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School Construction 2007

A Special Feature of DJC.COM September 20, 2007

Feature Stories "Cascadia college building will be green inside and out " Reducing site impacts a top goal for designers of the $33M project By ROBIN ROGERS Otak "Case for operable windows isn’t open and shut" Outdoor noise can put natural ventilation at odds with classroom quiet By MICHAEL R. YANTIS Yantis Acoustical Design "Public school projects fall out of favor with bidders" Hot market favors private projects, forcing school bids skyward By SIMON F. SQUIRE Rider Levett Bucknall "Seattle gets creative to expand bidding pool" Smaller bid packages bring in more contractors By CINDY KESTER DKA

BA 96,000-square-foot addition to Wilson High School, at 1202 N. Orchard St. in Tacoma, was completed in 2006 for $29 million. Northwest Architectural Co. was the designer and Leo Finnegan Construction Co. was the general contractor. Photo courtesy of Northwest Architectural Co.

"Spokane takes a chance on GC/CM" 2 big renovations test state’s new project-delivery rules By SUE WASSERMAN Heery International "Lynnwood a proving ground for green schools" State enlists $89 million high school to test green strategies By GREGORY HEPP Bassetti Architects "Performing arts spaces gain sophistication" But schools must be flexible, share resources to keep down costs By BUTCH REIFERT Mahlum Architects "Light ‘chimneys’ cool off Tacoma school" What does daylighting have to with ventilation? Plenty, it turns out By GREG STACK Northwest Architectural Co. "‘I wish I could go to a school just like this’" Students and staff agree: there’s more to building green than saving money By JERRY CONDUFF BOORA Architectsy "Owners, designers can harness the Web too" Online project-management tools aren’t just for contractors By RANDY BARBER Olympic Associates Co. "Tomorrow’s schools will be greener, freer" Technology, cleaner classrooms, individualized study will boost student performance By TODD TOVANI Ambia School Construction team: Section editor: Jon Silver Section design: Jeffrey Miller Web design: Lisa Lannigan Advertising: Matt Brown Advertisers: BCE Engineers, Inc. (www.bceengineers.com) BLRB Architects (www.blrb.com) Camp Dresser & McKee Inc.(www.cdm.com) Coffman Engineers, Inc.(www.coffman.com) Coughlin Porter Lundeen (www.cplinc.com) Heery International, Inc. (www.heery.com) Hutteball & Oremus (www.hoarch.com) NAC Architecture (www.nacarchitecture.com) PCS Structural Solutions (www.pcs-structural.com) SRS Architects (www.srsarchitects.net) studio Meng Strazzara (www.studioms.com) TCF Architecture pllc (www.TCFArchitecture.com) The Robinson Compnay (robco@robinson-co.com)