Project Overview
Planning and Construction Process
Floorplans & Artistic Renderings
Project Overview
Since its inception in 1966, KPLU has built a rich heritage as a
pre-eminent broadcast asset in the Pacific Northwest. Offering NPR
news, jazz and blues, KPLU's signal reaches all of Western Washington,
Northern Oregon and Southern British Colombia, giving it a weekly
audience of over 350,000 listeners. Additionally, KPLU's 24-hour
jazz stream is heard on the Web by 20,000 listeners per week,
making it one of the most listened-to streams on the Internet.
KPLU will be moving to their new building, the Martin J. Neeb Center,
near South Hall on lower campus, which has been designed specifically to support their broadcasting needs.
This new building will provide much-needed upgrades including on-air
studios, production rooms, small performance space, and offices.
Planning and Construction Process
The KPLU project is overseen by the KPLU Planning Committee, which
is overseen
by PLU's Construction Management Department. The project is also supervised by the KPLU
Steering Committee, which reports to President Anderson and the PLU
Board of Regents.
In
March 2005, the planning committee submitted a Request for Proposal
(RFP) for design services to several architectural firms, and
ultimately elected to work with Bloomfield and Associates and Helix
Design. In Spring 2006, the committee also decided to hire John Korsmo
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Floorplans & Artistic Renderings
Floorplan - First Floor (June 2006)
Floorplan - Second Floor (June 2006)
Rendering - View from North (June 2006)
Rendering - View from Northwest (June 2006)
Rendering - Overhead View from Southwest (June 2006)
Rendering - View from Southeast
Rendering - View from Northeast
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Project Timeline
May 2005: Helix Design Group, Inc. Selected as Architects January 2006: Corner Lot Purchased May 2006: John Korsmo Construction, Inc., selected as General Contractor 2007: Construction documents drafter and permit applications submitted January 2008: Groundbreaking February 2008: Building permits issued, construction starts following permit release February 2009: Building is completed May 2009: Equipment Installed June 2009: KPLU goes live
Related Links
KPLU Website
Helix Design John Korsmo Construction
Lorig Associates
Office of Finance and Operations
LEED Information
LEED Scorecard LEED Certification (PowerPoint Presentation)
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