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November 7, 2014
Concrete Masonry Design and Higher Education
Honor awards: Harned Center for Health Careers
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Harned Center, outfitted in three colors of structural block veneer, was built to LEED gold standards.
Location: Tacoma
Mason contractor: Johnston Construction
Architect: NBBJ
Owner: Tacoma Community College
General contractor: Forma Construction
The Harned Center for Health Careers provides up-to-date equipment in the Tacoma Community College health training programs that are not covered through state funding.
The center has 69,700 square feet for multi-use labs, instructional space, and program support areas for studying, conferences and faculty offices. Cooling and heating comes from a geothermal system made up of 150 wells that are each 220 feet deep.
The geothermal system was part of the LEED gold design for the building.
A three-color blend of structural block veneer CMU was used on the exterior.
Other Stories:
- Commercial Honor award:
First Savings Bank Northwest — Loan Center - Unique Masonry Use — Tile and Stone Honor award:
South Seattle residence - Multi-Structure Use Merit award:
UPS master masonry plan - Multi-Structure Use Honor award:
Picnic Point Wastewater Treatment Plant - Medical Merit award:
ICHS Shoreline Medical and Dental Clinic - Medical Honor award:
Swedish Hospital Issaquah - K-12 Honor award:
Eisenhower High School - K-12 Merit award:
Valley View Middle School - Residential Honor award:
Skyline at First Hill - Higher Education Merit award:
Wenatchee Valley College Music & Art Center - Restoration-Renovation Honor award:
UW Husky Stadium - Residential Merit award: Stadium Place
- Institutional Honor award:
Tahoma National Cemetery - Government & Civic Merit award:
Burien Fire Station 28 - Concrete Masonry Design Merit award
and Government & Civic Honor award:
Snohomish Aquatic Center - Unique Masonry Use — Tile and Stone Merit award:
Everett Golf & Country Club residence