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Client Satisfaction Survey – Heartland Acoustics & Interiors would like to thank all of you for our recent Client Satisfaction Survey.  The names of all participants who completed the survey were entered into a drawing for the $100 cash prize.  The winner was Terry Gilmore of Emerald C.M. Inc. General Contractors!  We appreciate your feedback and support in helping us to continue our superior customer service while maintaining open and honest working relationships. 

A big congratulations goes out to everyone who participated in the National Renewable Energy Lab – RSF II project!  Heartland Acoustics & Interiors won the AWCI Excellence in Construction Quality Award for NREL – RSF II, a showcase for energy effeciency and renewable energy technologies.  The project consisted of large open space areas, private offices, a conference center, an employee cafe, fitness center, library and cafeteria.  Our complex scope of work included a wide variety of specialty acoustical products. It took company-wide commitment from our entire team to get this job done right. Way to go!

ColoradoBiz Magazine, published by Wiesner Publishing LLC, has honored Heartland Acoustics & Interiors with recognition in its selection of “Top 250 Private Companies” for 2011. Heartland moved up eleven spots over their prior year ranking to #133 of the 250 companies ranked.

ENR Mountain States released its 2011 Top Specialty Contractors List and Heartland Acoustics & Interiors has earned the #28 ranking for Colorado!

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Heartland Acoustics & Interiors has an online display ad running with ENR magazine that scrolls through four different project images and hyperlinks to our website.  The ad can be viewed at http://mountainstates.construction.com.

Heartland presented an “Outstanding Safety Award” to Eddie Maher for his exceptional safety knowledge on the NREL-RSF project in Golden, Colorado.  Eddie was questioned extensively by Haselden Construction and the Department of Energy regarding site safety practices and policies.  He not only had exact knowledge of the policies but he was also practicing and following through on them.  Nice job Eddie!

For the first time ever, the Heartland Mudders team competed in the 2011 Tough Mudder competition in Avon, Colorado.  The Tough Mudder is an extreme obstacle course that spans a 10-mile course in the mountains!  The team all crossed the finish line together after an exhausting 3 hours and 40 minutes.  Way to go Heartland Mudders!

Heartland sponsored the annual Berthoud Day Parade that took place in Berthoud, Colorado.  Dan McMahon pulled the High Voltage float that we sponsored along with a truck bed full of High Voltage Girls!

Heartland sponsored the first annual Fittin’ It In 5K Race for Douglas County Schools that took place in April 2011.  A few of the Heartland folks made it out for the race and we had both runners and walkers alike.  We all had a fun morning and everyone crossed the finish line!

Ryan Drawe rewarded two crew members for superior work done at the IKEA project.  Here are Ryan’s comments:

I’ve enjoyed watching Rey Rosas grow as a Foreman at Heartland Acoustics & Interiors and one great example is the aggressive schedule Saunders Construction is holding us to on the Kaleidoscope ceiling system at IKEA.  I can always count on Rey to either meet their deadlines or beat their schedule.  Thanks for all your hard work over the past five years and enjoy the game!

Juan Trujillo captured a daily production record in the P1 Level at the IKEA project.  After an eight hour work day, Juan installed 11,500 sf of USG Donn ZXLA ceiling grid suspension system.  Way to go Juan! I appreciate all your hard work and hope you enjoy the game!

Congratulations to our Project Manager, Charlie Ochs.  In April 2011, Charlie reached 1000 days of being a LEED Acredited Professional. Way to go!!

The new Denver IKEA store was named “Best Retail/Mixed Use Development Project” by ENR Mountain States. The Colorado office of Heartland Acoustics & Interiors furnished and installed the acoustical ceilings and decorative metal ceilings for the project.

The IKEA store in Centennial, Colorado was the AGC of Colorado 2011 Ace Award For Construction Excellence as the Project of the Year in the over $60,000,000 category.  The Colorado office of Heartland Acoustics & Interiors furnished and installed the acoustical ceilings and decorative metal ceilings for the project.  The general contractor was Saunders Construction and Greenberg Farrow was the architect.

The Alta Vista Charter School in Lamar, Colorado was awarded the AGC of Colorado 2011 Ace Award for Construction Excellence as the Project of the Year in the under $5,000,000 category.  The Colorado office of Heartland Acoustics & Interiors furnished and installed the acoustical ceilings and fabric acoustical wall panels for the project.  The general contractor was JHL Constructors and SlaterPaull was the architect.

Heartland Acoustics & Interiors recently completed work on phase two of the NREL Research Support Facility in Golden, Colorado.  The design-build team for this project included Haselden Construction and RNL.  NREL is designed to be one of the largest net-zero energy buildings of its kind.  Many materials used in the RSF building contain recycled content or come from within 500 miles of the site, including lobby walls made from pine beetle kill wood, counters made from sunflower seeds and structural steel columns made from reclaimed gas pipes.  This project demonstrates NREL’s role in moving advanced technologies and transferring knowledge into commercial applications.

President Obama will speak in support of his proposed American Jobs Act at Denver’s Abraham Lincoln High School on Tuesday, September 27th.  Abraham Lincoln High School is one of many school remodel projects completed this past summer by Heartland Acoustics & Interiors in Colorado.

Heartland Acoustics & Interiors is proud to be part of the construction team that built the first Collaborative for High Performance School (CHPS) project in the state of Colorado.  The Alta Vista Charter School in Lamar was built in just over eight months and pays tribute to the original school built in 1917.  The general contractor was JHL Constructors and SlaterPaull was the architect for the project.  Congratulations to all of our South Colorado Crew that worked on this history making project!  

Our South Colorado Superintendent, Ryan Drawe, and his project Foreman, Rey Rosas, both received IKEA gift cards from Saunders Construction in appreciation of their individual efforts and hard work on the IKEA project.  Enjoy your IKEA shopping experience guys!

After nearly three years of planning and construction, Colorado’s first IKEA store opened on July 27, 2011 in Centennial to thousands of anxious customers.  Heartland met the rigorous accelerated schedule of the 415,000-square-foot complex that made it possible for the store to open nearly three months ahead of schedule.  Congrats go out to our Field Superintendent, Ryan Drawe, and to all the installers that worked on this enormous project.  Way to go guys!!

The Westminster High School project that was completed last year by Heartland Acoustics & Interiors in Colorado was featured in the June 2011 issue of AWCI’s Construction Dimensions magazine.  Check out the article on the AWCI website at:  http://www.awci.org/cd/showArticle.pl?id=1217

Estimating Today magazine selected our 1755 Blake Street project in Denver to be on the cover of April 2011′s edition!   http://www.aspenational.org/Membership_Publications_EstimatingToday.aspx

Heartland Acoustics & Interiors has been awarded the ASC Education & Social Studies Building with Adolfson & Peterson in Alamosa, Colorado.

Heartland Acoustics & Interiors has been awarded acoustical treatments for phase 2 of the NREL Research Support Facility with Haselden Construction.

Heartland Acoustics & Interiors will install first Access Flooring project in June with Golden Triangle of Southern Colorado.

Custom design ceiling art for architects – Architects and interior designers can now create their own ceiling art with the new Ultima Create! custom design capability from Armstrong.  Full color custom ceiling art can be created from either original artwork or an original digital image.  Custom colors for full-sized ceiling panels are also available.  The ability to personalize a space through the use of a unique ceiling design makes Ultima Create! acoustical ceilings well suited for a wide range of retail, hospitality, healthcare, education, corporate and other commerical applications.