Articles by Tim Newcomb

Dam Relicense Effort in Washington State Met With Local Resistance

Tim Newcomb

July 23, 2021

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Local groups dispute the impact of the dams on salmon spawning.

Mass Timber Roof Tops Portland Airport Core

The airport’s $2-billion makeover tops off with a locally sourced, 18-million-lb mass timber roof

Tim Newcomb

July 12, 2021

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Nearly every aspect of Portland International Airport is getting a redo as the $2-billion PDX Next project redevelops or expands two concourses, adds parking, updates operations and features a core terminal redevelopment.

Jobsite Fatality

Construction Worker Killed on SR 520 Highway Site in Seattle

Tim Newcomb

June 3, 2021

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Worker, whose identity and jobsite role were not disclosed, died on State Route 520 Montlake Phase project after being pinned between a semi-truck flatbed and an 11,000-lb steel beam.

Energy

Jacobs Team Beats Four Others for $6.4B DOE Cleanup Contract in Idaho

Tim Newcomb

May 28, 2021

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Firms will secure 10-year contract to manage nuclear waste cleanup and storage at Idaho National Lab and Fort St. Vrain waste site in Colorado.

Washington State Convention Center in Seattle under construction

Digging Deeper | Convention Center

Addition Pulls Daylight Into Convention Center

Unique horizontal building process speeds up work on key addition to the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle

Tim Newcomb

May 26, 2021

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The $1.2-billion contract to build a separate addition to Seattle’s Washington State Convention Center has required crews to work under an active downtown street, build components while hanging over sidewalks and the freeway, create fresh approaches to bringing natural light into the building and employ a billboarding construction method to keep everything on schedule.

Seattle to Mitigate Bottleneck With I-5 Widening

Tim Newcomb

May 18, 2021

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Construction will start in downtown Seattle on May 24 to lessen the state's worst highway congestion.

Twin TBMs Ready to Launch for Vancouver, B.C. Tunnels

Tim Newcomb

May 14, 2021

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Acciona-Ghella holds a design-build-finance contract for the subway extension.

Flatiron Settles $2M Suit With Sub Over Misaligned Bridge Pier

Mary B. Powers

Tim Newcomb

April 30, 2021

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Federal court pact settles litigation over surveying error on completed $206M segment of long running $4.5B Washington state bridge replacement and interstate connection program.

Underground Construction

Seattle's Latest Tunnel Boring Machine Will Dig 2.7 Miles

Tim Newcomb

April 19, 2021

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Launch of Mudhoney, named for local band, will start tunnel portion of $570M sewer overflow project required under city's federal consent order.

CitizenM is ENR California & Northwest's Owner of the Year

Tim Newcomb

March 22, 2021

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The hospitality chain is bring their modular business model to the U.S.

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Articles by Tim Newcomb

Dam Relicense Effort in Washington State Met With Local Resistance

Mass Timber Roof Tops Portland Airport Core

Construction Worker Killed on SR 520 Highway Site in Seattle

Jacobs Team Beats Four Others for $6.4B DOE Cleanup Contract in Idaho

Addition Pulls Daylight Into Convention Center

Seattle to Mitigate Bottleneck With I-5 Widening

Twin TBMs Ready to Launch for Vancouver, B.C. Tunnels

Flatiron Settles $2M Suit With Sub Over Misaligned Bridge Pier

Seattle's Latest Tunnel Boring Machine Will Dig 2.7 Miles

CitizenM is ENR California & Northwest's Owner of the Year

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