Linda Mitchell, the Community Outreach Director for the Stone 34 construction project at…wait for it…Stone Way and 34th, sent an update yesterday on the project.
Some tidbits:
- Demolition is done and excavation has begun; they’re currently at the 3rd level of the garage. Heavy trucking for the mass excavation is anticipated to run until late April.
- The tower crane footing is formed and reinforcing has been installed. The tower crane base will be set on March 30 and the cranes are expected to be installed in mid-May.
The newsletter explained one of the “green” features of the project:
One of the several deep green innovations that will be used in Stone34 are “chilled beams”, part of a hydronic HVAC system, that will be used to heat and cool the building. On warm days, chilled water at ~58 degrees F will flow through the chilled beams. The chilled water absorbs heat from the space. Similarly, on cool days, the beams will be used to heat the building.
Chilled beams are more effective than airflow systems and reduce energy consumption (while taking up less space)!
It also sought to explain how the building might serve the community:
Stone34 was designed to serve a diverse population of trail and civic users as an “urban trailhead” for the Burke-Gilman Trail. Wide sidewalks, group seating, plaza spaces, and bike rails, will encourage runners, bikers, and strollers to visit and gather. Stone34 includes over 8,500 square feet of outdoor pedestrian area.
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Is the 8500 sq ft of outdoor space for people all concrete??
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Re: the excavation — those trucks are putting significant wear and tear on the streets. Stone Way, NE 40th, NE 45th were not built for that level of stress by those trucks.
Where are they dumping the dirt?
Is all of the outdoor pedestrian area available to the public? to residents? tenants?
So, they’re using the beams as radiators. That’s nifty. Funny how they made up a buzzword so it seems like they’ve invented the wheel 😛
The way I understood it, anyone who wants to hang around at the intersection of these two arterials will be welcome to do it in their outdoor space, and it may be a little better appointed for that use than the plaza wastelands at the office parks around the Fremont bridge because Brooks will try to lure people across the street from the Burke Gilman trail. There isn’t anything they can do about the street noise, though. It’s strictly an office building, there isn’t any residents-only outdoor-living space because there aren’t any residents.