Emily Buenzle - Thu December 07, 2017
Contractors Take City's Festive Crane Decorations Very Seriously
While some might be decking the halls this holiday season, others are putting their efforts into lighting up the night—with cranes. In Seattle, which boasts the most construction cranes in the country, contractors take their crane decorating duties very seriously....
The Associated Press - Mon January 30, 2017
Nuclear Sludge at Washington State Site Put in Safer Storage
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — After 19 years of work to safeguard nuclear waste dating from the Cold War, workers at a sprawling Washington state site have managed to remove virtually all of the radioactive waste from 16 aging underground steel tanks at risk of leaking....
Emily Buenzle - Wed November 29, 2017
Microsoft Announces Enormous Building Project at Headquarters
Microsoft has big construction plans for its campus in Redmond, Wash. The tech giant announced Nov. 28 a massive project that includes the renovation and expansion of its facilities, called the "Microsoft Redmond Campus of the Future," K5 reported....
Mon November 20, 2017
PacWest Promotes Upton to Spokane Branch Manager
PacWest Machinery announced that Scott Upton has been promoted to the position of branch manager of its Spokane, Wash., operation. Previously, Upton was the used equipment manager of the company. PacWest Machinery covers eastern Washington, northern Idaho and northeast Oregon from its Spokane location....
Thu November 02, 2017
Concrete Hauler Prefers T880S Mixers with PACCAR MX-13 Engines
American Rock Products is a premier provider of aggregate and redi-mix concrete products in the Columbia Basin region of the Pacific Northwest. Founded in 2001, this subsidiary of Eucon Corp. now operates concrete plants in Richland, Pasco, Kennewick, Walla Walla, and Prosser, Wash., and in Hermiston and Boardman, Ore., as well as a portable batch plant....
Wed October 25, 2017
FHWA Awards Millions to Explore New Ways to Pay for Highways
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) recently announced $15.5 million in Surface Transportation System Funding Alternatives (STSFA) grants to six states that are exploring new ways to fund highway and bridge projects....
Wed October 25, 2017
Mortenson Creates AR App for Construction Visualization
After pioneering the use of virtual design in construction, Mortenson Construction has developed a first-of-its-kind augmented reality (AR) mobile app to help the University of Washington community “see” the future CSE2 computer science building — well before its doors open to students in January of 2019....
Tue October 24, 2017
Washington Factory to Produce New Wood
SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. (AP) A new factory is planned in eastern Washington to produce an emerging technology in wood construction. Menlo Park, California-based Katerra said it will manufacture cross-laminated timber, or CLT, and other mass timber products at a new plant it is building in Spokane Valley....
Tue October 24, 2017
PIRTEK Expands Presence With Second Metro Seattle Location
PIRTEK, a fluid transfer solutions company, continues its expansion across the United States with the recent opening of PIRTEK Seattle. The new location operates under PIRTEK's Tier 2 model, a mobile-only option that lets franchisees lease two vehicles and keep inventory in a storage facility....
Tue October 10, 2017
Seven Students Take Top Honors in Annual Video Contest on America's Transportation Infrastructure
High school students from Florida, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and undergraduates at the University of Washington, Old Dominion University and the University of North Carolina are winners of the American Road & Transportation Builders Association's (ARTBA) 7th annual “Student Transportation Video Contest.” They will each receive a $500 cash prize....
