Corporate history and description of services

1. Quality Assured.
A.A.R. Testing Laboratory, Inc.

2. General Notes
Founded in 1989 by
Kimberle Anderson
Location: Redmond
Fully licensed and
accredited by WABO and
A2LA
24 Employees including
19 inspectors and
laboratory technicians

3. Capabilities
Special Inspection
Reinforced Concrete
Post-Tensioned Concrete
Shotcrete
Structural Masonry
Structural Steel: High Strength Bolting, Welding and
Non Destructive Testing
Spray Applied Fire Resistive Materials
Lateral Framing: Wood and Cold Formed Steel
Epoxy & Proprietary Anchors
Piling, Soil Nailing, Compaction and other limited
geotechnical

4. Capabilities
Laboratory
Concrete strength testing: compressive and flexural,
including high strength
Masonry
Soil & Aggregate
Proctors
Sieve Analysis
L.A. Abrasion
Specific Gravity
Atterberg Limits
Concrete Mix Design

5. Our People Make the Difference
Key Staff & Management
Kimberle Anderson, President: 23 years in
construction; 21 in special inspection
Jerry Anderson, Technical Director: 25 years in
concrete construction, including 15 years with A.A.R.
Testing
Mike Blackwell, Supervising Laboratory Technician,
15 years total experience including work for testing
laboratories and concrete suppliers

6. Our People Make the Difference
Senior Inspectors
Personnel with multiple years experience and
licenses in multiple disciplines
Diverse project experience from minor tenant
improvements to high-rises provides the opportunity
to grow individual capabilities and experience quickly
A cooperative environment between senior
personnel and newer staff members ensures that
knowledge is transmitted allowing everyone to
benefit from each-other’s experience

7. Training Program
Licensing requirements, pre-requisite knowledge
and experience factor
Bring new inspectors into work quickly, work with
senior inspectors and provide as much support as
possible to ensure they have the tools, ability and
confidence to be great inspectors

8. Training Program
Coursework and Testing
Inspectors, regardless of experience level are
encouraged to attend courses to sharpen their skills
as well as to give them the ability to earn additional
licenses
A.A.R. regularly supplies personnel and class space
for instruction and testing, including Northwest
Council of Engineering Laboratories courses for
Concrete Placement and Batch Plant Inspection,
Reinforced Concrete, Shotcrete, and Structural
Masonry as well as Proprietary Anchors

9. Projects
High Rise
Mixed Use & Residential
Commercial / Office
Public Works
Tilt-Up
Master Planned Communities

10. High Rise
Cristalla
Description: 23 floors, 197
unit condominium, 8 levels
above and below grade
parking
Construction: Post-Tension
Decks, High Strength Core
Walls & Columns
Client: Murray Franklyn

11. High Rise
Hotel 1000
Description: 26 level luxury
hotel and condominium
Construction: Post-tension
decks with high strength core
walls and columns
Client: Murray Franklyn

12. High Rise
8th & Madison
Description: 12 floor
condominium with ground
level retail
Construction: Post-Tension
Decks, High Strength Core
Walls & Columns
Client: Opus Northwest

13. Master-Planned Communities
Common Features & Requirements
Multiple structures, most often on large tracts of land
and with multiple uses
Scope of these projects effect dramatic change in
their respective communities by more than simply
altering the landscape

14. Harbor Square
Location: Bainbridge Island
Description: 9 structures, including five wood-
framed residential structures over a large,
segmented PT Deck and parking, as well as 4
retail structures
Client: Opus Northwest

15. Harbor Square

16. Point Edwards
Location: Edmonds
Description: Point Edwards currently consists of
8 luxury condominium structures, each of which
featuring underground parking. There is
additional recreational space planned. What
makes this project special is that the land on
which it sits is the former site of a huge tank-
farm.
Client: Triad Development

17. Point Edwards

18. Commercial / Office
Common Features:
Post-tension concrete decks
Concrete core-wall construction, often with
significant amounts of structural steel
Common requirements:
Shoring and shotcrete in underground levels
Fast-paced schedule and scope of project makes
continuous inspection a necessity

19. Commercial / Office
505 Union Station
Description: 300,000
square feet of office
space over 1100 stall
parking garage
Construction: post-
tensioned concrete with
significant structural steel
and masonry
Client: Opus Northwest

20. Commercial / Office
7th & Madison
9 Level Class A
Office building over 3
levels below grade
parking
Post-tensioned
concrete slabs, high
strength concrete
vertical elements
Client: Opus
Northwest

21. Commercial / Office
Alley 24
Description: Office
space over 3 levels of
parking on East Block,
apartments on West
Block
Construction: two-way
structural slabs and
post-tension decks
(office) Cold-form steel
on concrete podium
deck (residential)
Client: Vulcan Inc.

22. Commercial / Office
Sammamish Park Place
Description: 3 office
structures totaling
565,000 square feet
over a larking structure
Construction: post-
tension concrete decks
over significant auger
cast pile foundation
Client: Opus Northwest

23. Mixed Use & Residential
Common Features:
Post-tension concrete parking decks
Wood or cold-formed steel framed residential spaces
Retail or office space at ground level
Common requirements:
Shoring and shotcrete in underground levels
Masonry and structural steel supplements wood and
cold form framing

24. Mixed Use

25. Public Works
Federal Way Transit Center
Description: 1200 stall, five level parking structure
Client: Harris & Associates

26. Issaquah Highlands Park & Ride
Description: provided
inspection and testing for
soils and concrete
paving portions of this
multi-level parking
structure
Client: King County
Metro / URS Engineering

27. Well #5
Description: Structural
masonry building
housing well equipment.
Provided inspection of
concrete, masonry,
structural steel and soils
compaction
Client: City of Redmond

28. West Seattle High School
Description: Complete renovation of an existing high
school, requiring inspection of reinforced concrete,
shotcrete, structural masonry for existing structures and
five new structures
Client: Heery International

29. Tilt-Up
Common Features and Requirements
Wide open space, most often with high ceiling
clearances
Cost effectiveness
Reinforced concrete precast wall panels, footings
and slabs
Welded panel connections, steel columns and steel
joists sheathed with wood or steel decking

30. Tilt-Up

31. Selected Clients & Contractors
Boeing Aircraft Company Otak, Inc.
Donovan Brothers, Inc. City of Redmond
The Evans Company Schnitzer West
Foushée Associates SGA Corporation
Harris & Associates Sound Transit
King County Triad Development
Mastro Properties University of Washington
Murray Franklyn URS Corporation
Opus Northwest

32. Conclusion
The special inspector is the last line of
defense in ensuring that your project is
built as designed, and complies with
applicable building code
Well-trained inspectors working with
experienced managers results in the
best possible outcomes on projects

33. Conclusions
A.A.R. Testing Laboratory with its
comprehensive accreditation, enviable
professional development environment,
impressive project history and diverse client list
represents the clear choice for your project.
Quality Assured.