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New global construction power: Turkey

By SELCAN HACAOGLU

One international construction expert said Turkish firms are becoming very serious rivals for international contractors “because they can relate to Muslim cultures and are very competitive.”

Touchstone gears up for real estate recovery

By MARC STILES

Founder Douglas Howe says, “I think in the next 12 to 24 months things will look a lot different than they do today.”


West Seattle to get $3M driving range

By Journal Staff

Seattle Parks and Recreation will hold a public meeting Aug. 4 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the West Seattle Golf Course, 4470 35th Ave. SW., about plans for developing a driving range in West Seattle.


Is Yesler Terrace a landmark?

By LYNN PORTER

Seattle Housing Authority has nominated the Yesler Terrace public housing project as a city landmark despite the authority's plans to demolish the buildings and undertake a massive redevelopment.


Casino site going for ‘signifcant discount'

By WAYNE PARRY

Pinnacle Entertainment acknowledges what has long been apparent: It'll take a bath when it sells the land where a $2 billion Atlantic City resort was planned.


Western & Columbia project is revived

By Journal staff

Triad Development and Goodman Real Estate are reintroducing long-held plans to develop a full-block site at Western Avenue and Columbia Street.


268 apartments open on the park in Ballard

By Journal staff

The 268-unit Ballard on the Park apartments is expected to get a final certificate for occupancy soon from the city, according to the designer, Bumgardner Architects.


Oregon town makes loan to help resort remodel, buys old armory

By GREG BOLT

Cottage Grove will pay $395,000 for the armory, well below the $760,000 asking price. A loan will help upgrade Village Green Resort.


Feds agree to open gas field in Utah

By PAUL FOY

Bill Barrett Corp. reached a deal with environmental groups to pull back from some wild areas and limit well pads near the Green River's Desolation Canyon.


Details today on $44M dam repairs

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will announce today how it will use $44 million in new federal funding for repairs to the Howard Hanson Dam.


Vandals damage BPA power system

The Bonneville Power Administration is offering rewards for information on vandalism that threatens the reliability of the electrical transmission system.




Previous Stories


July 29, 2010
$1.8M settlement reached over flawed Salem building
How to navigate prevailing wage laws
Disney's Hawaiian resort may be model for future
Old Corvallis orphanage to become family center
Kent company wins $1.4 million viaduct contract
Seismic upgrade for Everett fire station
New system is cooling Deschutes
Treasurer says state is saving on bond sales
$128M rehab starts at the HUB
East Bay projects on hold in Olympia
Demo starts on Pier 48 warehouse
Seattle lost 12,400 construction jobs
Work starts on massive wind project in Mojave
Ore. resort, casino is ready to expand

July 28, 2010
Suncadia, Kittitas reach an agreement
Deception Pass Bridge turns 75
Recycled bottles pop up again, and this time they're a teahouse
LA Fitness leases space near Renton
Designer sought for Swinomish projects
Floating home tour Sept. 12
Contractor is finding work fixing others' broken projects
Scientology church opens on Queen Anne
Biden: U.S. parks' upgrade long overdue
Vulcan, and others, wants to build Bothell City Hall
4 more stations for Swift buses
Hamm named landscape fellow
Workers fix paint on Narrows Bridge

July 27, 2010
Lynnwood fills trail's missing link
Brightwater education center gets $40,000 for rooftop solar
Resort-casino eyed for remote area in Oregon
Open house on Airport Way viaduct repairs
Experts: Housing won't hit bottom for a year
520 tolling signs will be going up
Which comes first: The e-car or roadside charging stations?
City Council to delay signing agreements with state on viaduct
Groups end fight against Oregon-Wyoming pipeline
Stack demo changes Hanford skyline
SDOT to seek bids soon for new Seattle streetcar plaza
$1M for barriers at transit tunnel
Salem struggles with failing building
$3M Aberdeen rail project out for bids
Mini gold rush is on in Southern Oregon
Team needed for $4M detention center
OSU to open bids for rowing facility

July 26, 2010
Excavator fishes junked cars from bottom of Oregon cliff
Lake Wilderness Lodge renovation
Seattle Pacific completing design for University Center
Board gets closer to picking route for East Link light rail
Bid dispute on Sounder job
Smart highway signs get tested
Idaho buys $5M hatchery for rehab
$1.5M repair for Old Town Dock
Lakebed soil study for SR 520 bridge
South Park Bridge starts coming down
$44M for repairs at Hanson Dam

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Building Green Blog: Could pocket parks be power plants?

Cast architecture, a Seattle firm that focuses on using renewable energy, sustainable construction and innovative design to improve urban life, has an idea it says could lead to a network of solar-powered pocket parks that generate energy.

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SeattleScape: Here’s what crossing the 520 bridge will look like

The Washington State Transportation has posted a video simulation of what traveling across the new Evergreen Point floating bridge will be like.

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