June 16, 2008

Fire Station No. 10

A $44 million disaster-response complex opened by the city of Seattle in May houses Fire Station 10, the Fire Alarm Center and the Emergency Operations Center. The building is at 105 Fifth Ave. S.

The 60,000-square-foot complex was designed to allow the city to better coordinate its response to major emergencies and to communicate with regional, state and federal authorities.

The center will also be the key source for public information during an emergency. It has a 3,500-square-foot main operations room with breakout rooms and executive policy rooms surrounding it.

Other features of the building, which was designed to achieve a LEED silver certification, include a 15,000-square-foot green roof and a 12,000-gallon underground cistern for harvesting rainwater and recapturing water from fire drills.

Owner: City of Seattle

Owner’s representative: Shiels Obletz Johnsen, Seattle

Architect: Weinstein A|U, Seattle

Associate architect: RossDrulisCusenberry Architecture, Sonoma, Calif.

Fire station consulting architect: TCA, Seattle

General contractor: Hoffman Construction, Seattle

Civil/structural engineer: Magnusson Klemencic Associates, Seattle

Mechanical engineer: Notkin Engineers, Seattle

Electrical/technology consultant: Sparling, Seattle

Landscape architect: Gustafson Guthrie Nichol, Seattle

Lighting consultant: Candela, Seattle

Sustainability consultant: Paladino & Co., Seattle

Cost estimator: Davis Langdon Adamson, Seattle

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Previous columns:

• Borealis Apartments, 06-09-2008
• CellNetix, 06-02-2008
• Chinook Building, 05-27-2008
• Great Wolf Lodge, 05-19-2008
• mbi, 05-12-2008
• Myrtle Creek Bridge, 05-05-2008
• Sonrisa Restaurant, 04-28-2008
• Sky Lakes Medical Center, 04-21-2008