Submitted by PCL Construction Services, Inc. This $34-million project includes 83 total patient beds and space for hospice and dementia care with extensive daylighting to provide a homey atmosphere. Built to LEED silver standards, the center includes a structural steel frame with steel stud shear walls; and a multiple component roof consisting of metal roof panels, membrane roof, and irrigated eco-roof to provide stormwater treatment and acoustic insulation for all resident rooms. The facility was designed to help patients and their families feel relaxed and at “home”. To help accomplish this goal the facility has extensive glazing, allowing day light
While the Washington Dept. of Transportation won’t open the detailed bids for downtown Seattle’s Alaskan Way Viaduct replacement project until mid-December, Gov. Chris Gregoire (D) nudged the long-awaited 56-ft-dia, 2-mi-long bored tunnel one step closer to reality, when she announced on Oct. 29 that both teams submitting bids that day were at or below WSDOT’s estimate of $1.09 billion.
A one-year-old pilot project involving local and state agencies that recycles tear-off shingles for use in hot mix asphalt for road paving is showing promise, according to project participants.
Construction began on a 24,600-sq-ft military recreational center at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, a joint military base of the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force located in Pierce and Thurston counties in Washington.
Portland Public Schools is seeking $548 million in funding for district-wide school modifications, and is expected to send the request to voters in a bond measure on the May 2011 election ballot.
After a heated dispute lasting more than a half-year, building owner Carpenters Tower LLC and its contractor, McCarthy Building Cos. Inc., have resolved all the legal issues related to the distressed, reinforced concrete frame of the 25-story McGuire Apartments in Seattle.
The U.S. Green Building Council announced the launch of LEED for Retail, its newest green building rating system, and the LEED Volume Program, a program designed to meet the certification needs of high-volume property developers. The programs were unveiled at last week�s Greenbuild International Conference & Expo in Chicago. The LEED for Retail rating system recognizes the unique design and construction needs of this market sector, enabling forward-thinking retailers to integrate green building design, construction and operation into ground-up construction, retail interior and build-out projects. Nearly 100 national and independent retailers and franchisees, including Bank of America, Best Buy, Chipotle,
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