Most Recent News at RTA

Jessica Massie, RTA’s Interior Architect, has earned her Certified Healthcare Interior Designer (CHID) credential! Healthcare interior architects with this certification demonstrate integrity and commitment to the healthcare environment and have mastered core competencies essential to the healthcare setting, including current codes and protocols that improve the health and safety of patients, visitors, and staff. Earning her CHID will increase Jessica’s ability to serve our healthcare clients. Congratulations Jessica!

Newton Middle School has gone international! Featured in the latest International CPTED Association newsletter, the design solution for Littleton Public Schools Newton Middle School utilizes flexible 21^st Century educational environments and best practices in school safety and security. With carefully designed layers of security that start when a visitor, staff, or student enters the school property and continues layer by layer into the interior spaces, the design creates safe, positive spaces that promote a feeling of belonging and support collaboration, creativity, and critical thinking.

Check out the article to learn more.

Congratulations to Joey Bahnsen, AIA, on being named to the 2023 AIA Colorado Board of Directors as South Director. The Board of Directors provides stewardship of the nonprofit and is responsible for collaboratively setting the direction of the organization through consensus-driven governance, policy-making, and strategic planning. As South Director, Joey will represent Southern Colorado. 

Did you spot the fireworks above Pike’s Peak on New Year’s Eve? December 31, 2022 marked the AdAmAn Club’s 100^th anniversary, and in honor of this momentous milestone, the club set off a larger display of fireworks at midnight. The Gazette captured this amazing photo of the fireworks framed by the new RTA-designed AdAmAn alley arch. 

Congratulations to RTA Senior Associate Darren Rouse on becoming a Certified Healthcare Constructor (CHC)! Certified Healthcare Constructors require knowledge of and expertise in healthcare planning, design, and construction processes related to patient safety, systems and equipment unique to healthcare, scheduling impacts, sustainability, regulations, quality assurance, and project close-out and occupancy. With this certification, Darren expands his ability to serve RTA's healthcare clients.

Check out this great post from Bentley Mills where RTA Interior Designer Ann Marie Jackson shares insight into the innovative design for the new Woodland Elementary School for the Cherry Creek School District. 

The AdAmAn alley is officially open! In a packed grand opening ceremony, the AdAmAn club and members of the community celebrated the completion of the alley and recognized all the hard work that went into making this collaborative project a success. Congratulations to the AdAmAn Club and everyone on the project team!

Read more about this great project here… https://downtowncs.com/adaman-alley/

RTA recently gathered at the Pinery to celebrate the holidays and the passage of another fantastic year. We are so grateful for our team members who have made this a year to remember! We hope everyone had a safe and happy holiday season! Cheers to a new year!

RTA wishes all our clients, colleagues, friends, and family a wonderful Christmas and a very Happy New Year!

The Pikes Peak Summit Visitor Center has been awarded Project of the Year by ENR Mountain States! Mountain States’ 2022 Best Projects featured nearly 100 entries spanning Colorado, Wyoming, and the Dakotas that highlighted the tenacity of the AEC industry during the height of the pandemic. Projects were judged on design and construction quality, contribution to the community and industry and how they overcame unusual challenges through teamwork and innovation. Congratulations to our project partners for this well-deserved recognition! Read more about this innovative project here: ENR Mountain States Project of the Year: Pikes Peak Summit Visitor Center | Engineering News-Record.