Ridgefield, WA

Cowlitz Indian Tribe Tobacco Outlet

Markets
Services
Features
Multiple Drive-Thru Lanes
Protective Overhanging Drive-Thru Canopies
Sign Bridge Steel Tube Design
Three Drive-Thru Windows
Wood-Framed Building
Innovative engineering design for multi‑lane drive‑through retail facility in Ridgefield

AHBL provided structural engineering services for a new 4,900 SF retail tobacco sales shop for the Cowlitz Indian Tribe near the ilani Resort and Casino campus in Ridgefield, Washington. The shop features three drive-through windows with protective overhanging canopies to enhance customer service efficiency. The wood-framed building includes expressed tongue and groove timber decking on glu-lam beams in the retail area, with conventional plywood roof sheathing on wood I-joists in the stock, receiving, and employee break rooms. Additionally, AHBL designed the structural support for a large overhead tube steel sign bridge, accommodating digital interactive display signs above the three-lane-wide drive-through.

 

Photos: Doug Walker

Teaming Partners

  • Owner: Cowlitz Indian Tribe
  • Architect: KMB Architects
  • Contractor: Truebeck Construction

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