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Platinum project in Olympia wins design-build awardThe Seattle Daily Journal of CommerceNovember 25, 2008 A team of Puget Sound companies were recently awarded the National Design-Build Award in the under $5 million project category for the headquarters of the Washington Public Utility Districts Association in Olympia. The LEED platinum building was also one of three finalists for the Best Overall Award from the Design-Build Institute of America. |
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South Sound companies win National Design-Build AwardNovember 21, by Mountain Construction
Photo: Center left and right: Bruce McKean of Helix Design Group and Jeff Stroud of Mountain Construction accept the National Design-Build Award at the DBIA Convention in Las Vegas, NV Click for entire release (pdf) |
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WPUDA Board of Directors Dedicates Platinum AwardFriday, October 17, by Mountain Construction
Jeff Stroud of Mountain Construction, and Court Olson of Olympic Associates (Owner's rep consultant) were recognized for their work on the project, and asked to make a few remarks. "We are extremely proud to be
associated with this project, and the Washington PUD Association,"
says Mountain's Jeff Stroud. "The project has won local,
regional and national awards for green building and as a design/build
project. One of
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Northwest Construction Announces Best of '08 WinnersThursday, October 9, by Lucy Bodilly, Editor Seattle-Northwest Construction magazine is pleased to announce the winners of of its Best of '08 awards program. The annual competition recognizes construction and design excellence from across the state. Best Design Build / Office Industrial under $50 million. WPUDA Headquarters Building Olympia, WA Mountain Construction |
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AGC of Washington Awards 2008 - Special SectionThe Seattle Daily Journal of CommerceThursday May 22, 2008
The Washington Public Utility Districts Association wanted to make a statement about environmental conservation with its new headquarters...The result is the first new LEED platinum building in Washington. click for entire article as pdf file
Jeff Stroud joined Mountain Construction in 1992 after a...career in what he describes as “pure industrial construction.” Industrial work is just part of the mix at Tacoma-based Mountain Construction...The company won AGC’s green building award for its Washington Public Utilities Districts Association headquarters in Olympia, which garnered a LEED platinum rating. |
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Buildings represent 39 percent of U.S. primary energy use... |
click for entire article as pdf file.
What is LEED?
by WPUDA Staff
...The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System is a nationally accepted benchmark for the the design, construction, and operation of high performance green buildings....Since the U.S. Green Building Council first published LEED...
click for entire article as pdf file.
PUDs, suppliers help WPUDA go for the Platinum
by WPUDA Staff
When...WPUDA...decided to "go for the Platinum"...members stepped up...REC Silicon of Moses Lake...agreed to contribute $250,000 worth of solar panels...a number of other businesses also stepped up...Mountain Construction...Helix Design Group...Sitts & Hill Engineers...
click for entire article as pdf file.
Few realize buildings' impact on environment
by WPUDA Staff
Only 7 percent of those to responded to a recent survey...identified buildings as the No. 1 cause of greenhouse gas emissions.
The
Seattle Daily Journal of CommerceWednesday, September 19 2007 by Journal Staff
Monday, Sept 3, 2007 by Steven M. Herppich
Mountain Construction workers...install some of the 160 solar panels to be placed on the new Washington Public Utility Districts Association headquarters...
Monday, August 20, 2007 by Hilary Maynard
Thursday, August 9, 2007 by Katie Semtseff
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Green projects, such as the Washington Public Utility Districts
Association headquarters in Olympia, inspired the editor of The Guide to
add green building information. The PUD project, going for LEED
platinum, is on the current cover of The Guide.
WONDERING WHERE to find eco-friendly flooring or a subcontractor who has experience with green systems? The Guide, a local construction pricing source, has added that information...
Friday, July 27, 2007 by Journal Staff
Mountain Construction is building what it says will be the first LEED platinum building in the state: a 11,000-square-foot headquarters for the Washington Public Utility Districts Association at 210 Union Ave. in Olympia, near the Capital campus.
More than 160 photovoltaic solar panels on the roof will provide 40 percent of the building's energy...
Monday, June 18, 2007 by John Dodge
OLYMPIA - A new office building design to earn the highest green building rated ever awarded in Washington is under construction near downtown Olympia.
If all goes as planned, the new headquarters for the Washington Public Utility Districts Association will receive a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design rating of platinum from the United States Green Building Council...
Summer 2007, by Dean Boyer
As soon as construction workers began framing the second floor of the new Washington Public Utility Districts Association headquarters building in Olympia, officials popped on hard hats and climbed up to check the view.
From a small cantilevered conference room at the front of the building they could see the dome of the state Capital...
July-December 2007 Edition
Mountain Construction Design-Build Team Targets LEED Platinum for Utility District Association Headquarters.
WPUDA is a private, non-profit association whose members are Washington State's 28 community owned public utilities...
A
team of South Puget Sound companies including
Mountain Construction of Tacoma and Helix Design Group of FIfe were
recently awarded the National Design-Build Award in the under $5 million
project category...Mountain Construction was the design-build contractor
for the project, and Helix Design Group the architect....
At
their October 17, 2008 meeting, the Board of Directors of the Washington
PUD Association took time to dedicate the engraved glass LEED Platinum
Plaque from the U.S. Green Building Council. USGBC issued the rating
in March 2008.
the things we are most proud of is that visitors who come to learn about
the green technology are very pleased to find how much they like the look
and feel of the building...that it's comfortable and normal."
Green
Building Award - Washington Public Utility Districts Association
Construction
Q&A - Jeff Stroud, Vice-President, Mountain Construction
Mountain
Construction is proud to announce the WPUDA Building is winner of the 2008
AGC BUILD WASHINGTON Award in the Green Building
Category. Award ceremonies will be held May 21st at the Seattle Art
Museum.