Klamath Community College has begun fast track construction of three buildings that will double the size of the 57-acre campus. Klamath Community College Health Sciences Building, Klamath Falls, Ore. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" A 16,000-sq-ft career technology center is scheduled for completion by fall 2010. The other two structures, a health sciences building and the 10,000-volume, 3,500-sq-ft Klamath County branch library will be completed in winter 2011. Total construction cost is $11 million. Reflecting the distinctive Klamath Basin setting, the structures are sited on six acres of former farmland and will create a pedestrian connection to the existing

The Seattle office of Skanska USA has secured a $114.6-million contract from the WDOT to construct the replacement of the SR 99 Viaduct from South Holgate St. to South King St. in downtown Seattle. The scope of work will replace the southern mile of the Alaskan Way Viaduct with a new side-by-side roadway that meets current earthquake standards, has wider lanes and improves mobility for people and goods south of downtown. The existing seismically vulnerable structure carries thousands of vehicles to and from downtown Seattle, two major stadiums and the Port of Seattle each day. Additionally, the resulting structure will

Rush Commercial is constructing the new LeMay/Pierce County division headquarters in Frederickson, Wash. The design/build project is comprised of an existing 42,500-sq-ft remodeled truck and equipment maintenance building and a new, two-story 15,700-sq-ft office building. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" Improvements to the overall 30-acre site will include substantial civil improvements including site utilities, parking, truck wash, off-site street improvements, detention ponds and landscaping. Construction began this summer and completion is estimated in December.

Tacoma-based Rushforth Construction (AP Pacific Northwest) kicked off construction on the 85,784-sq-ft Haselwood Family YMCA in Silverdale, Wash. With completion expected next summer, the YMCA will be the first component of the 12-acre Central Kitsap Community Campus that will eventually offer many types of recreational and cultural activities. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The facility is expected to serve up to 15,000 community members with an aquatics center, wellness centers, exercise and multipurpose rooms, youth drop-in center, gym, community meeting rooms and nursery. The YMCA had planned the facility to be smaller, but a very successful fundraising campaign still

SRG Partnership, Inc. has recently been selected for several projects in the greater Puget Sound area. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" As prime, SRG is teamed with Parsons Brinckerhoff for the Olympia Intercity Transit Center Expansion, which will allow the transit center to accommodate new Greyhound bus bays and additional transit bus capacity while revitalizing the surrounding neighborhood, urban core and nearby waterfront. The project furthers SRG’s presence in Olympia, having played an active role on the city’s Capitol Campus for the past several years. Working with KPFF as prime, SRG has been selected for the West Mercer Corridor

Walsh Construction Co. is providing GC/CM services for two seven story residence halls designed by Mahlum at the University of Washington’s main campus in Seattle. Both buildings are designed with a “live/learn” component that provides students with study and meeting rooms, lounge spaces and bicycle storage, and includes offices and areas for commercial/retail use. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" Building 33 totals 96,882 sq ft and will house 278 students and include a common kitchen and central lounge, with flexible TV and study areas on each floor, laundry facilities and storage rooms. Work will complete in the spring of

Portland’s Union Station will no longer need to use buckets to catch rain from a leaky roof when Portland general contractor P&C Construction Co. completes facility improvements in January to one of the oldest major passenger terminals on the west coast and a defining feature of the city’s skyline. The architect is Portland-based Architectural Resources Group. Historic Union Station, Portland, Ore. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The $4.3-million project includes repair and replacement of the station’s trademark red roof tiles, which are actually tin. P&C project manager Steve Bartell found the original dies locked in a safe at the

A highway improvement project that runs through a national park is serving as a test case for formalizing a road rating system similar to the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design building rating system. Photo: David Evans and Associates The U.S. 97 Lava Butte-South Century Drive project in Oregon may be the first roadway to be officially rated “green.” The 3.8-mile, $16-million U.S. 97 Lava Butte-South Century Drive upgrade in central Oregon runs through the Newberry National Monument. It is the furthest along of three projects the Oregon Dept. of Transportation will evaluate to determine if it will adopt standards

Alyeska Pipeline CEO Kevin Hostler will retire from management of the 800-mile Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) in September, three months earlier than planned. “Retiring at the end of September is good for the pipeline,” Hostler, 55, said in a statement. Photo: Courtesy Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. Alyeska Pipeline CEO Kevin Hostler. Hostler announced on July 7 that his last day is September 30. Members of the TAPS Owner Committee are now looking for a new CEO and will appoint an interim CEO if the position is not filled in time. Hostler’s announcement will not alter controversial staffing or maintenance

The only way the Washington State Dept. of Transportation can describe building a highway off-ramp in the wrong location: “Unfortunate and embarrassing.” Photo: WSDOT Demolition begins for the fix to a wrongly placed Tacoma, Wash., interchange ramp. Construction reached 90% completion on the eastbound ramp to Sprague Avenue as part of the $119.9-million Nalley Valley interchange that addresses traffic snarl where Interstate 5 meets State Route 16 in South Tacoma before the problem surfaced. Tearing out a portion of the ramp and changing the profile for 700 ft begins to right the wrong. Kevin Dayton, WSDOT regional administrator, says this