Pacific Builder and Engineer articles from November 2008

Pacific Builder and Engineer archives from November 2008

Medical Tower Project Breaks Ground.
November 3, 2008... Staff Everett, WA- Providence Regional Medical Center Everett broke ground in late September on a 12-story, 680,000-square-foot medical tower on the current Colby Campus. The tower is part of a $600-million investment by Providence Health...

Contractor Gains Two Shoring Projects.
November 3, 2008... Staff Portland - Scheffler Northwest, Inc., a specialty drilling, shoring and construction firm, has been selected as the shoring contractor for mixed-use project Block 46 in Portland, and landslide abatement work on Oregon Route 224 in...

Project Garners Oregon's First Green Globe.
November 3, 2008... Staff Hermiston, OR- Victory Square Center, a Umatilla Morrow Head Start pre-school facility, has been recognized by the Green Building Initiative for achievements in sustainable design and construction that were identified using the Green...

Turner Office Renovation Achieves LEED Gold.
November 3, 2008... Staff Seattle - Turner Construction Co.'s renovation of the firm's Seattle office has received a LEED Gold Certification from the United States Green Building Council. Green features of the 28,000-square-foot renovation include a...

ABC Chapter Installs 2008-2009 Leaders.
November 3, 2008... Staff Bellevue, WA-Grant Larsen, president of Express Construction Co., Inc., has been elected as the 2008-2009 chairman of the board of directors of Associated Builders and Contractors of Western Washington. Joining Larsen as officers...

Nicholson Named to West Coast Position.
November 3, 2008... Staff Cumming, GA - Strata Systems Inc. has appointed Elizabeth "Liz" Nicholson its sales manager for the U.S. West Coast Region. A graduate of Sacramento State University, Nicholson has developed expertise within the segmental...

Industry Watch.
November 3, 2008... Staff Klamath Falls, OR - Peterson Machinery Co., the authorized Caterpillar dealership for central and southern Oregon, has opened a new Cat Rental Store in Klamath Falls. Serving southern Oregon as well as Modoc and eastern Siskiyou...

Spokane Railroad Tunnel.
November 3, 2008... Story and Photos by Carl Molesworth Precast Concrete Arch Structure Will Be the Longest of Its Kind in U.S. A major focus of this year's work on the U.S. 395 North Spokane Corridor project has been construction of an innovative...

Northwest Stream Center.
November 3, 2008... Staff New Exhibit Delivers Views Inside the Trout World A dopt-A-Stream-Foundation, an environmental education and restoration group, is nearing completion of its new Trout Exhibit, which is expected to become a key attraction at the...

AGC Union Contractors Support AIA Vision.
November 17, 2008... Staff Wilsonville, OR-- The union contractors of the Associated General Contractors Oregon-Columbia Chapter recently donated $10,000 to AIA Portland, a chapter of the American Institute of Architects, to help construct the chapter's Center...

Transportation 'Pioneers' Honored for Advocacy.
November 17, 2008... Staff Washington, DC-- Industry executives, public agencies and private sector firms were honored September 15 for their pioneering advocacy and leadership in promoting the "practice, use and adoption" of public-private partnerships on...

Engineer Has Design for Sichuan Schools.
November 17, 2008... Staff Portland-- A prefabricated, seismically safe and sustainable educational facility will soon be built in China's Sichuan Province, thanks to Degenkolb engineer Kent Yu and a team of consultants commissioned by the China-U.S. Center...

Industry Watch.(Website overview)
November 17, 2008... Staff Racine, WI-- Case Construction Equipment has completed the acquisition of select assets of Western Power & Equipment of Vancouver, WA. As a result of the acquisition, the company is now called Case Power and Equipment. With eight...

People.
November 17, 2008... Staff Redmond, WA -- Genie Industries has appointed Luke Webber to the new position of senior compliance and applications engineer. In his new role, Webber will provide direct customer product compliance and application support for the...

Higher Ed Center Project Completed.
November 17, 2008... Staff Medford, OR-- The new RCC/SOU Higher Education Center in Medford opened its doors for students on Sept. 3. The new facility is the result of a one-of-a-kind partnership in Oregon, jointly financed, designed and constructed by...

Dexter + Chaney Doubles Its Office Space.
November 17, 2008... Staff Seattle-- Dexter + Chaney, developer of Spectrum Construction Software, has doubled the size of its office space with the completion of a second office building on the company-owned 2.3-acre campus in North Seattle. The new...

Tree Farm Records Plat for Phase One.
November 17, 2008... Staff Boise-- The Tree Farm, a mixed-use community coming soon to Idaho's Treasure Valley, has announced that the final plat for phase one of the neighborhood has been recorded within the city of Meridian. This phase includes a total of...

Premier Makes Strides in Recycling.
November 17, 2008... Staff Fife, WA-- Premier Building Systems, a manufacturer of Structural Insulated Panels, announced it has reduced its production waste by more than 30 percent in its manufacturing facilities in Fife, WA, and Phoenix, AZ. By implementing...

Montana Project Wins Pavement Award.
November 17, 2008... Staff Helena, MT-- A Montana project was on the list when the Asphalt Pavement Alliance recently announced the winners of its 2007 Perpetual Pavement Awards. The award is given to owners of asphalt pavements that are at least 35 years...

UW School Renamed College of Built Environments.
November 17, 2008... Staff Seattle-- The University of Washington is renaming its College of Architecture and Urban Planning to the College of Built Environments. Regents on Thursday, Sept. 18, approved a request from Dean Daniel S. Friedman and his...

APA Product Reports Ease Code Approvals.
November 17, 2008... Staff Tacoma-- In an effort to provide industry professionals with current product performance evaluations for engineered wood products, APA Product Reports are now available free of charge at APA's website. "These report evaluations...

DBM Hires New Project Manager.
November 17, 2008... Staff Seattle-- DBM Contractors Inc. has hired Chris McDonald as a project manager. McDonald brings 12 years of construction and real estate development experience to the DBM team. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of...

Green Goes to the Drag Races.
November 17, 2008... By Carl Molesworth I suppose it's only natural, considering the little corner of the world where I live, that I've been noticing a distinctly green hue permeating life lately. And it seems to me the color is growing deeper and more vivid...

Montana Superfund Cleanup.
November 17, 2008... Story by Carl Molesworth Removal of Milltown Dam and Toxic Reservoir Sediments a Big Job March 28, 2008, excavators breached the Milltown Dam near Missoula, MT, allowing the waters of the Blackfoot and Clark Fork rivers to run freely...

Close Quarters at Recycling Yard.
November 17, 2008... Staff Pacific Steel & Recycling Values Mobility, Reliability and Simplicity Close quarters, limited storage space and long, busy work-days at the Billings, MT, branch of Pacific Steel & Recycling require a mobile and reliable...