An independent jury pored over the Top 20 Under 40 entries, judging candidates on the basis of their career experience; industry leadership; community service; and other factors.
For three years, Engineering News-Record has showcased the top young professionals in several regions around the country. This year, ENR features a Top 20 Under 40 list focused exclusively on the Northwest for the first time.
The best work was done at night. On the K&L Gates tenant improvement project in Seattle, Turner Construction Co. overhauled six floors, not all of them connecting, within a fully occupied building.
Lease Crutcher Lewis had to demolish an existing building and construct a six-story, 95,000-sq-ft student housing building in 10 months.The fast pace meant resolving issues in hours, not days.
Weather wouldn't cooperate on the new $5.9-million outpatient specialty care clinic in Vancouver, Wash., but ample precipitation didn't dampen jobsite safety efforts.
Ridgeview High School in Redmond, Ore., was truly a local project. The owner of the $63.9-million, 276,000-sq-ft facility, built by Skanska USA, Portland, wanted to ensure that local partners created the school to sustain contractors through a difficult economic time.
The $467-million Brightwater Treatment Plant serves as the hub of the $1.8-billion Brightwater Regional Wastewater System, which includes 13 miles of conveyance tunnels, a reclaimed water distribution system, a marine outfall into Puget Sound and an offsite pumping station.
In a first for grocery chain Fred Meyer, its oldest Portland location had an $11.4-million remodeling while the store was unoccupied. The 1950s building had three earlier expansions or remodelings.
The $11.1-million, 20,000-sq-ft casino pays homage to the fishing heritage of the Confederate Tribes of Warm Springs. The three casino facades symbolize the three tribes in the confederacy and the fishing platforms are represented by large sculptural elements rising over 30 ft.