SALISHAN HOPE VI REDEVELOPMENT AREA 1
 Tacoma, Washington
Owner: Tacoma Housing
Authority
The largest public housing development owned by the
Tacoma Housing Authority (THA) is undergoing a complete revitalization.
THA, in partnership with its development partner, Lorig Associates along
with the residents of Salishan, non-profit community partners, elected
officials, and community leaders are working together to transform
Salishan.
Over the next six years, the housing project will
be transformed from roughly 850 deteriorating units to a master-planned
community of 1,270 homes, dotted parks and greenbelts. Rental units open
in fall 2005 and new homes will be available for purchase in 2006.
Subsequent phases of work, each involving
relocation, abatement, demolition, and new construction, are expected to
begin in 1st Quarter 2006 (Area II) and 1st Quarter 2008 (Area III). A
fourth and final phase of work will begin in 2009.
Otto Rosenau & Associates, Inc. was engaged to
provide geotechnical engineering services as well as special inspection
and materials testing related to, but not limited to, reinforced
concrete, soils compaction, asphalt compaction, and framing.
MARCATO
Tacoma, Washington
Owner: Vision One, LLC
Perhaps the
largest new project in the Northwest is the Marcato, a community living
development in downtown
Tacoma.
Eventually, this seven-year project will encompass three city blocks
from Tacoma Avenue South to Court D, including single and multifamily
housing and retail and public spaces. Marcato will be a community in and
of itself with homes for sale, for rent, shops and services and public
spaces.
The first phase of
the project is a six-story, 93-unit condominium complex named "Reverie"
that broke ground in November and should open by December.
ORA's
scope of work
includes geotechnical engineering as well as testing and inspection of
the following items: reinforced concrete, reinforced masonry, anchor
bolts, holdown installation, nailing, piling, soil nail grout,
post-tensioning, and structural steel.
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