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January 31, 2002

Nuprecon tackles Pentagon project

  • The Sept. 11 attacks dramatically tightened security on what was already a heavily guarded job site.
    • By TERRY STEPHENS
    Special to the Journal

    Photo courtesy of Nuprecon Inc.
    Nuprecon Inc. is demolishing a bus loop canopy at the Pentagon as part of a renovation project to improve security for the nation's military headquarters by moving the bus system further from the building.
    Nuprecon, the Snoqualmie-based demolition company that has gutted a number of local landmarks, is now ripping out parts of an East Coast building -- the Pentagon.

    The sub-contracting work is part of a 20-year, $1.2 billion, security-enhancing renovation project that began before Sept. 11. But heightened security following the terrorist attack has made Nuprecon's work on the project tougher.


     
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