While building Lincoln Square South, Grant Willman and Senior Superintendent Todd Parker developed an idea for the future of formwork.

Small, well-done improvements often have a huge impact on the end-user and plant the seed for a longstanding relationship between contractor and owner.

Historic landmark. Complicated MEP incorporation. Showcase space with design-build features. These are a few of the unique aspects of the Seattle Tower project.

Breaking records and achieving firsts, whether local or national, is always exciting for a construction project—especially when it improves efficiency.

In recent years, Seattle’s once-neglected Pioneer Square neighborhood started to become a desirable location for entrepreneurs to start their new businesses.

“Relationship” and “partnership” are words that come up often when describing 16 years of off and on construction for the Seattle Academy of Arts & Sciences [SAAS]. The relationship began in 2001 with an expansion project, a multi-level gymnasium at the center of their Capitol Hill campus.

Obliteride brings cyclists together for one mission: eliminate cancer and related diseases.

Have you ever tried to move an oversized couch into an undersized apartment? Walked away in frustration, leaving it wedged in a door frame, thinking perhaps it looks just fine in the hallway instead of the living room?

The GLY talent pool runs deep, and not just when it comes to planning and building. Two accountants are novelists. One project manager is a detailed sketch artist, and a general foreman spends his free time creating oil-paint masterpieces.

As highrises become increasingly present on our horizon, built for clients looking for faster and faster delivery, we challenge ourselves to find room for improvement in our daily processes.

This is the story of how the craftsmanship of yesteryear inspired an unprecedented collaboration to preserve a unique piece of Seattle’s history—an effort empowered by today’s technology.