Crutcher Structures
Crutcher Structures
Lewis subsidiary Crutcher Structures delivers structural scopes on some of the region's most complex projects. Our teams utilize our rich history as a general contractor to build projects holistically, identifying and mitigating challenges before construction even begins.
Rooted in 140 Years of Craft
With the launch of Crutcher Structures in 2023, we now offer self-performed structural services to a wider range of customers.
Our focus is delivering structural frames in concrete, steel, timber, or composite. Backed by rigorous planning, proven systems, clear communication, and superior craftsmanship, we set the standard for excellence. We also provide supplementary services—planning, scheduling, logistics, building information modeling, and more—customized to your needs. This tailored, client-focused approach delivers an offering unmatched in the specialty subcontractor marketplace.
FULL CAPABILITIES
Crutcher Structures offers the expertise of a specialty subcontractor while leveraging the experience of a general contractor. Our teams identify and mitigate challenges well before construction begins.
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Crutcher Structures provides structural building frames consisting of steel, concrete, timber and composite, as well as a wide breadth of supplementary construction services to meet the needs customers across the Pacific Northwest.
Learn more(Link opens in new window)Concrete construction
Forming, placement, finishing and precast installation.
Steel construction
Erection of structural steel frames, steel stairs and architectural metals, railings and canopies.
Construction support services
Construction support for tower cranes, man lifts, survey and 3D scanning as well as equipment rental.
Preconstruction planning
Preconstruction planning for design-build and design assist work, constructability evaluations, sustainability consulting, site logistics and planning support, and VDC modeling.
Building a Tilt-Up Warehouse
Crutcher Structures crews erected concrete tilt-up wall panels by the dozen at Terminal 106's Seattle Metro Logistics, a two-story warehouse and distribution center built for Trammell Crow Company just south of downtown Seattle.
Within two weeks, about two-thirds of the project’s 156 exterior panels were installed. Each panel was first cast on site and later released from a slab by crane and tilted into place. Standing between 40 and 52 feet tall, the panels were temporarily braced until the steel structure was completed. At that point, the team began making the final connections from the panels to the permanent building structure.
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Recent Crutcher Structures projects
1916 Boren
Seattle, Washington
Rainier Square Tower
Seattle, Washington
Seagen Building 6 Structural Upgrades and Tenant Improvement
Bothell, Washington
Seattle Metro Logistics
Seattle, Washington
Troy Block
Seattle, Washington
University of Washington Health Sciences Education Building
Seattle, Washington
University Village South Garage and Retail
Seattle, Washington
Via6 Apartments
Seattle, Washington
Western State Hospital
Lakewood, Washington
LEADERSHIP
“Delivering outstanding preconstruction services, which we do routinely, is a hallmark of this venture, allowing us to maximize value for our clients. We can also capitalize on the economies of scale of our general contracting business to further drive value.”
Shannon Testa
Vice President of Operations
The latest
Crutcher Structures Stories
Western State Hospital Concrete Work Begins This Month
Lewis subsidiary Crutcher Structures is partnering with Clark Construction Group to deliver a major concrete package for the new 467,000-square-foot, 350-bed Western State Hospital New Forensic Hospital and a 53,000-square-foot mass timber administration building.
This project marks a significant step forward in transforming behavioral healthcare for forensic patients in Washington state, and we’re proud to be a part of it!
Our scope begins this month and will continue through summer 2026. This highly technical, phased work will be completed in sectors, with our team moving west to east along the new hospital’s footprint. Crews will be starting with below-grade slabs in the basement before progressing above grade and then moving to the next sector.
The team will place about 40,000 cubic yards of concrete, including foundations, concrete decks, shear walls, and more. In addition to the concrete work, Lewis will be overseeing operations for the project’s three tower cranes, with the first set to be assembled this summer.
General contractor: Clark Construction Group
Architects: HOK and architecture+
Structural and civil engineering: KPFF Consulting Engineers
MEP: Affiliated Engineers, Inc.
*Photo credit: HOK
New Rebar Coupler System Allows Interior Buildouts to Start Sooner
At Trammell Crow Company’s 1916 Boren, we’re using a new rebar coupler system to eliminate leave-out strips, allowing us to start interior buildouts more quickly. This marks the first time the system has been used in Washington state.
With typical concrete pours, large slabs are separated by unfilled strips—called pour strips—to accommodate concrete shrinkage during curing. The strips are filled in later, requiring significant reshoring and for formwork to remain in place on the floor below, which can impede progress on a buildout.
The system from PS=Ø allows crews to pour two adjoining slabs without leaving a pour strip between them. Instead, the concrete’s movement during curing creates a thin joint that can be grouted. The tubes inside the couplers are also grouted, locking the rebar into place.
This means formwork under each floor can be disassembled in one sequence, clearing the way for interior buildouts as the project progresses and allowing tenants to move in sooner.
Tilting Up Wall Panels at Terminal 106
In September, Crutcher Structures crews began erecting concrete tilt-up wall panels by the dozen at Terminal 106’s Seattle Metro Logistics, a two-story warehouse and distribution center being built for Trammell Crow Company just south of downtown Seattle.
Within two weeks, about two-thirds of the project’s 156 exterior panels were installed. Each panel was first cast on site and later released from a slab by crane and tilted into place.
Standing between 40 and 52 feet tall, the panels are being temporarily braced until the steel structure is complete. At that point, the team will begin making the final connections from the panels to the permanent building structure.
Notable challenges have included optimizing the layout of the concrete panels for the most efficient tilt-up sequence, all while accounting for a large crane that would be operating and placing wall panels from inside the facility’s footprint and not from the outside.
The 700,000-square-foot project is being built on a sprawling 15-acre site, or about a quarter-mile end to end.
Our teams are completing the work along a highly visible stretch of East Marginal Way adjacent to the Ash Grove cement plant. When complete in Q2 of 2024, the project will be just the second multi-story warehouse built in the Northwest.