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Starwood
Project Information
- Project Location:
- Seattle, WA
- Approx Contract:
- $60,000,000
- Status:
- Completed - Jan 1999
- Structure Type:
- Hotel / Motel
References
- Client:
- Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide Inc
Scope Of Work
Starwood Hotel is a four-star, 426-room, “W” hotel downtown Seattle. W-Seattle includes a fine dining restaurant, nine meeting rooms, a 4,500 SF ballroom, three levels indoor parking. From base to pinnacle, sits 390 feet high, while exterior features a combination colored, precast-concrete panels a glazed-glass, curtainwall system.
proceeded through wettest winter in Seattle’s history, with rainfall exceeding winter average by 63%. This made placing a 10,000 SF, post-tensioned tower floor each week even more challenging. Typical tower floors contain 20 guest rooms, a housekeeping room, an ice/vending machine room, an elevator lobby.
was tightly confined throughout . This problem was magnified during placement 5,000 cubic yard concrete mat foundation. operation required six concrete pumps 20 trucks delivering 500 loads concrete from three batch plants. To limit disruptions to traffic neighboring businesses, equipment materials were stored a closed traffic lane or a vacated alley adjacent to .
