Golder Named in $10B Air Force Contract

Gainesville, Fla. - Redmond, Wash. Environmental consulting firm Golder Associates is one of several subcontractors to Ellis Environmental Group, the contractor awarded a multi-year contract with the U.S. Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence. The team was chosen to participate in up to $10 billion worth of potential work over the next eight years in the areas of design, construction and environmental restoration at Air Force bases worldwide.

The Air Force's Worldwide Environmental Restoration and Construction program represents opportunities for the team to provide remediation, maintenance and repair, operations, site closure, hazardous waste removal and support for fueling systems.

Express Completes Upgrade To Pioneer Square Building

Seattle - Express Construction Company of Mercer Island, Wash., recently completed new seismic upgrades to the historic Union Trust Building located in Pioneer Square at 199 South Main Street. The project involved complicated structural support and masonry work in occupied spaces throughout the four-story commercial building.

Express installed specially engineered structural connections to the existing masonry columns and wood beams within the interior of the building's frame. The project involved significant coordination to adjust work schedules and staging to minimize interference with existing tenants who remained open, including D'Adamo/Woltz Gallery, which houses a substantial number of fine art pieces. The upgrade also required the team to cut through multiple floors in order to tie the existing structural support beams together with the roof structure above.

Brett Henkel, superintendent, and Patrick Donohue directed the project for Express. Other team members included Pioneer Masonry and Cox Wrought Iron.

Team Wraps Up Cascadia Village

Vancouver - Team Construction Residential, LLC, has completed work on Vancouver's Cascadia Village.

Cascadia Village consists of 51 new residential units of affordable housing. The total project consists of more than 46,000 sq. ft. of new construction.

The project features a range of individual and family-oriented units from studio apartments to four-bedroom units. The wood-frame construction is accented with hardi-plank siding. Each unit features a new, turbonics central heating system offering affordable, reliable temperature control.

Temporary occupancy permits were issued on December 30 and the project was completed January 31. Despite ice and snow storm delays, the project was completed on schedule and on budget. The project is the second successful collaboration between Team and Affordable Community Environment to create more affordable and low-income housing in the Vancouver area.

Coffman Wins Work In Middle East

The Spokane, Wash. office of Coffman Engineers Inc. was recently awarded the structural, mechanical, and electrical engineering design for a new 180,000-sq.-ft. medical office building and a 20,000-sq.-ft. satellite clinic remodel for the American Hospital in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The firm is part of a team with the Chicago office of Perkins & Will. The project manager for the work will be based in the Los Angeles office, but a large portion of the production and design work will take place in Spokane.

Currently, the Spokane office is also working on a project for Kaiser Aluminum in Jamaica and the Los Angeles office has proposals out on other projects in the Middle East.

Clark/Kjos Merges With Mills, John & Rigdon

The Seattle office of Clark/Kjos Architects has merged with architectural firm Mills, John & Rigdon Inc.

A 19-year old architecture, interior design and planning firm, Clark/Kjos Architects serves health care clients throughout the Northwest with offices in Seattle and Portland, Ore. Mills, John & Rigdon has been in continual operation since John W. Maloney founded it in 1923. The firm evolved throughout the years, with its focus shifting to health care architecture in the 1980s. The merger creates a strong and experienced health care design, planning and facilities consulting firm.

Both firms have worked on projects ranging from $20 million down to $100,000, making it easier to balance staff workloads. MJR's broad experience and strength in project documentation and construction technology complements CKA's strong planning, design and management abilities, providing a strategic balance immediately benefiting their clients.

The newly merged firm retains the name Clark/Kjos Architects.

CLC Associates Relocates To Spokane Valley

Spokane - CLC Associates, an engineering, architectural, planning, landscape architectural, and surveying firm, has relocated its office to the Pinecroft Business Center located in Spokane Valley.

The move takes CLC Associates from their previous office located in the Marycliff Center, the historic parochial girls' school, where the firm has maintained their office for the past 10 years. The move allows CLC Associates to continually expand its professional practice in providing services for the built environment throughout the northwest.

CLC Associates, with a total of 115 staff, maintains additional offices in Denver, Salt Lake City, and Phoenix. Notable Washington include Vista Place at Northwood, the Shelley Lake development, and the Hanson Office Building. The firm's work also includes several Marriott Residence Inns and Oxford Suites throughout the western United States.