Award Profile: NE 36th Street Bridge
Award: ASCC Decorative Concrete Council – Concrete Artistry, Over 5,000 Square Feet.  Washington Aggregates & Concrete Association -  1st Place Special Applications - Artistic
Project Name: NE 36th Street Bridge
Client: City of Redmond
Project specs: Designed to mimic the feel of a meandering Pacific Northwest river, the 480-foot bridge spans Washington State Route 520 and connects two Microsoft campuses across the freeway from one another. The bridge space incorporates curvilinear walkways with bands finished with hand-seeded aggregate, a wall meant to mimic the look of a sedimentary river bank, and a stamped and colored concrete roundabout at one end.  View an excellent article written in Concrete Decor Magazine about this featured project:   NE 36th Street Bridge
Products used: Lithocrete system, Lithocrete Sedimentary Wall System, Bomanite Imprint system
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Architectural concrete, decorative concrete, Lithocrete, Bomanite, sedimentary walls by Belarde Company, Seattle, Washington
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Award: Washington Aggregates & Concrete Association - 1st Place Artistic & Decorative Concrete Award
Project Name: SERA Campus Playground & Spraypark Improvements
Client: Metropolitan Parks District of Tacoma
Project specs: The project is highlighted by the use of over 15,000 square feet of hand-seeded blue glass to create a sparkling water effect.  All the glass was recycled material that provided a more durable and safer texture for the sprayground surface.
Products used: The project used several Lithocrete products and blue concrete stains, highlighted by the hand-seeding of the recycled blue glass representing a flowing stream appearance.
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Award: Washington Aggregates & Concrete Association  - 1st Place Public Works - Bridges
Project Name: SR-520 Evergreen Floating Bridge Deck Placements
Client: Washington State Department of Transportation
Project specs: The Belarde Company crews built the pre-cast floating bridge deck placements.  The deck placements are the driving surface of the bridge.   Each precast panel is 15’ x 56,’ requiring 46 cubic yards of concrete.  In total, 24,564 cubic yards of concrete was poured to manufacture 534 separate panels.  The panels were fabricated in Kenmore, Washington, then barged to the construction site of the bridge.
Products used: Cal Portland Mix Number 1517S
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precast concrete, Belarde Company, Structural concrete, SR-520 Evergreen Floating Bridge, Seattle
Award Profile: Kent Town Square Plaza
Award: Washington Aggregates & Concrete Association – Grand Award Architectural Decorative Concrete
Project Name: Kent Town Square Plaza
Client: City of Kent
Project specs: Placement of 22 colors of ready-mix concrete in circles and bands, as well as colored pervious concrete bands. Eight of the colors were placed using hand seeded Lithocrete colored glass aggregates.
Products used: Lithocrete
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Architectural concrete, decorative concrete Lithocrete hand seeded aggregate by Belarde Company - Seattle, Washington
Award Profile: East Bay Public Plaza
Award: ASSC Decorative Concrete Council – 1st Place, Cast in Place Special Finishes Over 5,000 Square Feet, 2013 2nd Place, Multiple Application Over 5,000 Square Feet.  Washington Aggregates & Concrete Association - 2013 1st Place Special Applications - Artistic
Project Name: East Bay Public Plaza
Client: LOTT Clean Water Alliance
Project specs: Installation of decorative concrete elements of East Bay Public Plaza, Olympia Washington using integrally colored concrete, stains, mosaic tiles, sedimentary wall with seep holes, and other features.   View an excellent article written in Concrete Decor Magazine about this featured project: East Bay Public Plaza    
Products used: Lithocrete Lithomosaic; L.M. Scofield Co. Chromix Admixtures (integral color) in limestone, Sombrero Bluff, Coachella Sand and Shadow Slate; L.M. Scofield Co. Lithochrome Chemstain Classic stain in Weathered Bronze.
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The East Bay Public Plaza architectural concrete project in Olympia, Washington was awarded to the Belarde Company.