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April 5, 2019

Exterior/Commercial • Washington

Photo from Anning-Johnson Co.
The Washington State Employee Credit Union required extensive coordination to ensure the precast-to-brick transition could be constructed according to design.

Washington State Employee Credit Union, 45th Street

Location: Seattle

Contractor: Anning-Johnson Co.

Architect: SKB Architects

Team: Cemco, CWallA, Drywall Distributors, Foundation Building Materials, Georgia Pacific, L&W Supply, Scafco Steel Stud Co., Steeler

The Washington State Employee Credit Union building is a seven-story tower in Seattle’s University District. The building includes a first-floor lobby, commons with a cafe featuring high-end finishes, plus WSECU branch offices on first and second floors. Above that are five stories for future office space.

Anning-Johnson’s work included the exterior envelope, core buildout from P3-roof, interior buildout of levels one and two as well as specialty items such as fiber-cement panels and glass-fiber-reinforced, concrete column covers.

The main architectural feature of the building, called the Lantern, required extensive coordination between Anning-Johnson, the general contractor, architect and engineer to ensure the precast-to-brick transition could be constructed according to the architectural design.

The small footprint for this shell-and-core project created logistical issues for stocking material, moving teams and accessing the worksite, as well as for installing framing and sheathing. The exterior facade was, for the most part, only accessible by scaffolding. This forced extensive coordination among the subcontractors in order to keep the job productive and moving forward.

Juror's comment: “The tight conditions and unique architectural design using multiple materials to connect the curves and nonstandard window framing provided demanding challenges but resulted in an incredible final appearance.”


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