DBM Contractors Inc. completed the installation of drilled shaft foundations, for the new southbound lanes of I-5 across the Willamette River in Eugene, Ore. Valued at approximately $1.95 million, the project required DBM to install 22 drilled shafts ranging from 60 to 96 in. in diameter and extending to depths up to almost 90 ft over more than 2,000 ft of bridge alignment along I-5. Photo: DBM Contractors Inc. Drilled shaft foundation work was completed on the Willamette River Bridge in Eugene, Ore. by DBM Contractors and general contractor Hamilton Construction. The GC/CM for the project is Hamilton Construction. The
The U.S. General Services Administration kicked-off the modernization of the Federal Center South Complex with the start of construction for the Seattle District Headquarters of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Image: ZGF Architects Seattle District Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will occupy the renovated Federal Center South Complex in Seattle. GSA is investing $72 million in Recovery Act funding to develop a LEED gold workplace, including extensive use of natural daylight, conversion of existing hardscape into low impact sustainable green space, use of recycled timbers and other building materials and an energy-efficient HVAC system utilizing under-floor air distribution.
After breaking ground in mid-October 2009, the last structural steel beam for Swedish’s comprehensive ambulatory care center, five-story medical office building and acute-care community hospital on a 12.5-acre parcel in the Issaquah Highlands was signed by construction workers and hospital officials before being lifted into place atop the structure. General contractor Sellen Construction Co. plans to open phase one of the facility by July 2011. Photo: Swedish The construction team gathers to celebrate the raising of the final structural steel beam on the Swedish/Issaquah Campus in Issaquah Highlands, Wash. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras"
The Sound Transit Board of Directors awarded the construction contract for the Sounder D-to-M Streets Track and Signal project to MidMountain Contractors Inc. The project will build a new commuter rail line from East D to South M Streets in Tacoma. Work on the contract began in late September. When complete, the D-to-M Streets track will connect with the M-to-Lakewood segment, extending Sounder south line service from Tacoma Dome Station to Bridgeport Way in Lakewood. Service to Lakewood will begin in 2012. MidMountain, headquartered in Kirkland, Wash., submitted a bid of $40.8 million, $25.6 million below the Sound Transit engineer’s
Vestas, a producer of high-tech wind power systems, will move its North American sales and service headquarters into the historic Meier & Frank Depot Building in Portland’s Pearl District. Image: Vestas Wind power producer Vestas is renovating the Meier & Frank Depot building in Portland, adding an ecoroof terrace and solar array. Image: Vestas Vestas intends to maintain the historic integrity of the old Meier & Frank Depot Building’s facade in Portland’s Pearl District. Gerding Edlen Development Inc. will develop the $66-million project, which is expected to break ground this month. Vestas plans to occupy the space in early 2012.
Coast Crane Co. of Seattle filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Sept. 21, but the company has a plan to sell to New York’s Clearlake Capital Group within 90 days. The agreement will give the private investment firm substantially all of Coast Crane’s assets, subject to an auction and Bankruptcy Court approval. Photo Courtesy Coast Crane Coast Crane filed for bankruptcy on Sept. 21. The crane, forklift and equipment company serves the construction industry on the West Coast and in Alaska, Hawaii and Guam. Products are rented and sold through from its network of 14 locations, serving approximately 3,000 customer
The largest project in Seattle University history, the 120,000-sq-ft renovation and expansion of the Lemieux Library, officially opens this month. Image courtesy Mithun Mortenson Construction, Bellevue, started construction on the $34-million project in June of 2009, including renovating the decades-old, six-story building, plus seismic upgrades and renovation of the mechanical and electrical systems. Mortenson also added a three story, 33,000-sq-ft learning commons on the east side of the existing structure. “The entire contents [of the library] were moved into a temporary structure while construction took place,” says David Bonewitz, a Seattle-based project management consultant and the owner’s representative on the
During the dismantling of Gold Ray Dam, a 106-year-old timber cofferdam and 70-year-old concrete dam near Medford, Ore., the Rogue River blew through a sand spit, changing course and freeing the river�s run for the first time in over a century. Photo: River Design Group Oregon�s Gold Ray Dam is razed two weeks ahead of schedule after an unexpected breach. Photo: River Design Group Oregon�s Gold Ray Dam is razed two weeks ahead of schedule after an unexpected breach. Scott Wright, project manager for the Corvallis, Ore., office of design-build contractor River Design Group, says that the entire process actually
With the news that Facebook had surpassed 500 million users, the social networking website has decided to more than double the size of its first wholly-owned data center currently under construction in Prineville, Ore. The initial $188-million project broke ground in January and has been moving along rapidly. The expansion will add another 160,000 sq ft of shell space to the 147,000 sq ft facility now being built, with the shell space being built out later as business demand dictates. Photos courtesy Sheehan Partners Photos courtesy Sheehan Partners Photos courtesy Sheehan Partners "We are making excellent progress on the first
The Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute (CRSI) of Schaumburg, Ill., recently announced a new chairman and the addition of eight new members to its Board of Directors at its annual conference in Naples, Fla. John P. Simmet, president and CEO of Simcote Inc., St. Paul, Minn., was elected as the new chairman of CRSI. The new Midwest regional representative director is Robert Shuhert, Ambassador Steel, Auburn, Ind. The new Midwest at-large directors include Louis Colarusso, ERICO, Solon, Ohio;Keith LePage, Whitacre Engineering, Canton, Ohio; and Timothy Thomas, American Steel Fab, Pevely, Mo. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" HONORS Don Oglesby, senior
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