Articles Tagged with ''Award Of Merit''

ENR West’s Northwest Best Projects competition honors an array of work from across Washington, Oregon and Alaska that displays dynamic and innovative design and construction methods.

For decades, the city of La Pine faced a critical public health and environmental challenge due to widespread reliance on aging and failing septic systems.

Combining living habitats, hands-on exploration and behind-the-scenes functions, the $141-million, 50,000-sq-ft Ocean Pavilion differs from other aquariums by highlighting the interconnectedness of human and marine life.

After more than 100 gate docking and undocking operations across more than 45 years, Concrete Tech Corp.’s Tacoma dry dock was in need of a replacement caisson gate, a 150-ft-long floating concrete structure that serves as a watertight lock at the dry dock entrance.

This critical dam infrastructure upgrade, located 200 ft down a spillway tunnel at a sustained 52-degree slope within Round Butte Dam, is only the fifth retrofit concrete tunnel aerator constructed in the U.S.

This 29-story mixed-use stepped tower in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood is home to 212 residential units, 9,000 sq ft of street-level retail and restaurants as well as commercial office space.

This adaptive reuse project achieved an 83% reduction in embodied carbon compared with new construction and is expected to earn Zero Carbon certification from the International Living Future Institute as well as LEED Gold certification.

As the first phase of the larger Pop Blocks master plan to reimagine a former Pepsi bottling facility, this project transformed an industrial site into a vibrant, pedestrian-oriented hub centered on art, community and sustainable urban living.

To create a warm, welcoming environment for 150 students who are deaf or hard of hearing, this $53-million LEED Gold mass timber structure delivers a non-institutional aesthetic while serving as a critical element supporting deaf users’ interaction with the physical environment.

Featuring a “flourishing workplace” concept, this 50,000-sq-ft office transformation across three floors of Seattle’s Russell Investment Center features dynamic common areas, state-of-the-art conference rooms and equitable natural light access.