Hoffman is in charge of building the Brightwater treatment plant. This year it plans to complete the buildings, backfill structures, build digesters, install mechanical and electrical systems (pumps, piping, ducts), and begin landscaping. IMAGE COURTESY OF KING COUNTY SOLIDS STREAM Related Links: Northwest Construction Top Starts IMAGE COURTESY OF KING COUNTY) DIGESTERS Brightwater Treatment Plant Main facility Key Players Project Name: Brightwater Treatment Plant Main facility Location: Bothell Wash. Total Construction Cost: $73 million Construction Start Date: 2007 Construction End Date: 2010 General Contractor: Hoffman Construction Subcontractors: University Mechanical
The Broadstone Enso Project is a six-story, 152 unit market rate apartment complex with two levels of parking and 10,000 sq ft of street level retail space. Located in Portland's Pearl District, its exterior features numerous bump-outs and and balconies, highlighted by the striking integration of metal, wood and concrete exterior finishes. The Enso also incorporates a central courtyard. IMAGE COURTESY OF YORKE & CURTIS Related Links: Northwest Construction Top Starts Key Players Project Name: Broadstone Enso Apartments Location: Portland, Ore. Total Construction Cost: $24 million Construction Start Date: October 2008 Expected Completion Date: April 2010 Owner/Developer: Alliance Residential Company
The modernization of Deer Park High School includes 81,000 sq ft of renovated space and 68,000 sq ft of new addition for a total of 149,000 sq ft in the completed project. Site design includes expanded parking for all users and a bus loop that surrounds the school and also provides access for emergency and delivery vehicles. Related Links: Northwest Construction Top Starts Key Players Project Name: Deer Park High School Location: Deer Park, Wash. Total Construction Cost: $34 million Construction Start Date: September 2008 Expected Completion Date: Fall 2010 Owner/Developer: Deer Park School District General Contractor: Garco Construction Design
Family Housing Replacement is a design/build fast track project located in the Denali Village area on Fort Wainwright, AK. Extensive site work has been required to deal with permafrost and unsuitable soil issues to make the site suitable for a subdivision consisting of 200 Units of Junior and Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Housing with all associated infrastructure. Five different housing types in 4-plex configurations are situated on curvilinear streets with direct buried water, sewer, electrical and glycol circulation systems. IMAGE COURTESY OF NEESER CONSTRUCTION Related Links: Northwest Construction Top Starts Key Players Project Name: Family Housing Replacement, Denali Village Location: Fort
Construction of two 2.8 million gallon steel egg-shaped digesters with an integral 18,500 SF digestion process facility. The facility includes biosolids process mixing systems, recirculation and heating systems, transfer systems, digester gas and foam collection systems, and a stormwater and process overflow pump station. The facility also includes extensive building ventilation and heating systems, as well as associated process and instrumentation control systems. The work also required demolition of the existing Boiler/Cogeneration Facility and demolition of an existing post tensioned 2.1 million gallon concrete digester.. IMAGE COURTESY OF GARCO CONSTRUCTION Related Links: Northwest Construction Top Starts Key Players Project Name:
Design/Assist project that consists of nine stories, roughly 350,000 sq. ft., hospital tower, a central utility plant upgrade with a connecting tunnel between the CUP and the new hospital building and a parking garage. Notable project features include: 80 family-friendly private rooms, new emergency, imaging, and surgery departments, and overall reduction in water and energy use. IMAGE COURTESY OF UNIVERSITY MECHANICAL Related Links: Northwest Construction Top Starts Key Players Name of Project: Good Samaritan Hospital Patient Care Tower Location: Puyallup, Wash. Owner: Good Sam/Multicare Health System Architect: Good Sam Design Collaborative General Contractor: Skanska USA Engineers or Other Design Consultants:
The California Transportation Foundation has announced the Transportation Award winners for Project of the Year, Person of the Year, Elected Official of the Year and more for transportation excellence in 2009. Structure Project of the Year went to Confusion Hill Bridge on U.S. 101 in Mendocino County. The CTF Transportation Awards recognize excellence in California transportation, all modes, public and private sector and from all regions of the state. “The TRANNY Awards jury, made up of public and private sector transportation professionals, reviewed many excellent nominations this year,” says Tom Zlotkowski, CTF Transportation Awards Committee Chair. “Our selections represent the
McCarthy Building Cos. Inc. of Newport Beach recently topped off the structural steel on CHOC Children’s new patient care tower. Currently on schedule for construction completion in December 2012, the $563-million expansion is located on the south side of the existing CHOC Children’s hospital site in Orange. Over the last six months, construction workers used a 196-ft-tall Liebherr tower crane with a reach of 276 ft to install 5,805 pieces of structural steel creating the frame for the new tower. The project team celebrated the placement of the last structural steel beam with a barbecue lunch for the project’s construction
After seven long years in development, Sacramento Mutual Housing Association broke ground last month on its latest development, Mutual Housing at The Highlands, which will house, when completed in mid-2011, the chronically homeless. On the project team are Sunseri Construction of Chico, the general contractor; Cunningham Engineering in Davis; and Sacramento-based Cynthia Easton Architects. Mutual Housing at The Highlands is located on a 3.5-acre parcel in the McClellan Redevelopment Area in North Highlands. The apartment community will have a total of 90 apartments, including 66 with supportive services that will be reserved for persons who are currently homeless. The breakdown
The San Diego and Imperial Counties Chapter of the American Public Works Association recently named the domusstudio architecture-designed Encinitas Fire Station No. 3 as its Project of the Year. The new fire station No. 3 was built by the city of Encinitas to replace the older station on the same site. The project involved demolishing the existing station while continuing to house and allow 24/7 access for firefighter personnel and equipment from a temporary trailer on the site. Project planning included public participation to ensure the project design and plan met nearby residents’ approval. A Web page was also created
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