Renovation
Contractors Brace Themselves for the Unusual

Renovations always hold surprises, but careful preplanning
keeps them to a minimum. Full
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Recycling
Industry Growing as Building Materials Find New Markets

Entire Buildings now Heading
for Reuse
Rising materials prices and high disposal costs are part of
the reason jobsite recycling is becoming more popular.
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Four
urban projects teach Northwest builders that there's always
room for innovation

Developers hope to change
neighgorhood ambience
The covered parking, the tall buildings, the box-like apartments
- urban life can be urbane, and at times monotonous. Full
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Year-End
Mergers announced

Engineering firms poised for
further national expansion
Local firms look to a more vertical organization to
increase future revenues.
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Thomas
Sparling, Leader in Northwest Engineering Industry dies

He worked on firsts of many
kinds - floating bridges, medical equipment and communications
systems.
Thomas Sparling, founder of Seattle-headquartered Sparling,
the nation's largest electrical engineering and technology
consulting firm died in December. He was 87. Full
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