CLATSKANIE PEOPLE’S UTILITY DISTRICT- ADMINISTRATION BUILDING

Clatskanie, OR

Clatskanie PUD’s new headquarters is a 9.05 acre campus development including a 2-story, 19,000 SF Administration Building housing multiple operations, management and service departments. Some of the sustainable design features include LED exterior lighting, low maintenance landscaping with native vegetation, rain garden filtration system for storm water, and solar-powered hot-water.

CLATSKANIE PEOPLE’S UTILITY DISTRICT- WAREHOUSE/MAINTENANCE/VEHICLE SHOP

Clatskanie, OR

This new 9.05 acre campus features a 17,800 SF Warehouse Building that is joined to the Administration Building by a covered pedestrian bridge, plus a 5,600 SF Maintenance Shop, a 7,100 SF Covered Storage Building and a 3,000 SF Carport. Some of the sustainable design features include a rain garden filtration system for storm water and a radiant heated floor at the maintenance shop.

MIDSTATE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE- ADMINISTRATION BUILDING

La Pine, OR

Midstate Electric Cooperative is a recipient of the 2005 Building a Better Central Oregon Award for Outstanding Energy and Environmental Design and a 2007 Excellence In Concrete Award. This 20-acre Master Plan features a 13,000 SF LEED® Gold Certified Administration Building (the first LEED Certified Project in Central Oregon). At the time of completion it was the only LEED® Gold Certified electric utility in the nation.

“Scott Steele and his associates maintain a level of professionalism at all times . . . They are intuitive listeners and excellent communicators . . . they were able to communicate in laymen’s terms with our committee of directors and our management personnel. Every concern was addressed professionally and in a timely manner. I am pleased to highly recommend Steele Associates Architects.”

Bill A. Kopacz, General Manager
Midstate Electric Cooperative, Inc.

MIDSTATE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE- WAREHOUSE/MAINTENANCE/VEHICLE SHOP

La Pine, OR

This 20-acre Master Plan features a 22,000 SF Warehouse & Vehicle Storage Building, a 13,000 SF Maintenance Vehicle Shop and a 5,400 SF Equipment Storage Building.

“Midstate aimed for LEED Silver and hit Gold, it shows the caliber of the design and building specialists we have here in Central Oregon as well as their readiness to whole heartedly embrace and realize the vision of ‘making green building the norm’ in the fastest growing part of the state. With this project Midstate, Steele Associates Architects and R&H Construction created a bench mark Green Team the rest of Central Oregon can look to for leadership.”

Susan Badger-Jones
Building Green Program Manager for 3E Strategies

OREGON TRAIL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE

La Grande, OR

This 27,000 SF Administration, Warehouse and Fleet Storage Building fits on a 4.78-acre urban site. The project included phasing for demolition and Owner occupancy throughout the construction period. OAC collaboration was essential to phasing so Owner operations could continue throughout construction. This project is LEED® Silver Certified.

“I have enjoyed partnering with Steele Associates Architects in providing service to our customers… There is a direct correlation between the professional completeness of prepared documents and the local building department review that equals success to any project. Steele Associates Architects and its representatives have displayed this professionalism and I look forward to working with you again in the future.”

David D. Kloss, C.B.O., Building Official
City of La Grande/Union County

WEST OREGON ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE

Vernonia, OR

Steele Associates Architects provided a conceptual facility design for WOEC as a preliminary study for federal stimulus and grant funding solicitation. The design included a new Green Globes™ sustainable Administration Building, a new Warehouse and Vehicle Garage in downtown Vernonia. In addition, we assisted the City of Vernonia to master plan the adjacent site for a mixed use project that would create a new “Gateway” to the City.

DESCHUTES COUNTY IT + WAREHOUSE

Bend, Oregon

SAA designed this new 26,000 SF building that houses the Technology Department (including the new computer system server room for the County’s entire network), Archives and Information and the Building Services Department. The handsome, well articulated masonry building is designed for flexibility and durability while providing the County with a cost effective project. Steele Associates provided programming, schematic design, design development, construction documents, bidding assistance and construction administration for this project. The project was not only delivered on time it was also delivered within budget featuring zero change orders.

WARM SPRINGS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUILDING RENOVATION

Warm Springs, OR

Steele Associates Architects provided architectural design services for a 6,000 SF telecommunications facility for the Warm Springs Telecommunications Company. Steele Associates operated under the ARRA Broadband BIP program managed by the Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utility Service (RUS). Due to the aggressive nature of the construction schedule SAA proposed and orchestrated a CMGC approach for the construction of the project. The CMCG process which is recognized by ARRA and RUS was able to save the tribe and the project several weeks of time not having to go through a formal hard bid process and nail down a guaranteed maximum price for the project by the end of the design phase.

CENTRAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE – PHOTOMONTAGE STUDY

Tollgate Substation, OR

Central Electric Cooperative contacted Steele Associates after seeing some of our computer-generated presentation drawings. We created this photomontage of an existing substation superimposed onto a proposed new site to assist CEC in the process of site review and public input. Steele Associates uses sophisticated graphic tools for design, analysis and communication to assist our clients in all stages of their projects, including marketing, public relations and acquisition of funding.