Public Facilities Projects

JOINT TRAINING FACILITY

Seattle, Washington
Owner: City of Seattle
Project Cost $26.8 million

The Joint Training Facility is built in a new secured campus on a 13-acre site in South Seattle as a joint field and classroom training space for the Seattle Fire Department, Seattle Public Utilities, and Seattle Department of Transportation. The facility consists of five training structures, including a drill tower, a collapsed building, a state-of-the-art burn building, a trench/ confined safety prop, and an overpass and vehicle extraction prop. Four support buildings were also included - the classroom training building, apparatus bay building, pavilion building, and materials storage building. ORA was engaged to provide testing and inspection services of the following items:

• Augercast Piles

• Tieback Grout Strength

• Reinforced Concrete

• Precast Concrete Fabrication and Erection

• Reinforced CMU Masonry

• Shotcrete

• Anchor Bolt Installation

• Seismic Tie Installation

• Prefabrication Steel Stair Erection

• Structural Steel Embedments in Concrete

• Structural Steel Erection and Steel Decking

• Steel Joist Erection

NORTHGATE LIBRARY, COMMUNITY CENTER, AND URBAN PARK

Seattle, Washington
Owner: City of Seattle

The project is a joint venture, co-location project between Seattle Parks and Recreation and The Seattle Public Library. The project consisted of a new 10,000 ft² library, a 20,000 ft² community center, as well as a new 1.67-acre urban park located on a 3.55-acre site in Northgate. This project achieved the LEED Gold certification. ORA was engaged to provide testing and inspection services of the following items: reinforced concrete, reinforced masonry, expansion anchor bolt installation, anchor bolt installation, structural steel, steel decking, steel joist erection, structural steel embedment in concrete.

LAKEWOOD COMMUTER RAIL STATION CMC

Lakewood, Washington
Owner: Sound Transit
 

The construction of the Lakewood Station included a side platform for passengers, as well as shelters and kiosks to purchase tickets. A new parking garage near the station provides more than 600 parking spaces for commuters. ORA was engaged by the construction manager to provide testing and inspection services: reinforced concrete, post-tensioned concrete, epoxy grouting, wedge anchor installation, and structural steel erection.

GRAHAM FIRE STATIONS NO. 5 AND NO. 6

Puyallup & Graham, Washington
Owner: Pierce County - Graham Fire & Rescue District No. 21
 

Fire Station No. 5 project involves construction of a 7,840 ft² single-story wood-framed fire station with 598 ft² mezzanine in the Frederickson Community. The identical Fire Station No. 6 project involves construction of a new 9,816 ft² single-story wood-framed fire station with 598 ft² mezzanine in Puyallup. ORA was engaged to provide testing and inspection services to include reinforced concrete, reinforced masonry, lateral framing, epoxy-grouted anchors, and structural steel.