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Blew's wins $5.7 million project to modernize school in Yakima

October 1, 2009

Blew's Construction Inc., of Spokane Valley, has won a contract for a $5.7 million school modernization project in Yakima, Wash.In the project, Blew's will upgrade the West Valley School District's former high-school building, which the district

Belsby lands water-quality project at Hunters, Wash.

Hunters Water District hires help to reduce arsenic levels in water

October 1, 2009

David Cole

Belsby Engineering LLC, of Spokane, has been contracted to find an alternative source of drinking water for the Hunters Water District in Stevens County—which has two wells, but arsenic levels in them exceed state and federal drinking water a

Baker Construction starts professional office projects

Company says it expects to spend about $2 million on Liberty Lake buildings

October 1, 2009

David Cole

Baker Construction & Development Inc., of Spokane, has started work on two professional buildings in Liberty Lake that together will cost $2 million to construct, says Brandon Spackman, Baker's vice president of construction services.Separately,

Hayden concern wins $1.7 million contract for projects on South Hill

October 1, 2009

Jeanne Gustafson

MDM Construction Inc., of Hayden, Idaho, has been awarded a $1.7 million contract for a city of Spokane project to rehabilitate a portion of Lincoln Street on Spokane's South Hill and to construct an experimental storm-water runoff project at Hill

Equipment dealer buys land, ponders future business park

Rowand Machinery Co. adds 6 acres to holdings at West Plains operation

October 1, 2009

Mike McLean

Rowand Machinery Co., a longtime Spokane-area heavy-equipment dealer, says it has bought 6 acres of land adjacent to its West Plains operation and is considering developing a business and industrial park there, among other possible uses.The is

Playfields take shape at sports complex - Art only

October 1, 2009

Crews do infrastructure work next to planted playfields at the Albi-Merkel Sports Complex being developed west of Assembly Street, in northwest Spokane. In the background, a concession building is framed and moving toward finish work. Bouten Co., a

Westway nabs $6.3 million in four projects

Bridge work includes pedestrian, roadway facilities around region

October 1, 2009

Jeanne Gustafson

Westway Construction Inc., of Airway Heights, has begun work on $6.3 million in projects at four Pacific Northwest locations, including a $3.8 million federal project to construct a new bridge over the Little Salmon River near Riggins, Idaho.In

Masonry office builds bigger facility here

Montana concern needs more space for branch

October 1, 2009

David Cole

Anderson Masonry Inc., of Bigfork, Mont., is building a 5,500-square-foot office and shop building at its branch office in Spokane Valley, says Ian Anderson, project manager for the company.Anderson Masonry is a masonry contracting company that

Freedom Truck building rises on West Plains -Art only

October 1, 2009

Freedom Truck Centers Inc., of Spokane, is developing a $7 million 47,000-square-foot dealership building on the West Plains, at 10311 W. Hallett Road, where it plans to consolidate its Spokane-area operations. Lydig Construction Inc., of Spokane,

Tomato Street restaurant owners remodel, expand

Italian establishment's waiting space to grow; inside undergoes update

October 1, 2009

David Cole

The owners of the Tomato Street restaurant at 6220 N. Division have begun a complete renovation inside and outside the North Side eatery and also are expanding it. In the expansion, 1,200 square feet of floor space will be added to the Italian a