Mixed Use & Residential Projects
Lincoln Square,
Bellevue, WA
Completed: September 2007
Multiphased, $510 million project consisting of a 650,000 square foot, 30 story office tower plus a mixed use building with a 2,142 space parking garage, and 330,000 square foot retail podium and residential/hotel tower with 148 high-end condominiums and 303 room four star hotel. Inspections include soil nailing, reinforced concrete, post tension concrete, shotcrete, structural steel fabrication and erection, epoxy grouted anchors, expansion anchors, off-site soils, turbidity testing, monitoring/replacement of oil and grease catch basin inserts, masonry, fireproofing, steel decking, and crack monitoring of the Paccar Building.
Benson Tower,
Portland, OR
Completed: April 2007
$30 million, 27 story residential tower constructed of reinforced concrete cast-in-place decks, as opposed to the usual post-tension deck construction. Inspections include shoring, soil nail grout, reinforced concrete, shotcrete, masonry, structural steel fabrication and erection, and epoxy and mechanical anchors.
The Cosmopolitan,
Seattle, WA
Completed: February 2007
$100 million, 33-story, 250 unit condominium tower. Inspections include shoring reinforced and precast concrete, batch-plant inspection for the 8,000 psi and 10,000 psi concrete, post-tension concrete, masonry and structural steel erection.
2200 Westlake Mixed Use,
Seattle, WA
Completed: October 2006
$200 million, 550,000 square foot mixed use project featuring a hoteltower and 2 condominium towers with retail space below and underground parking. The high-strength concrete for this project was required to meet 8,000-psi at 56 days, it was meeting that requirement at 7 days. MTE met with the building department and due to the consistant early high strength of the concrete, MTE was able to get the batch plant inspection requirement reduced to 10%. Inspections include shoring, reinforced concrete, post-tension concrete, shotcrete, reinforced masonry, structural brick, precast panel attachments, structural steel welding, bolting, and batch plant inspection of 8,000-psi concrete. Also provided an on-site laboratory.
Cobb Building Seismic Upgrade,
Seattle, WA
Completed: August 2006
$20 million seismic upgrade to existing 750,000 square foot, 11-story historic apartment building. Inspections include reinforced concrete, nonshrink grout, epoxy grouted anchors, expansion anchors, brick veneer, structural steel fabrication and erection, metal stud framing, fireproofing, ultrasonic testing and load testing.
Island Market Square Mixed Use,
Mercer Island, WA
Completed: March 2006
$32 million, 249,000 square foot, six-story mixed use project consisting of five buildings with residential, office and retail space over a one-level, below grade parking garage. Inspections include reinforced concrete, post tension concrete, shotcrete, structural steel erection, ultrasonic testing and lateral wood framing.
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