A building permit application is under review by Snohomish County for Swedish Health Services’ ambulatory care and freestanding emergency room in Mill Creek, Wash. The current schedule anticipates construction to begin in March and be completed by the end of the year. Image: Mahlum Architects Swedish Health Services’ Mill Creek Ambulatory Care and E.R. Related Links: Officials Try to Jump Start Columbia River Crossing by Streamlining Costs Facebook Breaks Ground on $188 Million Facility in Eastern Oregon Robert Frost Elementary Opens Designed to be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, Swedish will lease 55,000 sq ft of
Frost Elementary School, a new K-6 school in Kirkland, Wash. for the Lake Washington School District, has been completed. Related Links: Officials Try to Jump Start Columbia River Crossing by Streamlining Costs Facebook Breaks Ground on $188 Million Facility in Eastern Oregon Mill Creek ER May Open this Year Infused with art and poetry, this 59,260-sq-ft replacement facility was designed to take advantage of its wooded site and to create strong connections to the natural surroundings, to the school community and to the words of poet Robert Frost. The classrooms, shared learning spaces and multipurpose commons were designed to be
The North Spokane Corridor project will receive $35 million under the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant program. The grant is one of 51 transportation projects funded by the $1.5 billion U.S. Department of Transportation program, set up to quickly create jobs and boost local economies while investing in improving transportation. Photo: WSDOT Washington Governor Chris Gregoire discussed the North Spokane Freeway grant during a press conference announcing another TIGER grant for Mercer Corridor Redevelopment in Seattle. �This is a huge win for a project that has long been the centerpiece of efforts to boost Spokane�s economy and create
The Oregon and Washington departments of transportation have drafted recommendations to scale back plans for a replacement Columbia River Crossing bridge.
Facebook broke ground on a new $188 million data center in Prineville. The 147,000-sq-ft facility is expected to create more than 200 jobs during its 12-month construction phase, led by the joint venture general contractor team of Redwood City, Calif.-based DPR Construction Inc. and Portland-based Fortis Construction. Photos courtesy Sheehan Partners Photos courtesy Sheehan Partners Photos courtesy Sheehan Partners For its first building of this type, Facebook found that Prineville offered “a suitable climate for environmental cooling, renewable power resources, available land, talented regional workforce and supportive business environment,” says Tom Furlong, the company’s director of site operations. The custom
Gregs G. Thomopulos, P.E., Chairman & CEO of Stanley Consultants of Houston, was elected president of the International Federation of Consulting Engineers for a two-year term. FIDIC represents globally the consulting engineering industry. Thomopulos has been on the organization’s executive committee for six years. His election marks the first time in 20 years that a U.S. citizen holds the position, which only three other Americans have held in FIDIC’s nearly 100-year history. Dynamic Lighting Solutions in Pearland announced Robert C. Horswood joined the company as utility sales representative, Eastern Division. He graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor’s
FERRELL Hanson Alaska LLC recently appointed Shane Ferrell as a civil designer. Ferrell holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in civil engineering from Michigan Technological University and while pursuing his education, served as a material coordinator and construction manager for a Class I Railroad. Ferrell currently is assisting with the conceptual design for the Port MacKenzie Rail Line Extension with the Alaska Railroad Corp. Four architects have been named associate principals in Mahlum’s Seattle and Portland offices – Mitch Kent , AIA and Todd Olson, AIA in Portland; Kirk Haapala , AIA, LEED AP and Erik Goodfriend , AIA, LEED AP,
Northwest Construction Best of 2009 Awards Providence Health and Services relocated its corporate headquarters to a 120,000 sq ft three building campus in Renton, Wash.
Related Links: Oregon Universities Work To Meet Climate Challenge EWB Works on Water Project in Tanzania Portland - The port and city of Portland are partnering on a request for $35.49 million in federal grant funds for the Terminal 4 Multimodal Green Port Project. The U.S. Department of Transportation has made available $1.5 billion in TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) discretionary grants for capital investment in surface transportation projects that must be fully constructed by Feb. 17, 2012. If the grant application is successful, the Port will work with the city on projects that will improve Terminal 4 and
Related Links: Joshua Green Building Renovation Complete Dutch Harbor Cold Storage Built By Skagit County Firm New Hotel Slated For Lakewood Area Olympia – The Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) has adopted fee increases that will affect holders of stormwater and wastewater discharge permits in fiscal years 2010 and 2011. Ecology administers state and federal permits to regulate wastewater and stormwater discharges into Washington’s surface and underground waters. All permit holders are required to pay annual permit fees. Ecology uses the fee money to recover eligible costs associated with operating Ecology’s wastewater discharge permit program. Fees will increase by 5.2%