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WSU real estate research operations relocate to UW

After 18 years in Pullman, Glenn Crellin takes newly created position in Seattle

January 19, 2012

Glenn Crellin, who until recently was the director of the Washington Center for Real Estate Research, at Washington State University, has accepted a staff position at the University of Washington and has moved his research operations to the West a

WSU biomed building advances - Art only

January 19, 2012

Graham Construction & Management Inc., of Spokane, erects a tower crane along Spokane Falls Boulevard for construction of the $78 million Washington State University Biomedical and Health Sciences Building. The contractor expects to be erecting for

West Co. lands contract to fix North Idaho bridges

Airway Heights builder to repair I-90 structures between Cd'A, Wallace

January 19, 2012

Chey Scott

The Idaho Transportation Department recently awarded a $640,000 contract to Airway Heights-based transportation contractor West Co. to do repair and maintenance work on seven bridges and overpasses on Interstate 90 between Coeur d'Alene and Co. on

North Side senior complex comes together - Art only

January 19, 2012

Work is progressing rapidly on this $12.8 million, 150-unit senior apartment complex, located in the Wandermere area on Spokane's North Side. Called Traditions at Mill Road, the complex is scheduled to be completed late this year. Inland Washington

Eller wins Sprague rebuild job after third bidding cycle

Kalispel Tribe had rebid $2.5 million project twice due to some technicalities

January 19, 2012

Chey Scott

The Kalispel Tribe of Indians has selected a general contractor after seeking bids a third time for its planned project to move and reconstruct a stretch of Sprague Avenue located just south of the Northern Quest Resort & Casino, in Airway tribe to

Small urban planning firm lands jobs both near and far

Studio Cascade looking to enter more markets; had highest income in '11

January 19, 2012

Chey Scott

Community planner Bill Grimes often becomes so deeply immersed in the cities and towns he does work for that he feels a personal urge to move to some of those places."It's amazing how much you learn about a community, and you make lasting with a

Contractors Northwest is low bidder on Chelan job

Project involves upgrades to wastewater complex worth about $4.9 million

January 19, 2012

Treva Lind

Coeur d'Alene-based Contractors Northwest Inc. has submitted an apparent low bid for a $4.9 million project to upgrade portions of a wastewater treatment system that serves the city of Chelan in Central Washington.Contractors Northwest President

Graham builds out spaces in big Deaconess building

Latest in series of projects involves top floor offices for Spokane Pulmonary

January 19, 2012

Treva Lind

Graham Construction & Management Inc., of Spokane, recently began work on a $540,000 project to build out top-floor medical spaces for a pulmonary care practice in the 10-story Deaconess Health and Education Center, just west of Deaconess plans to

Jobs, work rallied late, AGC says

Construction employment grew; activity hit 17-month high in last months of '11

January 19, 2012

Associated General Contractors of America

Construction employment increased in December by 17,000 workers, driven by gains in nonresidential construction employment, says an analysis of federal employment data released earlier this month by the Associated General Contractors of America. of

Spokane-area building permit figures rise after four-year decline

Increased activity in county offsets drops in Spokane, Spokane Valley

January 19, 2012

Mike McLean

The total value of building permits issued countywide in 2011 notched its first tick upward following four years of declining totals, records for Spokane County and the cities of Spokane and Spokane Valley show.The permit valuations for last in