Photo by Larry Gill The Seattle TRACON facility is expected to be the first FAA building to get gold LEED certification.

PCL Construction Services completed the Seattle Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) facility by Sea-Tac Airport nearly two weeks ahead of schedule and within budget. The contractor used a design-assist/general contractor approach for project delivery, with assistance of the URS Facilities Group as the primary designer.

The 51,000-square-foot facility will be the first gold LEED project for the FAA once it gets certified by the U.S. Green Building Council.

The project included considerable site work adjacent to an environmentally sensitive wetland, which made stormwater and erosion control a high priority. A large hill in the center of the site required excavating nearly 350,000 cubic yards of soil, while maintaining the quality and purity of the surrounding wetlands and streams.

The facility includes a white roof membrane, natural lighting, glass floors, photo sensor lighting fixtures and recycled materials.

Construction methods also complied with a stringent site-specific air quality and recycling plan that resulted in over 95 percent of construction waste being recycled.

The project had zero loss-time accidents and zero incidents.