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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.


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.


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.


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.

Terminal planned for Paine Field

The Snohomish County Council was expected to vote yesterday on a $650,000 contract with an engineering firm to design an airline terminal at Paine Field.


Hwy. 520 bridge toll going up July 1

The state Transportation Commission approved an increase in Highway 520 floating bridge tolls at Wednesday's meeting in Port Townsend.


Alliance plans West Seattle complex

By JOURNAL STAFF

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


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.


Indian welders and pipefitters sue over 'prison-like' conditions during Hurricane Katrina rebuild

The group claims Signal International falsely promised to help workers apply for and receive greens cards.


$8M veterans cemetery can't be built on Alaska permafrost

The Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs is seeking land to build the cemetery on.


Feds to inspect shuttered North Carolina nuclear plant

The plant was forced to shut down last week after tiny cracks and corrosion were found.


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Seattle Children’s opens the 1.5 million Building Hope addition on Sunday.
The eight-story building has a new emergency department, an intensive care level and two cancer care units, including one just for teens and young adults.

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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

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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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May 22, 2013
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May 21, 2013
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May 20, 2013
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May 17, 2013
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Backers try to revive 20-year-old plan for Penn Station rehab
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Trammell expands First Hill project
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U.S. housing starts fall, but building permits surge
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Martin Luther King Jr. Way phase one
Deere cuts sales expectations
Renton Memorial Stadium owes its good looks to concrete
Cast-in-place structures
Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Proton Therapy
Public works: Bridges
Manette Bridge replacement
Architectural/decorative concrete / tie
St. Martin’s Abbey courtyard
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Lake Washington High School
Special applications: Artistic merit / tie
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Columbia ColStor
Public renovations
Percival Landing major rehabilitation
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