The cost of key construction materials increased in August and in a year-to-year comparison, resuming a trend that has forced contractors to pay more for materials even as competitive pressures restrain prices for finished projects, says an of this

The city of Spokane plans to spend a combined $776,000 on two road-construction projects that are scheduled to start in October and to be completed in five to six weeks. Projects will include improving and extending a street on Spokane's South a

Williams Brother Construction LLC, of Spokane, has won a $13.5 million contract for a major improvement project at the wastewater-treatment plant that serves the city of Clarkston, Wash.The project, which was scheduled to start at the end of new

The Spokane Home Builders Association's eighth annual Fall Festival of Homes will be held over the next two three-day weekends.The Fall Festival will feature 32 homes by 18 Spokane-area builders, says Joel White, SHBA's executive officer. The of

Funding measures totaling $38.7 million that were approved by voters in three Kootenai County school districts last month mostly will go toward construction projects, the districts say.The Coeur d'Alene schools bond is by far the largest at by a

Sellen Sustainability, a subsidiary of Seattle-based Sellen Construction, announced last month the launch of what it claims is the nation's first green building safety program to address potential incidents associated with new green building before