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UPCOMING EVENTS
Observations from the 2011 Christchurch NZ & 2011 Great East Japan (Tohoku) Earthquakes & Implications for the Pacific Northwest
City of Redmond, WA
September 8, 2011
City of Everett & Snohomish County PUD – ATC-20/ATC-45 Post-Disaster Response Training
City of Everett
September 14, 2011
SEA Northwest Conference, Presentation: Earthquake Reconnaissance, Benefits to Our Region
City of Spokane, WA
September 22-23, 2011
HAPPENINGS
P-305 Bachelor's Enlisted Quarters & Parking Garage receives LEED Gold Certificate, Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton, WA
August, 2011
Society of American Military Engineers July Luncheon – 2011 SEAW Great East Japan (Tohuku) Earthquake Reconnaissance Report
July, 2011
Costa Rican Post-Disaster Safety Evaluations of Buildings Training
June, 2011
2011 Great East Japan (Tohoku) Earthquake and Tsunami Symposium at the University of Washington
June, 2011
Great East Japan (Tohoku) Earthquake and Tsunami Reconnaissance Trip
May, 2011
Lessons Learned from the 2011 Christchurch Earthquake
April, 2011
Seeking Japan Invitation for the SEAW Great East Japan (Tohoku) Earthquake Reconnaissance Mission
April, 2011
Structural Engineering Lectures for Architects Registration Exam (ARE)
March, 2011
Organizing the SEAW Great East Japan (Tohoku) Earthquake Reconnaissance Team
March, 2011
Christchurch, NZ Earthquake Reconnaissance Mission
February, 2011
Costa Rican Post-Disaster Safety Evaluations of Buildings Training
November, 2010
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Seismic retrofitting gives Evergreen's clock tower an unfamiliar appearance
LISA PEMBERTON | Staff writer, The Olympian
August 18, 2011
OLYMPIA – Construction scaffolding envelopes the 120-foot clock tower at The Evergreen State College, making the iconic structure appear futuristic – almost like it was plucked out of a science fiction movie.
The $1 million seismic retrofit for the clock tower is scheduled to be finished by the end of next month, said Paul Smith, director of facility services at Evergreen.
Seventy-five percent of the cost is being paid for through a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency; the remainder is being paid for with funding from the state Emergency Management Division, according to Evergreen spokesman Jason Wettstein.
The clock tower was completed in 1971 and lacked the resilience of modern seismic designs, Smith said.
Although it wasn't damaged during the 2001 Nisqually earthquake – which damaged numerous buildings in the area, including the Legislative Building on the Capitol Campus – crews determined the concrete paneled structure could "catastrophically fail" during a sizable event, Smith said.
Reid Middletown Engineers of Seattle designed the retrofit. Crews with Leewens Corp. of Kirkland are adding a fiber-reinforced polymer wrapping around its beams and columns.
The work isn't expected to change the overall look of the tower, Smith said.
"It will be new-concrete looking," he said.
Wettstein said the clock tower has always been a central meeting place for students. Washington Gov. Dan Evans and the legendary mountaineer Willi Unsoeld are among those who have rapelled it.
"It's the most recognizable aspect of a building on campus," Wettstein said. "(It) has been central to us throughout our 40-year history."
Lisa Pemberton: 360-754-5433
lpemberton@theolympian.com
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ARTICLES
Fire-damaged school reopens in Bellingham
Aug 2011
Seismic retrofitting gives Evergreen's clock tower an unfamiliar appearance
Aug 2011
Reid Middleton Engineer Speaks at EvCC Grand Opening (Everett Community College celebrates arrival in Monroe)
Jan 2011
Green Shores: LEED-Style Rating System
April 2009
County First in State to Successfully Use Wetland Banking
Sept 2008
Group Efforts Make for Better Shorelines
Sept 2008
Planners Say Healthy Urban Shorelines Are Possible
Sept 2008
Airport Taxiway Rehab a Success
June 2008
TDR: Balancing the Goals of Conservation and Growth
Mar 2008
Hudson Point Marina Facelift Begins
Nov 2006
Happy as Clams
Oct 2003
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