Best Renovation/Restoration: Pike Place Market Renovation
Even with the difficulty of planning for the unknown, Turner Construction's mantra during renovation of Seattle's 100-year-old Pike Place Market on a bustling downtown hillside was "overcommunicate and minimize surprises."
Scott Paul, Turner senior project manager in Seattle, says project managers had to remain "flexible enough to accommodate unforeseen conditions, special tenant circumstances and owner requests while keeping field crews efficient and on schedule." The $55.9-million, three-phase project called for a complete infrastructure upgrade to the historic downtown market. But with 220 commercial tenants, 350 residents, 300 day-stall tenants and 400 buskers, or public performers, in 14 buildings on nine acres—not to mention 10 million annual visitors—communication was paramount.