Mon August 08, 2016
Feds Schedule Cleanup From Manhattan Project
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) U.S. Department of Energy contractors are scheduled to start removing contaminated soil left over in northern New Mexico from the Manhattan Project and early atomic Cold War research....
Mon August 08, 2016
ADOT&PF Completes $59M One-Of-A-Kind Kodiak Airport Project
The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (ADOT&PF) has completed the $59 million Kodiak Airport Runway Safety Area Extension. This unusual project presented a major challenge — there wasn't enough land for the extension....
Brenda Ruggiero - Fri August 05, 2016
Apple's Spaceship Campus on Track for Early 2017 Finish
Apple Campus 2 continues to emerge in Cupertino, Calif. The office, research, and development headquarters covers 175 acres on the former Hewlitt-Packard (HP) campus. The first phase of the project is expected to be complete by the end of this year, and it has been announced that employees will move into the new facility at the beginning of 2017....
Fri August 05, 2016
Operations Begin at DOE's Idaho Site
Operational responsibilities for environmental management work at the U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho operations office were transitioned to Fluor Idaho LLC, marking the start of a five-year contract to support cleanup at the department's Idaho site....
Fri August 05, 2016
Repairs, Upgrades Under Way for Three I-15 Bridges
Three bridges on Interstate 15 in southeast Idaho, between Blackfoot and Idaho Falls in Bingham County, will be repaired or upgraded in a series of projects under way now and concluding in late October....
Phuong Le - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Fri August 05, 2016
Corps: Coal Terminal Violates Tribal Rights, Won't Permit
SEATTLE (AP) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers denied a permit to a $700 million project to build the nation's largest coal-export terminal in northwest Washington state, handing a striking victory to the Lummi tribe, which argued the project would violate its treaty-protected fishing rights....
Lori Tobias - Fri August 05, 2016
Oregon DOT Honors Bridge Designer, Engineer Conde B. McCullough
The Oregon Department of Transportation has unveiled its new bridge interpretive display honoring famous bridge designer/engineer Conde B. McCullough. The display is in Astoria at the west end of the Lewis and Clark River Bridge on U.S....
Fri August 05, 2016
Quake Protection Eyed for New Eugene City Hall
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) A proposed City Hall in Eugene is expected to cost more than previously thought because of a design change intended to help the building withstand a major earthquake. City officials have yet to reveal a new price tag for the four-story building — previously authorized by the City Council to cost no more than $17.85 million....
Fri August 05, 2016
Housing Shortage in Prineville Amid Data-Center Construction
PRINEVILLE, Ore. (AP) The construction of two new data centers in Prineville has prompted a temporary housing shortage in the central Oregon town. The Bend Bulletin reports that construction workers are living out of hotels for months at a time because there's nowhere else to stay....
Fri August 05, 2016
WSDOT, Tacoma VIPs Celebrate Station Construction Kickoff
City, state and railroad officials celebrated the start of construction of the new Amtrak Cascades station in Tacoma's Freighthouse Square with a construction kickoff ceremony on July 13. The 100,000-sq.-ft....
