Image courtesy McGraw-Hill Construction A Mixed Picture in Seattle - A dip in institutional starts adds to a drop in transportation work, reducing total starts for 2012. Related Links: Engineering News Record City GrillDavid D'HondtExecutive Vice President AGC of WashingtonD'Hondt says Washington state contractors are keeping a close eye on Washington, D.C., to gauge what the market could look like in 2013. "We've been bouncing along the bottom for a while now, but things could get better or worse depending on how Congress and President Obama handle the fiscal cliff," he says. Based on McGraw-Hill Construction data, D'Hondt says he
Consolidation, collaboration and value engineering enabled construction of one of the largest—and most eco-friendly—bolted, clear-span buildings in the Northwest to be built a month ahead of schedule.
he 2.1-million-sq-ft building at Sea-Tac Airport is the first LEED-Silver rental-car facility in the U.S. and one of the first projects that used the nation's first construction accreditation program for water-quality accountability and the protection of an imperiled species.
The kick-off to renovations of Washington State University's Martin Stadium in Pullman, Wash., included a demolition contract with two substantial structural removals and precise concrete cutting performed by contractor NCM, Snoqualmie, Wash.
Bold engineering changes cut time, maintained traffic and increased long-term maintenance ease on a $114.6-million upgrade of the Interstate 5/State Route 16 interchange in Tacoma, Wash.
Design firms across the Northwest continued to see tough market conditions, but there were signs of improvement as 2009 came to a close. Image: HDR Ranked second overall and in the health care category, the Bellevue, Wash. office of HDR designed the $83-million Central Washington Hospital. The five-story expansion project adds 188,000 sq ft and 35 beds. Related Links: Top 44 Overall Ranking Top Breakout Ranking Top Green Design Firms Revenue of the top 44 firms totaled $1.48 billion in 2009, up more than 5% over 2008 revenue. Despite this slight gain in revenue, design staffs were still gutted in
Designed to embody the innovative spirit of Oregon State University’s prominent alumnus, the $62-million Linus Pauling Science Center will house the research institute devoted to advancing knowledge in the chemist’s interest areas. “This is the first large building to go into OSU’s historic district,” says John Gremmels, project manager for the university in Corvallis. The challenge was to develop a state-of-the-art research building for students and faculty in the university’s College of Science and keep it within the historic context, says Mark Foster, a design partner with Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects of Portland, which designed the four-story, 105,000-sq-ft structure that
Three of Portland’s four most noticeable construction projects include some type of housing—either affordable, homeless or retirement—while the fourth project creates an intimate home for the Portland Timbers of Major League Soccer, the city’s newest big-league sports franchise. Lew Bowers, central city division manager for the Portland Development Council, says that in the short term, his agency wants to see smaller, sustainable rehabilitation projects. “Long term, we don’t see a return to large, single-developer projects,” Bowers says. “Instead, we’re focusing on master planning with opportunities for a variety of developers to participate on specific parcels so projects are ready as
Washington State University is constructing new veterinary buildings at its Pullman Campus that will improve animal care and an applied science building at its Vancouver campus that will further semiconductor research. The $35-million Global Animal Health Building and the $96-million Veterinary Medical Research Building in Pullman are the second phase of a planned seven-building veterinary sciences education complex. On the Vancouver campus, the $41-million Applied Sciences Building will allow students and faculty to research and build experimental semiconductors. All three projects are being built using GC/CM contracts. In order to accelerate the schedule and take advantage of the dry summer
Our annual survey of subcontractors in the Southwest shows revenue totals plummeting in 2009. Last year, we ranked 160 companies totaling $6.13 billion based on their 2008 revenue. This year, the responses fell to 113 firms with revenue totaling just $3.58 billion in 2009. Photo Courtesy Carollo Engineers Crews pour concrete for a clarifier floor during construction on the third phase of the $60-million Casa Grande Water Reclamation Facility. Related Links: Top 113 Specialty Contractors State/Worldwide Market Sectors Safest Subcontractors Even with the drop in participation, the largest firms remain fairly consistent year to year. All but five of last
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