A new modular Transportation building is on the way, bringing modern facilities to our bus drivers and dispatchers.
We hosted a pre-bid meeting on January 21 for contractors interested in the site work and coordination required to install a new modular Transportation building. This building will replace the aging facilities currently used by our bus drivers and dispatchers.
Project bids will be opened on February 6 [Updated due to weather: February 11], with notice of award anticipated in March. Construction is expected to be completed this summer. The modular building will be installed in an existing parking area west of the bus garage and Building J, at our Maintenance, Operation and Transportation (MOT) campus at 17810 8th Avenue South in Burien. The MOT campus is adjacent to the north of the Puget Sound Skills Center.
A Highline bus driver leaves the aging Transportation Building L, where drivers can eat lunch and use restroom facilities, plus check email and work information.
Once finished, the new building will provide a unified space for transportation staff, bringing bus drivers — currently housed in a World War II-era building — together with dispatchers and other team members currently working in a small concrete block building.
To accommodate the construction project, parking for staff and buses will shift. Building L will be demolished once the new, modular building is complete.
Replacing Building L was one of the critical capital improvement projects outlined in the 2022 school bond, as recommended by our community-led Capital Facilities Advisory Committee.
Attendees at the January 21 pre-bid conference standing in the parking area where the new modular Transportation Building will be installed. The concrete-block Building J is in the center behind the group. The bus garage is further to the east, behind Building J.
View, looking south, of the parking area designated for the new modular Transportation Building. The tree in the foreground will be preserved.
Rendering of the modular Transportation Building planned as a replacement. View is looking toward the northwest. Rendering by Hutteball + Oremus Architecture. The modular building sections will be prefabricated by ATCO.
Site map showing placement of the new modular Transportation Building, west of the bus garage and the current Transportation Office/Building J, a concrete block building. Building L, a former army barracks, is labeled south of the bus garage and north of the Puget Sound Skills Center.