When it comes from a responsibly managed forest, wood is one of the most sustainable building materials. In the Pacific Northwest, it is an abundant, renewable resource, produced with the sun’s energy. So wood is a logical building material for Seattle – part of our regional “vernacular” for designers and builders. In the Bullitt Center,…
Read MoreThere are eight embedded steel plates on the floor of Level 3 which set the placement of all the structural steel above. Each weighs 400 pounds and is made of 1-1/4” steel plate. When the surveyor took the location of each plate they were accurate to within thousandths of an inch. Here is a photo…
Read MoreIt takes a remarkably coordinated effort to ensure that the steel fabricated for the Bullitt Center is properly designed, detailed, and fabricated, to achieve tolerances of an eighth of an inch over a long span. The Bullitt Center emerges from the ground on a concrete base to level 3, where structural bones change to steel…
Read MoreConnecting the Timber Frame at the Bullitt Center It has been rewarding to watch as the timber and steel frame goes up on the Bullitt Center. It brings to mind several critical meetings back in the design phase of the project that serve as a good example of how the design team worked together on…
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