M.J. Takisaki Inc., of Seattle, has been awarded two contracts totaling about $1.26 million for work to build an addition at a youth center at Fairchild Air Force Base and to replace electrical service and lighting at a separate base Ophus, manager

Ginno Construction Co., of Coeur d'Alene, has started work on a $1.4 million lab at the Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife's Eastern Washington regional office in the Mirabeau Point area.Rich Wells, a project manager with Ginno, is

Western States Construction, of Spokane, has teamed up with a Western Washington contractor to win contracts for expansion and remodeling projects worth a combined $4.9 million at two Veterans Administration hospitals.Western States will be with

Kootenai County's transportation planning agency is looking to hire a consultant to help it select a location for a proposed new transit center in the Coeur d'Alene metropolitan area.The agency, the Kootenai Metropolitan Transportation is for a

The city of Spokane has awarded a $30 million, eight-year contract to the Spokane office of Denver-based CH2M Hill Inc., for engineering, design, and construction management on the second phase of upgrades to Spokane's wastewater treatment Hill in

PacWest Services Inc., a Spokane mortgage company and real estate brokerage, has moved to a smaller building it bought recently and has sold its longtime building downtown.Its new location is on the North Side, in a two-story, 4,000-square-foot

Waynco Construction Inc., of Spokane Valley, is the apparent low bidder, with a base bid of about $900,000, for a project to remodel a portion of the first floor of the Spokane County Courthouse.Ron Oscarson, Spokane County facilities director,

Whitefish, Mont.-based Glacier Restaurant Group LLC plans to open a MacKenzie River Pizza Co. restaurant in north Coeur d'Alene following a $500,000 remodel of a 6,800-square-foot building formerly occupied by another restaurant there.The will

A building that will house a new operations center for Coeur d'Alene-based Mountain West Bank is under construction in north Coeur d'Alene, says Russ Porter, the bank's president and chief operating officer.The project cost is estimated at $1.8