DJC.COM: Friday, November 20, 2009, provided by Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce Newspaper

Construction

Crews from Northwest Construction earlier this month began building noise walls along Interstate 5 in the Arlington area as part of a $13 million contract to improve the I-5/state Route 531 interchange.

Safety rope saves window washer

The Seattle Fire Department says a safety rope helped save the life a window-washer who fell eight stories from a downtown building.

Pierce County gets $4.3M energy grant

This week, Pierce County received a $4.37 million grant to improve energy efficiency and conservation. The grant came through the U.S. Department of Energy from the federal stimulus.

Aspiring engineers build catapults at Wenatchee college

Wenatchee Valley College physics students will be hurling tennis balls from their ancient artillery today during the school's almost-annual catapult-building contest.

City Light to clean up Greyhound site where SLU substation may go

By KATIE ZEMTSEFF

Seattle City Light soon will award a contract for environmental and engineering work at 1250 Denny Way in South Lake Union. The site has been a bus maintenance yard for more than 60 years, and could become a future electrical substation.

Officials list reuses for Oregon weapons depot

A top five list has been drawn up for ways to redevelop the Umatilla Chemical Weapons Depot near Hermiston, Ore., after its scheduled closure in 2011.

Astoria LNG terminal gets two favorable decisions

Two decisions this week have boosted the prospects for liquefied natural gas company Oregon LNG's proposal to build a terminal on 92 acres near Youngs Bay.

$3.3B stock offering to jump-start Macau casinos

About $500 million will be used to restart construction of several casinos and hotels that were put on hold due to funding.

AGC staffer Earl Bell dies

Earl Bell, who served three decades with the Associated General Contractors, died earlier this month from cancer.

Police investigating Boeing plant death

A Kent Fire Department spokesman says Kent police and Boeing officials are investigating the death of a man at the Boeing plant.

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