Tacoma, Washington—In an official groundbreaking ceremony on June 4, AP Pacific Northwest (Rushforth Construction) kicked off construction on the 85,784 square foot Haselwood Family YMCA in Silverdale, Washington. With completion expected next summer, the YMCA will be the first component of the 12-acre Central Kitsap Community Campus that will eventually offer many types of recreational and cultural activities.

 

The Haselwood facility is expected to serve up to 15,000 community members with an aquatics center, wellness centers, exercise and multipurpose rooms, youth drop-in center, gym, community meeting rooms and nursery. The YMCA had planned the facility to be between 50,000 and 70,000 square feet, but a very successful fundraising campaign still underway will allow the building to be expanded to 85,784 square feet.  Rushforth used a 3D virtual construction technology called Building Information Modeling (BIM) on this project to maximize the design and enhance construction efficiency.

 

The Haselwood YMCA will be the second project that Rushforth has built for YMCA of Pierce and Kitsap Counties. In 2007 Rushforth completed the 77,000 square foot YMCA in Gig Harbor, Washington, which the Haselwood facility is modeled after.

 

Rushforth Construction, headquartered in Tacoma, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Adolfson & Peterson Construction. A&P is one of the top 50 construction companies in the U.S., providing construction management, design/build and general contracting services to public and private clients. A&P serves the K-12 school, energy, healthcare, higher education, municipal, multi-family, retail, and senior living market segments from its offices in Arizona, Colorado, Minnesota, North Carolina, Texas and Washington.

 

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