Historic Building Renovation Projects

Cardinal Mill Phased Rehabilitation Project:
The Cardinal Mill is an historic 7000 Sq foot Gold, Silver and Tungsten Mill in the historic town of
Cardinal. Boulder County Parks and Open Space purchased the property to renovate the mill and
preserve the rich mining history of Boulder County.
Deterioration of the foundation, point loads, post and beam structure and almost all of the roofing and
rafters, threatened to collapse the entire structure and ruin the historic mining equipment still installed
inside.
The construction was broken down into distinct phases for budget and grant funding reasons. Milo
Construction worked directly with Boulder County to create pre-construction budgets and pare down
the construction into the absolute necessities for stabilization and eventual use by the public. Grant
funding was obtained with these estimates.
We were awarded the contract for the first phase and the subcontract for structural work on the
building during the rebuilding of the adjacent Cribbed retaining wall done by Yenter Companies.
Owner: Boulder County Parks and Open Space
Henrey Lopez and Associates & Hansen/Handley Architects
Phase One Contract: $137,860.00
Phase Two Contract:$81,000.00
Completed phase one: 05-2006
Completed phase two:10-2008
Own Forces: 80% General Labor, Project Management, Excavation, Framing, Welding and fabrication

Lyons Redstone History Museum:
This structure is an historic building in downtown Lyons housing the Lyons Redstone Museum and
archives. Renovation of the building were funded by State Historic fund Grant and privately raised funds
by the non-profit museum.
Pre-Construction estimating and budgets were created for the architect to realistically phase
construction and renovation to match a budget available by grant funding.
Contract Type: CM/GC GMP
Owner/Contact: Saint Vrain Valley School District
Location:
340 High Street
Lyons, Colorado 80540
Budget: $126,717.00
Architect: Hansen/ Handley Architects
Completion date:09-2009
Own forces: 60% Exterior renovations on windows and millwork, Framing, Project Management,
Supervision

Fox Barn at Hogan Farm:

This building was a severely compromised barn structure from the late 1800’s. We were awarded the
contract to complete the work outlined by the engineers. Work included removal and replacement of
the existing foundation and resetting the entire structure level to be as plumb as possible. Reframing the
roof structure, removal and replacement of roof sheathing and roofing panels was also done , as well as
residing with materials salvaged from the building.
1226 S. Cherryvale Rd.
Boulder, CO 80301
Budget: $22,961.58
Client: Julie Johnson Cultural Resource Coordinator, City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks

Blue Jay Head Frame Restoration:
Detailed work included deconstruction and restoration of a three story historic mining Head Frame over
the Blue Jay Mine. Reconstruction using period appropriate locally milled wood and period appropriate
fasteners was implemented. Repair and stabilization of foundation elements ,which were mostly
exposed, was completed with hand excavation. This jobsite was in a rural Mountain site with particularly
hard access, no power or water.

Owner/ Contact: Boulder County Parks and Open Space
Carol Beam project manager
Architect/ Engineer: Atkinson Noland
Contract Amount:$93,283.00
Completed 10-2009

Superior Mine Camp House:
Work here consisted of reconstruction of a small historic home moved to the Town of Superior.
Reconstruction included; custom millworks, restoration of windows and hardware, replacement of
doors, extensive plaster repair, rebuilding the entire roof structure, new cedar shingle Class A roofing,
ADA compliant access, site grading, flooring and trim.
This structure had been moved from its original site in Superior and we rebuilt the structure after the
home had been moved back to the town and placed on a new foundation. The building’s integrity was
severely compromised so all aspects of the building had to be rebuilt from the joists to the rafters to the
roof itself.
Owner/Contact: Town of Superior, Martin Toth
Architect/Engineer: Kathryn Howes Barth/ Henry Lopez Associates
Contract Amount: $145,883.00
Completed 08-2009

Cito Barn:
Histoiric 88 year old barn on Highway 42 known as the “flag Barn”. Purchased by a private party we
were contracted to do a full restoration of the structure and complete rework of its foundation. Work
included; Removal and replacement of the existing foundation, plumbing the entire building as we were
able, replacement of all windows, site grading and drainage, restoration of siding and exterior trim
elements, sister or replace almost every single joist or rafter, re sheath roof and re-roof with Class A
cedar shingle roofing.
Client: Alan Villavicencio
Architect: Henry Lopez and Associates
Contract Amount: $125,000.00

Viele House and Valmont Mill Cost Analysis:
Milo Construction Corporation’s services were retained by both The City of Boulder and Hansen Handley
Architects to assist with an extensive budget analysis for the viability of reconstruction, repair and stabilization  for both historic structures during the first steps of the HSA process.

Hannah barker House restoration:

Milo has been contracted to perform budget analysis for the reconstruction of the historic boulder landmark by Historic Boulder. Working closely with project engineers (JVA), the Historic Boulder board and consulting architect and board member Tom Thorpe, we have created a scope of work for the third phase of construction and rehabilitation on the historic building.