#8. WWU Communications Facility

Original contract amount: $22,185,000

The new WWU facility will contain lecture halls, computer classrooms and instructional laboratories.
Rendering courtesy Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership

Project address:
Western Washington University, Bellingham

Start of construction:
September 2002

Expected completion date:
December 2003

Owner:
Western Washington University


Description
Work is in progress on Western Washington University’s new Communications Facility, a 131,365-square-foot academic building designed to meet the growing need for class and instructional space for the Departments of Physics, Computer Science, Communications and Journalism.

The new facility contains lecture halls, classrooms, computer classrooms, instructional laboratories, departmental administrative offices and related support spaces.

Flexibility is a primary feature of the classroom design. Computer classrooms have built-in stations, but they are also convertible to general classroom use.

Western Washington University recently obtained a Higher Education Coordinating Board grant to fund a new Center for Internet Studies, and the Communications Facility will be its home.

PROJECT PARTICIPANTS

Contractor:
Hoffman Construction, 1200 Westlake Ave. N., Suite 200, Seattle, WA 98109, (206) 286-6697

Architects:
Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership (lead architect), 1191 Second Ave., Suite 800, Seattle, WA 98101, (206) 623-9414

The Berger Partnership (landscape architect)

Engineers:
KPFF Consulting Engineers (civil and structural)
Affiliated Engineers Northwest (mechanical)
Sparling (electrical, audio-visual and telecommunications design)
Earl Walls Associated (lab design)
The Greenbusch Group (acoustical)

Other Participants
AE Goodrick
Adolph Gasser
All Masonry and Concrete
Andgar Corp.
Architecreation
Architectural Building Specialties
ATS Automation
Barclay Dean Architectural Products
Builders Hardware and Supply
Cascade Tile
Construction Supply
D and S Electrical Contractors
DPA Signs
Dorse Architectural
Engineered Products
The Erection Co.
Evergreen House
Fairway Mechanical Contractors
Ferndale Ready Mix and Gravel
Forty Seven Co.
Hanset Stainless
Hoffman Structures
IMCO General Construction
Interior Development East
Interstate Door Sales
KB Systems
Kamps Painting Co.
Kewaunee Scientific Corp.
LaFarge Canada
Long Painting Co.
McKinstry Mechanical
McStrut Seismic Systems
Ming Surveyors
Overhead Door Co.
Photo Lab Fabrications
Ritter Cabinet Manufacturing
ROCA Enterprises
Roy Freeman Roofing
Safety and Supply Co.
Siemens Building Technologies
Simonis and Associates
Stirret Johnsen
Sunbelt Transformer
Superior Interiors
ThyssenKrupp Elevator
Verizon Select Services
WH Cress
Walkers Carpet One
Washington Glass and Glazing
Western Entrance Technology
Western Partitions
Whatcom Builders


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