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Colorado Doorways News Headlines - May 2007


Company News

The Building of America - 26 Colorado Doorways Projects Named as Best in Colorado Region

Building of AmericaReal Estate & Construction Review Magazine has created the The Building of America Plaque of Honor. The award names and honors the project managers and owners for their contributions in helping design and build one of the region's 50 most important, innovative or unique new construction or renovation projects.

Colorado Doorways, Inc. is proud to have supplied the doors, frames and hardware on 26 of the 50 projects selected for this prestigious award - far more than any competitor. This is an extraordinary honor and it exemplifies the reasons that Colorado Doorways is the supplier of choice throughout the Colorado region.

We would like to thank the contractors with whom we partnered for these projects including:

Adolfson & Peterson Construction Milender White Construction
FCI Constructors The Neenan Company
Fransen Pittman General Contractors Palace Construction
GE Johnson Construction Company PCL Construction
JE Dunn Construction Saunders Construction
JHL Constructors The Weitz Company
Kiewit Construction W.E. O'Neil Construction
Mark Young Construction White Construction Group

The projects on which Colorado Doorways contributed include:

  • ATLAS Center – University of Colorado
  • Castle Rock Recreation Center Aquatic Addition & Recreation Remodel – Town of Castle Rock
  • The Club at Pradera – Continental Homes
  • Colorado Academy Campus Center Dining Hall
  • Colorado State University Transit Center – City of Fort Collins
  • Glenwood Meadows – Miller Weingarten Realty, LLC
  • Kinard Core Knowledge Junior High School – Poudre Valley School District
  • Littleton Adventist Hospital Expansion & Renovation – Centura Health Partners
  • Medical Center of the Rockies
  • Memorial Hospital North
  • Mesa State New Residence Hall – Mesa State College
  • MorningStar Assisted Living – MacKenzie House, LLC
  • Mountain Range High School – Adams 12 Five Star Schools
  • The Museum Residences – Corporex
  • North High School Renovation & Campus Master Plan – Denver Public Schools
  • Porter Adventist Hospital
  • ProLogis Headquarters
  • Rock Real Community
  • San Juan Cancer Center – Montrose Memorial Hospital
  • San Luis Valley Regional Medical Center
  • Silver Creek Elementary School – Adams 12 Five Star Schools
  • Sky Vista Middle School – Cherry Creek School District #5
  • Twenty Ninth Street – Westcor
  • Villas at Sunny Acres – Centura Health Partners
  • William R. Roberts K-8 School – Denver Public Schools
  • Wolf Law Building – University of Colorado, Boulder

Doorway Solutions now has their own web site!

Our Doorway Solutions division works exclusively with end user and wholesale customers. This market requires a different level of expertise and service capability and Doorway Solutions® was created with that in mind. Now, taking that even further, we have spun off the Doorways Solutions portion of our web site to its own space with content tailored to their customers. Take a look! http://www.doorwaysolutions.com

New Customer Portal Resource - Learn more about Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®).

USBGCLEED is a term that many of our customers are becoming and more and more familiar with. The LEED Green Building Rating System is a voluntary, consensus-based national standard for developing high-performance, sustainable buildings. Members of the U.S. Green Building Council representing all segments of the building industry developed LEED and continue to contribute to its evolution.

Colorado Doorways fully supports the LEED standards and continually works with manufacturers to ensure we offer a full line of products that meet LEED specifications. Please view the new LEED section of our Customer Portal to learn more about LEED and how CDI can help you.


Project News

Colorado Doorways Featured Project, May 2007 - Isle of Capri Casino

Isle of Capri CasinoIsle of Capri Casinos, Inc. operates 18 casinos that attract more than 23 million visitors annually. The Isle of Capri Casino in Black Hawk is one of Colorado's best casinos and the largest in the state. A recent project made it even larger.

Originally built in 1998, the casino was ready to grow and this expansion added 1,200 parking spaces and 164 hotel rooms. The challenge with this project was to build a parking garage, hotel rooms, a 300-seat restaurant, a bar and a casino addition and two enclosed pedestrian bridges without interrupting the operation of the casino. Further complicating matters were the limited amount of space in this mountain gambling town, including a mountain directly behind the casino itself.

Colorado Doorways worked with the construction team to overcome these obstacles and helped to provide a greatly enhanced experience for the Isle of Capri's customers. Colorado Doorways was very proud to have been part of this this extraordinary project.


Product News

Rixson Announces a Pivot Set for the Topless Frame

Rixson Pivot SetNot all doors have headers or at least not easily accessible. Rixson now offers a pivot package that comes with two load bearing intermediate pivots and a bottom pivot--no top pivot.

The model 547 is for use with arch top doors or doors using Rixson’s 0608 or 0700 overhead concealed closer.

The pivot set includes 2 each M190 side jamb pivots and the 147 bottom pivot. The weight bearing capacity is 500#, door widths up to 40”, height to 90 inches. If you have doors that are taller, they can be accommodated by adding an M190 for every 30”.

These are UL listed for 3 hours.

For more details about about the new Rixson 547 pivot set, contact the experts at Colorado Doorways to learn more.