William Kenzo Nakamura Federal Courthouse Renovation
Submitted by Mortenson Construction, Bellevue, Wash.
The William Kenzo Nakamura United States Federal Courthouse was the first building in the West designed exclusively as a Federal Court House. The 13-story historic facility was completed in 1939; includes a basement, an upper and lower penthouse, and covers an entire city block in downtown Seattle. In 1998 the General Services Administration and the US Court of Appeals began the process of renovating the 190,000 sq ft building to renew and upgrade it for the next 70 years,