Desimone Bridge Enclosure

Type: 
Commercial
Region: 
Washington
Completion Date: 
09/1989
Architect: 
James Cutler Architects
Owner: 
Pike Place Market Development Authority

All eyes were on Charter when crews constructed a retail space addition at Seattle’s historic and extremely popular Pike Place Market.

Because the Pike Place Market is a historic landmark, great care was taken to ensure that the architectural form and detailing of the addition matched those of the market itself. The addition was built upon the existing bridge deck that spans Western Avenue. Neither traffic on nearby Western Avenue nor retail activity at the market were to be disturbed during construction.

Work included significant cast-in-place concrete and structural steel seismic improvement to the bridge deck, as well as the addition itself.

Charter Construction was totally professional in the manner they performed their work.  Under very difficult circumstances, they completed the job on time and under budget.  We found them to excellent and easy to work with and recommend them without reservations.

Harris Hoffman
Pike Place Market Preservation & Development Authority
During the course of the construction, I found Charter to be extremely professional, thorough and accommodating to the nuances of the project.
James Cutler
James Cutler Architects