HITT wins $62M design/construction contract for federal data center near Denver

The company US General Services Administration chose to manage the design and construction of its new data center in Lakewood, Colo., awarded Fairfax, Va.-based HITT Contracting the $62 million contract to design and build a new data center for the federal agency. The project was first announced in July 2009.

According to a HITT statement, the 110,000 square foot data center will sit on an 11 acre property at the Denver Federal Center in Lakewood. GSA requires that the facility be built to satisfy Tier III redundancy specifications and to achieve LEED Silver certification by the US Green Building Council.

In February, GSA awarded the $2.6 million contract to manage the project to Jacobs and on Monday, HITT announced that it had been chosen to lead the team of contractors that includes architectural firm Wisnewski Blair and Associates, mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineers from KTA Group, structural engineers from Woods Peacock, civil engineers from Kimley-Horn and Associates and fire protection engineers from Schmid and Associates.

Project cost falls on the lower end of the range GSA expected to spend on the data center: $65-$80 million. HITT expects to commence design work this month and to complete construction by October 2011.

GSA has strict sustainability requirements for the data center, as the US government is aiming to make the Denver Federal Center the most sustainable campus in the nation by 2020. The campus currently has a large installation of photovoltaic panels that generates about 1.6 million kW per year.