Colorado Department of Agriculture building labs in Broomfield

BROOMFIELD — Construction has begun in Broomfield on the Colorado Department of Agriculture’s final phase of office consolidation that will include laboratories for its Inspection and Consumer Services division.

Once completed, the division will be moved from Denver to Broomfield, where the CDA’ s main office is located, and will include three laboratories for metrology, animal health and biochemistry.

ICS has two laboratories: the Metrology Laboratory and the Biochemistry Laboratory. The Rocky Mountain Regional Animal Health Laboratory will also be located in the new building.

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The project includes a 6,000-square-foot renovation of the existing building at 305 Interlocken Parkway and construction of a 27,000-square-foot-facility next door. The project is slated for completion in early 2019 and will be pursuing LEED certification.

“This office consolidation will create a more efficient and effective work environment for our staff while creating a “one-stop” shop for our agricultural customers,” Don Brown, the department’s commissioner, said in a prepared statement. “It’s exciting to know that, in just over a year, our new laboratories will be up and running to continue providing the consumer protection efforts that affect every person in Colorado.”

The primary goals of the Division of Inspection and Consumer Services are consumer protection, promotion of equity in the marketplace, and animal and human health safety.

Programs include providing economic protection to agricultural producers and ensuring that Colorado consumers receive products that are safe, properly labeled and sold in an honest manner.

The ICS division also regulates pet-care facilities, animal feed, fertilizer, anhydrous ammonia, compost, farm products dealers, commodity handlers/grain warehouses, scales and other measuring devices, pricing and package weight accuracy, eggs, home food service plan operators, custom meat plants and wild-game processors.

The project is being managed by Kansas-based JE Dunn Construction, a commercial general contractor with an office in Denver, Iron Horse Architects Inc. in Denver, which is designing the labs, and Wember Inc. in Centennial, the owner’s representative.