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Alliance plans West Seattle complex
Image courtesy of Alliance Residential
Architects for a proposed Alliance Residential apartment building near West Seattle's Alaska Junction are offering an early look at their plans.

Modules placed for Capitol Hill project

By JOURNAL STAFF

Crews from OneBuild, a Seattle-based supplier of manufactured modular units, delivered 13 modules for Hamilton Urban Partners' Mod-19 project at 1814 E. Denny Way on Capitol Hill.


City reports on energy use for its downtown buildings

By JOURNAL STAFF

City-owned downtown buildings — City Hall, the Justice Center, Seattle Municipal Tower and others — are about 25 percent more energy efficient than the national average for their building types.

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Real Estate Buzz: Lobsang Dargey gets OK for Kirkland project

By NAT LEVY

Developer Lobsang Dargey won a key court decision earlier this month that will let him move forward with a lakefront project in Kirkland.

Cornish eyes 19-story student housing tower

By JOURNAL STAFF

Cornish College of the Arts is considering building an 18- or 19-story tower with 238 units of student housing at 2025 Terry Ave., kitty corner from its campus.


Up a lazy river in your own floating condo

By JOURNAL STAFF

River Cities, a St. Paul, Minn.-based developer, wants to build a floating condominium community constructed on a barge. It's not explicitly for retirees, but the extensive sailing schedule will work best for people who don't mind being away for months at a time.


WSDOT looking at $2.4B in culvert fixes

By SAM BENNETT

A recent court ruling requires the agency over 17 years to fix nearly 1,000 culverts that affect tribal salmon passage.
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TODAY'S STORIES

A & E
Modules placed for Capitol Hill project

Business
Stocks boost median CEO pay to $9.7M
New reality TV show: vote on who gets fired
Jets, gyms, free vodka, and other executive perks
Fairchild still up for new planes
Coaches best-paid state employees
Portland police seek funding for horses
Fed news drops stocks
Jennifer Lopez to open phone stores

Construction
WSDOT looking at $2.4B in culvert fixes
Construction Award -- Tenant improvement
Under $5 million
General contractor: Safety
Most improved
Construction Award -- Heavy/industrial ( tie )
Brian Salsgiver Safety Professional of the Year
GRAND AWARD SAFETY --
General contractor: Safety
300,000-500,000 hours
Construction manager: Safety
Under 50,000 hours
Construction Award -- Private building
$10 million-$25 million
Subcontractor: Safety
100,000-250,000 hours
Construction Award -- Private building
$25 million-$50 million
Subcontractor: Safety
Over 500,000 hours
Construction Award -- Public building
Over $100 million
General contractor: Safety
Over 500,000 hours
Construction Award -- Heavy/industrial ( tie )
Project Manager of the Year
Construction Award -- Public building
$10 million-$25 million
Construction Award -- Technology
Construction Award -- Private building
Under $10 million
Subcontractor: Safety
Under 100,000 hours • most improved subcontractor
Construction Award -- Public building
Under $10 million
Subcontractor: Safety
250,000-500,000 hours / tie
Construction Award -- Public building
$50 million-$100 million
General contractor: Safety
150,000-300,000 hours
Construction Award -- Tenant improvement
over $5 million
Superintendent of the year
GRAND AWARD CONSTRUCTION
-- Highway and transportation
Construction Q&A -- Bob Adams
AGC-Moss Adams Service to the Community Award
Construction manager: Safety
Over 50,000 hours
Construction Q&A -- Wayne Melnyk
Subcontractor: Safety
250,000-500,000 hours / tie
Construction Award -- Public building
$25 million-$50 million
General contractor: Safety
Under 150,000 hours
Terminal planned for Paine Field
Indian welders and pipefitters sue over 'prison-like' conditions during Hurricane Katrina rebuild
Feds to inspect shuttered North Carolina nuclear plant
Hwy. 520 bridge toll going up July 1
$8M veterans cemetery can't be built on Alaska permafrost

Environment
Groups seek broad study of coal ports
City reports on energy use for its downtown buildings

Real Estate
Real Estate Buzz: Lobsang Dargey gets OK for Kirkland project
City DPD launches redesigned website
Up a lazy river in your own floating condo
Sarcasm fills closing arguments as Trump condo case goes to jury
Icon will develop restaurant in D.C.
U.S. home sales tick up to highest in 3.5 years
Cornish eyes 19-story student housing tower
Alliance plans West Seattle complex


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Grand Awards - Construction:
Bellevue Braids project, Guy F. Atkinson Construction

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Groups seek broad study of coal ports

Environmental groups and a public health organization want the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to consider the big picture — from mining in Wyoming to air pollution in China — before allowing development of three Northwest ports to ship up to 100 million metric tons of coal a year to Asia.


City DPD launches redesigned website

By JOURNAL STAFF

The city Department of Planning and Development launched its redesigned website yesterday hoping to make it easier to use.


Green Building Blog:
Your patio can also be a power plant
Two Washington firms are introducing a modular solar system that turns patios, carports, e-car charging stations and picnic shelters into power generators, even in remote locations

SeattleScape:
Seattle takes step backwards on affordable housing
Council looks at higher development fees, restricting micro apartments


Nuts and Bolts Blog:
Skanska fills its own bin for charity
The effort resulted in two carloads of toiletries for the James W. Ray Orion Center for Youth.


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Deere cuts sales expectations
Puyallup longhouse uses solar to go net zero
U.S. housing starts fall, but building permits surge
Omega Morgan moves transformer over 9,700-foot Colorado pass
Forest Service opens Juneau lab
Homestead to buy 15 houses
Ribbon cutting for harbor near Juneau
Cross-Border Expo set for Ferndale
Vandals taking Oregon park fees
Meeting May 22 on Everett water plant
Trammell expands First Hill project
Hamilton Urban Partners focus on apartments: new, rehabs, modular
Health plan finder for small firms is delayed
Jones & Jones designs OSU longhouse
Backers try to revive 20-year-old plan for Penn Station rehab
New state pot rules would limit stores
Strange But True!
Cyclists ride through Dutch museum
Architectural/decorative concrete / tie
Lake Washington High School
Residential structures
Lions Gate
Pervious concrete
Woods at Golden Given
Special applications: Artistic merit / tie
East Bay Public Plaza
Special applications: Artistic merit / tie
Everett Performing Arts Plaza
Architectural/decorative concrete / tie
St. Martin’s Abbey courtyard
Residential decorative concrete
Sprague residence
GRAND AWARD/Tilt-up structures
Everett Clinic Smokey Point Medical Center
Renton Memorial Stadium owes its good looks to concrete
Cast-in-place structures
Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Proton Therapy
Public works: Infrastructure
Maple Leaf Reservoir
Public works: Bridges
Manette Bridge replacement
Special applications: Technical merit
Columbia ColStor
Concrete paving
Martin Luther King Jr. Way phase one
Museum of the Confederacy helps humanize Gettysburg
At the Movies: ‘Star Trek' goes not so boldly into rehash zone
After Hours: ‘Bach at Leipzig' opens tonight
Legoland Florida expansion open soon
A late fade on Wall Street
Public renovations
Percival Landing major rehabilitation
Tech, labor groups spar over immigration
UN: Disasters have cost $ 2.5T since 2000 but little is being invested to reduce risk
Just 2 of 13 small SUVs do well in crash tests
Shotcrete helps restore a school that went up in flames

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