St. Clare Expansion In Final Phases

Lakewood — The $4.7 million expansion of St. Clare Hospital is scheduled for completion next month as the project's final phase focuses on the remodel of the existing emergency department. Work on the first part of the expansion began in August of 2003 with the construction of a 4,500-sq.-ft., one-story addition on the west side of the emergency department. That expansion created a new emergency department with 13 treatment rooms that encircle a central nursing station. The new department was occupied in April and remodel work began on the original emergency department. When complete, the department will be nearly twice the size of the original space with a total of 25 treatment stations.

Mahlum Architects of Seattle is the project's architect, and Sellen Construction of Seattle is the general contractor.

Coffman Engineers Merges With Huntley Pascoe Inc.

Seattle — Coffman Engineers Inc., with Washington offices in Seattle and Spokane, recently merged with the electrical engineering design firm of Huntley Pascoe Inc., previously located in Bothell, Wash. HPi's current staff of 14 relocated to Coffman's Seattle office at the end of April.

Huntley Pascoe brings extensive electrical consulting experience in the design, specification and construction administration of healthcare, institutional, educational, commercial, industrial, data processing, and system distribution projects.

Roger Huntley and Doug Pascoe originally founded HPi. Doug Pasco retired last year, and Roger Huntley will remain with CEI with plans for retirement at the end of the year. The other two HPi partners, Chris Barker, P.E. and Paul Jones III, P.E., will now be principals with CEI.

Coffman Engineers, Inc. is a multi-disciplined engineering firm offering structural, mechanical, electrical, and construction/project management services with offices in Spokane, Seattle, Los Angeles, and Anchorage.

Group Mackenzie Opens New Office in Vancouver

Portland, Oregon — Portland, Ore.-based architecture and engineering firm Group Mackenzie recently opened an office in downtown Vancouver, Wash. The office will serve the company's expanding client base in Southwest Washington and complement the design services currently being provided through the firm's Portland office.

Group Mackenzie will provide multidisciplined architecture and engineering services through the Vancouver office.

The firm is presently working on a number of projects in Clark County including St. Joseph's Medical office building, NW Natural's maintenance facility, Columbia Tech Center, and several traffic engineering/planning projects.

Designers of SAM Park Win Prestigious Award

The architects for the Seattle Art Museum's Olympic Sculpture Park were awarded the 2004 Architecture Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi, partners in NewYork-based architecture firm Weiss/Manfredi Architects shared the "Academy Awards in Architecture" honor with one other recipient. The award of $7,500 is given to American architects whose work is characterized by a strong personal direction. Among their recent work are the design for the proposed 2012 Olympic Rowing Events in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens, N.Y.; and Museum of the Earth: The Paleontological Research Institution in Ithaca, N.Y.

The Olympic Sculpture Park will open in Seattle in 2006.

LMN Designing Two Are University Buildings

Seattle — LMN Architects of Seattle, Wash., has been selected to design two laboratory, technology, and classroom projects; one for Boise State University in Boise, Idaho, and another for Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Wash.

LMN will program and design Boise State University's Center for Environmental Science and Economic Development. The proposed building will include research laboratories, administrative and faculty offices, a student reading room, conference rooms, classrooms, and support spaces for the Geosciences and Environmental Finance Departments as well as the Environmental Science and Public Policy Institute.

The predesign project at Central Washington University includes programming and conceptual design for a renovation and expansion to the Hogue Technology Building. The new facility will include classrooms, technical labs, industrial shops and faculty offices for the Engineering Technology, Construction Management, Industrial Technology, and Flight Technology programs. The predesign effort will be completed in early June 2004.

Skanska Announces Move To South Lake Union

Seattle — Skanska USA Building Inc. recently announced its intent to lease 25,000 sq. ft. from the emerging 223 Yale development in South Lake Union in Seattle to house its new Seattle headquarters. The move will occur in late 2005 or early 2006.

Skanska's move will bring 175 new employees to South Lake Union. The construction firm is also the general contractor on the 223 Yale project.

223 Yale is a 362,000-sq.-ft. mixed-use development that will include 180 residential units, retail and office space. The project is located between John and Thomas streets and Yale and Pontius avenues. A portion of the site includes a renovation of the vacated Richmond Laundry facility and conversion of the space to residential units.