Pacific Builder and Engineer articles from January 2008

Pacific Builder and Engineer archives from January 2008

Drydock Repair Design Wins National Award.
January 7, 2008... Staff Bremerton, Wash.- Seattle-based consulting structural engineering firm KPFF received one of two top awards from the U.S. Navy recently for its repair of a drydock floor at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance...

Granite Completes Acquisition of Wilder.
January 7, 2008... Staff Everett, Wash.- The minority employee-shareholders of Wilder Construction Co. have approved the sale of their shares to Granite Construction Inc. Wilder is a Pacific Northwest-based heavy civil construction company in which Granite...

Merger of WGI and URS Approved.
January 7, 2008... Staff Boise, Idaho- Washington Group International stockholders have adopted and approved an agreement providing for the acquisition of Washington Group by URS Corp. Washington Group International provides engineering, construction...

Edmonds CM Program Accredited.
January 7, 2008... Staff Lynnwood, Wash.- The Construction Management program at Edmonds Community College has been accredited by the American Council for Construction Education. It's now one of eight similarly accredited associate degree programs in...

Briefs.
January 7, 2008... Staff Eugene, Ore. - Oregon demolition contractor Jeanne Staton has been named the construction industry's Outstanding Woman of the Year - a prestigious national recognition awarded by the National Association of Women in Construction in...

Industry Watch.(BOMAG Americas Inc. recently opened BOMAG Northwest)(Hertz Equipment Rental Corp. recently celebrated the grand re-opening)
January 7, 2008... Staff Portland - BOMAG Americas Inc. recently opened BOMAG Northwest, a company-owned distributorship in the Pacific Northwest. BOMAG Northwest's product offering includes HYPAC compaction equipment and BOMAG heavy compaction,...

Northwest Holding Its Own.
January 7, 2008... Story by Carl Molesworth Forecast 2008: Strength in Some Markets Likely to be Offset by Weakness in Others If the nation truly is heading into a recession in 2008, why does it feel like the boom is continuing for the heavy construction...

Index of PB&E Features in 2007.
January 7, 2008... Staff Topic Issue Page Airports CM At Risk Oct. 1 6 On final at SeaTac Oct. 15 10 Asphalt Camano Island Overlay Oct. 1...

A Fresh Perspective.
January 7, 2008... Staff Elevating-Cab Log Loader Solves Two Problems at Oregon Mill For years, clearing cross-ups in the infeed deck has been a simple, and recurring, fact of life at the Swanson Group Lumber Mill in Glendale, Ore. To Mike Lawless, the...

Editor's Report.
January 21, 2008... By Carl Molesworth The wastewater infrastructure in the United States is aging and increasingly unable to handle the pressures of modern society. When pipes break and sewers overflow, communities, the environment and our economy all...

Solid Progress In Spokane.
January 21, 2008... Story by Carl Molesworth Four Projects Currently Under Contract in North Corridor The North Spokane Corridor's long trek from dream to reality may be far from over, but the Washington State Department of Transportation and its...

Swedish to Build on Ballard Campus.(Swedish Hospital Medical Center (Seattle, Washington))(Brief article)
January 21, 2008... Staff Seattle, Wash.- The board of trustees of Swedish Hospital & Medical Center has approved an expenditure of $31.5 million to fund development of a new outpatient center and medical office building on the Ballard Campus in northwest...

Oregon Project Honored for Design.(Brief article)
January 21, 2008... Staff Woodburn, Ore.- The new Wellspring Medical Center, located in Woodburn, was recognized with a Citation of Merit Award as part of the HEALTHCARE DESIGN.07 Conference in Dallas, Texas. The award presentation was a highlight of the...