Location: Tacoma Community College, Tacoma, WA Tacoma Community College’s Early Learning Center is an anchor for the northern end of the campus. This five-acre site creates an important entry point to the college campus and provides an all-new facility for toddlers, waddlers, and infants, as well as classrooms for the college students in the Early
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Location: Kingston, WAOwner: North Kitsap School District Osborn Consulting, Inc. (OCI) team members developed a 200 acre master plan  for the North Kitsap School District that included large wetland areas, four schools, a large regional park, bus maintenance facility, abandoned Nike missile facility, and a future site for a new High School. After completion of
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Location: Snohomish, WAOwner: Snohomish School District, Heery International To maximize public and student use of the fields, the school installed a synthetic turf softball field and a combined synthetic football, lacrosse, and soccer field with surrounding rubberized track.  Due to poor soil conditions, a cement treated base with flat underdrain system was utilized.  Maximizing site
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Location: Federal Way, WA As part of a Federal Way youth and education complex, this Head Start Child Care Center is sited to allow for both intimate courtyard spaces and secure outdoor play areas on a busy campus. Osborn Consulting, Inc. (OCI) team members developed the overall site design for the larger campus in addition
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Location: Bainbridge Island, WAOwner: Bainbridge Island School District This terraced site is designed to educate kids about natural processes through a series of sustainable design elements. Downspout rainwater flow is expressed in a runnel system in an outdoor classroom; porous pavement infiltrates stormwater; rain gardens manage parking lot runoff, and the playground incorporates raised garden plots
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