Colorado State University’s bold step to build a hub for research, education and outreach linking issues related to health, food and water is coming to fruition at its new Denver campus called CSU Spur. The university is spending $200 million to build three new buildings, each supporting research and work in those fields, while also opening the entire campus as a free public learning environment... 

...When the city announced EAS Energy Partners as the district energy system partner for the campus, CSU already was working with its owner’s representative, CAA ICON, to select each of the three architect-led teams for the new Spur campus...

...With so much concurrent activity and multiple contracts, “it’s critical to have a lot of trust and understanding so we can help each other,” says Dan Loosbrock, project executive for CAA ICON, adding that teams have “weekly, daily conversations to ensure we don’t get in each other’s way.” 

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