Featuring 14 microwave towers, 22 modules and 22 fuel tanks across 450 miles of remote Arctic Alaska, the TERRA Northwest broadband system project was an immense logistical challenge for the team tasked with bringing a high-speed communication network to the area for the first time.
Clad in glass, granite and metal and featuring 40-ft cantilevers, the Hatfield Dowlin Complex—built for the Oregon Ducks football team—offers numerous amenities.
The team on the Alaska Native Brotherhood Harbor upgrade says it surmounted technical challenges and an aggressive schedule to complete the project 14% below budget.
The 15 winners of ENR Northwest's second-annual Top Young Professionals competition distinguished themselves by their mastery of such technology as building information modeling (BIM) and editing and design software as well as their use of social media and smart tablets in the field.
While most of the Seattle crews working on the mammoth State Route 99 project may be cooling their heels as Bertha, the world's largest tunneling machine, remains stuck underground, another job creator has been moving swiftly through the city—office construction.
With a dual mission to restore King Street Station to its 1906 grandeur while adding modern structural and sustainable upgrades, the project team behind this $55-million renovation and modernization project delivered a transportation hub to Seattle that respects the city's history and reflects its modern sensibilities.
To expand the Macdonald Center into a neighboring site in Old Town Portland, crews had to work between two occupied buildings and coordinate with the TriMet MAX light rail, which passes just east of the building.