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Vandervert erects fueling center at Thor Fred Meyer

Retail chain says $1 million gas station in East Central area to open in November

October 1, 2009

Vandervert Construction Inc., of Spokane, has won a contract to build a $1 million gas station here for Fred Meyer Stores, and has started work on the project site near the retail chain's outlet in the East Central neighborhood, the Portland-based

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Lydig constructs school in Valley, Wash. - Art only

October 1, 2009

Lydig Construction Inc. is building this $4 million, 17,000-square-foot building in Valley, Wash., about 40 miles north of Spokane, for Valley School District 70's Homelink program, which serves more than 1,500 home-schooled children. It will have

Garco Construction lands transfer station contract

$1 million refuse facility to be south of St. Maries in Benewah County

October 1, 2009

David Cole

Garco Construction Inc., of Spokane, has been awarded a $1 million contract to construct a new garbage-transfer station for Benewah County, Idaho.J. Michele Reynolds, the Benewah County clerk, says the county has started site preparation for the

Kop Construction to build projects worth $5 million

Work to include senior housing in Leavenworth, Moses Lake apartments

October 1, 2009

Jeanne Gustafson

Kop Construction Co., of Spokane, has won contracts for two affordable housing projects in Washington state worth a combined almost $5 million.One is a two-site, $1.6 million Moses Lake, Wash., multifamily project being developed by Community a

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

October 1, 2009

Jeanne Gustafson

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