The city and county of Broomfield, CO, epitomize a true sense of community — unifying its residents, guests, and visitors. In the Denver suburb, having a single centralized building to connect its diverse population was an essential goal for a new community center. A complex, multi-phased demolition and complete rebuild of what was an aging and deteriorating recreation and senior center was critical to providing an expansive, updated facility. The owner’s overarching goal was to create a landmark that would connect not only the physical building and lush open space to its existing city campus but also be inclusive and welcoming to all generations in the community.

Unique to this project, a design-build approach incorporating prefabricated building systems shaped the recreation center portion of the facility. The center specifically required a building material that provided durability, flexibility, efficiency, safety, and a facade to blend with the city and county’s color and material pallet. Acknowledging the wide variety of amenities this center would make available to its guests; intense planning, maximized coordination and over-the-top attention to detail were essential to build a 60,000 plus sq ft building with an accelerated construction schedule.