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Comment on The State Legislature Should Fully Fund the Public Works Trust Fund? by Dear Legislature, Please Fund Both Schools and Infrastructure | Robinson Noble

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 22:38:51 +0000

[...] loans to local utilities for water, wastewater, solid-waste, bridge, and road projects. The Daily Journal of Business reports that “every dollar invested by the PWTF in basic infrastructure yields an additional $3.60 in [...]

Comment on One sweet hard hat by Alex P

Alex P — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 23:37:21 +0000

Green polyethylene is a great material. However, the fact that it comes from Brazilian sugarcane is concerning. Most sugarcane fields in Brazil are created by clearing the existing rainforest – i.e. the very opposite of sustainable! This needs to be factored into the claimed “carbon savings”. As it stands this sounds more like “greenwashing” than an actual green accomplishment.

Comment on L&I drops proposed change to fringe calculation by Kathleen

Kathleen — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 21:08:51 +0000

Jerry, thanks for getting the word out. The way that both ABC and AGC worked so closely together (for months behind the scene) to benefit the industry, both of our contractor members and their employees, is a testament to “you can get a lot done if you don’t care who gets the credit.” We each did our part and stayed focused on the goal of getting L&I to reverse their policy decision.”

Comment on Dead end for workers’ comp reform? by Kathleen Garrity

Kathleen Garrity — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:14:02 +0000

It is a real shame that this workers’ comp bill probably won’t even get a hearing. Let’s at least talk about what 44 other states do to keep their costs more in line. Our WC cost are out-of-line and make it expensive to do business in Washington. New potential employers notice things like this, as does existing state employers (e.g. Boeing opening new lines in S.C. not WA). We can lower costs without compromising taking care of injured workers.

Comment on Seattle Draft Building Code Out for Review by Carpentry service

Carpentry service — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:54:29 +0000

Thanks for SBC draft downloads.

Comment on Workers’ Comp Reform Bills Pass Senate by Kathleen Garrity

Kathleen Garrity — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 21:09:55 +0000

Those bills still have a long road ahead of them, but if we could reform one of the most expensive workers’ comp systems in the country, that’d help attract businesses — and jobs — to Washiington.

Comment on Recycling of Construction Materials Now Mandatory in Seattle by tap bolts

tap bolts — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 09:54:53 +0000

This medentry moove for recycling of construction materail will really help to raise 60% recycling of municipal solid waste (MSW) by the year 2012, and 70% by 2025 in Seattle.

Comment on China aims for world’s tallest building — in 90 days by Matt the Engineer

Matt the Engineer — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 23:33:05 +0000

Adding a serious note to my last tongue-in-cheek comment: Maybe architects that look for ways of building with shipping containers have it backward. Design housing units that are the size and shape of shipping containers – or can be easily assembled from materials that fit in that shape – and you can have housing factories in China (or elsewhere) and cheaply ship them anywhere in the world.

Comment on China aims for world’s tallest building — in 90 days by Matt the Engineer

Matt the Engineer — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 23:29:15 +0000

I’m ok with boxy.

One nice benefit of this is after building enough modular units to house 100k people they’ll surely have worked the bugs out of their manufacturing process. It’ll be cheap and easy to go back to build regular *little* 30-story buildings probably at a fraction of the cost of standard 30-story buildings.

Next up: pick up your modular Chinese condo at Walmart. Some assembly required.

Comment on Proposed 2013 Workers’ Comp Rates Low by Ted Carlson, CFE

Ted Carlson, CFE — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 21:15:33 +0000

We have developed a cell phone app for companies to capture the PSSL times when they wander into Seattle. It is free and does a lot more like creating workers’ compensation premium data for payroll departments.
Take a look and let Lauren know it is working!