Category: Commercial Office

WRNS Studios Tenant Improvements

Posted on April 18, 2019 by - Commercial Office, Current, Design-Build, Full Mechanical, HVAC, Plumbing, Projects

WRNS Studios Tenant Improvements

Auburn partnered with DPR construction on the full-mechanical, design-build TI located on the 5th floor of the Market Place building. WRNS Studio is a planning and architecture firm from San Francisco, with a focus on high-quality, sustainable design. Recently WRNS was named the #1 architecture firm in the US by Architect Magazine for 2018, and they are in the early stages of a strategic push into the Seattle market. Their constant pursuit of sustainability was evident during the design process. LEED V4, WELL 2.0, and LBC (Living Building Challenge) were all carefully considered and selectively integrated into the design. LBC presented a new challenge to the Auburn team, who took it in stride. With only a handful of projects, LBC certified in Seattle there was limited historical information to reference. A component of LBC is the “Red List” material list, which asks that design teams show due diligence in engineering these red-listed project materials. Material vetting, selection, and purchasing were all key phases of this project and required extensive research and documentation.

Facts:

  • General Contractor: DPR Construction
  • Full-Mechanical
  • Tenant Improvements

REI Spring District Headquarters

Posted on January 16, 2019 by - Commercial Office, Plumbing, Projects, Recent

REI Spring District Headquarters

Auburn is the plumbing contractor for over 200,000 square feet of office space for REI’s new multi-building headquarters at The Spring District. Auburn is completing on the shell and core, a two-level garage, and conference space. The project features green features, is aiming for LEED certification, and will emphasize energy efficiency.

Facts:

  • General Contractor: Howard S. Wright
  • Plumbing

3rd & Lenora

Posted on June 20, 2018 by - Commercial Office, Current, Design-Build, Plumbing, Projects, Residential

3rd & Lenora

The Third and Lenora Tower site is situated in Belltown near Seattle’s retail district. This 36-story, mixed-use, residential, office, and retail building will allow individuals to live, work, and play all within one spacious and modern facility. The project includes installation of pipe supported by a complex rebar ladder system and implementation of a new quality control program for documentation of installed underground/under slab piping systems. Third and Lenora is 552,753 square feet and features five floors of underground parking.

Facts:

  • Design-Build
  • Plumbing
  • New Construction

Vulcan Block 45

Posted on June 20, 2018 by - Commercial Office, Design-Build, Plumbing, Projects

Vulcan Block 45

Block 45 includes a 13-story, 317,000-SF office building with four levels of below-grade parking. The building includes a reception area, interview rooms, and commissary kitchen located on the first floor. The second-floor houses training rooms, usability labs, a podcast room, and café. Private and open offices and conference and break rooms are located on floors three through twelve. Auburn was the design-build, plumbing partner on the project.
Our scope of work included:

  • 800 feet of underground plumbing
  • Installation of the storm drain system, roof and floor drains, and all associated piping
  • Sanitary waste and vent piping, plumbing fixtures and equipment, piping, and metering; condensate drain system and natural gas piping
  • Installation of domes; hot and cold water for the commercial kitchen, core and shell restrooms, and break rooms

Facts:

  • General Contractor: Turner Construction
  • Design-Build
  • Plumbing

Seattle Goodwill JTE Center

Posted on June 20, 2018 by - Commercial Office, Projects

Seattle Goodwill JTE Center

The Goodwill JTE is a two-story office space over one level of ground-level parking comprising a total of 60,000 square feet. The building includes energy efficiency and water-conservation features, including a rainwater harvesting and cistern system. For these efforts, the project received the LEED Silver designation. The new building allowed the Seattle Goodwill to increase the number of free education classes they could offer as well as increase the amount of administrative space.

Facts:

  • General Contractor: Foushee
  • New Construction

MG2 Office

Posted on June 19, 2018 by - Commercial Office, Design-Build, HVAC, Projects

MG2 Office

MG2 Architecture, one of the largest architecture firms in the state, moved its headquarters from Bellevue to Seattle. For MG2’s new office, Auburn was responsible for the complete install of a new LG VRF System in a 60,000 SF shell-and-core building. The system includes 150 tons of cooling and heating, with associated low-pressure ductwork and control system.

Facts:

  • General Contractor: Howard S. Wright
  • HVAC
  • Renovation

F5 Tower

Posted on June 19, 2018 by - Commercial Office, Hospitality, Plumbing, Projects, Recent

F5 Tower

Auburn’s multi-project work on the 800 block of 5th Avenue in downtown Seattle is one of the largest and most complex plumbing projects in Auburn’s portfolio. The F5 Tower is a 45-story, steel-frame building with eight levels of below-grade parking. Levels 1–16 consist of a five-star luxury hotel, while the upper 28 floors are class-A office space.

Facts:

  • General Contractor: JTM Construction
  • Plumbing
  • New Construction and Renovation

SECO Southport

Posted on June 19, 2018 by - Commercial Office, Current, Design-Build, Plumbing, Projects

SECO Southport

The Southport Office Campus is located in Renton, and the class-A office project consisted of the new construction of a 664,000 square foot, six-level parking garage, and three nine-story office towers totaling 712,752 square feet. The project took over three years to complete and was completed in three phases. Additionally, Auburn was the first MEP subcontractor to complete their scope of work on the project, saving the owner money.

Facts:

  • General Contractor: Exxel Pacific
  • Design-Build
  • Plumbing
  • New Construction

Pebble Beach Offices

Posted on May 21, 2018 by - Commercial Office, Design-Build, Full Mechanical, HVAC, Plumbing, Projects

Pebble Beach Offices

Auburn was the design-build, full-mechanical contractor for the project. The tenant improvements took place in three-buildings—totaling 338,000 square feet—in just six months. The project included chilled water rooftop AHUs with VAV and electric reheat, chilled water fan coils for IT and 24/7 loads, and a complete replacement of the hydronic piping systems.

Facts:

  • General Contractor: Howard S. Wright
  • Plumbing
  • HVAC
  • New Construction

Renders Courtesy of Clive Wilkinson Architects.