Projects

Gig Harbor Peninsula FISH Food Bank & Community Services Has a New Home

Gig Harbor Peninsula FISH Food Bank & Community Services moved into their new location at 4303 Burnham Drive in Gig Harbor. The 11,600 square foot facility provides FISH with plenty of space for  grocery shopping, a separate area for clothing and household items, space for private client meetings and ample warehouse space for food storage and other items. GHP FISH Food Bank & Community Services serves 11 zip codes across the Key Peninsula. In addition to food and clothing, they provide educational support and access to many other community resources.

Click the link below to download a video that captures the construction of the building from start to finish.

FINAL VIDEO Bldg Completion

Click the link below to watch the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony :

https://www.wapatriot.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ghp-fish-grand-opening-of-our-new-building.mp4

WA Patriot would like to thank Katherine Cummings for creating and sharing both the Ribbon Cutting and the Building Creation videos.

Construction is Underway on the GHP Fish Food Bank

WA Patriot has begun construction on a new 10,000 sf facility for the Gig Harbor Peninsula Fish Food Bank. The new, larger home will help GHP FISH serve clients, volunteers and the community well into the future and allow more efficient processing and storage of donated food and other items. It offers expanded shopping areas and has room for an expanded clothing and household goods area, a conference room for groups, and private offices to provide a place for confidential client meetings. WA Patriot’s Mac Stanton, Zerah Florance, Alex Powell, Rory Godinez and Phil Kvamme have worked together with the design team, Ratcliffe Gagliano Architects and Owner’s Representative Wade Perrow to get this project off to a great start. We look forward to a successful finish in spring/early summer of 2022.

Click here to watch a video of the first foundation pour, marking an exciting milestone for the project!

WA Patriot Safety Stand-Down 2020

WA Patriot held our annual 2020 Stand-Down in September in conjunction with the annual OSHA Safety Stand-Down. This yearly event encourages taking a break to focus on fall hazards and emphasizes fall protection. During WA Patriot’s safety week, our corporate Safety Engineer, Brandon Swaab, visited each project site to discuss the importance of safety and, specifically, fall protection. Each jobsite participated in a discussion regarding site-specific fall hazards and fall protection. The importance of a stand-down is to put an emphasis on the specific hazards that require more attention than others. Having stand-downs shines a light on the hazard at hand and reminds the crew that we must remain diligent at working safely.

WA Patriot’s number one priority and commitment is making sure that everyone goes home safe. #StandDown4Safety

Construction of the 9/11 Memorial in Milton

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WA Patriot has been working on Phase 1 of the Fife, Milton and Edgewood 9/11 Memorial Project, located at the Milton Community Park. On Wednesday, 9/11/19, we assisted with the erection of a 40-foot section of the World Trade Center that was received from the official 9/11 Commission from New York. You can find out more information about the project at www.fme911.org.  You can also read an interesting article about the project, and specifically the steel piece at King 5.

VA Retsil Home Building Relocation

WA Patriot sent a crew out to the VA Retsil Home in Port Orchard to relocate a small building to a separate part of the campus to better suit the needs of our local veteran facility. Work included the demolition of a wood building and deconstruction and reassembly of a metal structure. WA Patriot is proud to support local organizations, such as the VA Retsil Home, that do so much for our veterans.

QC Training – Orting Job Site

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In conjunction with WA Patriot’s monthly Quality Control training, our PEs / QCs (? ) went out to a current design-build project we are performing in Orting where they reviewed weatherproofing, mockups, and the Building Envelope QC checklist. WA Patriot holds these QC training events on a regular basis to ensure that our standard QC processes and tools are used and shared among all of our Project Engineers. WA Patriot is passionate about educating our future leaders as they continue to grow and learn with each new

project opportunity.

Tool Gauge Tilt Walls Complete

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WA Patriot has finished tilting walls for the Tool Gauge Expansion project! Each of the 55 walls went up between Tuesday and Friday of last week. WA Patriot wants to thank all of the Tool Gauge Project team members who helped us reach this milestone!

WA Patriot Completes the MIT Veterans Memorial Park, Holds Ribbon Cutting Ceremony on Veterans Day

The Muckleshoot Indian Tribe held their ribbon cutting ceremony for the Veterans Memorial Park and Plaza this past Veterans Day. The Memorial, constructed by WA Patriot and designed by Nakano Associates, features a winding path and dry stream that meander through the site and converge at the Veteran’s Memorial Wall, where a 25’ long by 4’ tall eagle is highlighted.

WA Patriot is honored to have worked with MIT and their Veterans committee to be a part of this memorial that recognizes the service and sacrifice the soldiers and their families have made.

Point Fosdick Antique Airplane Hangar

WA Patriot completed tenant improvements to the Point Fosdick Antique Airplane Hangar early in September 2018. The hangar is a type of living museum that features a collection of antique airplanes, motorcycles, and cars. It will offer guided tours or free walking tours, community events, public speakers and aviation movies. The Hangar will also be available to rent for wedding receptions and other private events.

The owners of the museum hope to inspire young people to become pilots and mechanics, and their vision is that the community will come to the hangar to watch the planes fly and learn more about the history of aviation.

WA Patriot Completes Barker Creek Community School for Central Kitsap School District

WA Patriot was proud to work with Central Kitsap School District and Rice Fergus Miller Architects on the much anticipated Barker Creek Community School project. The school offers an alternative/community learning environment, consolidating CKSD’s alternative schools into one location. The project transformed a business center into an educational facility which involved improvements of approximately 30,000 SF of a 60,000 SF building. The new space provides classroom, workstations, and administrative space for the Central Kitsap School District.