December 3, 2003

Design Detailings: SRG logs $155M in new projects

Since opening with four employees in June, SRG Partnership's Seattle office has secured $155 million in work and grown to 11 people. The 30-year-old firm employs 77 people, with an office in Portland.

The firm won the feasibility study for expansion of KeyArena at Seattle Center in partnership with Heinlein Schrock Stearns, sports facility designers in Kansas City. Seattle principals Dennis Forsyth, Rick Zieve and Ralph Belton led the design for renovation of KeyArena in 1995 while at NBBJ. While there, they teamed with Heinlein Schrock Stearns on Safeco Field.

The firm also won a $12 million, 68,000-square-foot instructional building at Grays Harbor College's main campus in Aberdeen. The mixed-use facility will house the president's office and college administration, classrooms for the nursing program, business program, biology department, and small performance/rehearsal areas for the music and drama departments.

On the Washington State University Pullman campus, SRG has been awarded the new biomedical sciences facility. It is the first phase of a comprehensive plan that will meet the long-term space needs of the Colleges of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy, with 56,000 square feet of biomedical and biotechnology research and support space for teaching and research.

Other new work in Washington includes the WSU Bioproducts Building on the Tri-Cities campus in Richland, and a master plan for the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma. The firm is also working on a master plan for the 11-acre French American International School in Portland.

SRG has also assumed responsibility for the Bellevue Civic Center, which Forsyth and Zieve began work on while at NBBJ. Laura Hill, of the Portland office, is principal for the interior furnishings package for the $70 million project that involves renovation of the old Qwest building to house city hall and police headquarters. The adaptive reuse will save the city of Bellevue approximately $50 million over construction of a new building, according to SRG.

New name and logo for Cierra Associates

Cierra Associates has changed its name to Cierra Electrical Group, Inc. The consulting engineering firm incorporated under the new name in 2001. The firm is also launching a new logo and graphic identity.

Cierra Electrical Group is a Seattle electrical engineering firm founded in 1996 by Jay Jack. The firm supports architects and contractors in health care, laboratory, civic, commercial and retail facilities, as well as design/build. Current projects include Sammamish City Hall, outpatient surgery renovations at Overlake Hospital and Medical Center, and Northwest School renovations and addition.

Swinerton Builders completes 3 banks

Bellevue's Swinerton Builders Northwest recently finished two Bank of America retail banking centers. The new Bonney Lake location opened Nov. 10, one week after the opening of the new Duvall store. A third store, Redmond Ridge, is scheduled for completion by the end of the month.

All three of the 4,000-square-foot Bank of America projects have been built simultaneously by Swinerton's special projects group. This group, within the Swinerton's Seattle division, was formed over a year ago to lead projects that are under $5 million and often constructed on fast-track schedules. In addition to building the new retail center, over the past year Swinerton's special projects group has completed several Bank of America tenant improvement projects in Seattle's Bank of America tower.

PND moves up in Colman Building

In early October, PND, Inc., consulting engineers, moved to the fifth floor of the Colman Building. The move provides more space to the firm to meet increased demand for services and the integration of PND's Astoria, Ore., office. Plans to add additional engineering staff are underway.

Current projects by PND include development of the 12th Street Marina in Everett; a cruise ship facility in Portland, Maine; a 21-mile highway project in conjunction with the U.S. Forest Service in Southeast Alaska; and the Columbia Point Marina Master Plan in Richland.

PND has undergone several changes in the recent months, including the addition of two principals in Seattle and unveiling of a new corporate identity. The firm's phone is (206) 624-1387, and fax is (206) 624-1388.