St. Joseph Catholic Church

Additional Info

Award Winner : Pacific Mobile Structures, Inc.

Architectural Excellence : This new classroom addition was built onto St. Joseph’s existing church, located in a residential neighborhood in Snoqualmie, WA. Broderick Architects was contracted to design the exterior of the new facility, to insure it blended into the existing church. When completed, the new building provided a “seamless” look between the existing building and the new addition. The new structure featured a site-built 5/12 pitch metal roof, large bay windows in all classrooms, board and batt painted wood siding, and attic mounted gas furnaces. The interior of the building was designed with 9’ T-grid ceilings, utilized painted sheetrock interior walls, 1/8” block tile flooring, and featured stained wood interior doors and window trims.

Cost Energy Effectiveness : This project was originally over budget and was unable to be completed using typical site-built methods. After receiving estimates on building the addition using modular construction, they were able to proceed with the project. Although it was a very complicated project, involving building the entire roof on-site, the project was completed on schedule. Energy efficiency was achieved by using insulation values of R19, R21 and R30, using dual glazed windows, gas furnaces with programmable thermostats and automatic shut-offs for the office lights.

Design Firm Name : Blazer Industries, Inc.

Occupied Date : 9/5/2008

Production Start Date : 7/10/2008

Project Location City : Snoqualmie

Project Location State Name : WA

Technical Innovation : Due to the fact the project was in a residential neighborhood, it was very important to the church to restrict the amount of on-site noise, and limit the construction activity and trucks going in and out of the site. The decision was made to utilize modular construction, which would produce the project in approximately ½ the time, and to eliminate much of the typical noise and potential delays. One additional benefit to the church, was the fact the new addition could be completed prior to “cutting-through” into the existing church. This limited most of the churches’ safety concerns, and held down much of the typical construction debris and dust if the entire project was built and completed on-site.

Total Square Feet : 4704