ENR's Best Projects competition in the Northwest region showcases work that features innovative ideas, sustainable strategies and considerable collaboration.
Originally conceived and budgeted as a repair-and-alterations job, the Edith Green-Wendell Wyatt Federal Building project took on added scope through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Sandwiched between the end of the 2012-2013 Seattle Seahawks season and the start of the Seattle Sounders soccer season, the project team had four months to demolish an existing 3,100-sq-ft team store and build a new 14,130-sq-ft retail space.
The Arctic Containment System project delivered a first-of-its-kind, barge-based oil-spill containment system to serve the owner as a fourth line of defense against an oil well breach during Arctic drilling.