June 19, 2019 State projects take home Gold Nugget grand awards By JOURNAL STAFF Photo provided by Runberg Architecture Group [enlarge] The Sitka apartments were recognized for their innovative energy design. The Vulcan Real Estate project is in South Lake Union. A number of Washington projects received grand awards in the 2019 Pacific Coast Builders Conference [...]
May 17, 2019 Safety Award: General Contractor Over 500,000 worker hours Exxel Pacific Exxel Pacific believes that sharing best practices and lessons learned within the community is vital for continuous improvement. Exxel takes every opportunity to accomplish this with its subcontractors, other general contractors and the next generation of new workers entering the construction [...]
May 17, 2019 Superintendent of the Year Jeff Christianson Exxel Pacific Christianson At Exxel Pacific, Superintendent of the Year Jeff Christianson’s projects consistently finish on time, under budget and with excellent safety records, with no lost-time incidents (with more than 500,000 hours worked) in 2018. Much of this success is due to Christianson’s efforts [...]
March 18, 2019 Sitka By JOURNAL STAFF Photos by Michael Walmsley [enlarge] Sitka is a mixed-use development at 1255 Harrison St. in South Lake Union, with 365 apartments, 19 townhouse/lofts and more than 3,300 square feet of retail space. The building has two levels of underground parking, with e-car charging stations, bike storage and tenant storage [...]
Students take top awards at construction management competition March 5, 2019 Washington State University student teams took top prizes, including first place and a second place, in the recent Associated Schools of Construction competition, the largest construction management competition in the U.S. More than 1,450 students from 53 universities and 21 states participated in the competition, which was held in Reno, Nevada. The competition [...]
January 30, 2019 By BRIAN MILLER Journal Staff Reporter As the DJC first reported two years ago, the longtime owners of the non-landmarked Hahn Building, at 103 Pike St., are planning to redevelop the site with a high-rise hotel overlooking the Pike Place Market. The likely final design review will be at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, [...]
December 3, 2018 2 schools start building one complex that they'll share in South Seattle By JOURNAL STAFF Image by Graham Baba Architects [enlarge] The new school will be in a three-story, 53,000-square-foot building that Giddens will share with Lake Washington Girls Middle School. The Giddens School has started construction on its new building [...]
November 13, 2018 Even Hotel / Staybridge Suites Photos by Michael Walmsley [enlarge] Two hotel brands — Even Hotel and Staybridge Suites — share a new nine-story, 235-room building at 527 Fairview Ave. N. in South Lake Union. The Even brand is designed for guests who want to maintain a healthy lifestyle while traveling. [...]
September 6, 2018 Hugo House buys its HQ for $2.5M SEATTLE — Meriwether Partners redeveloped the old Richard Hugo House property, at 1634 11th Ave. on Capitol Hill, on behalf of the ownership group. Hugo House had been a tenant since 1997. The new six-story apartment building, with 80 units, a retail bay and [...]
August 22, 2018 Operating engineers strike at area construction sites The strike affects crane operators, concrete pumpers, dirt and paving crews, and hoisting and material handling crews. By JOURNAL STAFF Photo by Benjamin Minnick [enlarge] This Exxel Pacific tower crane wasn't moving Tuesday afternoon at a Yesler Terrace housing project. Members of the [...]
