We are thrilled to share our whole-building air-barrier test results for the Capitol Campus Childcare Center for Washington State Department of Enterprise Services in Olympia. Code requires 0.4 cfm/sf, but we beat that by over 4 times! The building tested at 0.091 cfm/sf at 75 pa.
2021 Archives
Happy Mother’s Day – and thank you!
We can never thank our moms enough for everything they’ve done and continue to do. We honor and celebrate your dedication, love and sacrifice in fostering our future generations. Happy Mother’s Day – and thank you!
Walsh Construction Opens Office in Vancouver, Washington!
Walsh Construction Co. is proud to announce the establishment of an office in Vancouver, Washington! WALSH has been invested in the Vancouver area since our very first senior housing project in 1980 for the Knights of Pythias — we are thrilled to be deepening our roots and providing additional services and connections to our project partners and the community. Our new office is located at the beautiful Officers Row, in the Vancouver National Historic District – a congregation of 21 former homes built for U.S. military officers stationed at the Vancouver Barracks.
PAE Living Building – Creatively Pursuing Living Building Certification!
Great article in the Daily Journal of Commerce Oregon highlighting the incredible collaboration of the PAE Living Building project team and REACH CDC in support of meeting the International Living Future Institute – Living Building Challenge!
With regulatory and physical challenges, the PAE Living Building was not able to accommodate all of the required solar panels in pursuit of the Living Building certification. Renaissance Commons, affordable housing developed by REACH and also built by WALSH, had three times as much roof space as the PAE Living Building. Being closely connected to both projects, WALSH Chief Estimator Ed Sloop and Project Manager Kent Usher saw the opportunity for a collaborative solution where Renaissance Commons received solar panels in support of the PAE Living Building. This partnership exemplifies how net-zero-energy production has the potential to increase the benefit beyond the one-building footprint and into the broader community. The PAE Living Building is an excellent example of how project teams can creatively pursue living building certification!
PAE Living Building | PAE, ZGF Architects, Edlen & Company, Walsh Construction Co.
Renaissance Commons | REACH CDC, Walsh Construction Co.
Photo/article | Josh Kulla
Building Community Garden Boxes for the Future Residents of Cedar Commons
It was a fun, family-filled event building community garden boxes for the future residents of the Cedar Commons community in southeast Portland. Teams from Central City Concern, Related Companies, Ankrom Moisan, GLI Advisors, City of Portland and Walsh Construction Co. volunteered their Saturday to build ten community garden boxes and even started the planting!
Huge thanks to our WALSH team for organizing the event — Meghan Herteg, Julie Cusumano, Blake Flury, Nolan Knox and Linda Woolery! Cedar Commons will offer deeply affordable housing combined with comprehensive, wraparound services to our most vulnerable neighbors and comes at a critical time in our region, when it’s needed now more than ever. Thanks to all involved for building community !
Revitalizations to Van Vista Are Complete!
We are thrilled with the completion of the revitalizations to Van Vista — an affordable, assisted senior living community for Vancouver Housing Authority (VHA) designed by MWA Architects, Inc. The 95-unit, 10-story building underwent extensive renovations, including all living units, community space, building envelope updates and replacement of major mechanical systems and it turned out beautifully!
SOLVE Neighborhood Cleanup for Earth Day !
It was a family event at our SOLVE Oregon neighborhood cleanup! Thanks #walshcofamily for such a great turnout!
Community Building Work of the Housing Development Consortium of Seattle and King County
Please join our General Manager Elizabeth Rinehart and Business Development Manager Becky Bicknell in supporting the great advocacy and community building work of the Housing Development Consortium of Seattle and King County and their annual Under One Roof fundraising event.
We appreciate their work in celebrating the contractors, designers and developers in the affordable housing industry and more importantly, their work in convening conversations and raising visibility to the issues of homelessness, affordability and housing equity in the King County region. Please Donate Now!
Please join us in welcoming Ashley Camel to our Portland office!
Please join us in welcoming Ashley Camel to our Portland office! Ashley has joined Walsh Construction Co. an executive assistant for the affordable housing team. She has a passion for taking on projects and creating efficiencies. Ashley was raised in Portland and has previously served as an executive assistant for Related Companies in the San Francisco Bay Area. She has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Oregon. Please join us in welcoming Ashley to WALSH!
Virtual Bring Your Child to Work Day !
Our “Bring Your Child to Work Day” may look a little different this year but the kids are still getting excited! Thank you to Shelly Stephenson for spearheading and coordinating this event every year and for hosting our virtual event this year! More photos to come.