Case Studies

Each member association of the Building Resilience Coalition brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to the table. None are more important in terms of understanding how resiliency can be woven into the very design and construction of buildings than individual case studies.

The Building Resilience Coalition will showcase various examples of these case studies and will provide readers with information on where to find more information.

Here are a few examples.

Parkrose Middle School — Portland, Oregon

The new Parkrose Middle School is a two-story 140,000 square-foot structure that will serve an eager community. It replaces an aging middle school that had reached capacity. Dull Olson Weekes – IBI Group Architects, Inc. was asked to create a new middle school on the same site as the old school, which was demolished.

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Father Bach Haven — Spokane, WA

From the very beginning, the Fr. Bach Haven building in downtown Spokane, Washington was built on years of dreams and limited funds. When project architects from Spokane-based Heylman Martin Architects set out to design a building that could both support those dreams and come within budget, they needed a material that could be durable, fireproof and inexpensive.

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Mill Creek Sports — Mill Creek, WA

Scott Mahlum started buying and selling baseball cards when he was 10 years old, continued through high school and college and now has been selling sports memorabilia for over 26 years as the owner and founder of Mill Creek Sports.

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