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Updates on projects and companies in the California & Northwest region.

The Seattle region stays on an upward trajectory with transportation and multifamily construction bolstering the industry’s fortunes.

Washington and Maryland now have PFAS contamination suits against chemical manufacturers. 

As wildfires become more common across the West Coast, states are enacting protections for outdoor workers likely to be exposed to smoke.

Giant 10-year O&M contract combines functions of two awards originally planned—one to manage millions of gallons of radioactive waste stored underground at the former weapons site and the other to operate its multi-billion-dollar waste treatment plant awaiting startup.

The Port of Seattle and Clark Construction have filed suit against each other over issues related to the $1-billion Seattle-Tacoma International Airport International Arrivals Facility (IAF) project.

Cause of sudden death was not disclosed of exec who led the $17B Hanford nuclear waste vitrification plant project, but Bechtel has named company veteran Brian Hartman as new project director.

ConocoPhillips pauses work on project, cut from five planned drilling pads to three, after opponents filed suit for a preliminary injunction; the Interior Dept. also will propose new limits on protected Arctic region energy development.

The carpenter was killed in a formwork collapse at the Spokane Tribe Casino expansion, officials said.

Electron Hydro LLC and its chief operating officer pleaded guilty to a gross misdemeanor violation of operating an unlawful hydraulic project, and face a record state penalty for an environmental crime.