UW Medicine Lake Union, Phase 1
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Team
Architect
MBT Architecture, w/Perkins&Will; Gustafson Guthrie Nichol
Contractor
Turner Construction Company
Stats
PROJECT TYPE
Healthcare
COMPLETION
2004
PROJECT SIZE
100,000 ft²
MKA ROLE
Structural & Civil Engineer
Seattle, WA
UW Medicine Lake Union, Phase 1
Breathing new life into the four-story Brotman Building constructed in 1962, this renovation project involved a change-of-use upgrade to convert former office space into modern laboratories. MKA’s seismic retrofit utilized concrete shear walls and steel-and-concrete drag struts to augment the existing structure and steel posts to reduce floor vibrations sixfold—from 12,000 to 2,000 micro-inches per second. This project’s success was a catalyst for further development of the UW Medicine Lake Union campus. MKA’s civil team also provided support of on-site modifications required for land use compliance and documentation of off-site utility connections. ![UW Medicine Lake Union, Phase 1](https://www.mka.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/81662_00_N21_indesign-jpg.webp)
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![Exterior daylight view of the renovated, four-story Brotman Building at UW Medicine's Lake Union campus (Phase 1)](https://www.mka.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/81662_00_N23_indesign-768x512.webp)
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UW Medicine Lake Union, Phase 1
Image Credit: Magnusson Klemencic Associates