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Only three projects were entered in this category, but they were very diverse in scope: a baptismal font for Holy Rosary Church; a crane footing for the University of Washington's Wind River Canopy project; and a fish transfer facility for the Bonneville Power Administration.
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BPA fish transfer facility
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The winner was the baptismal font at Holy Rosary Church in West Seattle. The project harked back to a construction era where everything was done by hand, from the form work to the mixing and placement of concrete.
All components for the concrete mix were hand-loaded in a mixer truck. During placement, the contractor used five-gallon buckets to carry the concrete into the church, up a flight of stairs and into the sanctuary. Concrete was then poured into intricate forms and a vibrator was used to eliminate any rock pockets. After the forms were removed, some sandblasting was done to expose the colored rock in the railing surrounding the base of the font.
The category's first runner-up, the fish transfer facility near the town of Morton, was an environmentally friendly project. The project included construction of a massive modular retaining wall made of Lock-Blocks, which were made of surplus concrete.
Each of the blocks weighs over 4,000 pounds and has 12 square feet of face area. Project owner Bonneville Power Administration choose an optional quarried stone face for the blocks to better match the surrounding rocks.
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Holy Rosary Church baptismal font
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Four ready-mix companies used over 2,500 cubic yards of surplus concrete to cast the Lock-Blocks. Using surplus concrete saved the ready-mix companies from sending it to a landfill or processing it through a reclaimer or settling pond.
Project teams
- Holy Rosary Church baptismal font: Holy Rosary Church, owner; Pacific Components, general contractor; Pacific Concrete Construction, concrete contractor; and Stoneway Concrete, concrete supplier.
- Bonneville Power Administration fish transfer facility: Bonneville Power Administration, owner; Craig Owen, engineer; Pease & Sons, contractor; Olson Brothers, concrete contractor; Ultrablock Inc., architect; and Aphis Ready Mix, Lone Star Northwest Inc., Fred Hill Materials and Cadman Inc., concrete suppliers.
- Wind River canopy crane footing: University of Washington, owner; Morrow Equipment, engineer; Pemco, general contractor; and Aphis Ready Mix, concrete supplier.
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