Seattle Athletic Club

Type: 
Commercial
Region: 
Washington
Completion Date: 
09/1997
Architect: 
KDW Architects
Owner: 
Western Athletic Clubs

Charter crews worked 24 hours a day to complete this 10-day, fast-track remodel of the Seattle Athletic Club’s locker room and spa while the club remained open for business.

Charter removed existing plumbing and reinstalled it under a new slab-on-grade, installed 9,000 SF of tile, added new granite vanities and rebuilt the hot tubs, steam rooms and saunas. Crews adjusted schedules and added manpower when extensive rot to the interior walls nearly doubled the size of the project.

The jobsite’s location two floors underground made it impossible to use traditional demolition and concrete pumping methods. Crews manually removed the existing slab-on-grade and mixed and poured concrete for the new slab by hand.

Safety was a key issue. The site is located near Pike Place Market – one of Seattle’s most popular tourist destinations. Materials and equipment had to pass across busy sidewalks, often packed with people. Charter carefully scheduled deliveries and timed ingress and egress to ensure the safety of the public and club guests.

Charter Construction completed our locker rooms demolition and reconstruction on time under very strenuous timelines, in spite of a variety of unexpected circumstances and numerous change orders.
Scott Gilreath
Seattle Athletic Club