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.
Funded under the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and part of the U.S. General Services Administration's Design Excellence program, the 209,000-sq-ft Federal Center South transformed a 4.6-acre brownfield site into a modern workplace for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Northwest District headquarters.
Dubbed "the greenest office building in the world," the Bullitt Center in Seattle satisfies all of its own energy, water and waste needs within an urban setting.
The "Building Hope" expansion at Seattle Children's Hospital added 330,000 sq ft and 80 new universal beds to meet the demand for treating the region's sickest children.
To demolish existing office and lab space, then reconstruct 55,000 sq ft of corporate office and research facilities, the team worked under an extremely fast-track schedule.
The project team faced a challenging site when developing a 67,000 sq-ft, two-story primary school located on the headwaters of Trillium Creek in West Linn, Ore.
Developed to support the Experience Music Project Museum, a five-story office facility was designed and built to achieve LEED-Platinum certification on a nonprofit budget.
As the Port of Long Beach, Calif., moves forward with its 10-year, $4-billion modernization program, two of its largest components are seeing sharp cost increases. The $1-billion Gerald Desmond Bridge project faces a 15% budget increase, while the price tag on the $1.2-billion Middle Harbor project has now risen by $29.5 million. Related Links: Long Beach's Long-term View Long Beach, Calif., Approves $1-billion Bridge Replacement Project Much of these increases occurred because the port was built on an oil field, with dozens of abandoned wells and other obstructions left behind when drilling ceased decades ago. As a result, prep work
A worker was killed Monday morning at the Levi's Stadium site in Santa Clara, Calif., the second death in four months at the $1.3-billion project. A 61-year-old driver for Tampa-based steel subcontractor Gerdau Ameristeel was unloading a bundle of rebar at the new stadium for the San Francisco 49ers when the bundle fell and crushed him, says Cal-OSHA spokesperson Kathleen Hennessy. The worker from nearby Vacaville, Calif., whose name has not been released, was transported to the hospital and later died from his injuries. Related Links: Calif. OSHA Investigating Worker Deaths at 49ers Stadium, Cement Quarry The job site was
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