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Engineer calls for big shift in design and construction

By KATIE ZEMTSEFF

Guy Battle says sites and climates are unique so buildings must be designed to take advantage of local conditions.

 

Scargo Hotel will get a renovation

Plymouth Housing Group wants to renovate the nearly century-old Scargo Hotel at 2709 First Ave. in the Belltown neighborhood of Seattle.

 

Where have all the green jobs gone?

Everywhere you turn there is talk of a shift to renewable energy, of building wind farms and solar plants, of making buildings more efficient, of developing biofuels. And of billions in federal funding to help make it all happen.

 

Yakima water: $18M for studies, but still no plan

In the first of likely many meetings, state and federal officials met Tuesday with tribal and local elected officials, conservation groups and irrigation districts on how best to improve the water supply in central Washington's arid Yakima Valley.

 

Design Detailings

  • M/WBE fair set for July 14
  • Walla Walla office for R & R Design
  • Port completes marina upgrade
  • Landscape award goes to UW prof
  • Environment firm acquired by HDR
  • Spokane offering Green Incentives
 

Promos & Additions

DCI Engineers; SRG Partnership; HKP Architects; Kleinfelder
 

McKinstry buys Vancouver's Electrix

McKinstry of Seattle has bought Vancouver electrical contractor Electrix. Terms of the deal, announced yesterday, were not disclosed.

 

New Border Patrol HQ put on hold

Plans for new U.S. Border Patrol headquarters in the Olympic Peninsula have been put on hold because of budget issues.

 

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July 2, 2009

Engineer calls for big shift in design and construction

Scargo Hotel will get a renovation

Yakima water: $18M for studies, but still no plan

Where have all the green jobs gone?

McKinstry buys Vancouver's Electrix

New Border Patrol HQ put on hold


July 1, 2009

Design Perspectives: On the waterfront, it's first things first

Callison wins retail design award

Hundreds of U.S. dams removed in last decade

Crews test conditions along route for tunnel

Starbucks goes global with a localized design

Mumbai bridge shows problems and promise of construction in India

Feds push solar projects in six western states

Finalists picked for Tacoma museum

State gets $16.4M for coastal projects

Monroe mobile homes must move


June 30, 2009

Aquarium gets solar hot water

Oregon couple builds cabin with chain saw

City OKs park boulevard, new rules for Capitol Hill

Viaduct replacement means opportunities for developers

Shanghai holds 9 people after building falls over

Ballard man builds a future, with Legos

Lighting will get greener in U.S.

OSU designates historic district

Health centers get $14.6M to upgrade


June 29, 2009

The Sedges

Green River Bridge reopens

Getting off the grid: Alternative water systems raise new issues

Energy projects get $16.8M in Oregon

Seepage found at Walla Walla dam


June 26, 2009

Mansion moved to make way for 24 new homes in Kirkland

21-unit complex eyed for site on Lake Union

Bremerton opening $54M ferry traffic tunnel

Philly developer has turned a no man's land into The Piazza

Lawmakers urge Obama to drop transportation plan

Feds need $20B for transportation, quick

Whitewater park critics call for study

WSU seeks GC/CM for $96M building

Pre-design needed for Olympia offices

Firms hired for Broadway help


June 25, 2009

State nixes $175M Spokane medical center expansion

$350M green upgrade for Sears Tower

Ground breaking soon for Othello complex

Helene and Rainier's repairs won't be easy

Pierce College gets an upgrade

Bremerton tunnel opening July 6

County roads may become landmarks


June 24, 2009

Seattle team designs community center for a Kenyan village

Cutler Anderson book launch Friday

MulvannyG2 looks at the future


June 23, 2009

Plant turns food waste into energy

$80M upgrade completed at U.S. courthouse here

Nonprofit starts work on new $1.2M center

Recycling firm buys iconic ferries

Corps looks at ways to remove debris at dam

OSKA wins Burke pre-design job

Stone tools turn up at Snohomish site

Prosser eyes bike paths, sidewalks


June 22, 2009

Fire Station 31

Bellevue the surprise winner at ‘Great Urban Debate'

Bavarian-style hospital coming to Leavenworth

Makahs building gym in Neah Bay

Bank seeks $3.5M in Tamarack default

Portland transit gets $1M from stimulus

Ferndale seeks design for library

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