Location: Kirkland, Washington
This $13.3 million project replaces the existing 22-year-old facility with an open-air design that includes six bus bays, five passenger shelters, enhanced pedestrian crossings, and bicycle storage. A new traffic signal, intersection, and traffic circulation improvements smooth the traffic flow around the transit center and enhance pedestrian safety for transit customers and residents. A civic plaza and trellis provide a gateway to the nearby Peter Kirk Park and a staircase with granite blocks entitled “Social Intricacy/The Beach” connects the center to the Kirkland Library. The new transit center accommodates 587 bus trips per day, improving the speed and reliability of bus service, and serves as a regional hub for Sound Transit and King County Metro Transit.
ORA was engaged to provide testing and inspection of the following items:
- Soil bearing verification
- Pin pile installation
- Soil compaction
- Asphalt compaction
- Epoxy grouting
- Grouting of base plates
- Reinforced concrete
- Controlled density fill (CDF)
- Structural steel fabrication and erection
- Nondestructive testing of welds
- Crack monitoring