Facilities Architecture and Engineering

Art Anderson Associates has provided architecture, engineering and construction management services for projects in the Bremerton School District.

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Art Anderson Associates provided space programming, architectural and engineering design and construction support services for new elements of the Bremerton Transportation Center intermodal transit facility. Our services included design for the approximately 1,200sf Washington State Ferries Agent's Office building, 1,440sf fare collection/toll booth plaza and accompanying vehicle canopy. The new office and canopy required designs that are compatible with the surrounding municipal developments and the specific needs of Washington State Ferries.

Our firm's detailed scope of services included preliminary and final plans, specifications and cost estimates for architectural, civil, structural, electrical and mechanical elements of both the office building, toll booths and the canopy which covers the booths. We provided design quality assurance/quality control and ensured proper integration with other related improvements. We also provided construction support services, including RFI responses, shop drawing/submittal review, as-built drawings and project closeout services.

The new agent's office and toll plaza were two elements in a larger redevelopment of the Pacific Avenue/ferry terminal area. The primary driver of the redevelopment was the construction of a federally-funded vehicle tunnel, which directs exiting ferry traffic under much of the city's downtown core, mitigating the congestion associated with the ferry offloading all its vehicles at once. The construction of the tunnel provided new opportunities to reconfigure the topside to provide better use of the space. For instance, the reconfigured toll plaza will now be able to accommodate oversize vehicles in all lanes. In addition to the agent's office and toll plaza, the tunnel redevelopment included a new public park and streetscape improvements.

The agent's office building was located directly over the tunnel entrance, and thus our team coordinated our design extensively with the design of the tunnel, streetscape and auto holding area. Construction was phased to allow the ferry terminal and transportation center to remain open throughout the project. Our consideration for peak pedestrian, auto, bus and taxi service were considered in the project phasing plan.

Art Anderson Associates worked with the Archdiocese of Seattle and Our Lady Star of the Sea Parish in Bremerton to develop a master plan and provide engineering services for the campus, which includes both a parish and school.  The three-phase plan included a comprehensive survey of existing conditions, development of conceptual and final master plans and definition of recommended alternative.  The result was a clear strategy for meeting the needs of the parish's various ministries for the next twenty years.

Art Anderson Associates personnel worked very closely with the parish's Long Range Planning Committee and the various users of parish facilities, participating in many meetings and design charettes to develop understanding of the parish's facility needs over the next twenty years.  Our approach involved breaking out each of the parish's various ministries, identifying their long-term requirements and synthesizing the results into a prioritized improvement program.

We coordinated efforts with the various governmental agencies that have a stake in the process.  We assisted the client in identifying adjacent properties for acquisition and helped negotiate with the City of Bremerton to close a city street that bisects the campus, turning it into a plaza with a vehicle turnaround.  We developed planning concepts that included 2D and 3D visualizations of the future campus and identified various phasing options for implementation.

Our team worked with the Archdiocese and Parish on the capital campaign that funded Parish improvements in the vestibule, choir loft, nave, sanctuary, sacristy, parish center and church exterior.  Finally, we provided comprehensive engineering design and construction management services for the plan's near-term facility improvements.

Art Anderson Associates supported Martha & Mary Lutheran Services with architectural design support; contract and project management; civil, structural, mechanical, and electrical engineering; and construction management services for the planning, design and construction of a new $1.4-million, 2-story, 10,600 sq ft building housing the Martha & Mary Children's Services Center and Early Learning Center. The lower-level Child Care Facility was designed and constructed to accommodate over 100 children inclusive kitchen, classrooms, and restrooms, while the remaining 5300 sq ft upper level was designed for office space. Inclusive in this community project was the incorporation of parking, landscaping, a children's outdoor play area, nature trail, and utility infrastructure improvements.