The Arctic Containment System project delivered a first-of-its-kind, barge-based oil-spill containment system to serve the owner as a fourth line of defense against an oil well breach during Arctic drilling.
Funded under the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and part of the U.S. General Services Administration's Design Excellence program, the 209,000-sq-ft Federal Center South transformed a 4.6-acre brownfield site into a modern workplace for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Northwest District headquarters.
Dubbed "the greenest office building in the world," the Bullitt Center in Seattle satisfies all of its own energy, water and waste needs within an urban setting.
The "Building Hope" expansion at Seattle Children's Hospital added 330,000 sq ft and 80 new universal beds to meet the demand for treating the region's sickest children.
To demolish existing office and lab space, then reconstruct 55,000 sq ft of corporate office and research facilities, the team worked under an extremely fast-track schedule.
The project team faced a challenging site when developing a 67,000 sq-ft, two-story primary school located on the headwaters of Trillium Creek in West Linn, Ore.
Developed to support the Experience Music Project Museum, a five-story office facility was designed and built to achieve LEED-Platinum certification on a nonprofit budget.