Historic Carnegie Renovation
The original building, with a history dating back to 1903 when it served as the city's Carnegie Library, holds great historical significance. Recognizing this, Saunders was committed to preserving its...
Read More →The project included renovations to the 229,000-square-foot Martin Building and construction of the new 50,000-square-foot Sie Welcome Center. The iconic Martin Building is the only completed structure in North America designed by renowned Italian architect Gio Ponti. The Martin Building renovation realizes elements of Ponti’s original concept, expands gallery spaces, provides a new conservation laboratory, and increases the DAM’s capacity to serve youth 10bet bonus codethrough its educational programming, as well as improves campus connectivity and building systems.
Machado Silvetti and Fentress Architects are the design team behind the project, slated for the official opening in time for the 50th anniversary in 2021. Saunders Construction served as the construction manager/general contractor (CM/GC).
In November 2017, voters approved $35.5 million through the City and County of Denver’s (CCD) general obligation bond initiative to help fund key infrastructure and safety upgrades for the Martin Building and the DAM raised the remaining funds toward the capital campaign. With the DAM receiving financial support from CCD, Saunders was required to meet a minority and women owned (M/WBE) participation goal of 20 percent as well as pilot the first Workforce Development program resulting in 402 individual new hires (179 of those as apprentices) to work on the project.