Wed September 13, 2017
Topcon Announces Addition to Topcon Solutions Store Network
Topcon Positioning Group announced a new addition to the Topcon Solutions Store distribution network Sept. 13. PPI Group, now known as PPI Group, a Topcon Solutions Store, is the latest positioning distributor to join the network with two locations in Portland, Ore....
Emily Buenzle - Mon September 11, 2017
Army Names 15 Companies for $540M National Guard Construction Project
The U.S. Army has awarded 15 companies a $540 million contract for construction and repair projects at National Guard units in Washington and Oregon. According to the Department of Defense, the National Guard Bureau received 28 bids for the firm-fixed-price contract....
Tue September 05, 2017
Genie Expands Customer Satisfaction Team in North America
Continuing to focus on providing excellent customer support and service, Terex AWP has named Mitch Ely to the role of Genie director of customer satisfaction and reconditioning based in Redmond, Wash. Ely's new role will consist of leading the Genie customer satisfaction, reconditioning, used sales and service training teams for Terex AWP....
Tue August 29, 2017
WSDOT Offers Historic Puyallup River Bridge for Sale
For more than eight decades, the Meridian Street Bridge over the Puyallup River served as a portal for cities along the Puget Sound to the semi-rural, agricultural community of Puyallup, Wash. Now, this historic bridge is up for donation....
Lori Tobias - Tue August 29, 2017
Seattle's 'Small Bridge With Big Promise'
Work in Seattle is nearing completion on what will be the first bridge of its kind anywhere in the world. They call it “the small bridge with the big promise,” a span designed to return to its original shape after a major earthquake....
Thu August 24, 2017
Bertha Says Goodbye: Seattle Tunneling Machine Removed
Disassembly of the world's largest tunneling machine is now complete. On Aug. 23 crews lifted the final pieces of the 8,000-ton giant out of the SR 99 tunnel's disassembly pit near Seattle Center....
Mike Rosenberg - Seattle Times - Thu August 17, 2017
Concrete Drivers' Strike Threatens Seattle Construction Projects
More than a quarter of King County's concrete delivery-truck drivers have gone on strike, and the rest could soon join them — threatening to delay dozens of projects amid the region's record construction boom....
Wed August 16, 2017
PHCo's Lo-Density All-In-One Heater Kit Heats Asphalt Tank, Supplies Hot Oil
The All-In-One Heater Kit from Seattle-based Process Heating Company is a complete system that can provide direct heat to the asphalt tank, while also supplying hot oil for the plant. The primary feature of the system is the drywell-style electric heating elements that provide and maintain heat to keep liquid asphalt cement at the desired temperature....
Thu August 03, 2017
2017 Construction Starts Reveal Mixed Pattern Across Top Metro Areas
During the first half of 2017, eight of the top ten metropolitan markets for commercial and multifamily construction starts ranked by dollar volume registered decreased activity compared to a year ago, according to Dodge Data & Analytics....
Tue August 01, 2017
WSDOT Plans to Revive Two Miles of SR 169 in Renton
Not since Frasier won Emmys, Soundgarden Grammys and Forest Gump Oscars, has the Maple Valley Highway (State Route 169) in Renton seen new pavement. Since that time, the number of vehicles using this stretch of road between Cedar River Park and 140th Avenue Southeast has grown to 42,000 each day....
