Durrant Plans Renovation

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By Katie Wiedemann

Story Created: Jun 18, 2007 at 8:23 PM CST

Story Updated: Jun 18, 2007 at 9:00 PM CST

The Dubuque-based Durrant group is designing and building its own new headquarters in downtown. The group has changed the look of several Dubuque buildings. Now it's turning the attention to itself. The Durrant group is designing buildings all over the world, including a high-rise in South Korea.

The Xi park tower under construction in Vietnam and this is the group's work a little closer to home.

It’s the Aspen Recreation center in Aspen, Colo. Now Durrant is working on a masterpiece for itself.

Durrant’s Kevin Eipperle said, "We kind of want to promote our own identity. When we are in this building we are just part of the building. We want a Durrant building with our name on it."

The company is in the process of renovating the Old Adams Company building in the port of Dubuque.

Crews are stripping this building down to its core. They'll start building the new headquarters using only the steel frame and these old windows."

Eipperle said, "We are taking it back to its roots; it will have a lot of glass exposed especially on the west side."

Durrant's mission is to make its new headquarters a green building. The company is recycling the old material to use inside the new building and on other projects.

Eipperle said, "There are three different solar systems. Photo voltaic crystal panels, solar electricity. We're going solar thermal for water heating."

The tables have turned. Durrant is its own customer and company officials expect their own building to be spectacular. Durrant is planning to move into the new headquarters by Jan. 1.

Company leaders say that will happen even if construction isn't complete.

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