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Crane topples in NYC, killing 1 and injuring 3

By COLLEEN LONG

A huge construction crane being lowered to safety in a snow squall plummeted into a Lower Manhattan street Friday, killing a person in a parked car and leaving three people wounded by debris that scattered as the rig’s lengthy boom fell, officials said.


Green River College opens $32M student center on Auburn campus

By JOURNAL STAFF

On Monday Green River College cut the ribbon on its new $32.2 million student life center in Auburn.


Group sees Pier 86 as a huge canvas for artwork

By JOURNAL STAFF

A committee called Friends of Art on Pier 86 will complete a feasibility study this spring about putting some kind of public art on the silos and grain elevator at Pier 86 in Seattle.


Judge orders Corps to pay Yakama Nation for cleanup

The Yakama Nation sued the Corps in 2014 seeking compensation for helping plan the cleanup of Bradford Island in the Columbia River.


Expert says property owners will face a new problem: What to do with all that parking?

By JON SILVER

You may have circled the block a half-dozen times looking for parking near hot spots like Stateside or Brave Horse Tavern, but consider this: central Seattle may have way too much parking.


Seattle issues RFQ for restoring pergola

By JOURNAL STAFF

The city is seeking a design-build team to restore the Washington Street Boat Landing pergola.


Atkinson fined for runoff on I-90

By JOURNAL STAFF

The state Department of Ecology fined Guy F. Atkinson Construction $18,000 for what it calls improper management of stormwater and wastewater at Atkinson's jobsite on Interstate 90 near Snoqualmie Pass.


Global Diving begins lifting sunken tugboat near Juneau

The Challenger was a tug and passenger boat for the U.S. Army until it was decommissioned and sold in 1946. It later operated as a "bunk and breakfast" in Seattle.


Prosecutor files charges against utility for gas leak that has been gushing nonstop nearly 15 weeks

By BRIAN MELLEY

SoCalGas has spent more than $50 million trying to cap the leak and relocate people.


Texas officials arrested in kickback scam

Prosecutors say Crystal City Mayor Ricardo Lopez, City Attorney William James Jonas and others took payments and favors to ease city inspections and approve permits for construction.


STP to start fixing damaged pier

By JOURNAL STAFF

Seattle Tunnel Partners is getting ready to repair 22 timber piles at Terminal 46 that were damaged last month by a barge used to haul mining muck from the waterfront tunnel dig.


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Nuts and Bolts Blog:
Workforce training pays big dividends
With more than 17 percent of the craft workers retiring in the next five years it is more important than ever to train tomorrow’s construction workers.




ACEC 2016 Engineering Excellence Awards:

National finalist: Platinum award
Structural systems

T.Y. Lin International
Project: Port Mann Bridge/Highway 1

Click here to read more »



Green Building Blog:
Take a look at the 'world's greenest office tower'
Tom Paladino’s company was on the design team for The Tower at PNC in Pittsburgh and he says the project changed his life.

Nuts and Bolts Blog:
Workforce training pays big dividends
With more than 17 percent of the craft workers retiring in the next five years it is more important than ever to train tomorrow’s construction workers.

Previous Stories


February 4, 2016
PCL Construction puts final touches on $138M museum and library in Alaska
Sylvia Odom's Place opening is Feb. 11
$120M Washington Place brings hotel, apartments to Southcenter
Aging infrastructure is U.S. mayors' biggest worry
112-room Cambria Hotel in Third Avenue complex
UO stadium set to open in March
Home Depot spring hiring expected to top 80,000

February 3, 2016
Ore. looks at fees to build courthouses
WSU students win bid competition
Broadcast Apartments starts on old Taco Time site at 14th & Madison
Deal advances plan to remove four dams
McKinstry-Trace team picked for mixed-use project at WSU Spokane
Pierce Co. planning is going paperless
Big freight railroads to miss safety deadline
Zoo to seek design team for Night Exhibit revamp
Manhattan Project park workshop
Yellowstone testing snow coaches with big, fat rubber tires
Report: Alaska construction spending expected to drop 18 percent this year
Lumber Liquidators fined $13M for importing illegal flooring
Two big coal projects advance despite temporary ban on federal coal sales
Second Idaho disaster declared
Worker dies after 7-story fall down elevator shaft
Punctured train engine leaks fuel
Man breaks nine windows at City Hall
Water truck crash leaves Bethel dry

February 2, 2016
California first state to adopt standards for household LEDs
MIT students to design Hyperloop
Alaska eyes tougher rules for cleanups
Post-Sandy upgrades pass big test: last week's blizzard
Backyard cottage meeting tomorrow
DSHS sues Steilacoom over big sewer bills at Western State Hospital
SHA opens 83 more apartments and a hillclimb at Yesler Terrace
Construction spending hit 8-year-high in 2015
Cabins, retail near wildlife overpass
Suit seeks fault for I-5 bridge collapse

February 1, 2016
AGC elects 2016 officers, board
Steve Tatge takes on development of thousands of new dorm rooms at UW
Munro is first woman to head local AGC chapter
Barger and Wick receive lifetime achievement award; others honored
Onni Group looking at district energy system as part of huge SLU complex
Everett apartments must add fire alarms
Luma condo tower tops out on First Hill
Legal battle in N.J. over taking $2B for road repair
Iconic Timberline Trail to be rerouted on Mt. Hood
Massive sinkhole on Ore. coastal highway
Magnolia school to reopen if levy passes
$400M upgrade starting at MoMa
Caterpillar closing 5 plants, cuts 670 jobs
Meridian Center for Health
Las Vegas Sands wants to help build $1B shared stadium for UNLV and a pro team
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