Articles by Tim Newcomb

The vast majority of 2016 Bertha news has fallen into the positive category, a welcome respite for the $3.1 billion project to replace Seattle’s aging Alaskan Way Viaduct with a 1.7-mile-long bored tunnel.

Vancouver, B.C.’s TransLink SkyTrain light rail system added 11 kilometers (6.8 miles) of track this month while announcing planning will start soon on yet another addition to the system.

After more than 55 years on the job, Tarbox builds upon his accidental career focus on dams by constantly searching for new and innovative methods to succeed

As one of the first cities in the U.S. to lid a freeway when Freeway Park covered Interstate 5 in Seattle in 1976, the attraction of freeway lids has never fully dissipated from the minds of those in Seattle.

The Washington State Dept. of Transportation plans to retire the Newaukum River Bridge after 86 years of service, but the government agency remains open to handing over the historic bridge to someone interested in coming and getting it.

The forward-churning movement of Bertha underneath downtown Seattle has the Washington State Dept. of Transportation optimistic.

The Smart Buildings Center, managed by the nonprofit Northwest Energy Efficiency Council, will use the renovated Pacific Tower as a living laboratory with the goal of improving building performance.

Today marks the opening of both an environmental hearing and informational open house on the $495 million Interstate 5 Mounts Road to Thorne Lane Interchange – Corridor Improvements project, an effort to ease congestions near Joint Base Lewis-McChord south of Tacoma.