Published June 2005

Construction Briefs

Everett begins work on water facility
expansion project
A ground-breaking ceremony May 3 marked the start of construction of Phase A of the city of Everett’s Water Pollution Control Facility Expansion Project.

Phase A will be completed in February 2007, according to the city. Three additional phases of expansion will run through 2020. The expansion project will increase the treatment capacity of the mechanical plant by 5 million gallons a day to 21 million gallons a day.

The city currently serves about 130,000 customers. On average, each person contributes about 50 to 100 gallons of used water each day to the wastewater flow, the city said. Sanitary sewer lines carry wastewater from sinks, showers, toilets, washing machines and industries.

Thirty-six pumping stations located throughout the city deliver the wastewater to the city’s treatment plant on Smith Island in north Everett.

Brown and Caldwell designed the expansion project, and Hoffman Construction Co. of Washington is the general contractor.

The project’s Phase A, not to exceed $41 million, is paid for through existing sewer rates, low-interest loans and wholesale customer fees.

The expansion also will enable the plant to pump the treated effluent across town for discharge into the 350-foot-deep waters of Possession Sound through a joint project between the city of Everett, the city of Marysville and Kimberly-Clark Corp.

Dillon Works! brings
Tooner Field to Turner Field
Mukilteo-based Dillon Works! Inc., a custom design and fabrication company, recently completed its work for Phase 1 of the new Tooner Field entertainment and dining experience at Turner Field in downtown Atlanta, Ga.

Working in collaboration with the Cartoon Network and the Atlanta Braves, Dillon Works! developed the design, then fabricated and installed a 50-foot-tall exterior façade featuring the colorful homes of Cartoon Network’s popular characters, transforming the existing East Pavilion, off the Grand Entry Plaza.

The final phase of Tooner Field, scheduled to be completed by mid-July, will consist of eight unique areas depicting Cartoon Network original characters in life-size baseball-themed environments.

Kids will be invited to explore and play within several activity zones, participate in a variety of carnival games, enjoy a picnic meal on a miniature baseball field or snack at a Cartoon Network-themed diner.

County joins online permitting service
Contractors in Snohomish County are saving time and money by filing building permits online through MyBuildingPermit.com, a service the county joined April 1, according to county officials.

With the service, contractors have been able to apply for a variety of permits by accessing MyBuildingPermit.com, a service whose reach across the central Puget Sound region more than doubled, to more than one million citizens and businesses, when Snohomish County joined.

MyBuildingPermit.com is a Web site owned and managed by several cities in King and Snohomish counties that have pooled resources to provide the online permitting service. The Snohomish County Department of Planning and Development Services is offering residential mechanical, residential plumbing and re-roofing permits via the Internet.

Licensed contractors and homeowners are able to apply for a permit online, pay permit fees and obtain the permit without having to fax, e-mail or mail the document to PDS.

Moreover, the permitting process is exactly the same as the processes used by the other members of MyBuildingPermit.com: Bellevue, Bothell, Issaquah, Kenmore, Kirkland, Mercer Island, Sammamish, Snoqualmie and Woodinville.

For more information on the e-permitting process, go online to http://MyBuildingPermit.com.

Homebuilders construct
ramps for those in need
In May, the Master Builders Care Foundation held its 12th annual Rampathon, a one-day event in which local homebuilders and remodelers volunteer their time to build ramps for homeowners who otherwise could not afford them

“For a child with a debilitating illness, or a senior who is now in a wheelchair, a ramp means the difference between isolation and access to the outside world,” said Darylene Dennon, Rampathon co-chair.

This year, a record-high 27 ramps were constructed by more than 300 volunteers, bringing the total number of ramps built during the past 12 years to 133. Ramps were built in Auburn, Bellevue, Bothell, Carnation, Edmonds, Everett, Federal Way, Kent, Marysville, Renton, SeaTac, Seattle and Shoreline.

To qualify for a free ramp, recipients submitted applications demonstrating their low-income status and the need for a ramp as the primary means to access their home. They also had to be homeowners or lifetime renters within King and Snohomish counties.

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