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Best of 2010 12/01/2010 Northwest Construction’s annual awards competition honors the best in design and construction over the past year. Diverse categories, from engineering design to worship, acknowledge the excellent work and the variety of disciplines in the industry today. Photo: sky-pix.com |
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Portland Activity Report 10/01/2010 Three of Portland’s four most noticeable construction projects include some type of housing—either affordable, homeless or retirement—while the fourth project creates an intimate home for the Portland Timbers of Major League Soccer, the city’s newest big-league sports franchise. |
| 10/01/10 | Science Gone Wild Washington State University is constructing new veterinary buildings at its Pullman Campus that will improve animal care and an applied science building at its Vancouver campus that will further semiconductor research. |
| 10/01/10 | 2010 Top Design Firms Design firms across the Northwest continued to see tough market conditions, but there were signs of improvement as 2009 came to a close. |
| 10/01/10 | Chemistry Setting Designed to embody the innovative spirit of Oregon State University’s prominent alumnus, the $62-million Linus Pauling Science Center will house the research institute devoted to advancing knowledge in the... |
| 08/01/10 | Top 50 Subcontractors The top specialty contractors experienced a sizable hit to their bottom line in 2009. The top 10 firms saw their revenue drop from 2008’s record $1.9 billion to just $1.45 billion in 2009. |
| 08/01/10 | Open Bell Soon to Ring at Issaquah High Tight working footprints and even cozier timelines highlight the ongoing reconstruction of Issaquah High School in Washington as Bothell-based Cornerstone General Contractors pushes through its summer... |
| 08/01/10 | Construction Teams Earning High Marks at Isolated New Alaska Schools Rural Alaska follows its own construction rules. |
| 08/01/10 | South Medford High Delivers Small School Community in a Big Way Superintendent Phil Long of Medford School District in Oregon wanted to incorporate a sense of community when the district replaced the outdated 1930s-era South Medford High School. |
| 08/01/10 | School Districts Aim High with Sustainable Projects Sustainable schools are underway in Redmond, Portland and Kirkland, while a recently completed classroom building achieves LEED platinum. |
| 06/01/10 | Top 30 Northwest Starts: Largest Projects of 2009 Total $4.5 Billion Last year, construction teams broke ground on 30 large-scale projects across the Northwest totalling $4.5 billion of work. Some projects beginning in 2008 were also included if they weren’t included in last year’s Top Project Starts. |
| 06/01/10 | Seattle Activity Report: Work Pours into South Lake Union, Sprinkles Elsewhere Despite the recession, there are some promising construction projects in Seattle, including renovation of Pike Place Market, an infill project in the Rainier Valley and new digs for Amazon.com. |
| 06/01/10 | Alaska Activity Report: Government Projects Keep Contractors Busy Government projects—from prisons to new hospitals—have contractors sharpening their pencils and building in Alaska. |
| 04/01/10 | Tacoma Activity Report: Scenic Puget Sound City Stirs Back to Life Hanging more than 200 ft over a jobsite in downtown Kansas City, Mo., James Hague doesn’t seem to notice the tiny people and equipment below his feet. |
| 04/01/10 | Eye of the TIGER: Spokane Freeway Megaproject Receives Federal Grant A limited-access highway being built in north Spokane has received $35 million from a federal economic stimulus program that will pay for a 3.7-mi stretch of roadway and could generate up to 106 jobs. |
| 04/01/10 | Top Contractors of the Northwest Northwest Construction’s annual survey of the Northwest’s top contractors shows a 14.2% drop in revenue in 2009 over the previous year. |
| 04/01/10 | Eugene Activity Report: Public Spaces Dominate Construction Landscape Public projects – from bridges and arenas to fire stations and utilities jobs – dominate the Eugene construction landscape as contractors and architects also work with public agencies to stretch budgets... |
| 04/01/10 | In a Pickle: Nalley Valley Traffic Woes Cured with New Segmented Bridge Design The $119.9-million Nalley Valley project is designed to fix a pickle of a traffic bottleneck where Interstate 5 meets State Route 16 in South Tacoma. |
| 04/01/10 | A Streetcar Desired: Demand Extends Portland’s Popular Rail Alternative The next phase of Portland Streetcar will be doing loops around downtown Portland upon its opening in 2012. |
| 04/01/10 | Snoqualmie Pass Roadwork Underway: I-90 Project Improves Safety for Drivers and Wildlife Max J. Kuney Construction, Spokane, will be the primary contractor for the next phase of safety improvements along Interstate 90, between Hyak and the Keechelus Dam. |
| 03/01/10 | Above and Beyond: Two Large Crane Owners Step up Safety Protocols Hanging more than 200 ft over a jobsite in downtown Kansas City, Mo., James Hague doesn’t seem to notice the tiny people and equipment below his feet. |
| 03/01/10 | University Link’s Sound Strategy: SoundTransit Divides Boring Contracts to Increase Competition Regional transit builder SoundTransit adopted a two-part strategy when it went to bid on tunneling work for University Link, a 3.15-mi underground extension of light rail from downtown Seattle... |
| 03/01/10 | Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Tunnel Progresses: Teams Compete for Seattle Dig The Washington State Dept. of Transportation has qualified four design-build teams that will vie for a $1-billion contract to construct a deep-bore tunnel replacing the seismically unsound Alaskan Way viaduct... |
| 03/01/10 | Fan Service: Firm Retrofits Energy-Saving FANWALLS into Manufacturing Plant As part of its quest to conserve energy and operate a more efficient facility, Maxim Integrated Products of Beaverton, Ore., has installed the first of several FANWALL® arrays, retrofitting existing air-supply units. |
| 03/01/10 | New Treatment Plant Clears Way for Elwha Dam Project Completion of a new water treatment plant in Port Angeles, Wash. in December was one of the final projects necessary for the start of the largest dam removal project in the United States. |
| 03/01/10 | Air Apparent: Northwest May Follow California Lead in Diesel Emissions Standards As part of its quest to conserve energy and operate a more efficient facility, Maxim Integrated Products of Beaverton, Ore., has installed the first of several FANWALL® arrays, retrofitting existing air-supply units. |
| 03/01/10 | Energy Efficiency: Once Overlooked, Now an Area of Growth Spiking oil prices, soaring utility costs and worries about global warming have sprung energy efficiency from obscurity onto the list of new directions in design and construction. |
| 03/01/10 | Case Study: Aventine Complex LEEDs the Way to Energy Savings Oregon and Washington are among the top three states when it comes to USGBC LEED certification, an indication of the region’s dedication to the environment. |
| 01/01/10 | Forecast 2010: Residential Rebounds While Other Sectors Struggle After three years of declines, the construction market may be eyeing a rebound in 2010 thanks to a much improved residential sector, but for designers and contractors in other building sectors, it could be too... |
| 01/01/10 | Inaugural Legacy Award Goes to ABC Chapter Founder Northwest Construction’s first Legacy award goes to the contractor who championed non-adversarial relationships, education for craft workers and devoted his career to the industry. |
| 12/01/09 | Best of 2009 Despite a down construction year, the 2009 Best of received a record number of entries, 85. This was also the first year the entire contest was run digitally. Contestants entered the contest online and the... |
| 11/01/09 | Cheaper to Own: Shoreline Civic Center Brings City Developers and Citizens Together The timely creation of a new, environmentally-educational 67,000 sq ft “living room” for the young city of Shoreline was the result of a public-partnership that welcomed citizens in the process. |
| 11/01/09 | Airport Projects Aim to Ease Congestion for Passengers and Airlines Projects at Portland International Airport and Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac Airport) will allow the facilities to handle more passengers and give them a better experience. |
| 11/01/09 | Oregon Sustainability Center to Anchor Downtown EcoDistrict A consortium of building industry professionals, nonprofit organizations and local and state government agencies is working to meet the Living Building Challenge with the construction of the Oregon... |
| 11/01/09 | To LEED or Not To LEED Building teams face many key decisions as they begin a project. One relatively new choice, in an official capacity, is whether to make the project “green”. |
| 11/01/09 | Better Energy Codes: It’s not Rocket Science As a society, we’re good about setting some big goals. Putting a man on the moon, developing an information superhighway, cutting carbon emissions as a means to combat climate change-these are... |
| 11/01/09 | Green Features Enhance Student Learning at Nathan Hale Nathan Hale High Schoo, Seattle, has a national reputation as a successful model of school reform and personalized learning, and a radio station that’s recognized as one the best in the country. |
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