Tim Newcomb

High-Speed Rail

New California Budget Includes $4.2 Billion for High-Speed Rail

Tim Newcomb

July 1, 2022

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Funds will go to the completion of the Central Valley portion of the state's beleaguered high-speed rail project.

Nuclear Waste

Hanford Vitrification Plant Start-up Deadlines Moved Back By Federal Judge

Tim Newcomb

June 28, 2022

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Operation of long-awaited nuclear waste treatment facility at DOE site in Washington state is extended to 2025.

Top Design Firms | ENR Northwest Firm of the Year

Otak Grows Its Multi-Disciplinary Expertise

Tim Newcomb

June 7, 2022

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ENR Northwest's 2022 Design Firm of the Year, Otak, builds on environmental and civil expertise.

Top Starts | California/Northwest Owner of the Year

Washington's Sound Transit Agency Moves Ahead With $15B in Light Rail Expansions

Tim Newcomb

April 12, 2022

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Seattle-area Sound Transit, ENR California/Northwest Owner of the Year, completed a key light rail link in 2021 despite impending management changes and inflationary price hikes.

Seattle Concrete Drivers Strike Ends Without Contract Resolution

Tim Newcomb

April 11, 2022

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More than 300 concrete delivery drivers and support staff returned to work on April 11, ending walkout that lasted nearly five months and impacted major projects.

Workforce

Concrete Delivery Strike Impacts Big Seattle Transportation Projects

Federal mediation has begun in months-long strike of Teamster drivers

Tim Newcomb

February 24, 2022

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Ongoing labor dispute between King County, Wash., concrete suppliers and drivers represented by Teamsters Local 174 that has reduced or halted deliveries now is delaying Seattle-area projects such as multiple Sound Transit extensions and Washington State Convention Center addition.

New $130M Hanford Site Facility Is Start of Major Nuclear Waste Cleanup

Tim Newcomb

February 17, 2022

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DOE contractor-built system is first step in removing long buried plutonium production wastes at huge complex before they are transformed into inert glass and disposed, possibly at an offsite storage facility.