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Saving Trees and Bridging Gaps at WSDOT’s Northwest Regional Headquarters
At face value, Abbott Construction’s design-build project for the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) involved renovating its Northwest Regional Headquarters in Shoreline, WA by reorganizing and updating an occupied, six-story, 162,000sf building from the 1970s to house over 600 WSDOT and Department of Ecology (WSDOE) employees. But that was just the beginning. The project was also an invigorating exercise in creativity to save a grove of historic trees, in collaboration to unite differing stakeholder needs, and in excellence to raise the bar on safety and improve the building’s efficiency.
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Dec 11, 2023 | Insights
A Crowning Achievement: Canada’s GCworkplace Initiative
Similar to ongoing trends within the private sector to reinvent the modern workplace, the Government of Canada has been re-envisioning how their employees work. Across many of its departments, this workplace modernization, dubbed GCworkplace, is being embarked upon in the hopes that improvements to the workplace will lead to environments that foster innovation, collaboration, and productivity. Out with the cubicles that have come to represent a one-size-fits-all, siloed work environment, and in with a space that is focused on variety, flexibility, and accessibility.
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Nov 30, 2023 | Insights
A Foundation of Fairness
Justice requires physical space, and courthouses provide that space as a beacon of fairness and impartiality for all communities. With this concept in mind, Santa Rosa County, Florida selected Ajax Building Company to capture this ideology in a physical and functional symbol of equal access to justice for all.
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Oct 11, 2023 | Insights
Modernizing the Iconic Williams Square Plaza
Forty years after its original construction, the City of Irving, Texas, invested in revitalizing a valued business hub and cultural center: Williams Square Plaza. Built in the 1980s and primarily comprised of pink granite pavers, the City’s vision for the renovated square included much more greenery, seating, and even an outdoor concert space—an inviting destination for tourists, residents, and employees alike.
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Sep 13, 2023 | Insights