This project involves the construction of approximately 35,000 sq ft of new port building and 89,000 sq ft of vehicular inspections, including ten inbound primary inspection lanes and 40 secondary inspection parking spaces. The site is approximately ten acres and is bounded by Semiahoo Bay to the West and Peace Arch State Park and the Canadian border to the North. The new facility and vehicle inspections will support the increased security requirements while improving the quality and safety standards of employees. Related Links: Northwest Construction Top Starts Key Players Project Name: Peace Arch US Land Port of Entry Location: Blaine,
The existing Shriners Hospital for Children and its parking garage already occupy most of the 1.3 acres on which the hospital currently resides. Therefore, after a high degree of preconstruction planning and analysis, it was decided the only space for the addition was over the top of the existing parking garage. This will be made possible by utilizing 70 feet tall concrete columns and shear walls that will be bridged by floor to floor trusses spanning 88 feet across the garage. The new addition will provide five more floors to the existing hospital. The fourth floor will feature three operating
Lydig is restructuring the campus to better meet the educational goal including a remodel of library, gym, and lockers and adding a new auxiliary gym. IMAGE COURTESY OF NAC/ARCHITECTURE Related Links: Northwest Construction Top Starts Key Players Name of Project: Snohomish High School Modernization & Addition Location: Snohomish, Wash Total Construction Cost: $39 million Construction Start Date: December 2008 Expected Completion Date: August 2011 Owner/Developer: Snohomish School District General Contractor: Lydig Construction (GCCM) Design Firm: NAC|Architecture Engineers or Other Design Consultants: Civil – Coughlin Porter Lundeen, Seattle, Wash., Structural – Coughlin Porter Lundeen, Seattle, Wash., Mechanical/Electrical – Hargis Engineers, Seattle,
Related Links: Goose Creek Correctional Center PNNL Physical Sciences Facility Peace Arch US Land Port of Entry Egg-Shaped Digester Family Housing Replacement, Denali Village Brightwater Treatment Plant Main facility North Kenmore Portal Bravern I and II Amazon Headquarters Microsoft Building 98 Broadstone Enso Apartments Mercy Corps International Headquarters Good Samaritan Hospital Patient Care Tower Virginia Mason Hospital Addition Valley Medical Center Emergency Services Tower Shriners Children's Hospital Expansion and Renovation Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center West Tower Expansion Snohomish High School Modernization & Addition Oak Harbor High School Deer Park High School The 2008 Northwest Construction Top Construction starts list
Lydig is currently underway with the new Emergency Services Tower and Level III Trauma Center for Valley Medical Center located on the hospitals main campus in Renton. This new 246,000 sq ft facility consists of a 45,000 sq ft emergency center and Level III Trauma Center that can treat over 100,000 patients a year. Located above the ER is a 30-bed Intensive Care Unit floor and three additional patient floors. Two levels of underground parking will jointly serve as a community disaster recovery facility complete with a state-ofthe- art command center, decontamination equipment and a resuscitation room. The structure is
The Virginia Mason East Tower is a project consisting of a 320,000- sq ft, ten-story hospital in Seattle, There will be three floors below-grade, housing emergency fuel storage, a central utility plant, and a portion of central sterile storage and distribution. The seven-floor concrete structure above-grade includes an interstitial space above a portion of each floor tenant improvement area. The 165,539 sq ft of tenant improvements will include a Procedure and Operating Room floor, Emergency Department, Critical Care Unit, and a Patient Bed Floor. Also included in the project are connections at each floor to the existing hospital tower adjacent
Amazon.com is building its new corporate headquarters in Seattle�s South Lake Union neighborhood. The headquarters includes up to 11 new buildings totaling approximately 1.7 million sq ft of office and nearly 100,000 sq ft of street-level retail space. The five phase construction project which kicked off in early 2008 will include various new buildings and the adaptive reuse of two historic buildings. Initial occupancy is expected by mid 2010. Related Links: Northwest Construction Top Starts Key Players Project Name: Amazon Headquarters Location: Seattle Owner: Vulcan Inc. Architect: NBBJ, LMN Architects, Callison General Contractor: Lease Crutcher Lewis, Sellen, GLY Total Construction
The project includes 750,000 sq-ft tenant improvements consisting of offices, conference rooms, espresso bars, elevator lobbies, main reception, locker rooms, bathrooms, multi-purpose rooms, server lab, two cafeterias and three kitchens. IMAGE COURTESY OF NBBJ Related Links: Northwest Construction Top Starts Key Players Project Name: Bravern I and II Location: Bellevue, WA Total Construction Cost: $116 million Construction Start Date: May 08 Expected Completion Date: July 08 Owner/Developer: International Software Developer General Contractor: Howard S. Wright Constructors Design Firm (Architect or Lead Engineer): Collins Woerman Engineers or Other Design Consultants: Coffman Engineers (Electrical), Holaday-Parks (Mechanical), DCI (Structural)
Hoffman is in charge of building the Brightwater treatment plant. This year it plans to complete the buildings, backfill structures, build digesters, install mechanical and electrical systems (pumps, piping, ducts), and begin landscaping. IMAGE COURTESY OF KING COUNTY SOLIDS STREAM Related Links: Northwest Construction Top Starts IMAGE COURTESY OF KING COUNTY) DIGESTERS Brightwater Treatment Plant Main facility Key Players Project Name: Brightwater Treatment Plant Main facility Location: Bothell Wash. Total Construction Cost: $73 million Construction Start Date: 2007 Construction End Date: 2010 General Contractor: Hoffman Construction Subcontractors: University Mechanical
The Broadstone Enso Project is a six-story, 152 unit market rate apartment complex with two levels of parking and 10,000 sq ft of street level retail space. Located in Portland's Pearl District, its exterior features numerous bump-outs and and balconies, highlighted by the striking integration of metal, wood and concrete exterior finishes. The Enso also incorporates a central courtyard. IMAGE COURTESY OF YORKE & CURTIS Related Links: Northwest Construction Top Starts Key Players Project Name: Broadstone Enso Apartments Location: Portland, Ore. Total Construction Cost: $24 million Construction Start Date: October 2008 Expected Completion Date: April 2010 Owner/Developer: Alliance Residential Company