Project No. 6: Federal Center South, Seattle Washington

Working with long time strategic partners: Sellen Construction, ZGF Architects, and KPFF Consulting Engineers, GRPC is proud to announce the award of the design build contract on the Recovery and Redevelopment of the Federal Center South Building (FSC) in Seattle.  Future local headquarters of the Army Corps of Engineers, the new building expects to merit LEED-Gold certification with a high expectation to meet Platinum requirements.  Sustainable Building Practices will be consistently incorporated in the building process.  GRPC is responsible for the timber reclamation from the existing building which will then be re-used in multiple aspects of the new building.  Larger reclaimed timbers shall be used in the glass atrium; reclaimed decking will provide both horizontal and vertical wall coverings, smaller timbers will provide materials for stairways, bridges and landings. In order to provide the needed materials, GRPC will process over 130,000 BDFT of timbers and nearly the same of 2 x 6 decking.  The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) is investing Recovery Act funding to develop and transform an existing warehouse into modern, green, sustainably built offices with extensive use of natural light, state-of-the-art thermal heating systems, rainfall reclamation along with the conversion of  extensive hardscape into low impact, sustainable green space.   The GSA is committed to creating a more sustainable, better performing federal building portfolio and FSC in Seattle will provide an excellent model for both the public and private sector to emulate.