Construction Management Project History CM Cares

This project impacted the lives of several disabled children living in foster care with a family that provides care for the medically fragile members of our community.

Project Scope

• Completed an accessible back yard play area for children that utilizes mobility equipment as part of their daily lives
• Re-decked with composite materials, installed structural support, installed new handrail and accessible ramp
• Converted living space into a therapy room for PT, OT, and education activities for home-schooled children living with disabilities
• Expanded concrete pad area

Major contributors: FCI Constructors, Swinerton

This project included reconfiguring and upgrading an existing bathroom with new finishes; creating and installing new accessible shower space; door opening made wider to allow more space for care.

• Major contributors providing expertise and materials include: Milender White Construction, Merit Electric, MTECH Mechanical, Construction Management Student Board of Directors

This project included remodeling an existing bathroom and adding a small addition for a walk-in closet. The pre-existing restroom was demoed to widen the bathroom door and make an accessible walk-in shower.

• Major contributors providing expertise and materials include: FCI, US Engineering, Encore Electric, Construction Management Student Board of Directors

The Elke project involved reconfiguring an existing bathroom to turn into a powder room; remodel of Elke’s existing closet to be a walk-in shower space; framing in a small nurse’s station.

• Major contributors providing expertise and materials include: Swinerton, Encore Electric, MTECH Mechanical, Construction Management Student Board of Directors

Michael is 26 years old with cerebral palsy and lives at home with his family.  He has significant medical needs and is unable to walk, eat, or breathe on his own. This project included a small home addition to expand a bedroom to accommodate accessible living space.

• Major contributors providing expertise and materials include: FCI, Hord Coplan Macht, JVA, Ground Engineering

Tyler, 13, is one of two sons being raised by a single father.  He has cerebral palsy and cannot ambulate on his own. This project needed an accessible entrance into the home.  It included a carport and an accessible deck to the home, allowing wheelchair use for entrance without having to be carried.

• Major contributors providing expertise and materials include: Milender White, Mike O’Reilly

Terry has cerebral palsy, requiring him to use a wheelchair since birth. He owns his own home that was built in 1905 and lives independently. This project completed a previously started accessible home addition, including a bathroom, as well as landscaping for better accessibility outside the home.

• Major contributors providing expertise and materials include: Swinerton Construction, Elemental Homes, Merit Electric, U.S. Engineering

John was injured during a snowboarding accident and is paralyzed from the neck down and needs wheelchair access with a ramp to front door to include an ADA opener and expansion of patio with access to the front door.

• Major contributors providing expertise and materials include: Hensel Phelps Construction, FCI, Alpine Lumber, Uncle Benny’s Building Supply, Bobcat of the Rockies

Family went through a tragedy where both parents have passed away and left three school aged children behind and are now living with their Aunt and are in need of finishing a walkout basement to include three bedrooms with windows and a bathroom.

• Major contributors providing expertise and materials include: Swinerton Builders, Donaldson Architecture, ISEC, Merit Electric, U.S. Engineering, Haselden Construction, Southwest Regional Carpenters Union, TMA Supply, Gypsum Products, Masters Flooring, Timberline Insulation Inc. & U-Value Efficiency Inc.

Providing ADA bathroom and an outside deck for a family of seven which includes Isaac who is completely disabled and cannot provide any care for himself.

• Major contributors providing expertise and materials include: Mortenson Construction, Elemental Homes, RK Mechanical

Remodeling bathroom to make it accessible for Jaxon a 14-year-old boy with cerebral palsy that uses a wheelchair.

• Major contributors providing expertise and materials include: Beacon Construction, 4Architects

Jonathon Dawoud, a veteran, applied for the project for his son, Levi (8) who is autistic and in need of a safe environment. The project will include modifications to doors, windows, walls, and lighting to make the home more durable for Levi as well as create a new sensory center for him in their home.

Thanks to our donors

• Encore Electric
• GH Phillips
• Mortenson Construction
• Helsel Phelps
• ISEC

The Salem’s have a family of nine including six adopted children that all have special needs. Our project goal is to build a deck and make modifications to the home to make it more accessible for the entire family.

Thanks to our donors

• Swinerton Builders
• Merit Electric
• Kyle Snow
• Gordan Marks
• Drywall Partitions Inc.
• US Engineering
• GH Phillips
• Carpenters Southwest Regional Council Local 510
• Guys Floor Service Inc.
• ISEC
• Jonathan Coppin
• Christopher Lierheimer
• Haselden Construction
• Bobcat of the Rockies
• Webcor Builders
• Allweather Wood
• Mawson Lumber and Hardware
• Alpine Lumber
• Hydro Construction
• Catamount Constructors Inc.

Linda and Chuck Schneider are both retired teachers and challenged with regular daily living since Chuck suffered a stroke. The scope of this project may include a small addition to the home providing an accessible bathroom and safe access to the outdoors.

Thanks to our donors

• ISEC
• Dohn Construction
• PCL Construction
• B and M Roofing
• RBB Architects
• Haseldon Construction
• Sunstate Equipment
• Hensel Phelps
• Mortenson Construction
• Saunders
• CTL Thompson Inc.
• Capco Tile and Stone
• GH Phillips
• Sturgeon Electric
• Connell
• CFM Company
• Universal Forest Products
• Martin Marietta
• Tri-State Concrete and Excavation
• Webcor Builders
• RK Mechanical
• FCI Constructors Inc.
• Adolfson and Peterson Construction
• O’Brien Concrete Pumping
• Hughes
• Bobcat of the Rockies
• Proline Supply
• Diakonos Foundation
• Gordan Marks

Sharon Zamora has had several surgeries, including one on her spine, that have left her with limited mobility and the need to use a wheelchair. She and her husband, Ernie, need several home modifications for wheelchair accessibility. The scope of this project includes access to the backyard and modifications to one of the home’s bathrooms.

Thanks to our donors

• GH Phillips
• Bobcat of the Rockies
• Saunders
• ISEC
• CMBoD
• Crossland Construction Company
• Swinerton Builders
• CSI Construction
• Webcor Builders
• Bestway Concrete and Aggregate
• Merit Electric
• US Engineering Company
• Guys Floor Service
• Alpine Lumber
• Jonathan Coppin
• Diakonos Foundation
• Goran Marks

The scope of this project includes widening the bathroom and adding an accessible vanity and roll-in shower, along with replacing flooring in the bathroom and medical equipment area. Duchene Muscular Dystrophy has made it difficult for Anthony, a 15-year-old boy, to shower in a bathroom that doesn’t allow wheelchair access. He is unable to walk and relies on his mother for all of his daily care.

Thanks to our donors

• Mortenson Construction
• US Engineering
• AES Arlington Electrical Services
• HILTI
• CMBoD
• Milwaukee
• Carpet Exchange
• Root Architecture and Development
• FCI Constructors Inc.

Max is an 8-year-old boy unable to walk or bathe himself. He is homebound with daily seizures and in need of a bathroom that is accessible to make his care easier for his family. The scope of this project involved widening the bathroom and adding a roll-in shower providing a safe environment for his care.

Thanks to our donors

• Swinerton Builders
  
• Delaney’s Electric
• HILTI
• Bobcat of the Rockies
• Milwaukee
• Brian Laartz
• Mike Quade
• Ace Hardware
• BMC Building Materials and Construction Services
• Custom On-Site Inc.
• Mawson Lumber
• Capco Tile and Stone
• Guys Floor Service
• US Engineering
• Dohn Construction
• Slater Paul
• ISEC
• CMBoD
• Fossil Creek Drywall Inc.

The scope of this project includes the addition of a wheelchair accessible home entrance with an outdoor shade structure in the backyard for the whole family to enjoy, including Gavin, who is unable to sit or walk on his own.

Thanks to our donors

• Baker Concrete Construction
• Encore Electric
• HILTI
• Marilyn Norin
• Gallegos Sanitation Inc.
• Bobcat of the Rockies
• Swinerton Builders
• White Cap
• Maximum Painting
• Helsel Phelps
• O’Brien Concrete Pumping
• Lafarge
• Mortenson Construction
• Sullivan Family
• US Engineering

The Sexual Assault Victim Advocate Center, or SAVA, is a nonprofit organization that provides crisis intervention, advocacy, and resources for victims of sexual violence and prevention programs through community interaction and education. The scope of this project is to install a wheelchair accessible entrance for the building and ADA-approved bathroom amenities to meet the needs of clients.

Thanks to our donors

• ISEC
• ACE Hardware
• DBC Construction Company Inc.
• GH Phillips
• Hensel Phelps
• FCI Constructors Inc.
• Apollo Mechanical Contractors
• Mecor
• Harmony Gardens
• Baker Concrete Construction
• Fossil Creek Drywall
• Visual Interest
• Bobcat of the Rockies
• Gregory Electric Inc.
• Custom Building Products
• Lotus Painting

This project involves wheelchair accessible home improvements to allow Chris Walter to continue his love of gardening. Plans include extending the driveway, installing a bay window garden area and planter boxes on the front porch, railings in the shower, and lowering a counter for easier access.

Thanks to our donors

• FCI Constructors
• Haselden Construction
• Adolfson and Peterson Construction
• Front Range Lumber
• Sunstate Equipment Co.
• Roto-Rooter
• Martin Marietta Materials
• Diamond Drilling and Sawing Company
• Saunders
• Mawson Lumber
• Select Concrete Services Inc.

This project involves expansion and modification of a home bathroom to meet ADA guidelines for a nine-year-old boy with limited mobility.

Thank you to our donors

• Scott Anderson
• Murphy Company
• Lakeside Mechanical
• Bret’s Electric
• Larry Welte
• Aaron Nuland
• James Ruder
• Thomas Ruder
• Blaine McBeth
• Marco Diloreti
• Aaron Rieger
• Rachel Gaynor
• Katie Kouns

This project involves bedroom modifications to include secured built-ins, media, and interactive sensory systems in the home of the teenage autistic son of a single mother of three. Fencing installed in the backyard is also included in the project scope.

Thanks to our donors

• Swinerton Builders
• ISEC
• Adolfson and Peterson Construction
• Best Buy
• City of Fort Collins
• Contractors Supply Inc.
• Merit Electric
• Sherwin Williams
• Hageman Earth Cycle
• Air Scape
• Brett Dowgin
• Greg Fox

This project involves installing wheelchair access to the backyard, as well as other home modifications, to improve mobility for James and Libby, 11-year-old twins with Cerebral Palsy. A new deck, wheelchair swing and sandbox were installed in the backyard.

CBS News Colorado-Channel 4 story

Thanks to our donors

• Adolfson and Peterson Construction
• GE Johnson
• ISEC
• Haselden Construction
• Sutherlands Lumber and Design Gallery
• Pioneer Sand Company
• King Soopers
• Ace Hardware
• The Home Depot
• Martin Marietta Materials
• Water Wise and Waterscape
• US Engineering
• JE Dunn Construction
• PCL
• E-Z Pour
• Sunstate Equipment Co.
• Dennis Simonich

Construction Management students enrolled in CON580A2, Applied Sustainable Project Delivery, collaborated with students at Centennial High School to design and construct 12 xylophone stands for new instruments at Bennett Elementary School. The stands will help protect the instruments as well as raise them off the floor for easier playing and teaching.

The stands were constructed with sustainable features, including use of nontoxic materials, salvaged wood, beetle-killed pine, homemade coffee stain, and recycled screws. The stands were unveiled at CSU’s Earth Day Fair on April 18 and then presented to the students of Bennett Elementary on May 4 at a school assembly.

Carol Joy Collins is a survivor of the 1997 Spring Creek Flood in Fort Collins.  She lived in the Johnson Center Mobile Home Park and hung on for her life as her trailer floated away in the flood waters.  She has worked hard to rebuild her life and, in September 2011, she became a first-time home owner.

Every penny of her savings went into the purchase of her home, so she didn’t know what to do when she was informed that her covered porch did not meet Larimer County code.  CM Cares is pleased to be able to help this terrific lady by demolishing her current porch and constructing one that meets code.

View video of the Collins Project!

Thank you to our donors

• PCL Construction Company
• Allied Building Supply
• CM Student Board of Directors
• Michael Rue Logging
• Sutherlands Lumber
• TechTron Engineering

The Crossroads Safehouse is a domestic violence shelter in Fort Collins. The current facility was donated by its previous owner and recently renovated to meet the shelter’s needs. The scope of this project is to construct an enclosure for the exterior access to the basement storage area.

This will allow safe access to the area for Crossroads staff during inclement weather and night hours. The project includes demolition of the existing railing and construction of the enclosure area, including fire alarm system and electrical work.

Thank you to our donors

• Dohn Construction
• Justin Larson of Vaugh Frye Larson Architects
• Ace Hardware
• Bloedorn Lumber
• Bruce Tucker Custom Exteriors
• Diamond Vogel
• Front Range Roofing
• Gregory Electric
• Haselden Construction Inc.
• Mawson Lumber
• Sherwin-Williams
• Sutherland Lumber
• Daniel and Carolyn Wolfe

Kennedy is a six-year-old boy with Epilepsy. He has a very close and loving family that assists him with daily activities. This project’s goal is to construct a portable ramp to allow for easier access in and out of Kennedy’s home. The CM group will also construct step stairs for daily use so that Kennedy can continue his amazing progress toward independence.

Thanks to our donors

• Adolfson and Peterson Construction
• Polly Bennett
• Tom and Sharon Carson
• Cindy’s Custom Creations
• Collin Jacobsen

Nick is a 17-year-old boy with Coraelia de Lange Syndrome, a genetic disorder impacting physical and cognitive abilities.  The scope of this project is to construct an accessibility ramp, a front patio, and replace the existing driveway of Nick’s family’s home in Loveland.

View video detailing the Nick Project!

KUNC – NPR for Northern Colorado

Loveland Reporter-Herald story

Thank you to our donors

• GH Phillips Construction Company
• Delta Construction
• Devoe Contracting LLC.
• Granite Construction
• Hunn Consulting Group LLC.
• JD Enterprises
• Ken Schott Remodeling
• Law Construction
• Lowe’s Fort Collins
• Marvel Concrete
• The Home Depot
• Universal Forest Products Inc.
• Wagner Rents
• The Dodge Family

Spring 2011 – Assisting a young boy with Spinal Muscular Atrophy and his family in Ft. Collins – Project involves a site survey, planning, design, permits, utility locates, HOA approvals, construction of a bedroom addition, handicapped accessible restroom, and care giver bed area adjacent to the bedroom.

Thank you to our donors

Major Contributors

• Mortenson Construction
• Alpine Cabinetry
• AMES
• Associated Builders Specialties Inc.
• Baker Concrete Construction
• Basalite Concrete Products LLC.
• Bennet Wagner and Gordy
• Black Roofing
• Bobcat of Fort Collins
• Closet and Storage Concepts
• The Corcoran Company
• Encore Electric
• Floorz
• Foothills Landscape Maintenance
• Ground Engineering Consultants
• Harmony Gardens
• Hilti
• The Home Depot
• Jones Heartz Drywall Company
• Lafarge
• Martino and Luth Inc.
• Maximum Painting LLC.
• McWebb Truss
• Molly Maids
• Nystrom
• Pioneer Materials West
• Pioneer Sand and Gravel
• Powers Products
• RB Interior Trim
• Sears Carpet and Air Duct
• SPACECON Specialty Contractors LLC.
• Turf Master SOD
• United Supply
• Universal Forest Product
• US Engineering
• Waste Management
• White Cap Construction Supply

Other Material and Monetary Donors

• Dakota Riggers
• Dewalt
• McNevin Company
• Saunders Construction
• Colorado Machinery
• Lockton Companies
• Nicci Hyatt
• Allie Parker
• Joseph Rader
• Bob Roby
• Bob Utter

The project involves completion of a two bedroom addition for a grandmother who is raising four kids (two of whom have special needs). She currently lives in a one bedroom house in Lakewood.

Thank you to our donors

Monetary Donations

• Denver Transit Construction Group
• TIC
• Western Summit Constructors
• Bellview Community Church

Labor and Material Donations

• US. Engineering
• RG Insulation
• Rocky Mountain Forest Products
• ACE Hardware

all mechanical labor and material were donated by an anonymous donor

Project involves the design and construction of a greenhouse for the school and its community.

Project Updates

April 6, 2011

• Goal: Build a net-zero greenhouse
• Working with various groups for input on design
  • Poudre School District Facilities
  • Staff from Bennett Elementary School
  • Students and Parents from Bennett Elementary School
  • Institite for the Built Environment at Colorado State University
  • Horticulture expert
  • Architect

May 13, 2011

• Intent of involving school district, school staff, parents, and students in design of the green house.  Learned that it is not easy to get large groups of people together and was not able to schedule a design meeting
• Learned that building of greenhouse involves expertise of horticulture professional.  Group had teamed up with CSU Horticulture employee John Ray.  Sadly John unexpectedly passed away mid-semester.  John has two young children that attend Bennett Elementary and so the project was renamed the “John Ray Memorial Greenhouse”
• The greenhouse project will continue as a CM Cares project and is currently being considered for production on campus then to be moved and set on-site.

Project involves demolition of a wall dividing offices from an open area in the lower level of the corporate offices. Also includes new partitions walls, interior windows, minor electrical, permits, plans, and specifications.

Thank you to our donors

Monetary Donations

• Saunders Construction
• A and A
• Albert and Karen Kester
• Pawnee Station Restaurant
• Frank and Lane
• Pat Woods
• Dennis Kugler
• Rich Harms
• Rick Harvey
• Susie Kester
• Joyce Woods
• April Reis

Material Donation

• Mawson Lumber

Project involves design and construction of a remodeled client bathroom. Design and construction of a base cabinet in their conference room. Design and construction of a wall closure feature at a staff person’s office.

Thank you to our donors

• Jack and Cindy Goodell
• Mortenson Construction

CSU graduate and undergraduate students worked with Centennial High School students to construct two full-scale, sustainable doghouses for the Rocky Mountain Great Dane Rescue, designed with support and supervision of Unless Design Collaborative. Service outcomes include

1. the building and delivery of two sustainable Great Dane doghouses to the Rocky Mountain Great Dane Rescue, and
2. motivating CHS students to pursue higher education by exposing them to the construction management profession and helping them to learn more about sustainability through interactions with college students.