Archive for April 2018

Terry Avenue Closed April 28 and 29 for Building Cure Construction Activities

April 25, 2018  |  Building Cure, Construction Updates  |  Post Comment

Building Cure reaches a significant milestone April 26 with the placement of the Level 7 columns. Once placed, we’ll have made it to the halfway mark for the above-grade building structure. Including the structural work below grade, 11 floors of building structure have been completed, representing approximately 400,000 square feet of space for Seattle Children’s quest to eliminate childhood disease. Twelve contractors working on-site and across teams have completed more than 225,000 hours of work on Building Cure.

This weekend, crews will place mechanical units onto the second floor of the building. To facilitate their placement, a large mobile crane will be set up on Terry Avenue on April 28 and 29. Work will begin at 8 a.m. each day. Terry Avenue will be closed to vehicle traffic, and a detour will be set up to adjacent streets. The sidewalk on the east side of Terry Avenue will be closed to pedestrians. Foot traffic will be diverted to the sidewalk along the west side of Terry Avenue, which will remain open. Please follow the direction of flaggers and detour signage this weekend, as they are in place for your safety.

Seattle City Light Work Taking Place at Seattle Children’s April 21 through 23

April 17, 2018  |  Construction Updates  |  Post Comment

On Saturday, April 21 through Monday, April 23, Seattle City Light will replace electrical feeds on Seattle Children’s hospital campus. Large vehicles will enter and exit the hospital campus along Sand Point Way; we do not anticipate impacts to traffic. This work is taking place in the middle of campus and normal construction noise levels are expected. Work will occur daily from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. For questions or concerns, please call the construction pager at 206-469-5860. Thank you for your patience.

An Update on Seattle Children’s Research Institute’s Downtown Campus Expansion

April 17, 2018  |  Building Cure, Construction Updates  |  Post Comment

Seattle Children’s Research Institute is beginning the Master Use Plan (MUP) process for Research Building 4 (RB4), which would be located between Virginia Ave. and Stewart St., adjacent to Boren Ave. The MUP process will begin with Seattle Children’s submitting an Early Design Guidance (EDG) package to the City of Seattle on April 23.

As another key component in our journey to treat, prevent and cure pediatric disease, the building would add approximately 600,000 sq. ft. of research, clinical and administrative space. Next to the institute’s Building Cure facility which is currently under construction and slated to open in 2019, it will be the fourth building owned by Seattle Children’s on our downtown campus.

Construction of RB4 would begin after Building Cure is close to being at space usage capacity. While there is no exact timeframe for when that will occur, we are starting the RB4 MUP process now to plan for our future growth.