| 09/01/2010 | Tacoma's Murray Morgan Bridge Work Gets Boost From Surprise $20M Loan
The News Tribune
Sept. 01--It will still need to be paid back, but a $20 million loan that materialized suddenly from the state Department of Transportation last week is a windfall of sorts for one of Tacoma's major public works projects: restoring the Murray Morgan Bridge. |
| 09/01/2010 | Trying to Rebuild Seattle's Construction Industry
The Seattle Times
Sept. 01--In what has become a daily act of optimism, Craig Krueger arrives at his subleased office in Kirkland by 8 a.m., wearing a crisp shirt and pressed chinos. |
| 08/31/2010 | Senior housing project going up in Tacoma's Hilltop
The News Tribune
Aug. 31--At a time when most residential construction projects have gone into indefinite hibernation, a new multi-unit project is rising from the hillside above downtown Tacoma. |
| 08/31/2010 | Point Roberts Housing Development Property Scheduled for Auction
The Bellingham Herald, Wash.
Aug. 31--POINT ROBERTS -- Development company Stanton Northwest didn't pay back a $3 million bank loan for a planned 103-home project in Point Roberts, and an auction is scheduled to sell the land. |
| 08/30/2010 | Plans Unveiled for $4M All-Purpose Youth Wellness Campus in Bremerton
Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, Wash.
Aug. 30--BREMERTON -- What started as a proposal for a youth wellness center has become a vision of an entire campus focused on youth health. |
| 08/27/2010 | Spokane Sewer Line May Grow, Adding 415-Acre Area
The Spokesman-Review
Aug. 27--Spokane County is poised to extend a sewer line to a 415-acre property where commissioners hope development will boost their tax base. |
| 08/27/2010 | South Hill gaining medical building
The Spokesman-Review
Aug. 27--A foot-and-ankle specialist and dentist will occupy a two-story office building just under construction at 3707 S. Grand Blvd. |
| 08/26/2010 | Contract to Remove Elwha Dams Goes to Montana Firm
The Seattle Times
Aug. 26--After decades of talking about it, the feds finally signed a contract Thursday to take down two dams on the Elwha River in the largest such project ever in North America. |
| 08/26/2010 | New OTEC LEED Facility Moves Forward in La Grande, Ore.
The Observer
Aug. 26--Construction of Oregon Trail Electric Co-Op's new |
| 08/25/2010 | Site Work Underway on $65M University of Oregon Science Building
The Register Guard
Aug. 25--Another new building is about to rise near the University of Oregon's front door, one that will emphasize science rather than scores. |
| 08/25/2010 | Removal of Old Logging Roads Keeps Workers Busy in Olympic Forest:
The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.
Aug. 25--Decades of aggressive logging in Olympic National Forest left a legacy of 2,250 miles of logging roads, many of them in sorry shape and sources of sediment pollution to the forest's rivers and streams. |
| 08/24/2010 | Farming the Wind near the Oregon Trail: Idaho's Governor, GE and Its Partners Launch State's Largest Wind Power Project
Business Wire
Transforming arid farmland into land yielding clean power and jobs, Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter joined executives of GE (NYSE: GE) and its partners today to celebrate the start of construction of the state's largest wind power project, 8 miles from the Oregon Trail where American pioneers pushed westward across the continent. |
| 08/20/2010 | Newtok Steps up Panning Eforts to Move Threatened Alaska Village
Alaska Journal of Commerce
Aug. 20--The clock is ticking in the effort to move the residents of the erosion-threatened community of Newtok to safer ground as the nearby Ninglick River eats away at the coast. |
| 08/22/2010 | Design Dilemma on Proposed Marriott at Tacoma's Foss Waterway
The News Tribune
Aug. 22--Building design review isn't usually the sexiest of discussion topics. |
| 08/22/2010 | Yakima Mill Property Still in the Market for Redevelopment
Yakima Herald-Republic
Aug. 22--When word got out that the former Boise Cascade property was on the market for $29 million, the nervousness was palpable at Yakima City Hall. |
| 08/20/2010 | Skanska Begins $6.4M Oregon Zoo Medical Center
The Oregonian
Aug. 20--The Oregon Zoo next week will begin construction of a new million veterinary medical center, the first of a handful of projects paid for by a $125 million bond voters approved in 2008. |
| 08/19/2010 | Wind Turbine Maker Vestas to Build $66M HQ in Portland
The Oregonian
Aug. 19--Wind-power giant Vestas' long-awaited decision to build its North American headquarters in Portland blew through City Hall Wednesday like a cool summer breeze. |
| 08/19/2010 | Scale of I-90 Snoqualmie Pass Excavation Impressive
Yakima Herald-Republic
Aug. 19--HYAK, Wash. -- The sheer magnitude of it is difficult to comprehend, even in person. |
| 08/17/2010 | Gig Harbor Places First Outfall Pipe Section on $8M Project
The News Tribune
Aug. 17--The largest marine project ever undertaken by the City of Gig Harbor reached a milestone Monday as boats towed in a 750-foot-long section of heavy-duty pipe from the Port of Tacoma. |
| 08/15/2010 | Olympia-Area Estuary Boardwalk Reaches Halfway Point in Construction
The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.
Aug. 15--Snaking its way across the recently reclaimed Nisqually River estuary, the mile-long boardwalk at the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge is nearly 50 percent complete. |
| 08/14/2010 | Oregon Iron Works to Build Wave-Energy Buoys in New Vancouver Plant
The Columbian
Aug. 14--U.S. Rep. Brian Baird visited Oregon Iron Works in Vancouver on Friday to talk about green job creation and his proposed wave-energy legislation. |
| 08/13/2010 | Crews Work to Save Rogue River Life the Day After Unexpected Drainage
Mail Tribune
Aug. 13--Rising out of the Rogue River muck like a river version of Stonehenge, the waterlogged timbers of the original Gold Ray Dam glistened in the Thursday morning sun for the first time in 106 years, much to Scott Wright's delight. |
| 08/12/2010 | Washington State Future Home to One of the World's Largest PV Solar Projects
PRNewswire
CLE ELUM, Wash. Aug. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- In a landmark decision for the city of Cle Elum, Kittitas County, Washington state and the nation, the Kittitas County Board of Adjustment Wednesday night approved a permit for Teanaway Solar Reserve (TSR). |
| 08/10/2010 | Eugene's New Jaqua Center's $41M Price Tag Revealed
The Register Guard
Aug. 10--More expensive than a hospital. |
| 08/12/2010 | Rogue River Overwhelms Sand Spit, Flows Freely for First Time in 106 Years
Mail Tribune
Aug. 12--GOLD HILL -- The Rogue River on Wednesday unexpectedly flowed freely past Gold Ray Dam for the first time in 106 years when a sand spit collapsed during demolition efforts there, draining the upstream impoundment. |
