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1551 Eastlake

Posted on June 20, 2018 by - Life Science, Projects

1551 Eastlake

Auburn renovated the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s former headquarters into 80,000 square feet of biotech lab and office space. The project included lab infrastructure on levels two and three for future tenants. Auburn utilized prefabrication to save time, reduce cost, and ensure the laboratory systems met both the highest standard of quality and were built in the proper clean and controlled environment. Prefabricated racks contained as many as 17 laboratory systems. Auburn fabricated these in sections and trucked them to the job site, allowing for installation of over 2000 linear feet of various systems in three days on-site.

Facts:

  • General Contractor: BNBuilders
  • Plumbing
  • Renovation

Hoa Mai Gardens – Yesler

Posted on June 20, 2018 by - Full Mechanical, HVAC, Plumbing, Projects, Residential

Hoa Mai Gardens – Yesler

Hoa Mai Gardens is a new 111-unit, mixed-income housing apartment complex in the Yesler neighborhood of Seattle. The project was for the Seattle Housing Authority, and Auburn was the design-build and full-mechanical contractor. Other features of the project include a rainwater harvesting system that provides water for the toilets and the solar-powered boilers.

Facts:

  • General Contractor: Andersen Construction
  • Design-Build
  • Full Mechanical
  • New Construction

MOHAI

Posted on June 20, 2018 by - Community/Religious, Full Mechanical, HVAC, Plumbing, Projects

MOHAI (Museum of History & Industry)

The project consisted of disconnecting and removing existing equipment and refurbishing the entire building with all new equipment, fixtures, plumbing, HVAC piping, and ductwork. New equipment included energy lab rooftop air-handling units, boilers, multi-stack chillers (five each), chilled water and heating water pumps, heat pumps, humidifiers, fan coil units, exhaust fans, and chilled-water ceiling panels. 3D CAD drawings were used for coordination between all trades.

Facts:

  • General Contractor: Sellen Construction
  • Plumbing
  • HVAC
  • Renovation

Enumclaw Hospital

Posted on June 20, 2018 by - Healthcare, Plumbing, Projects

Enumclaw Hospital

This 90,000 square foot hospital includes an emergency department; diagnostic imaging; three operating rooms; two gastrointestinal rooms; 25 patient beds; two labor, delivery, and recovery rooms; a cafeteria; administrative space; and an 8,000 square foot cold shell for build-out of 13 future patient beds. It is the first LEED-certified hospital in Washington State.
The project included installation of four Fanwall air-handling units and a VAV air-distribution system; a Phoenix Theris System for controlling room climate and pressurization; and two 200-ton air-cooled chillers for generating chilled water and three condensing boilers providing heat for hot water.

Facts:

  • General Contractor: Sellen Construction
  • Plumbing
  • New Construction

Auburn Medical Office Building

Posted on June 20, 2018 by - Healthcare, Projects

Auburn Medical Office Building

Auburn provided plumbing and piping for the new 45,000 square foot medical office building. The three-story, concrete-tilt-up building houses rooftop equipment and a VAV unit on each floor. Also included in the project was a new 105,000 square foot, four-level parking structure with over 310 stalls.

Facts:

  • General Contractor: BNBuilders
  • Plumbing
  • New Construction

Port of Seattle Rental Car Facility

Posted on June 20, 2018 by - Projects, Retail/Restaurant

Port of Seattle Rental Car Facility

The rental car facility includes an extensive storm-water-drainage system that culminates into a 3-million-gallon detention vault fed by two 16-inch stormwater mains. The facility will ultimately support offices for ten rental-car companies and 5,000 parking spaces throughout the five-story garage. In addition, the new, quick-turnaround facilities will dispense over 100,000 gallons of gasoline stored on-site through 48 pumps, as well as a stainless-steel piping system designed to supply windshield washer fluid.

Facts:

  • General Contractor: Turner Construction
  • Plumbing

Fire Station 10 Seattle

Posted on June 20, 2018 by - Plumbing, Projects, Public

Fire Station 10 Seattle

Auburn worked on the new construction of Seattle’s Emergency (911) Operations Center and the state’s largest fire station. Specialty installations included a vehicle-exhaust system and a cooling system for the operations center. The project received LEED Silver designation and includes a rainwater reclaim for irrigation and vehicle washing.

SAAS CUB

Posted on June 20, 2018 by - Full Mechanical, HVAC, K-12 Education, Plumbing, Projects, Recent

SAAS CUB

The Cardinal Union Building is the new middle school building for the Seattle Academy of Arts and Sciences. The 71,539 square foot structure includes a serving room, kitchen, gym, commons space, administrative space, roof access, and one level of underground parking.

Facts:

  • General Contractor: GLY Construction
  • Design-Assist
  • Plumbing
  • HVAC
  • New Construction

Pike Place MarketFront

Posted on June 20, 2018 by - Full Mechanical, HVAC, Plumbing, Projects, Public

Pike Place MarketFront

The Pike Place MarketFront project replaced critical parking support for the market that used to exist under the Seattle viaduct, while also providing new indoor and outdoor retail space.

Key Features:

  • Team Co-Location
  • Rigorous System Analysis
  • BIM/VDC
  • Energy Modeling
  • Targeting LEED Gold
  • Prefabrication

Facts:

  • General Contractor: Sellen Construction
  • Plumbing
  • HVAC

UW Husky Stadium Renovation

Posted on June 20, 2018 by - Higher Education, Plumbing, Projects

UW Husky Stadium Renovation

The Husky Stadium Renovation project was a developer-led, design-build project that included complete demolition and reconstruction of the lower bowl and south grandstand, renovation of the Don James Center, the addition of permanent east stands seating, as well as a 200-stall, 75,000-SF parking garage. In addition, an 80,000-SF football operations building was constructed in the west arena, housing the home-team locker room, weight room, team meeting rooms, recruiting lounge, and coaches’ offices. The project also included a 35,000-SF sports medicine clinic located beneath the south lower-bowl seating. The renovated stadium includes 70,000 seats, 2,500 club seats, and 28 new suites.

Auburn was successfully able to implement Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) throughout all preconstruction and construction activities at Husky Stadium. IPD leverages early contributions of knowledge and expertise through the utilization of new technologies, allowing all team members to realize their highest potentials better while expanding the value they provide throughout the project lifecycle.

As a part of IPD and Lean Construction Ideologies, Auburn was responsible for all preconstruction activities, including design, detailing activities, MEP, and BIM coordination. This helped promote high productivity by lowering waste, time overruns, quality issues, and conflicts during construction. By promoting higher efficiencies in a controlled environment, we were able to prefabricate nearly 35% of the Husky Stadium Renovation at our headquarters and then deliver and install in the field.

The Lean construction approach also benefited the GMP contract structure of the project. Negotiating pricing was a collaborative approach between the owner, architect, and construction team, bringing visibility to cost impacts at the point of discovery and helping maintain budget and schedule. This promoted a team environment where all team members involved were able to discuss potential pitfalls and work together to find solutions to the issues at hand.

Facts:

  • General Contractor: Turner Construction/HSW