Seattle Aquarium: Major Upgrade to City’s Waterfront
PERI Delivers Highly Efficient Shoring Solutions for Aquarium Addition By PERI USA
Seattle aquarium is one of the city’s premier attractions, bringing in more than 850,000 visitors per year. During the transformation of Seattle’s central waterfront, planners decided to build a new 50,000-square-foot ocean pavilion exhibit space for the aquarium that would feature sharks, rays, and other animals. The roof of the pavilion would transform into a public plaza that overlooks the Seattle oceanfront, complete with walkways and greenery. To accommodate construction, the city of Seattle temporarily shifted the roadway near the aquarium, placing it in close proximity to the construction site. That meant formwork closest to the roadway spanned over two lanes of traffic. With an active highway below the construction site, safety for workers became paramount. To manage these challenging circumstances and meet the unique design and performance requirements for the addition, the project team turned to the expertise of PERI USA for custom scaffolding, formwork, and shoring systems. “With the challenge of the location of this project, it was necessary that parts of our systems would have to span over the roadway”, said Barry Humphreys, sales engineer at PERI. “PERI UP scaffolding extended over the highway parallel to the side and allowed us to meet restrictions that required a narrow width while being cost effective.”
.............. Janicki Industries Contractor ..................... Turner Construction Location ........................... Seattle, WA Products PERI UP SKYDECK MULTIFLEX VARIOKIT Customer’s Benefits 1. Allows shortest assembly and cycle times with minimum formwork sets 2. Maximum adaptability to suit project- specific geometries 3. Lightweight, easy to handle components Designer and Supplier of Form Solution
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September 2023
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