Cast-in-place structures
Tilt-up structures
Concrete paving
Special applications
Public works
Residential
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Journal staff
This category had the most entries, an even dozen. They ranged from a community college's library building to a city's concrete restroom. The entries included the following projects: S.O.G. Specialty Knives, Precision Replacement Parts office and distribution center, Simpson Tacoma Landing Co., Grays Harbor County Forestry Building, Willows Commercial Park, Van Doren Sales Inc., Building 24, Holman Library at Green River Community College, a concrete restroom for the city of Vancouver, Glad Tidings Church, Pacific Coast Showcase and McKnight Middle School.
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Glad Tidings Church
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The category winner was the Glad Tidings Church in Vancouver. The facility was originally designed to be a steel building, but the contractor recommended the use of tilt-up concrete to cut costs and speed up construction. While the church was being built, the slab was poured using a laser screed machine and the resulting superflat surface became a casting bed for wall panels. The largest wall panels measured 50 feet tall, 15 feet wide and 10 inches thick.
First runner-up honors went to the Simpson Tacoma Landing Co. project. That project involved construction of three tilt-up buildings totaling 302,000 square feet. The tricky part of the project was the site -- a former log pond that had varying layers of wood chips, loose fill and asphalt pavements. Subsurface exploration discovered wood fill varied in depth between two and 20 feet.
A geotechnical report of the site determined the buildings could experience long-term settlements in the magnitude of 3 inches (plus or minus an inch) over 100 feet of length. Pilings were ruled out because of their cost. The solution was to allow the buildings to undergo deformations unrestrained. That was done by enabling each wall panel to adjust independently by eliminating panel-to-panel connections at all locations. To eliminate possible panel bind, joints were located in the floor slab at each panel.
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Simpson Tacoma Landing Co.
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The Van Doren Sales project in East Wenatchee was the second runner-up. It features 65,000 square feet of office space and a separate 10,000-square-foot paint/shotblast building. In addition to the tilt-up panels for the buildings, concrete was also selected for a 50,000-square-foot exterior laydown and truck maneuvering area.
Project teams
- Glad Tidings Church: Glad Tidings Church Community, owner; H&A Construction, general contractor; Dennis Batty & Associates, architect; and Aphis Ready Mix, concrete supplier.
- Simpson Tacoma Landing Company: Simpson Tacoma Land Co., owner; AHBL Inc., engineer; Rushforth Construction Co. Inc., general contractor; K. Kenny Construction Inc., concrete contractor; Lance Mueller & Associates, architect; and Miles Sand & Gravel, concrete supplier.
- Van Doren Sales Inc.: Van Doren Sales Inc., owner; D'Amato Conversano Inc., engineer; GLY Construction, general contractor; CNA Architecture Group, architect; and Quality Concrete, concrete supplier.
- S.O.G. Specialty Knives: S.O.G. Specialty Knives, owner; Baker Engineering, engineer; Construction Associates, general contractor; Connell Design Group, architect; and CSR/Associated, concrete supplier.
- Precision Replacement Parts office and distribution center: Wegner Family Limited Partnership, owner; John D. Griffin Engineers, engineer; Kirtley Cole Associates Inc., general contractor; Clinton Passey/K-C Associates; concrete contractors; John Courage Architects, architect; and CSR/Associated, concrete supplier.
- Grays Harbor County Forestry Building: Grays Harbor County, owner; Chalker Putnam Collins & Scott, engineer; Andy Johnson & Co. Inc., general contractor; Martin Concrete Construction Co., concrete contractor; Street Lundgren & Foster, architect; and Bayview Redi-Mix, concrete supplier.
- Willows Commerce Park: Opus Northwest LLC, developer; DCI, engineer; Opus Northwest LLC, general contractor; Donovan Brothers Construction, concrete contractor; CNA Architecture Group, architect; and Cadman Inc., concrete supplier.
- Building 24: Northwest Building Corp., owner; Engineers Northwest, engineer; W.G. Clark Construction Co., general contractor; Alfred Croonquist Architects (division of Mulvanny Architects), architect; and Holroyd Company Inc., concrete supplier.
- Holman Library at Green River Community College: Green River Community College, owner; RSP/EQE, engineer; Arai/Jackson Architects & Planners, Cardwell/Thomas & Associates, architects; Absher Construction, general contractor; and American Concrete Inc., concrete supplier.
- The concrete restroom: City of Vancouver, owner; Northwest Pre-Cast Inc., contractor; and Aphis Ready Mix, concrete supplier.
- Pacific Coast Showcase: Pacific Coast Showcase, owner; AHBL Inc., engineer; Poe Construction, general contractor; Hope Construction, concrete contractor; Pacific Design Group-Tacoma, architect; and Miles Sand & Gravel, concrete supplier.
- McKnight Middle School: Renton School District No. 403, owner; Chalker Putnam Collins & Scott, engineer; Wick Constructors, general contractor; Rue Butler & Marshall, architect; and Stoneway Concrete, concrete supplier.
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