Cultural

Jack Wiggins, a principal with Quantum Consulting Engineers provided structural design to seismically strengthen an existing warehouse and convert it to a neighborhood church and café. The existing warehouse received new roofing and siding, and a new outdoor exit stair was added.

This project was featured in the Portraits section of The Seattle Times, Sunday, December 24th, 2006.

*Jack performed this project while employed with another firm.

Architect:  Buffalow Architects 

Quantum Consulting Engineers provided structural design services for a new 21,000 square foot church in Birch Bay, Washington. The church is the first phase of a two phase master plan situated on a nearly nine acre site. The church chose to keep the sanctuary seating capacity to approximately 600 people, in order to provide a full-size soccer field on the property and leave ample green space around the building and parking areas, appropriate for its rural setting.

The roof structure for the sanctuary features structural insulated SIPS panels that span between pre-manufactured scissor trusses spaced at 8’-0″ o.c. in order to accommodate unbraced walls over 30’ tall, laminated veneer lumber sections were used. Despite the engineering challenges, using light framed wood construction throughout the project minimized the number of trades on the project and kept the project on budget

Architect: PWF Architects 

John Riley was project manager for structural design of Sequim Presbyterian Church. The 16,000 SF gymnasium space adapts for both worship services and dinner theater, and it was developed with flexible theatrical lighting and sound capabilities. The structure also includes a large commercial kitchen, classrooms, and drama production related facilities. The structure utilizes wood framing and concrete masonry with steel roof trusses, concrete spread footings, and a slab-on-grade floor system.

*John performed this project while employed with another firm.

Architect: TGBA Architects 

Quantum Consulting Engineers provided structural construction support for a 30,000 SF church with an expandable sanctuary, a large foyer, cafe, gymnasium, church library, classrooms, youth center, and church offices. Some of the distinctive design features include the 400-seat sanctuary, built to allow expansion to seating for 600; and an over sized foyer spacious enough that it can be used for banquets, receptions, and as an informal display area for church ministries. The exterior was purposefully designed with residential scale and character.

Architect: TGBA Architects