One Steamboat Place
One Steamboat Place is an integral part of the revitalization of Steamboat’s base area and a member of the “Steamboat Unbridled” campaign. The base area redevelopment vision, named Steamboat Unbridled, is a $23 million, multi-year project that encompasses improvements from infrastructure to signage.
When builders started developing Steamboat’s base areaforty years ago, their thoughts were mostly focused on skiing. Steamboat Unbridled’s vision will create a destination where visitors and residents alike will want to spend time year-round. The seasonal day lighting of Burgess Creek will give the area back its original summer state while enhancing the visitor experience with bridge crossings, gathering areas along the creek, large lawn areas and improved mountain bike trail connections. In the winter, the promenade will provide a more clear separation between skiers/snowboarders and pedestrian traffic.
Already underway are utility upgrades, roadway and pedestrian circulation projects, transit improvements and streetscape beautification projects. Coming soon is the development of the Burgess Creek Promenade from One Steamboat Place to the Thunderhead building, which will create a better interface from Gondola Square to Ski Time Square. With improved way finding and better signage from Mt. Werner Road as well as at the base area, guests will have a better sense of entry into the resort.
The approach to the ski area along Mt. Werner Road will include ranch fencing and landscaping that will reflect the Valley’s natural vegetation and ranching history.
Development at One Steamboat is moving right along, withHaselden Resort Constructors making progress on several fronts for a targeted completion date of the fall of 2009. According to Mark Norris, Timbers Resorts’ Director of Construction, “Everything is proceeding very nicely with all site utility work finished, fire protection upgrades made to the Gondola Square garage, as well as upgrades made to the Gondola Transit Center. The building’s lower levels are also underway with cranes soaring above.”
With the massive amounts of snow throughout the ski season, snow removal was a constant focus at the site. “Haselden leased a snow-melting machine called the Snow Dragon that helps with snow management efficiency,” said One Steamboat Place Project Manager Chris Burden. “It’s been interesting to see how the construction site is modified for winter conditions.”
This spring and summer, as One Steamboat Place enters the vertical phase of construction, the main focus will be completing structural concrete work for all three buildings that comprise One Steamboat Place and starting structural steel erection. Exterior framing will begin in the late summer along with roofing. The objective is to enclose the buildings prior to winter to allow interior trades work to begin their work inside. It’s exciting to watch the various stages of development as One Steamboat Place gets closer and closer to completion.
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