Showing posts with label construction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label construction. Show all posts

Nighttime construction at Meridian and N 155th starting Monday

Saturday, August 10, 2019

Construction warning sent to nearby neighbors

The City of Shoreline is reconstructing the intersection at Meridian and N 155th near the new Parkwood Elementary School, which is still under construction itself.

Photo by Steven H. Robinson
Curb cuts are being installed at all four corners of the intersection and the sidewalks are being improved for a short distance in each direction.

"Bulbs" are created at the four corners so pedestrians do not have to walk as far in traffic lanes.

The street is ground down and being repaved.

Nearby neighbors were sent the above postcard to warn them of the work.



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Heavy equipment at the North City Fire Station construction site

Friday, July 26, 2019


The heavy equipment is onsite, on this day digging trenches for underground installations.


By Friday, they expect to pour the concrete slabs. The steel framing for the building should also be delivered by Friday. 




Next week cranes should begin to set up the steel frame work for the station.

This is still an active fire station with crews and equipment in temporary quarters at the back of the site. The station responds to calls from 145th to 205th from the border with Lake Forest Park, to west of the freeway.




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Photos: Parkwood Elementary construction

Friday, July 19, 2019

Parkwood Elementary finishing construction
Photo by Steven H. Robinson

Parkwood Elementary is currently in the finishing stages of construction, with completion expected in August 2019. The new school will be 64,800 square feet with a capacity for 500 students.

Parkwood is a hive of activity right now
Photo by Steven H. Robinson

The project's architect is DLR Architects and a contractor is Allied Construction. The total estimated project cost is $46,909,000.

Photo by Steven H. Robinson

The building is a series of two story boxes, set at slight angles to each other. The exterior of the building has four different finishes.

Photo by Steven H. Robinson

All of this serves to break up the space visually and make it an interesting and inviting building. It also makes it look like a different building from every side.

Visit the Parkwood Elementary School website for additional school construction information.

N 155 will be resurfaced. New sidewalks and crosswalks are in.
Photo by Steven H. Robinson

As a companion project, the sidewalks, streets, and crosswalks were redone by the school.

Parkwood is part of a major building upgrade for School Schools, which includes Kellogg, Einstein, Shorecrest, and Parkwood.



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Ironworkers framing Einstein Middle School

Saturday, July 13, 2019



Construction on the new Einstein Middle School is underway with an anticipated completion date of August 2020.



The new 150,888 square foot school will have the capacity for 1,071 students. 




The architect for this project is Integrus Architects and contractor is Hoffman Construction. The total estimated cost for the project is $102,000,000.



Ironworkers are onsite now, putting together the frame of the building, which is located at 19343 3rd Ave NW, Shoreline 98177.




Wayne Pridemore took these shots of the workers in action.



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Local remodeler wins BIAW Excellence in Remodeling Award

Thursday, July 11, 2019

Tracey Doriot, BIAW Treasurer with Melissa and Joseph Irons
Photo courtesy BIAW


The Building Industry Association of Washington (BIAW) is proud to announce its 2019 Excellence in Remodeling (EIR) Award where we honored 27 winners and honorable mentions.

The EIR awards program recognizes outstanding remodeling projects throughout the state. Categories included exterior, kitchen and bath updates, additions, historic renovations, aging in place upgrades, and entire home transformations, among others.

Aging in Place category
Photo courtesy BIAW


A judging panel painstakingly reviewed each project before making their selections, making sure they met a set list of high criteria. Some winners were recognized in multiple categories.

The awards were handed out during EIR’s annual reception on June 19, 2019 at BIAW’s Summer Board meeting in Yakima. BIAW’s EIR awards are an annual opportunity for members to gain professional recognition for their outstanding work for clients during the year. 

The awards are open to all BIAW members who have completed a project that meets the requirements of an award category.

Local Design + Build company Irons Brothers won in three categories.

Get-away room
Photo by clerkd BIAW


2019 Excellence in Remodeling Winners

Joseph and Melissa Irons
Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties


        • Aging in Place/Universal Design Over $80,001
        • Get Away Room
        • Entire House $200,001-$400,000 (Honorable Mention)

The Building Industry Association of Washington is the voice of the housing industry as the state’s largest trade association with over 8,000 member companies employing approximately 265,000 people. The association is dedicated to ensuring and enhancing the vitality of the building industry for the benefit of its members and the housing needs of the citizens.




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Photo: new sidewalks at Parkwood Elementary

Thursday, June 20, 2019

Photo by Steven H. Robinson


The new sidewalks are being poured at the construction site of the new Parkwood Elementary School, N 155th and Meridian Ave N.

Improvements are coming to the intersection of Meridian Avenue N and N 155th Street. This project will replace the current traffic signal with a new signal, which will improve traffic safety through the intersection. 

Curb, ramps and sidewalk will be replaced, and the new improvements will comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The signal and sidewalk improvements will increase pedestrian safety at the intersection. 

The finished project will also include mill and overlay with new asphalt and new pavement markings.

The school district is constructing the school building and the City of Shoreline is doing the intersection improvements.



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Photos: Crane installed at Alexan Shoreline construction site - these workers don't have vertigo

Sunday, June 9, 2019

Photo by Steven H. Robinson

The construction crane at the site of the Alexan Shoreline was installed Friday and Saturday. This photo was taken on Friday.

Photo by Steve Schneider

There are one or two workers in the basket at the tip of the upright section and others just above the white control box.


Photo by Steve Schneider

Photo by Steve Schneider

These guys had grins and thumbs up for the camera.

Photo by Steve Schneider

There are two workers at the very end of the upper section.

Photo by Steve Schneider


On Saturday more of the crane was hoisted into place and attached to the first section. The workers were up at the very tip of one section, maneuvering the second into place and attaching it. The new section was hanging from a cable and swinging in the air.

Photo by Steve Schneider

Now they grab the second section to attach it to the first section.

Photo by Steve Schneider

And it's done!




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Photos: Middle School construction

Saturday, June 1, 2019

Einstein construction
Photo by Steven H. Robinson


Einstein Middle School
Construction on the new Einstein Middle School is underway with an anticipated completion date of August 2020. The new 150,888 square foot school will have the capacity for 1,071 students. The architect for this project is Integrus Architects and contractor is Hoffman Construction. The total estimated cost for the project is $102,000,000.

Kellogg site prep
Photo by Steven H. Robinson


Kellogg Middle SchoolConstruction on the new Kellogg Middle School is underway with an anticipated completion date of August 2020. The new 150,888 square foot school will have the capacity for 1,071 students. The architect for this project is Mahlum Architects and contractor is Hoffman Construction. The total estimated cost for the project is $102,000,000.



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Development: Construction underway on Alexan Shoreline

Monday, May 27, 2019

Photo by Steven H. Robinson

Construction has begun on the Alexan Shoreline on the triangle formed by Westminster Way, Aurora, and Shoreline Place.

The apartment complex begun as Potala Place under Bellevue developer Lobsang Dargey. When he was convicted of scamming hundreds of investors out of tens of millions of dollars for projects from Everett to Belltown, he was charged and his properties seized to pay his debts.

This road was open for a short time after it was
closed in the other direction.
Photo by Steven H. Robinson


Ownership of the Potala went to the financial institution that had funded the project, then was sold to Trammell Crow and ended up as part of the Alexan family of real estate development.

The new owners made only minor design changes and allowed the permitting process to continue.

Aurora to the left. 155th Blue Bridge top left.
Shoreline Place to the right


Now construction has begun on the site. The road between the site and Shoreline Place has been closed in both directions for the duration. The site originally had several standalone businesses, most notably Dairy Queen. 

The architect's drawing took some artistic license in
depicting the roads around the project

Alexan Shoreline will have two 5-story buildings with 330 units. A two story parking garage will have 302 spaces for vehicles and 199 bike parking spaces. A common courtyard is between the buildings. 2,524 square feet is available for retail.




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Groundbreaking held for middle schools: Einstein and Kellogg

Wednesday, May 1, 2019

Supt. Rebecca Miner speaks at the Einstein groundbreaking
Photo courtesy Shoreline Public Schools


Both middle schools in the Shoreline Public Schools are being completely rebuilt. On Monday, April 29, 2019 groundbreaking ceremonies were held at both locations.

Einstein Middle School groundbreaking was held at 5:30pm, then across town, Kellogg Middle School groundbreaking was held at 6:30pm.

Construction and classes will exist side by side at Einstein. Demolition has already occured for parts of Einstein and some classes have been moved into portables.

Kellogg Middle Schools has a large piece of property, so the new school will be constructed behind the old one.

Both projects have an anticipated completion date of August 2020. The new schools will each be approximately 150,000 square feet with the capacity for 1,071 students at each school in 6th, 7th, and 8th grades.

Einstein is located at 19343 3rd Ave NW. Kellogg is located at 16045 25th Ave NE.

Information on school construction projects can be found here



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Groundbreaking for a new Fire Station 63

Thursday, April 18, 2019

Station 63 groundbreaking
Photo by Steven H. Robinson


Shoreline Fire held a groundbreaking on Tuesday, April 16, 2019 for Station 63, 1410 NE 180th St, in the North City business district of Shoreline.

Pictured are Rod Heivilin (Commissioner), Dave Harris (Commissioner Chair), Kim Fischer (Commissioner), Ken Callahan (Commissioner), Matt Cowan (Fire Chief), Rick Ashleman (Project Manager), Ken Shreve (Shreve Construction), Eric Schaer (TCA Architecture and Planning).


Architect's drawing of what the new station will look like. The building is a replacement for the structure which was previously on this site. Fire crews will continue to work from this location, using temporary and storage structures.



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Two school groundbreaking ceremonies Apr 29



Shoreline Public Schools is hosting two school construction project groundbreaking ceremonies on Monday, April 29, 2019 to commemorate the beginning of construction on the new Einstein and Kellogg Middle Schools.

The first ceremony will be held at 5:30pm at Einstein Middle School, 19343 3rd Ave NW. Attendees are asked to gather near the school’s track.

At 6:30pm there will be a ceremony held at Kellogg Middle School, 16045 25th Ave. NE. Attendees should gather in the north parking lot.



There is no need to RSVP, but if you have any questions, please contact our Public Information Office at public.info@shorelineschools.org or 206-393-4412.

Both projects have an anticipated completion date of August 2020. The new schools will each be approximately 150,000 square feet with the capacity for 1,071 students at each school.

The architect for the Einstein project is Integrus Architects and contractor is Hoffman Construction. The architect for the Kellogg project is Mahlum Architects and contractor is Hoffman Construction. The total estimated cost for each school is $102,000,000.

The middle school projects are two of four school construction projects being funded by a school construction bond approved by 73 percent of Shoreline School District voters in February 2017. Other projects to be funded by the bond include construction of the Edwin Pratt Early Learning Center and new Parkwood Elementary.



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Progress at Parkwood

Sunday, April 14, 2019

Architect's drawing of Parkwood Elementary


By Diane Hettrick
Photos by Steven H. Robinson
Parkwood 1st floor
Parkwood 2nd floor
All the exterior walls are up at the new Parkwood Elementary building at N 155th St and Meridian Ave N, so it's now possible to get a sense of what the school will look like.

It's like no other school in Shoreline, private or public. It looks like a collection of boxes, both square and rectangle, pushed together. 

There appear to be two buildings at an angle to each other. No matter where you are standing, you looks a different building.

Roofs are angled from one side to the other, some going different directions from the others.

Two story interior with balconies and skylights


Inside looks even more different. The two story, open commons area has the volume suggestive of a cathedral with huge skylights allowing natural light to flood the area.

I suggest you look at the 1.5 minute video from the school district with interviews of the project manager Dan Stevens and the principal, Ann Torres. HERE

Here's a walk around the outside of part of the building:







In the video, Principal Torres talks about the months of planning that went into the building, with input from all groups and how excited they all are about the new building.



The new school will be 64,800 square feet with a capacity for 500 students. The project's architect is DLR Architects and the contractor is Allied Construction. The estimated completion date is August 2019. The total estimated project cost is $46,909,000.

Parkwood Elementary is housed at the North City Elementary building during construction.

Visit the Parkwood Elementary School websiteOpens a New Window. for additional school construction information.



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Construction begins on Kellogg Middle School

Wednesday, March 27, 2019

Construction fences are up and survey
markets dot the grounds at Kellogg
Photo by Steven H. Robinson
Surveying has begun for Kellogg Middle School, the last school in the Shoreline School District to be rebuilt / remodeled.

There has been surveying and installation of chain link fencing around the fields on the North side and the play fields.

Survey markers have been placed on the West and South (Hamlin Park) and along 25th Ave NE.

Unlike Einstein Middle School, Kellogg has a lot of land. This will allow the new buildings to be built behind the current buildings. Students will stay in the old building until they can be moved to the new building.

Survey markers
Photo by Steven H. Robinson


The new 150,888 square foot school will have the capacity for 1,071 students. The architect for this project is Mahlum Architects and contractor is Hoffman Construction. The total estimated cost for the project is $102,000,000.

The school was funded by a 2017 construction bond.

When completed in August 2020, the sixth grades will move to the middle schools, which will have three grades - 6, 7, 8 and the schools will operate without portables.


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