Centennial Wins Golden Shovel!

Centennial has proven it’s not only a leader in Job Order Contracting, but also in sand sculpture! This year, Centennial won the Golden Shovel in the annual Sand in the City event benefitting the Olympia Hands On Children’s Museum.

This is Centennial’s sixth consecutive year fielding a team for the benefit. About 20 Centennial employees participated in the event. The team spent hours planning the design and had six hours to build the actual sculpture on-site. Centennial has placed in the competition every year, and 2010 Golden Shovel was the third time the organization has earned first place. 

The Hands On Children’s Museum stimulates curiosity, creativity and learning through fun, interactive exhibits and programs for children, families and school groups. Centennial also sponsors a community team in the event. 

Melding Yesterday’s Homes and Today’s Technology

Centennial is thrilled to be Seattle City Light’s partner in updating its historic housing district to be energy efficient. These homes were built for Seattle City Light’s employees in the 1920’s and people have lived in them continuously ever since.

Centennial and Seattle City Light will install energy efficient heat pumps, lighting and water heaters, and additional insulation to maximize energy savings in 34 homes and roughly 24 commercial buildings. The improvements will save 2.5 million kilowatt-hours of electricity each year. That’s enough to power 277 average Seattle homes for a year.

This project is just one example of energy efficiency projects happening all over the country and it’s great when your job contributes to real change. I hope we have many more opportunities to do these types of projects because if an historic home can meet today’s energy standards, can’t any home or building?