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Olympic High School Additions and Modernization

OLYMPIC HIGH SCHOOL ADDITION & MODERNIZATION

Bremerton, WA

Quantum Consulting Engineers provided the structural engineering for a 92,500 SF addition to Olympic High School, in Bremerton, WA. The design included new classrooms, technical labs, a Performing Arts Center, a high-bay common area and an updated cafeteria and kitchen area. The Performing Arts Center is comprised of a (417) seat main theater with orchestra pit, a black box theater, music classrooms and practice rooms.
During the design process, we recognized that the classroom configurations stacked between floors, which leant itself well to light wood-framed construction for greater structural economy and sustainability. The Commons area was framed with deep glulam beams and columns in conjunction with a long-span custom steel truss that allowed for a clerestory window to allow natural light into the space. The Performance Arts Center was framed with CMU walls and a steel roof trusses.
The new construction was designed with sustainability and energy efficiency in mind and the new building uses 70% less energy than building code requirements. Because of this, Olympic High School qualified for the Puget Sound Energy Conservation Grant and received an AIA Civic Design Award.

Architect: Sundberg Kennedy Ly-Au Young

City of Kent, Blue Boy Seismic Retrofit

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City of Kent, Blue Boy Seismic Retrofit

Kent, Washington

Quantum Consulting Engineers performed a detailed analysis of the 94’ tall, steel, one million gallon standpipe tank in Kent Washington. The tank was built in 1965 and did not have sufficient base anchorage connections to resist overturning forces based on the latest standards. The tank walls were also found to be too thin to meet current tank design requirements. The retrofit design for the tank provided a reinforced connection to the foundation that also stiffened the tank walls to prevent local buckling of the tank walls during a seismic event. As part of our scope of work we provided a specification for a flexible coupler between the tank and the existing water main.

Chemithon Corporation – Karn Silos

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Chemithon Corporation - Karn Silos

Holland, MI

Quantum provided structural design for a steel structure to support four 36′ tall by 12′-8″ diameter cylindrical silos with their bottoms elevated 26′ above grade. Also included was the support of associated controls, equipment and conveyors. Each silo has a capacity to store 60 tons of dry urea prills. The urea is used as a feed stock to the plant to produce ammonia. The goal is to produce the ammonia on demand, rather than have large quantities of ammonia stored on site and deal with the possibility of storage or other leakage during the accompanying fill process. In considering this alternative to produce the ammonia on demand the plant at Karn looked at what was referred to as the kill zone in the Bay City area and mitigation measures that would be required to prepare for a catastrophic leak if anhydrous ammonia was stored on the site.

Riley Boiler Optimization Project

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Riley Boiler Optimization Project

Valdosta, GA

Quantum Consulting Engineers provided structural engineering for this economizer, breaching and dust collector located at the PCA Plant in Valdosta, Georgia. This economizer is estimated to weigh about 120,000 pounds and will be located approximately forty-five feet above grade. The economizer will be supported by a steel tower braced down to the ground. A side stair tower, service platforms, breaching both above and below the economizer, and a breaching section spanning to the dust collector will also be provided.

The dust collector is located between an existing stack and boiler building with limited space for steel supports and foundations. Most all vertical loads and north/south lateral loads from the dust collector will be supported on the new steel and foundations. A portion of the dust collector’s vertical load as well as east/west lateral loads will be supported by the existing boiler building structure and this structure will be modified accordingly.

Project goals included:
– Reducing the quantity of landfill ash by reducing the carryover and amount of unburned carbon in the fly ash.
– Increase the boiler’s capability to burn waste fuels (bark, TDF, and sludge), thereby reducing the reliance on burning coal or natural gas.
– Improve the ability to handle load swings on bark firing.
– Improve the boiler’s current emission performance.

Boundary Dam Simulation

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Boundary Dam Simulation Working Scale Model

Metaline Falls, WA

Quantum Consulting Engineers provided structural engineering design services for the construction of a scale model of Seattle City Lights Boundary Dam located in Northeastern Washington. The scale model was constructed to simulate the arched profile of the dam as well as it’s spillway ramps and downstream topography. The model along with various combinations of water flow and gate settings will be used to assist in predicting the up and down stream effects of future gate and flow modifications resulting from the ongoing use of the dam.