This week on November 22, 2019, you are invited to attend the opening reception for the Henry Klein Homes: Light, Form and Materiality Through the Decades exhibit from 5:00 – 7:00pm.

Location: The Historical Museum of Skagit County
Day + Time: November 22, 2019 from 5:00 – 7:00pm
Entry fee: Free

This exceptional exhibit of residential de­sign works by our founder, regionally noted architect Henry Klein (1920-2013), will run through March of 2020. Visit to experience Henry’s guid­ing themes of natural light, in­door/out­door connections, natural materials, gracious over­hangs, and beautiful screening weave through every decade from the 1950s until his re­tire­ment in the early 2000s.

No tickets are needed to attend the exhibit and museum entry is free for members. The regular exhibit hours are Tuesday – Sunday from 11:00am – 4:00pm. For non-members, the museum entry fee is $5 for adults, $4 for seniors and children, and $10 for families (two adults with two children).

We hope that you will embrace this wonderful op­por­tu­nity to see a rare curated collection of photographs of the design and construction of Henry Klein’s most notable homes. Klein’s process of design is also illuminated through working drawings, hand sketches, and physical models.

The following are some of the major projects in Whatcom County:

? $12.1 million for the Thornton Road Overpass in the Ferndale area.

? $9.4 million for an Orchard Drive east-west connector under I-5 in Bellingham.

? $6.5 million for I-5/Northbound on-ramp at Bakerview Road. The project is to construct a northbound on-ramp on the east side of I-5 to address congestion, enhance regional multimodal transportation and support economic development in northwestern Bellingham.

? $200,000 for the Washington state-British Columbia joint transportation action plan for international mobility and trade.

? $2 million to construct improvements to the I-5/Slater Road Interchange and accommodate planned future development in the area around the interchange.

It also including the following a project covering multiple counties:

? $1.6 million for Skagit Transit to purchase five replacement buses to be used on the county connector services operated by Skagit Transit and partnership with Island Transit and Whatcom Transit. The buses will add passenger capacity and emissions reduction.

For up to date construction images, please view our live camera feed below.

New SHS Live Feed

New SHS Virtual Walkthrough

The New Stanwood High School Project updates, schedules and renderings may be viewed by clicking on the following link:  New SHS Update

The Capital Projects webpage is currently “under construction”. For the time being, here are some progress photos of our new Stanwood High School project – Phase 1.

Cement Treated Base

General Progress

Soldier Pile Wall

Storm Detention Facility

PROJECT INFORMATION: The Mount Vernon School District intends to solicit qualifications and proposals to utilize the Design-Build delivery method for a new Shop Building project. The District is planning to advertise and release an RFQ/RFP to solicit for Design-Build (D/B) services for the project.

The specific D/B delivery method is anticipated to be the Progressive Design-Build (PD/B) delivery model. The Shop Building is planned to be constructed in the north parking lot of the existing high school site and will house shop and classroom spaces for the high school’s industrial arts programs.

The District’s desire is that the primary structural system for the building be based on a pre-engineered metal building package with building systems and internal and external build-out as required to satisfy the functional and programmatic needs of the facility. Design-Builder will be required to provide all supervisory, project management, programming, architectural, engineering, permitting, bidding and construction services required to program, design, permit and construct a complete, operational facility to meet the District’s program and budgetary needs.

Qualified firms, teams or joint ventures with previous PD/B experience or experience using a similar alternative construction delivery format and experience in the design and construction of this type of facility are encouraged to apply when the RFQ is released.

The estimated building area is 7,000 to 8,000 square feet.

The total budget for design and construction of this project is anticipated to be in the range of $2.2 million to $ 2.3 million.

Related work, in addition to the work described above, may include an alternate for a 2,500 square foot addition, extension of sanitary sewer line and other utilities to a location for future modular portables and utility connections to modular portables.

More detailed information on anticipated project scope, budget and schedule will be identified in the RFQ, when released. It is anticipated that the RFQ documents will be completed and the project will be advertised in late February 2019. The process for obtaining a copy of the RFQ will be identified in the RFQ advertisement.

Sno-Isle Libraries is hosting an orientation for companies that may want to provide facilities-related services to the library district.

The event is scheduled for 10:00am, Thursday, February 28, 2019 at the Sno-Isle Libraries Administrative Service Center, 7312 35th Ave. NE, Marysville, WA, 98271.

For more information about this event, please visit the Sno-Isle Libraries website: https://www.sno-isle.org /vendor

The Housing Authority of Skagit County (HASC) is qualifying General and specialty contractors for rehabilitation of approximately 24 houses owned by low and moderate income homeowners in Skagit County, Washington.
The project is funded by the Washington State Department of Commerce through their management of the DOE, LIHEAP, & Match-Maker grants, and through utility grants from Puget Sound Energy and Cascade Natural Gas.
Application packets are available beginning January 28th, 2019 at the HASC offices: 1650 Port Drive, Burlington, WA 98233, Monday through Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m, and on Fridays from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. or by calling Rachel Kingsley, Weatherization Program Manager at 360-757-6509 ext. 233.
Small, Minority and Women-owned firms are encouraged to submit applications. HASC is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.

Please note attached informational flier about the upcoming ecoPRO training we are hosting in partnership with Washington Association of Landscape Professionals and WA State Nursery and Landscape Association on Feb. 27th & 28th at the City of Mount Vernon Council Chambers, located at 1805 Continental Place in Mount Vernon.

Thank you for posting or sharing with anyone who might be interested. This is a great opportunity for local landscapers, architects, park, school district. or public works grounds crews, land management companies, etc. interested in sustainable yard care practices – and, it is being offered locally AND at a significantly discounted registration rate:).

Pre-registration required by Feb. 15th. Register early to get your study materials well ahead of time. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me. To learn more about the ecoPRO professional certification program: https://ecoprocertified.org/

Thank you for helping spread the word:)

Sincerely,
Kristi Carpenter
Skagit Conservation District
2021 E. College Way, Suite #203
Mount Vernon, WA 98273
(360) 428-4313