Grace Slavic Baptist Church

38,000 SF Total Facility
16,000 SF Sanctuary
22,000 SF School Wing

Project Overview

Columbia Engineering Group is providing full-scope architectural and engineering services for Grace Slavic Baptist Church in Spokane, Washington. The project includes a new 38,000 square foot, two-story wood-frame worship and education facility.

The building combines a 16,000 square foot sanctuary with a 22,000 square foot school wing. In addition, the education areas include classrooms, a dining hall, and a full commercial kitchen.

Integrated Worship and Education Design

The facility combines Assembly and Education occupancies within one building. Therefore, the design requires close coordination between architecture, building systems, life safety, site development, and utilities.

CEG is delivering the project through an integrated design process. As a result, the major disciplines remain coordinated from concept through construction documents.

Architecture and Engineering Scope of Work

CEG is providing architectural services along with civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection engineering.

Worship & Education Facility

The two-story wood-frame building combines a 16,000 square foot sanctuary with a 22,000 square foot school wing.

Education & Support Spaces

The school wing includes classrooms, a dining hall, and a full commercial kitchen to support education and congregational activities.

Life Safety & Fire Protection

The facility is being designed as a fully sprinklered building with comprehensive life safety systems for its Assembly and Education occupancies.

Site Development & Utilities

CEG is providing full site development design, supporting infrastructure, and utility coordination for the new church campus.

BIM Coordination

CEG is developing the project in a coordinated BIM environment to reduce design conflicts and improve construction efficiency.

Permitting Leadership

CEG is leading the permitting process to support the project schedule and maintain alignment with local agency requirements.

Project Outcome

Grace Slavic Baptist Church is being developed as a coordinated worship and education campus designed to serve a growing congregation.

CEG is integrating architecture, multidisciplinary engineering, site infrastructure, life safety systems, BIM coordination, and permitting. As a result, the project benefits from a unified design approach from concept through construction documents.

What Made This Project Stand Out

38,000 SF Worship and Education Campus

The facility combines a 16,000 square foot sanctuary with a 22,000 square foot school wing.

Full-Scope Integrated Design

CEG is coordinating architecture with civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection engineering.

Coordinated BIM Environment

BIM coordination supports consistency across disciplines while reducing design conflicts and improving construction efficiency.

Site and Permitting Leadership

CEG is coordinating site development, supporting infrastructure, utilities, and the project permitting process.

Hudson’s Bay High School Trade Facility

7,500 SF Trade Facility
500 SF Wood Mezzanine
4 Engineering Disciplines

Project Overview

Columbia Engineering Group provided mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and structural engineering for the Hudson’s Bay High School Trade Facility in Vancouver, Washington. The project involved construction of a new 7,500 square foot trades training facility.

The building includes specialized systems and structural elements designed to support hands-on technical education. In addition, the project features a 500 square foot wood mezzanine, woodshop dust collection, high-efficiency HVAC, and advanced electrical systems.

Engineering for Hands-On Trades Education

The facility required building systems that could support specialized training activities rather than a traditional classroom environment. Therefore, CEG coordinated the structural and MEP design around the needs of the trade program.

The project also emphasized energy performance. As a result, the mechanical design incorporates a high-efficiency VRF system with energy recovery ventilation that meets WSEC 2018 standards.

Engineering Scope of Work

CEG coordinated mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and structural engineering for the new trades training facility.

Structural Engineering

CEG designed the foundation, slab-on-grade floors, and a 500 square foot wood mezzanine for the new training facility.

Woodshop Dust Collection

The mechanical design includes a dedicated dust collection system to support woodshop training activities.

VRF & Energy Recovery Ventilation

CEG designed a high-efficiency variable refrigerant flow system with energy recovery ventilation to meet WSEC 2018 standards.

Electrical Systems

The electrical design includes 208Y/120V, 3-phase power and LED lighting with advanced controls.

Multidisciplinary Coordination

CEG coordinated mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and structural engineering to support the specialized requirements of the trades training facility.

Project Outcome

The Hudson’s Bay High School Trade Facility provides a purpose-built environment for hands-on technical education in Vancouver, Washington.

Through coordinated structural and MEP engineering, CEG integrated the building structure, woodshop infrastructure, HVAC, plumbing, power, and lighting systems into one 7,500 square foot facility.

What Made This Project Stand Out

Purpose-Built Trades Training Facility

The 7,500 square foot facility was designed to support specialized hands-on technical education.

Specialized Woodshop Infrastructure

The project includes a dedicated dust collection system and a 500 square foot wood mezzanine.

High-Efficiency HVAC Design

The VRF and energy recovery ventilation systems were designed to meet WSEC 2018 standards.

Trade-Focused Electrical Infrastructure

The electrical design includes 208Y/120V, 3-phase power and LED lighting with advanced controls.