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Hanging from a full-body harness, James Hague uses a dial gauge to check the play in a J.E. Dunn tower crane’s turntable in downtown Kansas City, Mo.

Above and Beyond: Two Large Crane Owners Step up Safety Protocols
03/01/2010
By Tudor Van Hampton
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.

Photo: Tudor Van Hampton

The University of Washington station, estimated at $115 million, is one of two stations required for the new line. SoundTransit officials plan to compile a short list of qualified bidders by March for a single general contractor/contract manager role to encourage creative value engineering solutions.

University Link’s Sound Strategy: SoundTransit Divides Boring Contracts to Increase Competition
03/01/2010
By JT Long

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 to the University of Washington. The project includes construction of two twin-bore tunnels and two stations.

Image: SoundTransit

03/01/10	Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Tunnel Progresses: Teams Compete for Seattle Dig By Lucy Bodilly 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 in Seattle.
03/01/10	Fan Service: Firm Retrofits Energy-Saving FANWALLS into Manufacturing Plant By Debra Wood 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 By Lucy Bodilly 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 By Debra Wood 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 By Rico Quirindongo 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 By Nathan Rothman, Optimum Energy 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 soon to celebrate.
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 By Lucy Bodilly 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 judges reviewed the submissions online.
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 Sustainability Center in Portland.
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 laudable and in the case of the first two, already achieved.
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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