Public Facilities

South Seattle Community College Georgetown Campus Expansion

Schreiber, Starling & Lane Architects PC
Seattle, Washington

Hart Crowser provided geotechnical design and construction support for three new buildings for this college campus expansion over a period of 5 years. The work inlcuded the Apprenticeship and Education Center (Building A, 21,000 square feet) and the Puget Sound Industrial Excellence Center (Building C-1, 8,000 square feet, and Building D-1, 18,000 square feet). The facility is on a site in the Duwamish Waterway basin that is known for seismic hazards such as soil liquefaction.


Seattle Central Library

Seneca Real Estate Group, Inc
Seattle, Washington

Hart Crowser provided geotechnical engineering and seismic design services for the new Seattle Central Library project. The uniqueness of the architectural design challenged the geotechnical engineers, requiring that we think innovatively to maintain continuity with the envisioned architectural concepts. We also provided support to the owner during arbitration of a design-build shoring system.


C1 Baggage Screening Facility

Port of Seattle
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Washington

Hart Crowser provided geotechnical engineering services for a relocation of petroleum pipelines on Harbor Island. The length of the run was about 3,800 feet. The pipeline alignment crossed beneath several utility lines and railroad tracks. Special attention was given to the impact of the design earthquake on the pipeline, such as liquefaction-induced settlement and lateral spreading.


Public Safety Building Additions

Ivary & Associates/City of Redmond
Redmond, Washington

Our geotechnical engineering recommendations supported two additions to this building.



Olympic College Science and Technology Building and College Bookstore Addition

Yost Grube Hall/Olympic College
Bremerton, Washington

This project involved geotechnical design for a new two-story Science and Technology Building and an addition to the campus bookstore. Rather than use deep pile foundations or require complete excavation of the overlying unsuitable material, Hart Crowser suggested the use of ground improvements so that a more conventional and less expensive foundation could be used for building support.