies in fab­ri­ca­tion, mate­ri­als, adhe­sives and sealants that are the absolute cut­ting edge of engi­neer­ing tech­nol­ogy and push­ing the enve­lope in nearly every sense. It is no exag­ger­a­tion to say that it will be the first and per­haps the last of its kind; wholly unique.” We thank Manfred for being here to over­see what will be one of our new home’s most com­pelling archi­tec­tural fea­tures, and for being an inte­gral part of the AAM’s global con­struc­tion team.

As per City of Aspen require­ment, work on the New AAM facil­ity will be sus­pended on Thursday, November 28, for the obser­va­tion of the Thanksgiving hol­i­day. Construction will resume on sched­ule on Friday, November 29. We wish our con­struc­tion team and all a Happy Thanksgiving.

Don’t for­get to check out the lat­est New AAM facil­ity time-lapse con­struc­tion footage here!

http://aspenartmuseum.org/newbuilding/

Last Week

• Glazing and win­dow instal­la­tion com­menced on the ground and sec­ond floors on the east side of the facility.
• Ground floor frame lay­out com­menced in prepa­ra­tion for instal­la­tion of the “walk­a­ble” sky­lights in the lobby and gallery three floors.
• Construction on the roof truss sys­tem was ongo­ing, includ­ing ele­ments of the top chord being placed and attached to the com­pleted bot­tom chord assem­bly, paint­ing and instal­la­tion of spi­ral ductwork, and work on the truss system’s sup­port columns.

This Week

• Ground floor glaz­ing and win­dow instal­la­tion is sub­stan­tially com­pleted on the east side of the facility.
• Construction is ongo­ing on the facility’s roof truss sys­tem, includ­ing deliv­ery of web struc­tures and Glulam beams—laminated struc­tural tim­ber prod­ucts bonded together with highly durable, moisture-resistant adhesives.
• The tem­po­rary heat­ing sys­tem is being installed.

Next Week

• Construction will con­tinue on the facility’s top level, includ­ing instal­la­tion of wood decking, spiral ductwork, and roof truss elements.
• Frame instal­la­tion for the “walk­a­ble” sky­lights on the ground floor will be ongoing.

Last Week

• Overhead MEP was sub­stan­tially com­pleted in the administration/office area on the building’s sec­ond level.
• The tem­po­rary exte­rior enclo­sure was com­pleted along the north and east sides of the facil­ity in prepa­ra­tion for instal­la­tion of the tem­po­rary heat­ing system.
• Construction of the roof truss con­tin­ued, with the first ele­ments of the top chords begin­ning to be placed and attached to the com­pleted bot­tom chord assembly.
• The first ele­ments of the spi­ral duct­work were painted and installed within the truss system.

This Week

• Glazing and win­dow instal­la­tion com­mences on the ground and sec­ond floors on the east side of the facility.
• Ground floor frame lay­out com­mences in prepa­ra­tion for instal­la­tion of the “walk­a­ble” sky­lights in the floors of the lobby and gallery three.
• Construction on the top level of the facil­ity is ongo­ing, includ­ing fur­ther work on the roof truss sys­tem, paint­ing and instal­la­tion of spi­ral ductwork, and work on truss sys­tem sup­port columns.

Next Week

• Ground floor glaz­ing and win­dow instal­la­tion will be fin­ished on the east side of the facility.
• Construction will con­tinue on the top level of the facil­ity, includ­ing fur­ther work on the roof truss system.
• Installation of the pis­ton on the New AAM’s freight ele­va­tor will commence.

Construction Notes

Meet RK Mechanical’s
Francisca “Fran” Heusser

A New Castle res­i­dent and native of Chile—where her father owns a large con­struc­tion firm—Francisca Heusser is a Plumber’s Apprentice with MEP con­trac­tor RK Mechanical. Fran is cur­rently work­ing on instal­la­tion of the new facility’s cold water sys­tem, and is work­ing on her plumbers license online in between her busy work­days at the New AAM site.

Fran has lived in Colorado for six years, begin­ning her offi­cial tenure in the con­struc­tion indus­try with Kimmel Mechanical (for three years) after a seven-year stint as a flight atten­dant. With Kimmel, Fran worked on numer­ous large-scale projects includ­ing the Aspen Music Festival and School facil­ity and the Aspen Skiing Company’s Treehouse Kids’ Adventure Center in Snowmass.

In her spare time, Fran enjoys spend­ing time at home with her hus­band, as well as being a week­end ski instruc­tor and, dur­ing warm weather, work­ing as a raft guide and play­ing golf. Like all of us on the New AAM team, Fran is very excited about the open­ing of the new museum. We are very grate­ful for her hard work on our behalf

Last Week

• Overhead Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) work con­tin­ued on the building’s sec­ond level.
• Metal door frames were received and instal­la­tion began on the lower, ground, and sec­ond levels.
• Construction of the roof truss continued.
• The tem­po­rary exte­rior enclo­sure along the north and east sides of the facil­ity was sub­stan­tially com­pleted in prepa­ra­tion for the tem­po­rary heat­ing sys­tem to be installed.

This Week

Check out the lat­est New AAM facil­ity time-lapse con­struc­tion footage here!

http://aspenartmuseum.org/newbuilding/

• Overhead MEP will be sub­stan­tially com­pleted in the administration/office area on the building’s sec­ond level.
• The tem­po­rary exte­rior enclo­sure will be com­pleted along the north and east sides of the facil­ity and the tem­po­rary heat­ing sys­tem installed.
• Construction of the roof truss con­tin­ues, with the first ele­ments of the top chords begin­ning to be placed and attached to the com­pleted bot­tom chord assem­bly. The first of the spi­ral duct­work ele­ments are sched­uled to be installed within the truss system.

Spearhead Timberworks employee Geoff Lucas installs one of approx­i­mately 20,000 bolts used in the instal­la­tion of the New AAM roof truss system—some of which are up to 3 feet in length!

Next Week

• Glazing and win­dow instal­la­tion will take place on the east side of the facility.
• Ground floor frame instal­la­tion will com­mence in prepa­ra­tion for instal­la­tion of the “walk­a­ble” sky­lights in the floors of the lobby and gallery three.
• Construction on the top level of the facil­ity will be ongo­ing, includ­ing fur­ther work on the roof truss sys­tem and instal­la­tion of wood decking.

Construction Notes

This past week­end, New AAM prin­ci­pal design archi­tect Shigeru Ban paid a visit to Aspen to walk through the new facil­ity and to dis­cuss details of his Shigeru Ban: Humanitarian Architecture exhi­bi­tion sched­uled for the museum’s grand open­ing [Gallery 1—Second Level], in August 2014. Featuring projects selected in col­lab­o­ra­tion with AAM Nancy and Bob Magoon CEO and Director Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson and an exhi­bi­tion design con­cept by Ban him­self, Shigeru Ban: Humanitarian Architecture will cen­ter on full-scale exam­ples of Ban’s ground­break­ing designs for human­i­tar­ian shel­ters in the wake of some of the most dev­as­tat­ing nat­ural and man­made dis­as­ters of the past two decades.

Last Week

• Construction of the bot­tom chord assem­bly of the roof truss was com­pleted, and the first “web” ele­ments of the truss sys­tem were deliv­ered to the site.
• Exterior wall fram­ing was sub­stan­tially com­pleted on the north and east sides of the facility.
• Work com­menced on the tem­po­rary exte­rior enclo­sure along the north and east sides of the facility.
• Overhead Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) work was per­formed on the building’s sec­ond level.

This Week

• Overhead MEP work con­tin­ues on the building’s sec­ond level.
• Metal door frames will be received and installed on the lower, ground, and sec­ond levels.
• Construction of the roof truss continues.
• The tem­po­rary exte­rior enclo­sure along the north and east sides of the facil­ity will be sub­stan­tially com­pleted in prepa­ra­tion for a tem­po­rary heat­ing sys­tem to be installed.

Next Week

• Ground floor frame instal­la­tion will com­mence in prepa­ra­tion for instal­la­tion of the “walk­a­ble” sky­lights in the lobby and gallery three.
• Overhead MEP work will be com­pleted in the administration/office area on the building’s sec­ond level.
• Construction of the roof truss will continue.

Last Week

• Last week marked the end of a full year of con­struc­tion on the New AAM facil­ity. With less than a year of con­struc­tion remain­ing, we are on sched­ule for the pub­lic open­ing of the build­ing on August 9, 2014.
• Work was com­pleted on the con­crete curbs/aprons, and the asphalt over­lay was placed along East Hyman Avenue, South Spring Street, and in the alley behind the facility.
• Construction of the roof truss and exte­rior wall fram­ing on the north and east sides of the facil­ity were ongoing.
• Overhead Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) work con­tin­ued on the building’s first and sec­ond levels.

This Week

• Construction of the roof truss con­tin­ues, with com­ple­tion slated for the bot­tom chord assembly.
• Exterior wall fram­ing will be sub­stan­tially com­pleted on the north and east sides of the facility.
• Work com­mences on the tem­po­rary exte­rior enclo­sure along the north and east sides of the facility.
• Overhead MEP work con­tin­ues on the building’s sec­ond level.

Next Week

• Ground level frame instal­la­tion will com­mence in prepa­ra­tion for instal­la­tion of the “walk­a­ble” sky­lights in the lobby and gallery three.
• Construction of the roof truss will continue.
• Work con­tin­ues on the tem­po­rary exte­rior enclo­sure along the north and east sides of the facility.

Construction Notes

MEET AAM CONSTRUCTION TEAM MEMBERS SPEARHEAD TIMBERWORKS and CRESTONE CONSTRUCTION

Fabrication and instal­la­tion of the New AAM’s roof truss is being accom­plished by Spearhead Timberworks—a multi-faceted design and value-added wood man­u­fac­tur­ing com­pany head­quar­tered in Nelson, British Columbia, Canada—with the assis­tance of Vail Valley-based Crestone Construction team mem­bers. Fabricated in Spearhead’s Canadian facil­ity begin­ning in July, the roof truss com­po­nents were assem­bled, dis­as­sem­bled, and then shipped to Aspen for instal­la­tion on site. We thank both Spearhead and Crestone for pro­vid­ing their valu­able exper­tise in mak­ing and installing one of the most sig­nif­i­cant archi­tec­tural fea­tures of Shigeru Ban’s New AAM design.

BIM ren­der­ings of the New AAM’s roof truss system.

Last Week

• Work com­menced on the con­crete curbs and aprons along East Hyman Avenue, South Spring Street, and in the alley behind the facility.
• Construction of the roof truss began.
• Exterior wall fram­ing con­tin­ued on the north and east sides of the build­ing, and over­head Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) work con­tin­ued on the building’s first level.
• Overhead MEP rough-in com­menced on the building’s sec­ond level.

This Week

This week marks the end of a full year of con­struc­tion on the New AAM facil­ity. With less than a year of con­struc­tion remain­ing, we are on sched­ule for the pub­lic open­ing of the build­ing on August 9, 2014.

In review:

• The process of dig­ging the New AAM’s foun­da­tion took approx­i­mately 12 weeks and saw about 180,000 cubic feet of mate­r­ial removed from the site dur­ing the process. Final exca­va­tion depths reached 24 feet along the alley and 18 feet elsewhere.
• By nine weeks into con­struc­tion, the instal­la­tion of sol­dier beams and wood lag­ging were in process and the hole for Shigeru Ban’s “mov­ing room” glass gallery ele­va­tor on the north­east cor­ner of the New AAM facil­ity was being drilled.
• Crews began form­ing the New AAM’s foun­da­tion walls in late February 2013. The lower level of the museum was begin­ning to take shape as crews began instal­la­tion of the roughly 379,000 pounds of rebar sched­uled for use dur­ing the struc­tural phase of con­struc­tion. Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing rough-in (MEP) began on the lower level.
• By mid-May, the pour­ing of both the foun­da­tion and the lower level slab had been com­pleted. Forming of the street level slab was ongo­ing and instal­la­tion of post-tension cables had begun within the sec­ond level gallery floors. At this point, the con­struc­tion of the New AAM had com­prised 164 days of work and aver­aged 37 work­ers on-site per day—70% of whom were local.
• During July, the third level’s post-tension deck was poured, and the top­ping out of the facility’s con­crete struc­ture was com­pleted on July 23. The roof truss, a sig­nif­i­cant archi­tec­tural fea­ture of Shigeru Ban’s New AAM design, was under­way at Spearhead Timberworks in Nelson, British Columbia, Canada.
• During August, inte­rior and exte­rior wall fram­ing was under­way through­out the new facil­ity, and by mid-September, work had com­menced on the pre­cast grand stair. This unique fea­ture of Shigeru Ban’s design for the New AAM facil­ity allows for the nat­ural blend­ing of out­door and indoor spaces and will fea­ture mobile pedestals where art will be exhibited.
• During the begin­ning of October, exte­rior wall fram­ing on the north and east sides of the facil­ity con­tin­ued, and instal­la­tion of win­dows on the south side com­menced. Utility instal­la­tion neared com­ple­tion and con­struc­tion of the roof truss scaf­fold­ing sys­tem continued.
• Over the past year of con­struc­tion much has been accom­plished, with over 61,000 worker hours logged. Thanks to all the mem­bers of the New AAM con­struc­tion team!

• As we con­tinue the process, work con­tin­ues on the con­crete curbs and aprons along East Hyman Avenue, South Spring Street, and in the alley behind the facil­ity in prepa­ra­tion for the asphalt overlay.
• Construction of the roof truss will be ongo­ing this week.
• Overhead MEP work con­tin­ues on the building’s first and sec­ond levels.
• Exterior wall fram­ing is ongo­ing on the north and east sides of the facility.
•  Work com­mences on a tem­po­rary exte­rior clo­sure along the north and east sides of the facil­ity in prepa­ra­tion for the win­ter season.

Next Week

• Construction of the roof truss will be ongoing.
• Overhead MEP work will con­tinue on the building’s sec­ond level.
• Exterior wall fram­ing will con­tinue on the north and east sides of the facility.
• Work will con­tinue on a tem­po­rary exte­rior clo­sure along the north and east sides of the facil­ity in prepa­ra­tion for the win­ter season.

Last Week

• Installation con­tin­ued on stair num­ber three—a back-of-house stair on the south­west cor­ner (alley side) of the new building.
• Exterior wall fram­ing was ongo­ing on the north and east sides of the facil­ity, and instal­la­tion of win­dows on the facility’s south side commenced.
• Installation of the roof truss scaf­fold­ing sys­tem continued.
• Overhead Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) work con­tin­ued on the first level.
• Utility instal­la­tion neared com­ple­tion on the south side of the building.
• Water ser­vice was tied in to the City of Aspen munic­i­pal sys­tem on South Spring Street.

This Week

• Work com­mences on the con­crete curbs and aprons along East Hyman Avenue, South Spring Street, and in the alley behind the facility.
• Construction of the roof truss begins.
•  Exterior wall fram­ing con­tin­ues on the north and east sides of the building.
•  Overhead MEP work con­tin­ues on the building’s first level.

Next Week

• Next week will mark the end of a full year of the New AAM con­struc­tion project. We are on schedule!
• Construction of the roof truss will be ongoing.
• Work will con­tinue on the curbs and aprons along East Hyman Avenue and South Spring Street in prepa­ra­tion for the asphalt overlay.
• Overhead MEP work will con­tinue on the building’s first level.
• Exterior wall fram­ing will be ongo­ing on the north and east sides of the facility.
• Work will com­mence on a tem­po­rary exte­rior clo­sure along the north and east sides of the facil­ity in prepa­ra­tion for the win­ter season.

Construction Notes

MEET AAM PROJECT MANAGER MIKE O’CONNOR

Michael O’Connor (O’Connor Consulting) brings over twenty-five years of devel­op­ment and con­struc­tion expe­ri­ence to the New AAM’s build­ing project team. Currently based in Basalt, Mike’s other projects over the past decade have included site work for Snowmass Base Village­ (a $600M mixed-use project at the base of the ski area) and con­struc­tion of the 7,000 square-foot, LEED cer­ti­fied, on-mountain restau­rant Sam’s Knob; as well as con­struc­tion of multi and single-family afford­able hous­ing projects for both the Aspen School District and the Town of Snowmass Village. Working pri­mar­ily in ski resort areas from New Hampshire to Colorado, Mike was also on the team that devel­oped and built the $250M River Run Base Village in Keystone, CO. Specializing in owner rep­re­sen­ta­tion, Mike man­ages all aspects of each project he works on, and is a key player in keep­ing our New AAM project mov­ing for­ward on sched­ule and on bud­get. We are sin­cerely grate­ful for his efforts on our behalf.

Last Week

• Installation com­menced on stair num­ber three— a back-of-house stair lead­ing from the ground floor to the third level on the alley side of the new facility.
• Utility instal­la­tion con­tin­ued on the south side of the facility.
• Overhead Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) work began on the first level.
• Installation of the roof truss scaf­fold­ing sys­tem continued.
• Exterior fram­ing com­menced on the north side of the facility.

This Week

• Installation of stair num­ber three con­tin­ues through mid-week.
• Installation of win­dows on the facility’s south side commences.
• Work com­mences on the con­crete curbs and aprons along East Hyman Avenue, and in the alley behind the facility.
• Exterior wall fram­ing is ongo­ing on both the north and east sides of the facility.
• Installation of the roof truss scaf­fold­ing sys­tem continues.
• Overhead MEP work con­tin­ues on the first level.
• Utility instal­la­tion is com­pleted on the south side of the facility.
• The facility’s water ser­vice is tied in to the City of Aspen munic­i­pal sys­tem on South Spring Street.

Next Week

• Work com­mences on the con­crete curbs and aprons along South Spring Street.
• Construction of the roof truss will begin.  
• Exterior wall fram­ing will con­tinue on the north and east sides of the facility.
• Overhead MEP work will con­tinue on the first level.
  

Last Week

• Utility instal­la­tion work began in the alley behind the site and sewer, gas, phone, and cable ser­vices were per­formed on the south side of the facil­ity.
  
• Installation of the water qual­ity con­trol vault—which helps to clean storm water before it enters the munic­i­pal system—was com­pleted on the east side of the site.
• Interior wall fram­ing on the ground level was ongo­ing and neared com­ple­tion by the end of the week.
  
• Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) work con­tin­ued on the lower level.
  
• Installation of the pre­cast grand stair was com­pleted.
  
• The tower crane was erected on the East Hyman Avenue side of the site.
  
• Work began on a scaf­fold­ing sys­tem in prepa­ra­tion for instal­la­tion of the roof truss.
  
• Structural steel erec­tion was per­formed for roof elements.

This Week

• Installation of stair ele­ments com­mences on stair num­ber three. Stair Three is a back-of-house stair that leads from the ground floor to the third level on the south­west cor­ner (alley side) of the new facility.
• Utility instal­la­tion con­tin­ues on the south side of the facility.
• Overhead MEP work begins on the first level.
• Installation of the roof truss scaf­fold­ing sys­tem continues.
• Installation of win­dows on the south side of the facil­ity commences.

Next Week

• Work will com­mence on the con­crete curbs and aprons along East Hyman Avenue and in the alley behind the facility
• Exterior wall fram­ing will be ongo­ing on the north and east sides of the facil­ity through­out the week.
• Installation of the roof truss scaf­fold­ing sys­tem will be com­pleted and the con­struc­tion of the roof truss will begin.
• Overhead MEP work will con­tinue on the first level.
• Utility instal­la­tion will be com­pleted on the south side of the facility.

Construction Notes

Meet Turner Construction Assistant Superintendent Mike Palke
A native of Wisconsin and a recent trans­plant from Detroit—where he worked on a large remodel of the city’s leg­endary sports and enter­tain­ment venue Cobo Hall—Mike Palke is the newest mem­ber of the New AAM’s Turner Construction office team. Mike is thrilled to be in Aspen work­ing on a project that he describes as “dynamic on all fronts,” cit­ing the rig­or­ous atten­tion to each design detail and the metic­u­lous orga­ni­za­tion and coor­di­na­tion of all con­struc­tion sys­tems. Mike’s main duties are to assist with field orga­ni­za­tion efforts, includ­ing act­ing as liai­son with New AAM local archi­tects of record Cottle Carr Yaw on engi­neer­ing and design ele­ments. He finds the New AAM team effort unpar­al­leled, stat­ing: “The coor­di­na­tion between Turner and Summit Construction is amaz­ing, and it is stim­u­lat­ing to work in an envi­ron­ment where excel­lence and the high­est stan­dards are achieved.” We wel­come Mike to the New AAM team and thank him for all his efforts on our behalf.

Last Week

• Utility work was per­formed along the north side of the New AAM site to tie in to the storm drainage system.
• Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) and fire sprin­kler sys­tem work con­tin­ued on the lower level, and inte­rior wall fram­ing con­tin­ued on the ground level.
• The pre­cast wall sys­tem was erected on the New AAM’s west exte­rior wall.
• Work com­menced on the steel sup­ports and pre­cast con­crete ele­ments of the grand stair.

This Week

• Utility instal­la­tion work will com­mence in the alley directly behind the site, includ­ing water, sewer, gas, phone, and cable ser­vices on the south side of the facil­ity. Alley access will con­tinue to be obstructed through­out this week.
• Installation of the water qual­ity con­trol vault—which helps to clean storm water before it enters the munic­i­pal system—on the east side of the site will be completed.
• Interior wall fram­ing will be sub­stan­tially com­pleted on the ground level.
• MEP work will con­tinue on the lower level.
• Installation of the pre­cast grand stair will com­mence. The grand stair is an inter­sti­tial three-level pas­sage­way sit­u­ated between the building’s woven com­pos­ite exte­rior screen and its inte­rior structure. 
• The tower crane will be erected on the East Hyman Avenue side of the New AAM site. 
• Work will begin on a scaf­fold­ing sys­tem in prepa­ra­tion for instal­la­tion of the roof truss.

Next Week

• Utility instal­la­tion will con­tinue on the south side of the facility.
• Overhead MEP work will com­mence on the first level.
• Installation of the scaf­fold­ing sys­tem for the roof truss will con­tinue, and roof truss con­struc­tion will begin toward the end of the week.

Construction Notes

On Tuesday, September 3, AAM con­trac­tors Turner Construction held their 9th annual nation­ally observed “Safety Stand-Down.” Turner is ded­i­cated to com­mu­ni­cat­ing the impor­tance of safety and well-being on the job and mak­ing healthy lifestyle choices off the job. This year’s Stand-Down focused on Personal Health & Well Being, and cov­ered such top­ics as the effects of dis­eases asso­ci­ated with the heart and pro­mot­ing car­dio­vas­cu­lar health. The AAM applauds Turner’s efforts to actively pro­mote sus­tain­able and healthy lifestyle choices for our con­struc­tion team members.

Last Week

• The New Aspen Art Museum con­struc­tion team began erect­ing the pre­cast wall sys­tem within the New AAM’s north-side inte­rior spaces. The wall sec­tions, which were cast in Colorado Springs by Stresscon Corporation, weighed up to 21,800 pounds!
• Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) work and inte­rior wall fram­ing con­tin­ued on the lower level.
• The east side of the facil­ity was pre­pared for this week’s instal­la­tion of the water qual­ity con­trol vault.

This Week

• Utility work will be per­formed along the north side of the New AAM site to tie in to the storm drainage sys­tem. Pedestrian access and vehic­u­lar traffic/parking will be impacted dur­ing this activity.
• MEP work on the lower level and inte­rior wall fram­ing on the ground level will continue.
• Erection of the pre­cast wall sys­tem will be com­pleted on the New AAM’s north-side inte­rior spaces and will com­mence on the south-side inte­rior spaces. Alley access will be obstructed directly behind the project through­out the week.

Next Week

• Utility work will con­tinue with water, sewer, gas, phone, and cable ser­vices being installed on the south side of the facility.
• Interior wall fram­ing will be sub­stan­tially com­pleted on the ground level.
• MEP work will con­tinue on the lower level.
• Installation of the pre­cast grand stair will com­mence. The grand stair—an inter­sti­tial three-level pas­sage­way sit­u­ated between the building’s woven com­pos­ite exte­rior screen and its inte­rior structure—is inter­sected by a glass wall divid­ing the stairway
into a ten-foot-wide exte­rior space, and a six-foot-wide inte­rior space. This unique fea­ture of Shigeru Ban’s design for the New AAM facil­ity allows for the nat­ural blend­ing of out­door and indoor spaces and will fea­ture mobile pedestals where art will be exhibited.
• The top­ping slab will be poured in the edu­ca­tion work­shop and restrooms on the first level as well as back of house spaces on the sec­ond level.
• The tower crane will be erected on the north side of the New AAM site.
• Installation of a scaf­fold­ing sys­tem in prepa­ra­tion for the roof truss will commence.

Last Week

• Installation of pre­cast ele­ments of stair­case num­ber five was completed.
• The tem­po­rary roof­ing mem­brane instal­la­tion on the third level was completed.
• The New AAM’s boil­ers were deliv­ered to the lower level mechan­i­cal room.
• Interior wall fram­ing con­tin­ued on the ground and lower levels.
• Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) work con­tin­ued on the lower level.
• The con­crete top­ping slab was poured in the admin­is­tra­tion space on the sec­ond level.

This Week

• As per City of Aspen man­date, no work was per­mit­ted dur­ing the Labor Day hol­i­day week­end on Saturday, August 31 and Monday, September 2. Work resumes on sched­ule today, Tuesday, September 3.
• MEP work con­tin­ues on the lower level.
• The pre­cast wall sys­tem is being erected within the New AAM’s north-side inte­rior spaces. The cov­ered pedes­trian walk­way on Hyman Avenue will be removed today to allow for this activ­ity. Pedestrian access on the north side of the project will not be avail­able through­out this week.

Next Week

• Utility work will be per­formed along the north side of the New AAM site to tie in to the storm drainage sys­tem. Pedestrian access and vehic­u­lar traffic/parking will be impacted dur­ing this activity.
• On the lower level, MEP work will con­tinue and inte­rior wall fram­ing will be completed.
• Erection of the pre­cast wall will be com­pleted on the New AAM’s north side inte­rior spaces and will com­mence on the south side inte­rior spaces. Alley access will be obstructed directly behind the project through­out the week. 

Construction Notes

Established in 2001 in the U.S., SimplexGrinnell pro­vides a com­pre­hen­sive array of fire sprin­kler, fire sup­pres­sion, and life-safety sys­tems with a his­tory of 150 years of indus­try lead­er­ship. The SimplexGrinnell orga­ni­za­tion is spe­cially cer­ti­fied through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for their secu­rity, fire, and life-safety inte­gra­tion ser­vices with over 1,700 tech­ni­cians in the field across North America. We are very glad to include them as a part of our New AAM con­struc­tion team!

Last Week

• The cov­ered pedes­trian walk­ways around the New AAM site were relo­cated to their orig­i­nal loca­tions after the con­clu­sion of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge stages in Aspen.
• Installation of stair­case num­ber five—a pre­cast stair­way con­nect­ing the New AAM’s ground level to gal­leries four, five, and six located on the lower level—commenced.
• Steel columns were erected, and inte­rior wall fram­ing con­tin­ued on the ground floor level.
• Structural steel for the New AAM’s roof struc­ture was deliv­ered, and erec­tion of these ele­ments commenced.
• Interior wall fram­ing con­tin­ued on the sec­ond level, and Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) work con­tin­ued on the lower level.
• Installation began of a tem­po­rary roof­ing mem­brane on the third level.

This Week

• This week is the 46th week of con­struc­tion on the New AAM facil­ity, with over 49,000 worker hours logged to date by our con­struc­tion team!
• Installation of pre­cast ele­ments of stair­case num­ber five will be completed.
• Scaffolding will be stock­piled on the third level in prepa­ra­tion for instal­la­tion of the roof truss system—one of Shigeru Ban’s sig­na­ture design fea­tures for the New AAM facility.
• Installation of the tem­po­rary roof­ing mem­brane on the third level will be completed.
• The New AAM’s boil­ers will be deliv­ered to the lower level mechan­i­cal room.
• Interior wall fram­ing con­tin­ues on the ground and lower lev­els, and MEP work con­tin­ues on the lower level.

Next Week

• MEP work will con­tinue on the lower level.
• Stockpiling of scaf­fold­ing on the third level will con­tinue in prepa­ra­tion for the instal­la­tion of the roof truss system.
• The pre­cast wall sys­tem will be erected within the New AAM’s north-side inte­rior spaces.

Construction Notes

Our New AAM Construction Team will observe the Labor Day hol­i­day on September 2. As per City of Aspen man­date, no work is allowed dur­ing the hol­i­day in the Central Resort Area. Work will resume on sched­ule on Tuesday, September 3.

Last Week

• Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) work con­tin­ued on the lower level.
• Interior wall fram­ing con­tin­ued on the ground and sec­ond lev­els. On the lower level, exte­rior wall fram­ing con­tin­ued, with DensShield com­pleted at the south ele­va­tion. DensShield is a mois­ture resis­tant substrate.
• The cov­ered pedes­trian walk­ways around the New AAM site were relo­cated in prepa­ra­tion for stages one and two of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge—August 19 and 20.
• Materials for the con­struc­tion and assem­bly of the New AAM’s freight ele­va­tor were received on site. The freight ele­va­tor is a cru­cial part of the new facility’s infra­struc­ture, and will even­tu­ally be used to trans­port art­work through­out the museum.

This Week

• The cov­ered pedes­trian walk­ways around the New AAM site will be relo­cated to their orig­i­nal loca­tions after the con­clu­sion of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge stages in Aspen on August 20.
• Staircase num­ber five—a pre­cast stair­way that con­nects the New AAM’s ground level to gal­leries four, five, and six on the lower level—will be installed.
• On the ground level, steel columns will be erected and inte­rior wall fram­ing will continue.
• Structural steel ele­ments for the New AAM’s roof struc­ture will be received on site.
• Interior wall fram­ing con­tin­ues on the sec­ond level, and Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) work will con­tinue on the lower level.

Next Week

• Scaffolding will be stock­piled on the third level to pre­pare for instal­la­tion of the roof truss system—one of Shigeru Ban’s sig­na­ture design fea­tures for the New AAM facility.
• The New AAM’s boil­ers will be deliv­ered to the lower level mechan­i­cal room.
• Interior wall fram­ing con­tin­ues on the ground level.
• Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) work will con­tinue on the lower level.

Construction Notes

Please note that work on the New AAM site will be sus­pended on Monday, August 19 and Tuesday, August 20 for stages one and two of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge. Work will resume on sched­ule Wednesday morn­ing, August 21.

Last Week

• Framing work con­tin­ued on both the south side exte­rior and the inte­rior wall sys­tem on the New AAM’s lower level.
• Layout of the inte­rior par­ti­tions on the museum’s sec­ond level began. The sec­ond level of the New AAM will house the largest of the museum’s six gallery spaces—gallery one at 3,926 square feet—as well as the facility’s admin­is­tra­tive offices.
• Installation of the lower level mechan­i­cal room stairs commenced.
• Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) work on the lower level was ongoing.

This Week

• Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) work con­tin­ues on the lower level.
• Interior wall fram­ing on the ground level con­tin­ues. The ground level is com­prised of gal­leries two and three (2,572 square feet and 1,160 square feet, respec­tively), and the New AAM’s museum shop, edu­ca­tion work­shop, and artist studio.
• Interior wall fram­ing on the sec­ond level and exte­rior wall fram­ing on the lower level con­tinue. Framing work on gallery one begins.
• The cov­ered pedes­trian walk­ways around the New AAM site will be relo­cated toward the end of the week in prepa­ra­tion for stages one and two of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge—August 19 and 20, 2013. No work on the site will take place on those dates due to this event.

Next Week

• Covered pedes­trian walk­ways around the New AAM site will be relo­cated to their orig­i­nal loca­tions after the USA Pro Cycling Challenge stages.
• Installation of stair­case num­ber 5 will take place. Staircase five is a pre­cast stair that con­nects the New AAM’s ground level to the three gallery spaces on the lower level—galleries four, five, and six, which com­bine for a total of 3,849 square feet.
• Interior wall fram­ing con­tin­ues on the sec­ond level.
• Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) work con­tin­ues on the lower level.
• Exterior wall fram­ing and instal­la­tion of DensShield—a mois­ture resis­tant substrate—will be ongo­ing on the south­ern ele­va­tion of the facility.

Last Week

• Stripping of forms and the removal of the tem­po­rary shoring of the cast-in-place con­crete decks com­menced on the third level, and strip­ping and re-shoring work con­tin­ued on the sec­ond level.
• Structural steel was erected for the New AAM’s entry canopy struc­ture on the East Hyman Avenue side of the building.
• Layout and exte­rior fram­ing began.
• Framing of the inte­rior wall sys­tem on the lower level continued.
• Layout for the ground level inte­rior par­ti­tions commenced.

This Week

• Work con­tin­ues on both exte­rior fram­ing and fram­ing of the inte­rior wall sys­tem on the lower level.
 

• Layout of the inte­rior par­ti­tions on the museum’s sec­ond level begins.
 

• Installation of the mechan­i­cal room stairs commences.
 

• Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) work is ongo­ing on the lower level.

Next Week

• Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) work on the lower level will continue.
• Interior wall fram­ing on the ground and sec­ond floors and exte­rior wall fram­ing on the lower level will continue.

Construction Notes

The cov­ered pedes­trian walk­ways around the New AAM site will be relo­cated in prepa­ra­tion for stages one and two of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge—August 19 and 20, 2013. No work on the site will take place on those dates due to this event.

Last Week

• Framing of the inte­rior wall sys­tem of the New AAM’s lower level continued.
• Steel columns were set on the New AAM’s ground and sec­ond floors.
• Preparation for the next phase of con­struc­tion began with the removal of con­crete pour­ing func­tions from the site.
• Members of the Aspen Art Museum’s Board of Trustees and National Council gath­ered on the New AAM’s third level to cel­e­brate the top­ping out of the facility’s con­crete struc­ture and enjoy the view from what will be the roof deck sculp­ture garden.

This Week

• Stripping of forms and the removal of the tem­po­rary shoring of the cast-in-place con­crete decks com­mences on the third level, and strip­ping and re-shoring work con­tin­ues on the sec­ond level.
• Structural steel is being erected for the New AAM’s entry canopy struc­ture on the East Hyman Avenue side of the building.
• Layout and exte­rior fram­ing begins with instal­la­tion of DensShield—a mois­ture resis­tant substrate—and fram­ing of the inte­rior wall sys­tem on the lower level continues.
• Layout for the ground level inte­rior par­ti­tions commences.

Next Week

• Exterior fram­ing and fram­ing of the inte­rior wall sys­tem on the lower level will continue.
• Layout com­mences for the inte­rior par­ti­tions on the museum’s sec­ond level.
• Installation of Staircase Three com­mences. Stair Three is a back-of-house stair that leads from the ground floor to the third level on the south­west cor­ner of the facility.
• Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) work will be ongo­ing on the lower level.

Construction Notes

Fabrication con­tin­ues on the New AAM’s roof truss at Spearhead Timberworks in Nelson, British Columbia, Canada. The truss is one of the sig­nif­i­cant archi­tec­tural fea­tures of Shigeru Ban’s New AAM design.

Last Week

• The third-level deck was poured dur­ing the early part of the week, and ten­sion­ing of the post-tension cables was accomplished.
• Construction of the shear walls on the New AAM’s third level were ongo­ing in prepa­ra­tion for the roof structure.
• Backfill, com­paction, and water­proof­ing of the foun­da­tion wall on the east side of the site continued.
• Framing of the inte­rior wall sys­tem of the New AAM’s lower level was ongoing.
• Members of AAM staff and the new build­ing project team reviewed gallery ceil­ing and wall mock­ups on the New AAM site, as well as vis­it­ing Harmon, Inc. in Englewood, Colorado, to look at mock­ups of the glass cur­tain wall, sky­lights, roof truss, and mill­work elements.
• Members of the AAM’s New Building Committee took a hard hat tour of the site and inspected the view from the newly poured third level deck. By all accounts, future Aspen Art Museum guests are in for a spec­tac­u­lar treat as they look, eat, drink, dis­cuss, relax, and pon­der art­works — all oppor­tu­ni­ties that this mar­velous space will invite. 

This Week

• Backfill, com­paction, and water­proof­ing of the foun­da­tion wall on the east side of the site will be completed.
• Framing of the inte­rior wall sys­tem of the New AAM’s lower level continues.
• The top­ping out of the New AAM’s con­crete struc­ture will be com­plete this week! Congratulations to our New AAM con­struc­tion team on reach­ing this excit­ing milestone!

Next Week

• Stripping of forms on the third level deck will commence.
• Removal of the tem­po­rary shoring of the cast-in-place con­crete decks will commence.
• Structural steel will be erected for the New AAM’s entry canopy structure.

Construction Notes

Fabrication of the New AAM’s roof truss is under­way at Spearhead Timberworks in Nelson, British Columbia, Canada. The truss is one of the sig­nif­i­cant archi­tec­tural fea­tures of Shigeru Ban’s New AAM design. Completely fab­ri­cated off­site, the truss will be assem­bled and dis­as­sem­bled prior to being shipped to Aspen in its com­po­nent parts and then reassem­bled and installed on the New AAM facil­ity. Spearhead Timberworks is a multi-faceted design, and value-added wood man­u­fac­tur­ing com­pany made up of a col­lab­o­ra­tion of design­ers and tech­nol­o­gists, arti­sans and builders, man­agers and planners.

Last Week

• Shoring, deck­ing, and rein­forc­ing steel work on the third level was ongoing.
• Mechanical, elec­tri­cal, and plumb­ing (MEP) rough-in and post-tension cable instal­la­tion on the third level deck were in progress through­out the week in prepa­ra­tion for the pour­ing of concrete.
• Backfill, com­paction, and water­proof­ing of the foun­da­tion wall on the east side of the site continued.
• Framing of the inte­rior wall sys­tem of the New AAM’s lower level continued.
• Layout com­menced on the ground floor inte­rior partitions.

• Check out the excit­ing progress on the new facil­ity from May until now by click­ing here for time-lapse footage (click on May-July 2013): aspenartmuseum.org/newbuilding 

This Week

• The third level deck will be poured in the early part of the week.
• Tensioning of the post-tension cables on the New AAM’s third level will be accom­plished when the con­crete on the deck reaches the appro­pri­ate strength (75%).
• Construction of the shear walls on the third level will be ongo­ing in prepa­ra­tion for the instal­la­tion of the roof struc­ture. The AAM’s top level will be home to the New AAM Roof Deck Sculpture Garden, which will present museum guests with stun­ning vis­tas of Aspen’s sur­round­ing envi­ron­ment, the only unob­structed pub­lic rooftop view of Ajax Mountain any­where in town, and an acti­vated space for the pre­sen­ta­tion of art.
• Backfill, com­paction, and water­proof­ing of the foun­da­tion wall on the east side of the site continues.
• Framing of the inte­rior wall sys­tem of the New AAM’s lower level is ongoing.

Next Week

• Backfill, com­paction, and water­proof­ing of the foun­da­tion wall on the east side of the site is sched­uled to be completed.
• Framing of the inte­rior wall sys­tem of the New AAM’s lower level will continue.
• Next week will be the 41st week of con­struc­tion and the top­ping out of the New AAM’s con­crete struc­ture will be com­plete! This is another major mile­stone in the New AAM con­struc­tion project. Thanks to all the mem­bers of our con­struc­tion team and con­grat­u­la­tions on reach­ing this excit­ing benchmark!

Last Week

• Forming work on the columns and shear walls on the sec­ond level were completed.
• Shoring and deck­ing con­tin­ued in prepa­ra­tion for con­struc­tion of the New AAM’s third level.
• Work on the fram­ing of the inte­rior wall sys­tem of the lower level continued.
• The strip­ping of con­crete forms on the sec­ond level deck continued.

This Week

• Shoring, deck­ing, and rein­forc­ing steel work on the third level is ongoing.
• Mechanical, elec­tri­cal, and plumb­ing (MEP) rough-in and post-tension cable instal­la­tion on the third level deck will be in progress through­out the week in prepa­ra­tion for the pour­ing of concrete.
• Backfill, com­paction, and water­proof­ing of the foun­da­tion wall on the east side of the site will continue.
• Framing of the inte­rior wall sys­tem of the New AAM’s lower level continues.
• Layout for the ground floor level inte­rior par­ti­tions commences.

Next Week

• Tensioning of the post-tension cables on the New AAM’s third level will be accom­plished in the early part of the week.
• Shear walls on the third level com­mence in prepa­ra­tion for the roof struc­ture. The AAM’s top level will be home to the New AAM Roofdeck Sculpture Garden. One of the main archi­tec­tural fea­tures of Shigeru Ban’s AAM design, the Roofdeck Sculpture Garden will present museum guests with stun­ning vis­tas of the sur­round­ing envi­ron­ment, the only unob­structed pub­lic rooftop view of Ajax Mountain any­where in Aspen, and an acti­vated space for the pre­sen­ta­tion of art.

Construction Notes

Don’t for­get to go by the New AAM site to check out Dave Muller’s amaz­ing new art­work: A Few of Our Favorite Things (w/Halos, According to the Mood of the Artist), 2013—created as part of the New Aspen Art Museum Site commissions.

Last Week

• The post-tension cables within the second-level slab were ten­sioned.
  
• Shoring and deck­ing com­menced on the sec­ond level in prepa­ra­tion for con­struc­tion of the New AAM’s third level.
• Columns and shear walls were formed on the second-level slab to delin­eate the struc­tural ele­ments of Gallery One.
• Backfill, com­paction, and water­proof­ing of the foun­da­tion wall along the north side of the site was completed.
• New AAM con­struc­tion team mem­bers Stresscon Corporation pro­vided the first pre­cast con­crete struc­tural ele­ment for build­ing stair­way #5—which will con­nect the new facility’s lower and ground floor lev­els on the north side of the building—for instal­la­tion in the near future.

This Week

• Forming work on columns and shear walls on the sec­ond level is ongo­ing.
  
• Shoring and deck­ing con­tin­ues in prepa­ra­tion for con­struc­tion of the third level.
• Work com­mences on the New AAM’s entry canopy struc­ture on the East Hyman Avenue side of the site.
• Fram­ing of the inte­rior wall sys­tem of the New AAM’s lower level continues.
• Waterproofing of the foun­da­tion wall on the east side of the site.
• Our New AAM Construction Team will be observ­ing the Fourth of July hol­i­day. As per City of Aspen man­date, no exte­rior work will be allowed dur­ing the hol­i­day in the Central Resort Area. Construction on the New AAM will be tem­porar­ily sus­pended in com­pli­ance. Work will resume on Friday, July 5, on schedule.
• This is the 38th week of con­struc­tion on the New AAM facil­ity. Thus far there have been over 36,000 man-hours of labor clocked by our build­ing team members!

Next Week

• Backfill, com­paction, and water­proof­ing of the foun­da­tion wall on the east side of the site con­tin­ues.
  
• Work on the entry canopy struc­ture on the East Hyman Avenue side of the site continues.
• Framing of the inte­rior wall sys­tem of the New AAM’s lower level continues.

Construction Notes

New AAM con­struc­tion team mem­ber Stresscon Corporation designs, fab­ri­cates, and erects qual­ity struc­tural and archi­tec­tural pre­cast con­crete struc­tures through­out Colorado and the Rocky Mountain region.

Founded in 1967 and a mem­ber of the EnCon Companies since 1993, Stresscon spe­cial­izes in insti­tu­tional and com­mer­cial appli­ca­tions. Stresscon’s project teams of pro­fes­sional engi­neers and tech­ni­cians pro­vide pre-construction ser­vices, con­cep­tual stud­ies, and ben­e­fi­cial design col­lab­o­ra­tion. We are proud to have them as a mem­ber of our New AAM con­struc­tion team.

Last Week

• Layout of the inte­rior wall sys­tem on the New AAM’s lower level com­menced.
  
• Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing rough-ins on the sec­ond level were ongo­ing, and rein­forc­ing steel work, shoring, and deck­ing were completed.
• Backfill and com­paction work was ongo­ing along the north side of the site.
• Installation of post-tension cables within the second-level slab was accom­plished and the slab poured.

This Week

• The post-tension cables within the second-level slab are sched­uled to be ten­sioned early in the week—once the con­crete reaches 75% strength.
  
• Shoring and deck­ing com­mences on the sec­ond level in prepa­ra­tion for con­struc­tion of the New AAM’s third level.
• Columns and shear walls are being formed on the second-level slab to delin­eate the struc­tural ele­ments of Gallery One—the largest gallery space within the New AAM at 3,926 square feet.
• Work on the fram­ing of the inte­rior wall sys­tem on the New AAM’s lower level continues.
• Backfill, com­paction, and water­proof­ing of the foun­da­tion wall along the north side of the site is completed.

Next Week

• Columns and shear walls on the sec­ond level slab are ongo­ing.
  
• Shoring and deck­ing con­tin­ues in prepa­ra­tion for con­struc­tion of the third level.
• Commencement of work on the New AAM’s entry canopy struc­ture on the East Hyman Avenue side of the site begins.
• Backfill, com­paction, and water­proof­ing of the foun­da­tion wall will com­mence on the east side of the site.

Last Week

• Shoring and deck­ing for the sec­ond level was ongoing.
• Reinforcing steel work and Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) rough-ins commenced.
• Installation of post-tension cables for the second-level slab commenced.
• Backfill and com­paction com­menced along the north side of the site.

This Week

• Layout of the inte­rior wall sys­tem on the New AAM’s lower level com­mences. Walls will begin being erected on this level, with Bouma Construction crews work­ing in con­sul­ta­tion with New AAM local archi­tect of record Cottle Carr Yaw Architects (CCY).
  For more about CCY, please visit the
  New AAM con­struc­tion web­site.
• MEP rough-ins on the sec­ond level are ongoing.
• Reinforcing steel work, shoring, and deck­ing on the sec­ond level will be completed.
• The sec­ond level slab will be poured.

Next Week

• The post-tension cables within the second-level slab will be ten­sioned once the con­crete reaches 75% strength.
• Columns and shear walls will begin to be formed on the second-level slab to delin­eate the struc­tural ele­ments of gallery one. Gallery one is the largest gallery space within the New AAM, com­pris­ing an area of 3,926 square feet.
• Shoring and deck­ing com­mences on the sec­ond level in prepa­ra­tion for con­struc­tion of the New AAM’s third level.

Construction Notes

Known for his wall draw­ings and large-scale works on paper that employ iconic struc­tures such as the top-ten list to cre­ate uniquely per­sonal por­traits based on the musi­cal pas­sions of their sub­jects, Los Angeles–based artist Dave Muller is cre­at­ing a new work for the walk­ways on the site of the New AAM.

The new mural will incor­po­rate imagery from Muller’s Three Day Weekend held in Aspen over Presidents’ Day week­end 2013, dur­ing which AAM vis­i­tors were invited to bring a favorite object for Muller to trans­late into a one-of-a-kind T-shirt. On one cov­ered walk­way, passersby will encounter some of Muller’s favorite things, while the other will fea­ture some of Aspen’s favorite things.

Muller’s project fol­lows on the suc­cess of Kay Rosen’s Construction Zone, which was exhib­ited on the site from June 2012 through last week.

Visit the AAM web­site for more about Muller’s work.

Last Week

• Shoring, deck­ing, and form­work for the second-level slab commenced.
• Reinforcing steel work and mechan­i­cal, elec­tri­cal, and plumb­ing (MEP) prepa­ra­tion was ongoing.
• Shear walls and columns were poured on the street-level slab for the freight ele­va­tor shaft and street-level gallery spaces two and three, as well as on the south (alley side) and south­east cor­ners of the site.

This Week

• Reinforcing steel work and MEP prepa­ra­tion com­mences on the second-level slab.
• Shoring and deck­ing for the sec­ond level is ongoing.
• Installation of post-tension cables for the second-level slab commences.

The New Aspen Art Museum con­struc­tion web­site
Click here to catch up on our progress, revisit past issues of the New AAM Now e-newsletter, and watch time-lapse con­struc­tion video of the New AAM facility.

Next Week

• Reinforcing steel work, shoring, and deck­ing on the sec­ond level will be completed.
• MEP rough-ins on the sec­ond level are ongoing.
• Layout of the inte­rior wall sys­tem on the New AAM’s lower level com­mences, and plates for the wall struc­tures will be set by mem­bers of the Bouma Construction team toward the end of the week.

Construction Notes

NEW AAM CONSTRUCTION TEAM MEMBERS BOUMA CONSTRUCTION

Founded over 60 years ago by broth­ers John and Paul Bouma, Bouma Construction has grown into a nation­ally rec­og­nized, full-service com­mer­cial con­struc­tion firm that spe­cial­izes in prac­ti­cal, work­able, and cost-effective build­ing solu­tions. Comprised of experts from mul­ti­ple pro­fes­sions, Bouma teams have worked on notable local resorts, includ­ing the Viceroy Snowmass and St. Regis in Aspen. Their con­tri­bu­tion to the New AAM project begins with coor­di­na­tion and lay­out of the first ele­ments of the inte­rior wall sys­tems on the new facility’s lower level. Bouma is respon­si­ble for all inte­rior and exte­rior fram­ing, dry­wall, and acousti­cal plas­ter work on the New AAM.

Last Week

• Mechanical, elec­tri­cal, and plumb­ing (MEP) rough-ins at the street-level slab were ongoing.
• The pour­ing of con­crete for the street-level slab was accomplished—with 317 cubic yards poured on this level. Post-tensioned con­crete slabs form the New AAM’s first, sec­ond, and third lev­els, max­i­miz­ing gallery wall space and cre­at­ing an open floor plan with clear spans.
• Construction of the ground-level shear walls commenced.

This Week

• Shoring, deck­ing, and form­work for the second-level slab commenced.
• Reinforcing steel work and MEP prepa­ra­tion is ongo­ing on the second-level slab.
• Shear walls and columns are being poured on the street-level slab, to delin­eate ver­ti­cal and hor­i­zon­tal struc­tural ele­ments of the freight ele­va­tor shaft and street-level gallery spaces two and three, as well as on the south (alley side) and south­east cor­ners of the site.

Next Week

• Reinforcing steel work and MEP prepa­ra­tion con­tin­ues on the second-level slab dur­ing the early part of the week.
• Work on shoring and deck­ing for the sec­ond level will be ongo­ing, as will the instal­la­tion of post-tension cables for the second-level slab.

Construction Notes

MEET NEW ELECTRIC PROJECT MANAGER TOM SULLIVAN

Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, New Electric Project Manager Tom Sullivan is a 33-year res­i­dent of Glenwood Springs and has worked on indus­trial, com­mer­cial, and large-scale res­i­den­tial projects through­out the Roaring Fork Valley.

Tom’s career as an elec­tri­cian has cov­ered such diverse ground as a stint in the mid-1970s on the Alaska Pipeline Project, and dur­ing the late 70s on elec­tri­cal sys­tems for water and waste water plants through­out Colorado. Here in the val­ley, he has acted as the PM on such jobs as the RFTA Bus Maintenance Facility, the 1980s Wheeler Opera House remodel, as well as the recent and exten­sive Snowmass Base Village project, among many others.

Tom’s work on the New AAM con­sists largely of coor­di­nat­ing mate­ri­als and act­ing as liai­son to other trades and sub­con­trac­tors, as well as sched­ul­ing the instal­la­tion of elec­tri­cal fix­tures of all types. Tom describes his work on the build­ing as both “chal­leng­ing” and “excit­ing,” explain­ing that poured con­crete meth­ods like those being employed on the new facil­ity mean that coor­di­na­tion of each MEP ele­ment must be accu­rately planned and done precisely—in order and on time. He cites the vital impor­tance of build­ing infor­ma­tion mod­el­ing (BIM) coor­di­na­tion in mak­ing sure his job goes smoothly and in achiev­ing effi­cient results for every­one involved.

Tom says he is also excited to be work­ing with the New AAM’s light­ing sys­tems, which will incor­po­rate the lat­est in energy-efficient LED tech­nol­ogy. We are very glad to have Tom work­ing along­side other mem­bers of our con­struc­tion team, lend­ing his valu­able expe­ri­ence to a museum that, as he points out, will truly be “state of the art.”

Last Week

• Continuation of mechan­i­cal, elec­tri­cal, and plumb­ing (MEP) rough-ins at the street-level slab.
• Installation of “post-tension” cables—an impor­tant aspect of the spe­cific con­crete con­struc­tion method used on the New AAM. Post-tensioned con­crete slabs form the building’s first, sec­ond, and third lev­els. This type of struc­ture was cho­sen to help max­i­mize gallery wall space and to facil­i­tate an open floor plan with clear spans.
• Preparations were made for the pour­ing of the street-level slab, includ­ing set­ting of “Bang-It” con­crete inserts to facil­i­tate sub­se­quent instal­la­tion of pipes, duct­work, elec­tri­cal, con­duit, and fram­ing ele­ments through­out the struc­ture. Over 1,200 of the round, threaded, plastic-sleeved pieces (roughly 2.5 inches tall, see photo below) are installed in strate­gic loca­tions through­out the facility’s deck­ing to allow easy “tie-in” or attach­ment for var­i­ous con­struc­tion com­po­nents. Color-coded to make them eas­ily iden­ti­fi­able to each trade, the place­ment of these impor­tant tools are all accounted for within the build­ing infor­ma­tion mod­el­ing (BIM) and design plan. BIM coor­di­na­tion facil­i­tates con­struc­tion team preplanning—eliminating unnec­es­sary delays dur­ing instal­la­tion. BIM pre­plan­ning saves hours and even days of poten­tial rework­ing and con­flict res­o­lu­tion in the field.

This Week

• The pour­ing of con­crete for the street-level slab will be accom­plished, and once the con­crete reaches 75% strength, the post-tension cables within the slab will be tensioned.
• Shoring, deck­ing, and form­ing work on the second-level slab commences.

Next Week

• Reinforcing steel work and MEP prepa­ra­tion will be ongo­ing on the second-level slab.
• Preparation work for the sec­ond level con­tin­ues with shoring, deck­ing, and instal­la­tion of post-tension cables.
• Shear walls and columns will be erected on the street-level slab to begin delin­eat­ing the ver­ti­cal and hor­i­zon­tal struc­tural ele­ments of the freight ele­va­tor shaft, street-level gallery spaces two and three, as well as the south (alley side) and south­east cor­ner of the site—the future loca­tion of the New AAM’s edu­ca­tion work­shop space.

Last Week

• Continuation of form­ing for the street-level slab, includ­ing shoring and decking.
• Mechanical, elec­tri­cal, and plumb­ing (MEP) rough-ins com­menced at the street-level slab.
• Project Superintendent Tim Bottger gave the AAM Community Advisory Committee a tour of the New AAM site to update them on our excit­ing progress.
• The con­struc­tion of the New AAM has accu­mu­lated 164 days of work. Averaging 37 work­ers per day this month—70% of which are local—the project has, to date, accounted for over 28,000 worker hours on site.

This Week

• Continuation of MEP rough-ins at the street-level slab.
• Installation of “post-tension” cables begins—an impor­tant aspect of the spe­cific con­crete con­struc­tion method used on the New AAM. The slabs that form the sec­ond– and third-level gallery floors are called “post-tensioned slabs.” In addi­tion to nor­mal rein­forc­ing bars, these slabs also have high-strength cables that run through lubri­cated sleeves; when the con­crete is strong enough, the cables are ten­sioned using hydraulic jacks and they lit­er­ally lift the slab up to help carry the load. This kind of struc­ture was cho­sen for the New AAM facil­ity pri­mar­ily because, as the slabs them­selves are very thin, they help max­i­mize gallery wall space and facil­i­tate an open floor plan with clear spans.
• Pouring of the street-level slab.

Next Week

• The “post-tension” cables in the street-level slab will be tensioned.
• The lower-level pre­cast stair will be erected. This stair will access the three gal­leries on the lower level.
• Shoring and deck­ing to form the second-level slab commences.

Construction Notes

Meet Turner Construction Project Engineer Brad Fry

An Olathe, Kansas native, Brad Fry grad­u­ated from Kansas State University with a degree in Construction Science and Management. Upon grad­u­a­tion, Brad began work­ing for Turner Construction in Denver on the Centennial Center Park.

For his work on the New AAM, Brad relo­cated to Snowmass Village last fall and has spent his spare time since enjoy­ing all of the activ­i­ties that the Roaring Fork Valley has to offer. When Brad is not in the Turner Construction Office, he enjoys snow­board­ing and other sports, as well as play­ing the drums.

As New AAM Project Engineer, Brad han­dles a vari­ety of respon­si­bil­i­ties, includ­ing review­ing shop draw­ings and sub­mis­sions to check the lay­out of items sched­uled for instal­la­tion in the field, keep­ing doc­u­ments in order such as requests for infor­ma­tion (RFIs) and updated draw­ings, and ensur­ing mate­ri­als are ordered and fab­ri­cated on time, as well as answer­ing ques­tions the project sub­con­trac­tors may have on a daily basis. We are very glad to have Brad’s skilled atten­tion to detail to assist in mak­ing the con­struc­tion of the New AAM move ahead effi­ciently and on sched­ule for our sum­mer 2014 opening.

Last Week

• Forming of the street-level slab com­mences, includ­ing shoring (ver­ti­cal ele­ments) and hor­i­zon­tal decking.
• New AAM team mem­bers cel­e­brated the pour­ing of the slab on grade (lower level) with an on-site bar­be­cue. We are grate­ful for everyone’s hard work in get­ting us to this sig­nif­i­cant moment in our con­struc­tion process.

This Week

• Continuation of form­ing for the street-level slab.
• Mechanical, elec­tri­cal, and plumb­ing (MEP) rough-ins com­mence at the street-level slab.

Next Week

• Continuation of MEP rough-ins at the street-level slab.
• Installation of “post-tension” cables begin—an impor­tant aspect of the spe­cific con­crete con­struc­tion method used on the New AAM. The slabs that form the sec­ond– and third-level gallery floors are called “post-tensioned slabs.” In addi­tion to nor­mal rein­forc­ing bars, these slabs also have high-strength cables that run through lubri­cated sleeves; when the con­crete is strong enough, the cables are ten­sioned using hydraulic jacks and they lit­er­ally lift the slab up to help carry the load. This kind of struc­ture was cho­sen for the New AAM facil­ity pri­mar­ily because, as the slabs them­selves are very thin, they help max­i­mize gallery wall space and facil­i­tate an open floor plan with clear spans.

Construction Notes

Last Week

• Underslab insu­la­tion processes and MEP work were performed.
• Work on the mezzanine-level mechan­i­cal room structure.
• Setting of mechan­i­cal equip­ment on the lower level.
• Our team has logged over 25,000 man hours to date con­struct­ing the New AAM facility!

This Week

• Pouring of the slab on grade (lower level)—yet another major mile­stone in the com­ple­tion of the lower level of the New AAM.
• Forming of the street-level slab com­mences, includ­ing shoring (ver­ti­cal ele­ments) and hor­i­zon­tal decking.

Next Week

• Continuation of form­ing for the street-level slab.
• MEP rough-ins com­mence at the street-level slab.

Construction Notes

MEET NEW AAM CONSTRUCTION TEAM MEMBERS KL&A, Inc.

Structural engi­neer­ing ser­vices on the New AAM are being per­formed by Rocky Mountain region struc­tural engineers/builders KL&A. Known for cre­ativ­ity, econ­omy, respon­sive­ness, and a clear under­stand­ing of client needs, KL&A has 22 licensed engi­neers in most states west of the Mississippi and prides itself on being able to pro­vide eco­nomic struc­tural solu­tions even for com­plex struc­tures. The com­pany has an office nearby in Basalt, as well as two larger offices in Golden and Loveland. KL&A is well known for its unique sen­si­tiv­ity to the rela­tion­ship of archi­tec­tural design to struc­ture and for care­fully coor­di­nat­ing between disciplines—skills that make KL&A a huge asset and an inte­gral part­ner in build­ing the New AAM. You can learn more at www.klaa.com.

Last Week

• Underslab insu­la­tion processes, MEP, and HVAC work continued.
• Work on the mezzanine-level mechan­i­cal room con­tin­ued with steel erec­tion tak­ing place.
• Pouring of the north foun­da­tion wall was com­pleted, thereby fin­ish­ing the foun­da­tion process! Congratulations to Turner Construction and all the mem­bers of our con­struc­tion team on the accom­plish­ment of this major mile­stone in the New AAM project! 

This Week

• Underslab insu­la­tion processes and MEP work are completed.
• Pouring of the slab on grade (lower level)—yet another major mile­stone in the com­ple­tion of the lower level of the New AAM.
• Work on the mezzanine-level mechan­i­cal room struc­ture is ongoing.
• Setting of mechan­i­cal equip­ment on lower level.

Next Week

• Forming of the street-level slab con­tin­ues, includ­ing shoring (ver­ti­cal ele­ments) and hor­i­zon­tal decking.

Construction Notes

Meet AAM Construction Team Member Roy Haycock of RK Mechanical

A native of Glenwood Springs and a cur­rent res­i­dent of New Castle, Colorado, RK Mechanical Plumbing Foreman Roy Haycock has worked with RK in two sep­a­rate stints since the early 1980s. In that time he has worked on numer­ous com­mer­cial projects through­out the Roaring Fork Valley includ­ing The Little Nell in Aspen, Aspen Elementary School, the Viceroy in Snowmass, and as project super­in­ten­dent of the new restau­rant at Elk Camp on Snowmass Mountain. Haycock is cur­rently in charge of all field instal­la­tion activ­i­ties for the dura­tion of the project for all of the New AAM’s plumb­ing and hydronic sys­tems: from sus­tain­able water heat­ing and cool­ing and radi­ant floor heat­ing to inter­fac­ing with HVAC sys­tems and the facility’s snow melt sys­tem. The New AAM will have over seven miles of pipe run­ning through­out the facility!

Roy may also hold the dis­tinc­tion of being one of the few con­struc­tion team mem­bers to have worked on both the New AAM as well as the Aspen Art Museum’s cur­rent facil­ity on North Mill Street dur­ing his long career in the val­ley. In his spare time, Roy is very involved as a vol­un­teer with the Cub Scouts in New Castle with his now seven-year-old son. Their most recent project together was tree plant­ing on Arbor Day. We are very pleased to have Roy’s exper­tise as one of the many qual­i­fied local con­struc­tion team mem­bers work­ing on the New AAM for the next gen­er­a­tions of res­i­dents and vis­i­tors alike.

Last Week

• Slab prepa­ra­tion and mechan­i­cal, elec­tri­cal, and plumb­ing (MEP) work con­tin­ued through­out the site.
• Forming and pour­ing of shear walls and the east wall of the foundation.

This Week

• Underslab insu­la­tion processes and MEP work.
• Removal of lag­ging and beam struc­tures along the East Hyman Avenue side of the site.
• Work on the mezzanine-level mechan­i­cal room.
• Completion of the pour­ing of the north foun­da­tion wall.

Next Week

• Underslab insu­la­tion processes and MEP work will be completed.
• Pouring of the slab on grade (lower level).
• Removal of the lag­ging and beam struc­tures along the East Hyman Avenue side of the site will be completed.
• Work on the mezzanine-level mechan­i­cal room struc­ture continues.
• Commencement of the form­ing of the street-level slab.

Construction Notes

TURNER’S “LEAN BUILDING” PRACTICES

One of the pri­mary rea­sons that the New AAM project remains on sched­ule is due to the Turner Construction team’s imple­men­ta­tion of a prac­tice known as “lean build­ing,” which has its roots in man­u­fac­tur­ing processes devel­oped by the Toyota Motor Company in Japan. The goals of lean prac­tices are to increase pro­duc­tiv­ity and effi­ciency while reduc­ing waste and to fos­ter a team cul­ture that relies on con­tin­u­ous improve­ment and learn­ing. Lean prac­tices take into con­sid­er­a­tion long-term decision-making, fos­ter­ing lead­er­ship that teaches from the top down while also invest­ing in employee sat­is­fac­tion and assis­tance to col­lab­o­ra­tors, project sup­pli­ers, and part­ners to help achieve a par­ity of sim­i­lar pro­duc­tiv­ity in turn.

One of the many ele­ments that turn the phi­los­o­phy into prac­tice is the use of Building Information Modeling (BIM) in every phase of design, plan­ning, and the actual con­struc­tion in order to antic­i­pate each poten­tial sce­nario and pro­ce­dural step in the sched­ule (see images above illus­trat­ing pho­to­graphic and cor­re­spond­ing BIM views of the New AAM lower-level mechan­i­cal room). A major ben­e­fit of BIM coor­di­na­tion is that it allows the team to fix all pipe, duct, and light­ing con­flicts before­hand so that all of the fab­ri­ca­tion can be accom­plished off-site—thus elim­i­nat­ing field cuts, welds, and the delays of mak­ing adjust­ments at the time of actual instal­la­tion. All of the BIM pre­plan­ning saves hours and, in some cases, even days of poten­tial rework­ing and con­flict res­o­lu­tion in the field.

This rig­or­ous approach not only means that even the most com­plex tasks and projects are brought in on time and on bud­get, but also that they are done so safely and to the max­i­mum sat­is­fac­tion of every project stakeholder—from worker to client.

ALLEY CLOSURES CONTINUE THROUGH APRIL 26

A reminder that rou­tine clo­sures of the alley bor­der­ing the south side of the project site are ongo­ing from 8 am to 5:30 pm every day through Friday, April 26. Turner Construction is installing steel plat­ing over the exca­va­tions dur­ing these activ­i­ties to ensure pub­lic safety.

Last Week

• Mechanical, elec­tri­cal, and plumb­ing (MEP) rough-in con­tin­ued with a focus along the east side of the site.
• Extensive slab prepa­ra­tion work con­tin­ued through­out the site.
• The com­ple­tion of the pour­ing of foot­ings along the east side of the site means that the foot­ings are 100% complete.
• AAM con­struc­tion team mem­bers met to par­tic­i­pate in “Pull-Planning” ses­sions. Pull-planning is a process of cre­at­ing a reli­able sched­ule by deter­min­ing inter­me­di­ate project milestones—each rep­re­sented by a sticky note placed on a wall to des­ig­nate the time dur­ing which the activ­i­ties will be com­pleted (see photo below). Responsible per­son­nel rep­re­sent­ing each sub­con­trac­tor fill out dif­fer­ent color notes list­ing their task(s) and the dura­tion, and not­ing any per­ti­nent work needed to be com­pleted prior. These notes are then placed in reverse chrono­log­i­cal order from the desired end-goal date or project mile­stone. This visual process allows all per­son­nel in the room to inter­act and antic­i­pate their tasks in rela­tion to those of other team mem­bers and to ref­er­ence a model time­line in order to under­stand exactly what will need to take place prior to start­ing their own tasks or hand­ing their com­pleted work over to coworkers.Topics dis­cussed were related to all ele­ments of the build­ing con­struc­tion, from lower floor slab fin­ish through exte­rior enve­lope plan­ning and inte­rior archi­tec­tural fin­ish oper­a­tions, and par­tic­i­pants included Turner Construction and sub­con­trac­tors from Bouma Corporation, Douglass Colony, Harmon Incorporated, New Electric, Pioneer Steel Inc., RK Mechanical, RK Specialties, S2M Construction, and Simplex Grinnell.

This Week

• Slab prepa­ra­tion and MEP work is cul­mi­nat­ing through­out the site.
• The form­ing and pour­ing of the east wall of the foun­da­tion per­pen­dic­u­lar to East Hyman Avenue.

Next Week

• Underslab insu­la­tion processes and MEP work.
• Removal of lag­ging and beam struc­tures along the East Hyman Avenue side of the site.
• Work on the mez­za­nine level mechan­i­cal room structure.

Construction Notes

ALLEY CLOSURES THROUGH APRIL 26

A reminder that rou­tine daily clo­sures of the alley bor­der­ing the south side of the project site are ongo­ing through Friday, April 26, with work begin­ning at 8 am each morn­ing and com­pleted by 5:30 pm each day. Turner Construction is installing steel plat­ing over the exca­va­tions dur­ing these activ­i­ties to ensure pub­lic safety.

Last Week

• Reinforcing steel work, water­proof­ing, and form­work was per­formed along the entire east side of the site—from the cor­ner of East Hyman Avenue to the alley per­pen­dic­u­lar to South Spring Street.
• Preparatory work for the pour­ing of the lower floor slab moved for­ward through­out the site.
• New AAM con­struc­tion team mem­bers worked on the elec­tri­cal and plumb­ing sys­tems in prepa­ra­tion for fur­ther pour­ing of con­crete elements.

This Week

• Mechanical, elec­tri­cal, and plumb­ing (MEP) rough-in con­tin­ues with a focus along the east side of the site.
• Extensive slab prepa­ra­tion work con­tin­ues through­out the site, includ­ing under­slab insu­la­tion processes and the rough-in of elec­tri­cal floor recep­ta­cles as the week progresses.
• Pouring of foot­ings along the east side of the site as well as the mechan­i­cal room slab.

Next Week

• Slab prepa­ra­tion work will be cul­mi­nat­ing through­out the site dur­ing the first part of the week, includ­ing under­slab insu­la­tion processes and MEP work, as well as pre­lim­i­nary work on the building’s HVAC systems.
• The form­ing of the east wall of the foun­da­tion, per­pen­dic­u­lar to East Hyman Avenue.
• Work on the mez­za­nine (sec­ond level) of the mechan­i­cal room will con­tinue on the south/southeast cor­ner of the site.

Construction Notes

Throughout the New AAM project, our con­struc­tion team will fab­ri­cate mod­els of select ele­ments of the new facil­ity in order to make sure that the planned design as pre­sented by the project archi­tects can be seam­lessly con­structed in the field at the new site. In addi­tion to pro­vid­ing an oppor­tu­nity for visual inspec­tion and review, these mock-ups also serve as tem­plates for con­struc­tion team mem­bers to refer to on an ongo­ing basis.

NEW AAM LIGHTING MOCK-UP

On Tuesday, April 2nd, AAM Nancy and Bob Magoon CEO and Director Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson met the AAM con­struc­tion team at a ware­house in Gypsum, Colorado, to inspect the first mock-up of the project. In addi­tion to test­ing the planned air han­dling sys­tem, the team also reviewed the ambi­ent light­ing plan for the gallery spaces of the building.

Be sure to look for more forth­com­ing reports on New AAM test ele­ments and mock-ups, includ­ing con­crete test pours for the ceil­ings, gallery walls, and the New AAM’s exte­rior screen.

ALLEY CLOSURES APRIL 8–26

A reminder that rou­tine daily clo­sures of the alley bor­der­ing the south side of the project site will be ongo­ing through April 26. Work in the alley begins at 8 am each morn­ing and is com­pleted by 5:30 pm each day. Turner Construction is installing steel plat­ing over the exca­va­tions dur­ing these activ­i­ties to ensure the safety of the public.

Last Week

• Mechanical, elec­tri­cal, and plumb­ing rough-in (MEP), water­proof­ing, and rein­forc­ing steel work con­tin­ued along with work on the New AAM’s under­drain system.
• Pouring of the south foun­da­tion wall was com­pleted and spread foot­ing work occurred along and around the east side of the site.
• Construction equip­ment is being moved out of the area to con­tinue prepa­ra­tions for pour­ing of the New AAM’s lower floor slab.

This Week

• Reinforcing steel work, water­proof­ing, and form­work move for­ward along the entire east side of the site—from the cor­ner of East Hyman Avenue to the alley per­pen­dic­u­lar to South Spring Street.
• Preparatory work for the pour­ing of the lower floor slab is ongo­ing through­out the site.
• New AAM con­struc­tion team mem­bers are work­ing on the elec­tri­cal and plumb­ing sys­tems in prepa­ra­tion for fur­ther pour­ing of con­crete elements.

Next Week

• Commencement of util­ity ser­vice tie-ins will begin on Monday and con­tinue through­out the month of April. (See details in con­struc­tion notes sec­tion below.)
• MEP rough-in con­tin­ues with a focus along the east side of the site.
• Slab prepa­ra­tion work con­tin­ues through­out the site, includ­ing under­slab insu­la­tion processes and the rough-in of elec­tri­cal floor recep­ta­cles as the week progresses.

Construction Notes

ALLEY CLOSURES APRIL 8–26

A reminder that rou­tine daily clo­sures of the alley bor­der­ing the south side of the project site will be ongo­ing begin­ning on April 8 and con­tin­u­ing through April 26. These activ­i­ties are being per­formed in order to facil­i­tate removal of shoring mate­ri­als; install gas, water, sewer, and elec­tric tie-ins; and back­fill and install fin­ished paving in the affected areas. Work in the alley begins at 8 am each morn­ing and is com­pleted by 5:30 pm each day. Our con­struc­tion team’s goal is to have this work com­pleted dur­ing the least impact­ful time of year (spring, or “mud sea­son”). Turner Construction is installing steel plat­ing over the exca­va­tions dur­ing these activ­i­ties to pro­tect our neigh­bors and the public.

Last Week

• Foundation work moved for­ward on the south side of the site.
• Mechanical, elec­tri­cal, and plumb­ing rough-in (MEP) was ongo­ing near the New AAM mechan­i­cal room, with spe­cific focus on the New AAM’s under­drain system.
• Turner Construction removed the exca­va­tor from the site to make way for under­slab rough-in.

This Week

• MEP, water­proof­ing, and rein­forc­ing steel work con­tinue, as well as work on the under­drain system.
• Pouring of the south foun­da­tion wall.
• Spread foot­ing work along and around the east side of the site.
• Over the next few weeks, con­struc­tion equip­ment is being moved out of the area to pre­pare for work on the New AAM’s lower floor slab.

Next Week

• Reinforcing steel work, water­proof­ing, and form­work will move for­ward along the entire east side of the site, from the cor­ner of East Hyman Avenue to the alley per­pen­dic­u­lar to South Spring Street.
• Preparatory work for pour­ing the lower floor slab will be ongo­ing through­out the site—a very impor­tant mile­stone for the project!
• New AAM con­struc­tion team mem­bers New Electric and RK Mechanical will be doing exten­sive work on the elec­tri­cal and plumb­ing sys­tems in prepa­ra­tion for fur­ther pour­ing of con­crete elements.
• Commencement of util­ity ser­vice tie-in. (See details in con­struc­tion notes sec­tion below.)

Construction Notes

ALLEY CLOSURES APRIL 1–19

The New AAM con­struc­tion team is noti­fy­ing con­struc­tion site neigh­bors regard­ing rou­tine daily clo­sures of the alley on the south side of the project site from April 1 through 19 in order to facil­i­tate removal of shoring mate­ri­als; install gas, water, sewer, and elec­tric tie-ins; as well as to back­fill and install fin­ished paving in the affected areas. Work in the alley will begin at 8 am each morn­ing and will be com­pleted by 5:30 pm each day. Our con­struc­tion team is com­plet­ing this work dur­ing the least impact­ful period of the year (spring, or “mud sea­son”). Turner Construction will install steel plat­ing over the exca­va­tions dur­ing these activ­i­ties to pro­tect our neigh­bors and the public.

Last Week

• Backfill and com­paction work was ongo­ing around the lower-level mechan­i­cal room and water­proof­ing con­tin­ued through­out the site.
• The shear walls of the New AAM freight ele­va­tor were poured. This ele­va­tor will be used exten­sively to trans­port art­work to all six of the new facility’s galleries.
• The north and west foun­da­tion walls were completed.
• Installation of rebar and the pour­ing of con­crete were ongo­ing through­out the site.

This Week

• Foundation work moves for­ward on the south side of the site.
• Mechanical, elec­tri­cal, and plumb­ing rough-in (MEP) is ongo­ing near the New AAM mechan­i­cal room, with spe­cific focus on the New AAM’s under­drain sys­tem in that area. The under­drain sys­tem is an inte­gral ele­ment in the envi­ron­men­tally sound dis­posal of any water accu­mu­lat­ing at the low­est part of the site.
• As we pro­ceed for­ward toward the pour­ing of the lower floor slab of the New AAM, con­struc­tion equip­ment is being moved out of the area. This week, Turner Construction will remove the exca­va­tor from the site to make way for crews to fin­ish work as we pre­pare for this very impor­tant mile­stone of the project.

Next Week

• MEP rough-in, water­proof­ing, and rein­forc­ing steel work will continue.
• Pouring of the south foun­da­tion wall.
• Reinforcing steel work, water­proof­ing, and form­work will move for­ward along the entire east side of the site from the cor­ner of East Hyman Avenue to the alley par­al­lel to South Spring Street.

Construction Notes

AAM Team Members New Electric

New Electric is an Avon, Colorado-based elec­tri­cal con­trac­tor spe­cial­iz­ing in com­mer­cial projects large and small. Serving the Colorado high coun­try for almost forty years, New Electric’s highly qual­i­fied staff has over 200 years of com­bined expe­ri­ence proudly serv­ing Eagle, Lake, Garfield, Grand, Pitkin, Routt, and Summit coun­ties. New Electric has been work­ing on the elec­tri­cal aspects of the MEP work on the site. We thank them for their efforts and for being part of the AAM con­struc­tion team.

Last Week

• During week twenty in the process of our New AAM project we con­tin­ued to move for­ward on sched­ule. Thanks to Turner Construction and all our AAM project team mem­bers for keep­ing us on time and on track!
• The lower-level mechan­i­cal room foun­da­tion wall was poured.
• Work con­tin­ued around the freight ele­va­tor and at the north foun­da­tion wall.
• Waterproofing, instal­la­tion of rebar, and pour­ing of con­crete were ongoing.

This Week

• Backfill and com­paction work is ongo­ing around the lower-level mechan­i­cal room, and water­proof­ing work con­tin­ues through­out the site.
• Reinforcing steel and con­crete work on the New AAM’s shear walls are ongo­ing through­out the week. As build­ings are designed to han­dle the forces of both ver­ti­cal and hor­i­zon­tal load­ing, shear walls are con­structed at appro­pri­ately spaced inter­vals not only to sup­port ver­ti­cal load­ing from the top of the struc­ture down­ward (in con­junc­tion with the foot­ings), but also to aid in the trans­fer­ence and dis­tri­b­u­tion of hor­i­zon­tal loads out­ward to the sur­round­ing foun­da­tion walls (in con­cert with forth­com­ing floor and truss elements).
• The north foun­da­tion wall will be com­pleted and the west foun­da­tion wall will be commenced.

Next Week

• “Spread foot­ing” foun­da­tional work will be per­formed on the south and east sides of the site. In foun­da­tion design, the bear­ing capac­ity of both the sur­round­ing soil and the col­umn loads of the build­ing must be con­sid­ered. Spread foot­ing foun­da­tions are part of an effi­cient and cost-effective method for tak­ing these fac­tors into account.
• Mechanical, elec­tri­cal, and plumb­ing rough-in (MEP) will be ongo­ing near the site of the New AAM mechan­i­cal room.

Construction Notes

RK MECHANICAL

Much of the MEP work on the New AAM has been accom­plished by Denver-based con­struc­tion con­trac­tor RK Mechanical, who devel­ops cus­tomized plumb­ing, pip­ing, sheet metal, HVAC, ser­vice, and steel solu­tions for a wide range of projects around the world. A regional busi­ness with a stel­lar global rep­u­ta­tion for stream­lin­ing mechan­i­cal con­struc­tion processes, RK Mechanical is one of the Rocky Mountain region’s lead­ing mechan­i­cal con­trac­tors with approx­i­mately 450 field per­son­nel, 100 office per­son­nel, and 100 fab­ri­ca­tors on staff. In January 2013, RK Mechanical estab­lished the RK Foundation, whose mis­sion is “to build bet­ter lives by strength­en­ing com­mu­ni­ties and pro­vid­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties for those most in need.” RK Mechanical embraces the oppor­tu­nity to give back and we are proud to have them as a mem­ber of our New AAM con­struc­tion team.

Last Week

• The lower level of the museum is begin­ning to take shape as crews began form­ing the foun­da­tion walls.
• Foundation foot­ings on the south side of the prop­erty were poured. These help spread the ver­ti­cal loads of the building.
• Waterproofing of stem walls and the north foun­da­tion wall, rein­forc­ing steel work, and soil back­fill activ­i­ties were ongo­ing and will con­tinue at var­i­ous loca­tions within the site.

This Week

• Foundation wall activ­ity con­tin­ues at the lower-level mechan­i­cal room. This 1,467 square foot, two-level room will house a myr­iad of equip­ment to allow our new build­ing to run in an envi­ron­men­tally sus­tain­able man­ner while main­tain­ing the proper cli­mate con­trols for the pre­sen­ta­tion of art.
• Work con­tin­ues around the freight ele­va­tor and at the north foun­da­tion wall.
• Waterproofing, instal­la­tion of rebar (short­hand for “rein­forc­ing bar”), and pour­ing of con­crete are ongo­ing. There are roughly 379,000 lbs. of rebar sched­uled to be installed dur­ing the struc­tural phase of con­struc­tion on the New AAM, which, as a point of ref­er­ence, rep­re­sents the approx­i­mate weight of 199 clas­sic Volkswagen Beetles.

Next Week

• Backfill and com­paction work will be ongo­ing around the lower-level mechan­i­cal room.
• The north foun­da­tion wall will be com­pleted and work on the west foun­da­tion wall commences.

Construction Notes

DOUGLASS COLONY

With four offices through­out the state (Commerce City, Greeley, Colorado Springs, and Glenwood Springs), Colorado-based Douglass Colony pro­vides a num­ber of impor­tant con­struc­tion ser­vices through­out the Rocky Mountain region. Douglass Colony crews are cur­rently work­ing at the New AAM to pro­vide their exper­tise in below-grade waterproofing—a process which will ulti­mately pre­vent any mois­ture from pen­e­trat­ing the build­ing struc­ture, reduce the pos­si­bil­ity of leaks, and help sus­tain the struc­tural integrity of the building.