Design approach adds extra floor to condominiums October 29, 2009 – The 937 Condominiums is a 16-story tower in the relatively new, upscale Pearl District in downtown Portland, Ore. The condos range from $300,000 to $2.2 million. In August 2009, the 937 Condominiums project was a featured building during the region’s first urban Street of…
Home Fire Sprinkler Save Oct. 13, 2009 – My story isn’t that different from most victims who’ve had a fire in their home, but here it is in my own words… On Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009, my husband and I were at home while two workers put the last coat of sealant on our stained…
WSFP Employee Becomes LEED AP Sept. 15, 2009 – Operations Manager Marinus Both, from WESTERN STATES FIRE PROTECTION CO., earned the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Accredited Professional credential. Western States Fire Protection Co. is a full-service contractor with 26 locations West of the Mississippi. After he studied shipbuilding in the Netherlands, Mr.…
USS Lexington Fire Sprinkler System Western States Fire Protection Co. installed a wet pipe fire sprinkler system and stand pipes in the USS Lexington in Corpus Christi, Texas. The project took 120 days to complete and over 400 fire sprinkler heads were installed. The USS Lexington, a World War II-vintage aircraft carrier, was commissioned in…
Fire Protection Systems for Winspear Opera House Western States Fire Protection Co.’s Dallas team will design and install the fire protection systems for the Winspear Opera House located in Dallas, Texas. Systems include standpipes, wet, dry, and preaction fire sprinkler systems with 2,543 sprinkler heads along with special noise and vibration requirements for the installation…
Fire Sprinkler Systems for Microsoft Western States Fire Protection Co. received notice May 1, 2006 to install a fire sprinkler system in Microsoft’s data storage facility in Quincy, Washington. Microsoft is constructing several large data storage facilities around the country with Quincy as their first stop. Quincy is a farming town in Central Washington, located…
Fire Sprinkler Systems for Furniture Mart Western States Fire Protection Co. has just finished installing a wet pipe sprinkler system in Nebraska Furniture Mart™’s Kansas City, Kansas store. Joe DePriest and his crew of up to five people worked hard to get this project done in less than six months. The 357,505 square foot warehouse…
Colorado Convention Center Project Western States Fire Protection Co. installed an automatic fire sprinkler system for the Colorado Convention Center Phase II Expansion. This 285 million dollar project doubled the size of the Convention Center, adding approximately 1,400,000 square feet of new space and transformed the building into a landmark that represents a gateway to…
