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Lydig lands school work in Kennewick worth $4.4 million

District says renovation project will consolidate administration

July 1, 2010

The Kennewick School District says it has awarded a $4.4 million contract to Spokane-based Lydig Construction Inc. to renovate a former grocery-store building where the district plans to consolidate its administrative offices.The project will a

Staff photo by Chey Scott; sketch courtesy of City of Spokane

Restoration of Liberty Park ruins eyed

City will contribute funds if community also pays part

July 1, 2010

Chey Scott

Those mysterious, crumbling pillars of basalt visible near Third Avenue and Arthur Street and from Interstate 90 could get a new life, city of Spokane officials say. Known as the Liberty Park Ruins, the 3-acre parcel sits on a bluff just north a

$1.3 million in jobs awarded at NC High School

July 1, 2010

Mike McLean

Spokane Public Schools says it has selected contractors for two North Central High School construction projects that are valued at a combined $1.3 million and are expected to be completed this summer.In one of the projects, the district has of a

First homes rise at Kendall Yards - Art only

July 1, 2010

Liberty Lake-based Greenstone Corp. is erecting the first townhouses in its Kendall Yards development on the north side of the Spokane River Gorge northwest of downtown. The first residents of the planned $500 million, 78-acre mixed-use development

Garco submits $12.3 million bid for sewer-plant upgrades

Job to include installing odor-control structure, grease skimmer, piping

July 1, 2010

Mike McLean

Garco Construction Inc., of Spokane, has submitted an apparent low bid of $12.3 million for a contract to construct the first round of projects planned in the $100-million second phase of improvements at the city of Spokane's sewage-treatment says

Degerstrom starts work on Chattaroy-area bridge

$1.2 million project needed after Dragoon Creek shifted, causing abutment to crack

July 1, 2010

Kim Frlan

N.A. Degerstrom Inc., of Spokane Valley, has begun work on a bridge replacement project in the Chattaroy area under a $1.2 million contract awarded by Spokane County. The project, which will replace a bridge that carries Chattaroy Road across of

Conversion work starts on nine fields in city parks

$3 million from 2007 bond will pay for baseball fields that will open in May 2011

July 1, 2010

Richard Ripley

Schimmels Construction, of Spokane, has begun work under a $1.45 million contract from the city of Spokane to convert into youth baseball fields nine ball fields in city parks.One of the fields is at Liberty Park, three are at Chief Garry Park,

Amendments to Energy Code postponed

Governor asks for delay; implementation now could occur this fall or next spring

July 1, 2010

Kim Frlan

Controversial changes to the Washington state Energy Code scheduled to take effect July 1 have been postponed until at least October and possibly until next April after a building trade group and others challenged them in court and Gov. Chris they

Wolff plans 256-unit apartment complex in Valley

Longtime developer's 55-acre Pine Springs Farm project valued at $25.7 million

July 1, 2010

Mike McLean

The Wolff Co., a Scottsdale, Ariz.-based development company with Spokane roots and significant holdings here, plans to develop a $25.7 million, 256-unit apartment complex just south of Spokane Valley, building permit documents show.The project

Leone & Keeble submits low bid for Patterson Hall expansion, rehab

EWU academic building renovation scheduled for completion in April 2014

July 1, 2010

Kim Frlan

Leone & Keeble Inc., of Spokane, is the apparent low bidder, with a bid of $12.2 million, for an expansion and partial remodeling project at Patterson Hall, one of the main academic buildings on the Cheney campus of Eastern Washington University. a