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April 28, 2011

A Special Section of
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2011 Surveys

ABC 2011 Excellence in Construction Awards


Stories


Contractors must adapt or be left in the dust
By KATHLEEN GARRITY
ABC of Western Washington

Follow these 10 steps before signing a contract
By KATIE E. JEREMIAH
Jordan Schrader Ramis

Time to change your perception of alternative energy
By KEVIN CHARAP
NW Wind & Solar

6 factors affect today's bid prices
By JULIAN A.J. ANDERSON
Rider Levett Bucknall

Don't rely on computers to get steel detailing right
By KERRI OLSEN
Special to the Journal

10 ways to cut construction fuel costs
By JACK LEE
4Refuel Canada LP

Public agencies warm up to design-build projects
By JOAQUIN HERNANDEZ
Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt

What's in your construction contract?
By SETH E. MILLSTEIN
Pillar Law PLLC

More federal contracting jobs await women
By MEREDITH L. THIELBAHR
OMRB

Stack removal was a tall task
By ERIC WILLIG and
JOAN WARFIELD BLAZUCKI
Nuprecon

Featured Story...


Stack removal was a tall task

Taking down four structurally compromised boiler stacks may not sound like a big deal, but when the stacks are close to power lines, combustible materials and occupied buildings, the job quickly becomes complex.

Snoqualmie-based Nuprecon faced that challenge last year at Fort Lewis, which now is called Joint Base Lewis-McChord.

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ABC 2011
Excellence in Construction Awards


The Watts-DelHur joint venture won the top ABC Eagle of Excellence Award for its work on the Elwha water facilities project. The project was finished nearly a year ahead of schedule.
Photo courtesy of Watts-DelHur

The Associated Builders and Contractors of Western Washington was expected to honor nine of its members' projects April 27 during its 2011 Excellence in Construction Awards program at the Bellevue Hilton.

The winner of the Eagle of Excellence Award, the top project, was the Elwha water facilities built by the joint venture of Watts-DelHur. The project also won the Public Works/Civil category.

Synergy Construction won three awards, the most of any member.

This year's judges included Jon Taylor and Ruta Patil of CollinsWoerman; Ken Boyd of Mithun; Chun Lau of DCI Engineers; Scott Rhodes of Rhodes Architecture; John Schaufelberger of the University of Washington; and Benjamin Minnick of the Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce.


2011 Construction & Equipment Surveys


Special Section Team

Section editor: Benjamin Minnick

Section design: Jeffrey Miller

Web design: Lisa Lannigan

Advertising: Matt Brown

Surveys: Lynn Porter, Jon Silver,
Katie Zemtseff, Marc Stiles



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