Merging the start of the second phase of construction into the ongoing construction of the first phase of the 160,000-sq-ft University of Washington Molecular Engineering & Sciences Building was a good challenge, says Bob Vincent, project manager for Seattle-based Hoffman Construction, the general contractor.
Clackamas County Water Environment Services not only picked a high-performance membrane bioreactor technology to expand wastewater treatment at this Oregon City facility; it did so within a small, indoor footprint.
Along with the complex new Outpatient Specialty Clinic at the existing 50-acre V.A. Medical Center campus in Vancouver, Wash., came concerns over scheduling and supply deliveries for the intricate pieces of the $5.9-million building.
A tight budget, a rural location on the cliffs above the Columbia River Gorge and a jobsite attached to a 100-year-old museum listed on the National Register of Historic Places combined to challenge designers and contractors on a 25,500-sq-ft expansion of the Maryhill Museum of Art in Goldendale, Wash.
Moving precious artwork can be a delicate business, but construction of the new 93,000-sq-ft Barnes Foundation building in Philadelphia was an even more sensitive process.