Snoqualmie Ridge building wins development award
December 13, 2008
By Michael Rowe
The Technical Glass Products Building in the Snoqualmie Ridge business park has been awarded the Industrial Development of the Year Award by the Washington Chapter of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties.
“This is a great honor for our company and we are excited that it demonstrates our commitment to becoming leaders in sustainability and quality design. Many people worked long and hard to make this a reality – it was truly a team effort,” said Jeff Razwick, Vice President of Business Development, Technical Glass Products.
The award was presented to building developer Opus Northwest at a Nov. 7 ceremony in downtown Seattle.
“When a state-of-the-art building mirrors the quality of its employees, products, and surrounding environment in visual design and construction, you feel inspired to work like a world-class company everyday. Our business is providing architects with specialty glazing that meets their design challenges, and the building is meant to reflect that focus,” Razwick said.
“Beyond the building itself, the location can’t be beat. We’re excited to be part of the Snoqualmie community and appreciate the welcome everyone here has given us,” Razwick added.
According to an e-mail from project manager Ryan Healy, Technical Glass Building incorporates a number of environmentally friendly design elements, such as:
Maximizing the use of outside light in the warehouse and office to reduce energy consumption and lighting requirements;
Heavy use of recycled and reclaimed finish materials used to lessen the demand for new raw materials;
Open ceiling configuration in the main office areas to reduce the need for redundant building materials;
Use of 100 percent reclaimed water for irrigation, lowering the impact on the local water supply; and
Restrooms incorporating ultra low-flow, high-pressure toilets with the lowest water consumption available for flush toilets.
Healy noted that the building uses twenty percent less water than a typical office building.
“The owner’s glass products were seamlessly incorporated into the project allowing it to be used as not only a headquarters building but also a display case for their product’s capabilities and beauty,” according to Healy’s e-mail.
The building was designed to allow the company to combine its office, warehouse and manufacturing operations into one sight. The building includes 96,250 square feet of manufacturing and warehouse space, and an additional 32,497 square feet of office space.
“We made every effort to commit our new building to the health of the human and natural environment. By leveraging the green expertise of Callison Architects, obtaining materials where we could from local sources, and using energy efficient lighting and low-flow water features, we are hoping to achieve a ‘Gold’-level certification under the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Program – LEED,” Razwick said.
SynThesisPC of Bellevue were the project architects for the shell and core of the building, and Callison of Seattle was the architect for tenant improvements.
Reach reporter Michael Bayless Rowe at mrowe@snovalleystar.com or 425-392-6434, ext. 248.
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