Lakewood, Colorado

The civil and structural engineering services provided for the Red Rocks Community College Recreation Center focused on expanding and enhancing the campus facilities while maintaining the functionality of the site. Design services included the expansion of the recreation field with a perimeter running track, and ensuring the preservation of the existing outdoor amphitheater. Engineers relocated a portion of the campus water main and provided new water services, connected sanitary services for the new building addition to the campus sanitary sewer, and implemented permanent stormwater management solutions. This included designing a new onsite water quality and detention pond with an outfall to a ditch draining toward Lakewood Gulch. A perimeter and underdrain system was also installed for the new recreation center building addition. Given that the project was an addition to an existing building on a working college campus, the design carefully considered existing site constraints to maintain campus functionality throughout construction. Cost and schedule efficiencies were significant factors in the design, aligning with the owner’s priorities of maintaining the natural character of the site, efficient use of space, and minimizing impact on parking.