The document describes the design and construction of the Clear Creek Pedestrian Bridge in Arvada, Colorado. The 380 foot long cable stayed bridge connects two bike paths across Clear Creek. It features a 100 foot tall mast that supports most of the 250 foot long span with tension cables. The bridge was a challenging but important project to link trails and neighborhoods.

4. Campus Site Plan High School Site Plan Floor Plan
In the summer of 2008 I was selected to
be a part of the design team for the
extensive renovation of this K-12
campus that had undergone a radical
shift from a rural farming community to a
suburb for the Metro Columbus area. In
order to accommodate current and
future enrollment growth, the new high
school building was designed for
expansion to accommodate ten years of
anticipated enrollment increases
consisting of approximately 113,000 SF
Building Perspectives on two floors, state-of-the-art
laboratories, classrooms, a media
center, library, gymnasium/physical
education complex, as well as future
expansion for additional classrooms and
a performing arts complex.
Highland High School
Sparta, Ohio
113,000 SF

5. Main Entry | Revit
The high school was completed on
time for the 2011-12 school year in
large part due to the use of Building
Information Modeling (BIM) to
expedite the design and approval
process with the school board and
community which was then rolled
immediately into creating the
construction documents. All images
shown here were produced with
Autodesk Revit 2008 & 2009, aside
from the photos of the completed
project.
The building achieved LEED Silver
certification and incorporates
geothermal as a primary source for
heating and cooling.
Main Entry | Completed
Highland High School
Sparta, Ohio
113,000 SF

6. Gymnasium Presentation Drawing
Presentation Drawing Auditorium | Cafeteria
Highland High School
Sparta, Ohio
113,000 SF

7. Main Entry Plaza
W est Elevation
West Elevation looking North
When this progressive software development
company hired BurkettDesign as its architect in
early 2009 we were given the responsibility of not
only leading the owner through the design
process, but also what city they would build their
new headquarters in and what general contractor
would build it. The two sites under consideration
were Harmony Technology Park in Fort Collins
and the Centerra Office Park in Loveland.
Conceptual schemes were created for both sites
concurrent with four GCs creating preliminary
estimates based on the designs. Development
and planning costs were also evaluated for each
site along with FF&E estimates for each building
design to show the owner which site would be
Site Plan Space Plan
most cost effective to build on.
Integware
Loveland, Colorado
80,000 SF

8. Site Axonometric
In order to provide a positive first
impression at the entrance of
their Waterton manufacturing
campus, Lockheed Martin
decided to have a new Visitor
Badging Center designed to
better facilitate their processes
involved with granting access to
visitors and personnel. The
project was also used as an
opportunity to showcase a
commitment to sustainability and
their new “Go Green” initiative
and pursue a LEED Silver
certification. The completed
building was eventually granted
Gold certification.
Building Axonometric Presentation Rendering
Lockheed Martin Corporation | Visitor Badging Center
Waterton Campus | Littleton, Colorado
2,200 SF

9. Conference Room & Waiting Area
East Façade
The new Visitor Badging Center is a
modern pavilion-type building that takes
its cues from existing buildings on the
campus as well as Waterton Valley’s
impressive landscape. The masonry
portion of the facility evokes the jutting
rocks and hogback formations that are
prevalent on the campus’s rolling hills.
The glass cube with sloped roof provides
maximum visibility to the security staff
inside the building for monitoring traffic
activity in and out of the plant, as well as
vast amounts of natural light.
Reception Desk Badging Area
Lockheed Martin Corporation | Visitor Badging Center
Waterton Campus | Littleton, Colorado
2,200 SF

10. North Façade
South Façade | Riverwalk
This 4 story, $10 million structure was
completed on the Historic Arkansas
River Walk Project in September 2007.
Contextual relationships to Historic
downtown Pueblo, as well as a facility
which expresses the unique nature of
Bull Riding and the Wild West were
main drivers to the aesthetic
development of a very tightly
constrained site. Locally prevalent
materials of brick and limestone were
incorporated throughout the building as
part of the facade treatment making a
historic tie to downtown as well as
throughout the interior lobbies and
executive offices. In contrast, the south
facade of the building facing the
Arkansas River consists primarily of
glass and metal to both echo the
riverfront and provide a contemporary
vocabulary.
Corner Detail South Façade from bridge
Professional Bull Riders, Inc. | World Headquarters Building
Pueblo, Colorado
Site - 1.38 acres | Building - 45,673 SF

11. Main Reception Area Executive Waiting Area
The design intent for the
building and interiors of the new
PBR World Headquarters in
Pueblo, CO was to create a
dramatic and comfortable
environment that would be a
good fit for bull riders as
businessmen and would
capture the spirit and
excitement of the fastest
growing sport in the country.
Other materials evocative of the
bull riders’ lifestyle were also
introduced; leather floors and
walls, wood flooring, wall
panels and ceiling elements, as
well as metal trim detailing
culminating in a rolled steel
“bullhorn” reception desk.
Bull Rider Hall of Fame Corridor Board Room
Professional Bull Riders, Inc. | World Headquarters Building
Pueblo, Colorado
Site - 1.38 acres | Building - 45,673 SF

12. Donor Playroom | Dining Room
West Façade
Due to overwhelming demand at the two Houses already
operating in the Denver area, this new house was built to
accommodate an additional 45 families near the Children’s
Hospital campus in Aurora. The $11 million, three-story structure
opened in March 2008 and encompasses administrative spaces,
several lounges, indoor/outdoor play areas, and a large
enclosed garden. Guestrooms surround the perimeter of a sunny
atrium space on the second and third floors. Paramount to the
design is its residential quality with a deep, heavily articulated
eave, the use of brick and wood on the exterior and interior, and
an abundance of natural light. All design and material decisions
were premised upon creating a warm, comfortable living
environment for the families that are supported by the Ronald
McDonald House and its donors.
Entry Portico Atrium and Stair
Ronald McDonald House
Aurora, Colorado
67,400 SF

13. View from East
NREL sought a cost-effective solution for a
new structure to test electric charging
stations and the emissions of a wide range of
vehicle types, from compact hybrids all the
way up to big rigs. However, they still
demanded a building that would maintain the
aesthetic of the campus and represent the
ideals of their organization by achieving a
LEED Silver certification. The solution was a
prefabricated metal building with some
customized modifications, such as a masonry
wainscoting, clerestory daylighting windows
and radiant exhaust panels to provide natural
ventilation.
View from South
NREL | Vehicle Modification Facility
Golden, Colorado
3,000 SF

14. Reception Area Waiting Area | Custom Light Fixture
Janus is an international asset
management company
headquartered in the Cherry Creek
North neighborhood in Denver,
Colorado. As a fairly new employee
at BURKETTDESIGN, I was chosen
to complete the Design
Development and Construction
Documents for this multi-team
collaboration for the interior
architectural design of their new 7-
story office tower.
Executive Board Room
Reception Desk Conference Room
Janus Investment Group
Denver, Colorado
147,197 SF

15. Video Conference Room
Pantry
Corridor
The visitors to this facility include top
national and international business
leaders and Janus knew the importance
of having their facility make an
impressive statement of who they are.
The design team worked very closely
with Janus to develop and execute a
highly functional, high tech program
inside a timeless and understated
modern interior. The success of the
design is achieved through the simplicity
and strength of the materials and their
innovative application and detailing.
Conference Room Idea Room
Janus Investment Group
Denver, Colorado
147,197 SF

16. Early Design Rendering
Naropa University, an 800 student liberal
and contemplative arts college, located in
Boulder, Colorado, comprises twelve
buildings on 3.7 acres in an impacted
urban setting. The Institute had
experienced phenomenal growth resulting
in substantial overcrowding and overuse
of the existing campus facility. Through a
comprehensive design process involving
open meetings and design charettes,
including student representatives, faculty
and administrative staff, an organizational
scheme was devised creating a campus
program and phased master plan. The
first phase of this new plan consisted of
building a new administration building on
the northeast corner of the campus.
View from Arapahoe
Nalanda Hall | Naropa University
Boulder, Colorado
18,000 SF

17. South Façade | Riverwalk
Tubular Skylights
South Façade Ginsberg Library & Nalanda Hall Nalanda Hall defines the edge of the campus on
Arapahoe Avenue, one of the busiest streets in Boulder.
The structure is also the biggest building on campus and
defines both a new scale and aesthetic for the future
development. The overall form is simple and a palette of
materials, heavy timber, masonry, stucco and wood
windows, was selected to relate the structure back to the
established roots of the campus while balancing the
specific identity and goals of this particular building.
Complementary to the institution’s mission of a long term
sustainable environment and low energy impact was
implementing daylighting strategies as much as possible.
This was accomplished with strategically placed light
shelves and reflectors to bringing daylight into the center
of the space through the use of tubular and conventional
skylighting. This system is supplemented with high
efficiency task lighting in work areas.
South Façade Rendering
Ginsberg Library & South Façade
Nalanda Hall | Naropa University
Boulder, Colorado
18,000 SF

18. North Façade
Model
This $1.5 million landmark structure was
planned as a gateway into the city as
well as the last link in a metropolitan
wide bike path system unifying two trail
systems at the confluence of Ralston
and Clear Creeks. I was given the
responsibility of completing construction
documents for the project and then
spending a substantial amount of time
on site during the construction
administration, working with the general
contractor, civil and structural engineers
in order to expedite resolution of
coordination items so that an especially
tight schedule could be met.
View from bike path
Clear Creek Pedestrian Bridge
Arvada, Colorado
380 foot length

19. Details
Approach from East
Designed as a cable stayed span, the
concrete and steel bridge is identified by it's
100 foot tall mast that supports 250 feet of
its length with a series of tension cables.
The physical geometry of the bridge is
unique. The plan is configured into a
gradually tightening arc while in section, the
bridge dramatically changes elevation from
one end to the other to resolve the 20 foot
height difference between the pathways at
the creek bank and the park. However,
considering all of the complexities inherent
with the site and the design, one of the
most difficult components of the structure
for me to facilitate was the custom-
designed guardrail; deck lights clashed with
rebar which clashed with rail support
embed plates and bolts, not to mention
every horizontal member had a slightly
different radius.
Approach from West
Clear Creek Pedestrian Bridge
Arvada, Colorado
380 foot length