TILT-UP STRUCTURES

All four entries in this category were from the Puget Sound area. Included were: Circuit City-Olympia, North Pacific Insurance Company, Issaquah Commons and the Muckleshoot Casino.

A close battle ensued between the Issaquah Commons and North Pacific Insurance projects. The victor: North Pacific Insurance. Circuit City placed third.

The North Pacific Insurance project involved building a 50,000-square-foot regional headquarters in Quadrant's Monte Villa Center in Bothell.

The building doesn't look like a tilt-up structure. This effect was achieved by recessing brick panels into the exterior of the wall panels and cladding them together with imported granite piers. The result: very little of the concrete structural frame and skin is visible.

One of the most unique features is the concrete "eyebrow" pieces used to provide window shading for low-energy consumption. The panels were actually cast with recessed sleeves and bent-out rebar dowels to accept the flat, horizontal slab at a later date. After the panels were tilted, a reusable rolling stage was positioned at each panel where the horizontal sections were cast and cured.

Project team

North Pacific Insurance Company:

• North Pacific Insurance Company, owner;
  
• D'Amato Conversano Inc., engineer;
  
• GLY Construction, contractor;
  
• CNA Architecture Group Inc., architect;and
  
• CSR West/Associated, concrete supplier.

Issaquah Commons:

• CWO/TCEP II Joint Venture No. 1, owner;
  
• Hunt and Joiner Inc., engineer;
  
• SDL McCarthy, contractor;
  
• Hodges & Associates, architect; and
  
• Cadman Inc., concrete supplier.

Muckleshoot Indian Casino:

• Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, owner;
  
• Richard Hudson & Associates, engineer;
  
• Frontier Construction, contractor;
  
• Group West & Associates, architect; and
  
• Miles Sand & Gravel, concrete supplier.

Circuit City:

• Circuit City Stores, owner;
  
• Wallace Engineering, engineer;
  
• Turner Construction Co., contractor;
  
• Davies Architects, architect; and
  
• Holyroyd Company Inc., concrete supplier.

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