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Up Close - Building The Inland Northwest - March 14, 2013
Education projects under way, queued-up top $380 million
List of school district jobs, sizable university contracts fuels building through '13

By Treva Lind
Of the Journal of Business

Work is expected to start this year on a $26.9 million modernization of Finch Elementary School in northwest Spokane. Spokane Public Schools expects to solicit contractor bids for the project this April.
Work is expected to start this year on a $26.9 million modernization of Finch Elementary School in northwest Spokane. Spokane Public Schools expects to solicit contractor bids for the project this April.
Rendering Courtesy of Madsen Mitchell Evenson & Conrad PLLC
Construction activity on school campuses will remain steady in 2013, with more than $380 million in major projects under way or expected to begin this year at Spokane Public Schools and local college campuses.

The Spokane school district has several building projects in progress or queued up to begin in 2013. Current jobs include the $59 million Ferris High School modernization, with Garco Construction Inc., of Spokane, as the general contractor, and the Jefferson Elementary replac...


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