The only way the Washington State Dept. of Transportation can describe building a highway off-ramp in the wrong location: “Unfortunate and embarrassing.” Photo: WSDOT Demolition begins for the fix to a wrongly placed Tacoma, Wash., interchange ramp. Construction reached 90% completion on the eastbound ramp to Sprague Avenue as part of the $119.9-million Nalley Valley interchange that addresses traffic snarl where Interstate 5 meets State Route 16 in South Tacoma before the problem surfaced. Tearing out a portion of the ramp and changing the profile for 700 ft begins to right the wrong. Kevin Dayton, WSDOT regional administrator, says this
A Seattle K-8 public school built under state sustainability protocols had to be shut down after staff and students complained of annoying odors. When toxicology testing showed that high pH and moisture content in the concrete flooring had reacted with carpet adhesive and backing to produce methyl hexanol, a volatile organic compound, the school district had no choice but to carry out expensive repairs. Photo: Seattle Public Schools Carpet adhesive and moisture reacted. Opened in September 2009, the $37-million South Shore School struggled with complaints about the smell until closing in April 2010. The toxicology investigation confirmed the extent of
Vancouver, B.C., residents better not fall too deeply in love with the 27,500-seat Empire Field, which is on course for a June 20 completion. The stadium, built to host the Canadian Football League’s BC Lions while the team’s current home, BC Place, is under renovation, will only exist in its current form until November of next year. Then, like recyclable scaffolding, North America’s first-known temporary stadium for professional football—constructed from some 15,000 parts shipped from Switzerland in 70 containers—will be dismantled and shipped home, where it will be reincarnated as another temporary sports facility. Photo: Courtesy of BC Pavilion Corp
The Washington State Dept. of Transportation is creating a list of best construction practices for floating bridges, based on results of tests conducted on a pontoon built at one-sixth the typical size. The best practices will be used by the design-build team that won the contract to build new pontoons for the state Route 520 Evergreen Point Floating Bridge. At 2,285 meters, SR 520's bridge is the longest of its kind in the world. Photos: WSDOT Engineers run curing tests on a scale-model pontoon at a yard near Olympia, Wash., in an attempt to minimize cracks. Photos: WSDOT Engineers run
MARTINEZ STINE ZGF Architects LLP has added 9 new employees to support its project portfolio. Todd Stine has returned to ZGF as a technical design principal. He will play a lead role on select projects and oversee technical design quality on all projects in the Seattle office. Bertha Martinez, AIA, has returned to ZGF as an associate partner and senior project manager where she is working on the Washington State University Global Animal Health project. Masaru Haruyama, AIA, has also returned to ZGF as associate partner and project designer and is currently working on the Seattle Children’s Hospital Expansion. Eric
Photo: KPB ARCHITECTS/NEESER Goose Creek Correctional Center Photo: KUMIN ASSOCIATES/MAHLUM Norton Sound Regional Hospital Related Links: Top 30 Northwest Starts Washington Oregon Photo: CRAIG SANDINE Eielson AFB Military Family Housing Units Phase 1 Photo: HDR Inc. Anchorage Sport Fish Hatchery 1. Goose Creek Correctional Center PROJECT COST: $216 Million Started: May 2009 Target Completion: February 2012 Owner: Mat-Su Borough; State of Alaska Dept. of Corrections Design Firm: kpb/HOK/Durrant General Contractor: Neeser Construction Inc. Construction Manager: RISE Alaska Engineers: DOWL HKM; Engineering Development Services; Coffman Engineers Subcontractors: Acme Fence; Alaska Glazing; AQFP; Alcan Electric; Arthun Painting; Door Systems of Alaska; Engineered
Photo: Oregon Dept. of Human Services Oregon State Hospital Replacement - Salem Photo: Legacy Health The Children�s Hospital at Emanuel Medical Center Related Links: Top 30 Northwest Starts Washington Alaska Photo: Ellerbe Becket Kaiser Permanente Westside Medical Center Photo: Sheehan Partners Prineville Data Center 1. Oregon State Hospital Replacement - Salem PROJECT COST: $280 Million Started: July 2008 Target Completion: Late 2011 Owner: Oregon Dept. of Human Services Design Firm: HOK; SRG Partnership General Contractor: Hoffman Construction Co. Construction Manager: CH2M HILL Engineers: KPFF; Westlake Consultants; AEI Subcontractors: Konell Construction; Demolition Corp.; Cherry City Electric; Oregon Cascade Plumbing & Heating;
Photo: Sound Transit Sound Transit University Link Tunnels Photo: Mortenson Construction Providence Regional Medical Center - Everett Related Links: Top 30 Northwest Starts Oregon Alaska Photo: NBBJ Washington DIS Data Center and Office Building Photo: Turner Construction Seattle-Tacoma Intl. Airport Consolidated Rental Car Facility 1. Sound Transit University Link Tunnels PROJECT COST: $462.7 Million Started: March 2009 Target Completion: 2013 Owner: Sound Transit Design Firm: Northlink Transit Partners (Jacobs Associates; HNTB Corp.; AECOM) General Contractor: JCM U-Link; Traylor Frontier-Kemper JV Construction Manager: Seattle Tunnel and Rail Team JV Consultants: LMN Architects; Hewitt Architects; KPFF Consulting Engineers; Earth Tech University Link,
Related Links: Architect Designs Two College Facilities Construction of I-90 HOV Lane Commences Center for Health Sciences to Start at Puget Sound The joint venture of In Line Commercial Construction Inc, Aloha, with Rickenbach Construction, Astoria, have been selected to provide construction services for three projects at Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria. The work is estimated at $4.6 million and began in March. Designed by Portland-based Anderson Dabrowski Architects, the program includes a complete upgrade to the hospital’s 14,800-sq-ft surgery suites, a new outpatient endoscopy center and a three-story, 13,545-sq-ft professional office building.
Related Links: Architect Designs Two College Facilities Joint Venture Selected for Columbia Memorial Projects Center for Health Sciences to Start at Puget Sound Sound Transit and the WSDOT broke ground on the next stage of adding new HOV lanes in both directions across Lake Washington on Interstate 90 to prepare for East Link light rail service between Seattle and the Eastside. The second stage of the project now getting underway by general contractor Gary Merlino Construction will open a new eastbound HOV lane between Mercer Island and Bellevue in late 2012. The third and final stage, to be completed in
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