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DOT resumes resurfacing work on two-mile stretch of Division

April 7, 2011

The Washington state Department of Transportation was scheduled to start work this week to finish repaving a two-mile stretch of north Division Street.The DOT last year awarded an about $3.6 million contract to Inland Asphalt Co., of Spokane, of

- Rendering courtesy of Mahlum Architects

WSU to renovate two older dorms on Pullman campus

$22.6 million project also to include connecting two buildings with an addition

April 7, 2011

Chey Scott

Washington State University will start work next month on a renovation and expansion of two of its oldest dormitories on the Pullman campus, Duncan-Dunn and Community halls, at a total cost of about $22.6 million.The general contractor for the a

CNI wins $3 million project to upgrade city water system

Contract in Emmett, Idaho, entails building reservoirs, filtration improvements

April 7, 2011

Treva Lind

Coeur d'Alene-based Contractors Northwest Inc. has won a more than $3 million contract to make improvements to a portion of the city water system at Emmett, Idaho.Matt Nason, a project manager for Contractors Northwest, says the contract has the

Spokane Valley moves ahead with new park in Greenacres

Project totals $2.5 million; Bouten Construction Co. bids lowest for first phase

April 7, 2011

Chey Scott

The city of Spokane Valley plans to start the first phase of construction soon on a new park in the Greenacres neighborhood.Bouten Construction Co., of Spokane, is the apparent low bidder for that phase with a bid of about $938,000, which came a

District awards construction contracts worth $12 million

Projects at six schools among those funded by levy passed in 2008

April 7, 2011

Mike McLean

Spokane Public Schools says it has approved four construction contracts totaling $12 million for roofing and mechanical-system projects at three elementary schools and athletic-facility improvements at three high schools.Work on the projects, be

Making way for Riverside - Art only

April 7, 2011

Demolition work is wrapping up on two old warehouse buildings just southeast of the intersection of Division Street and Riverside Avenue. The project is making way for the first phase of the Riverside extension, which will run east through the The

Company finds sitters for homes that otherwise sit empty

Valley business says its revenues have tripled as home vacancies have risen

April 7, 2011

Chey Scott

In the currently stressed real estate market, an increasing number of homes are sitting on the market for several months or more at a time, and many of them are left empty until a prospective buyer comes along.In a growing number of cases, a is

Post Falls contractor wins Fairchild store remodel job

Construction is one part of $6 million in upgrades; August completion eyed

April 7, 2011

Treva Lind

Post Falls-based contractor CMEC Inc. has landed an almost $1 million construction contract as part of an overall $6 million remodel and addition project that is now under way at the Fairchild Air Force Base exchange store.CMEC started work in a

Spokane Mental Health adds psychiatric center

Nonprofit's $3.9 million Calispel treatment facility to be completed in August

April 7, 2011

Mike McLean

Spokane Mental Health says it's converting a vacant two-story building on Spokane's North Side into an inpatient psychiatric facility.The total cost of the project will be about $3.9 million, including construction, equipment, furnishing, and &

Ferris of the future - Art only

April 7, 2011

This drawing depicts what Ferris High School is expected to look like in late 2013 or early 2014, when a $90 million reconstruction is completed. Garco Construction Inc., the Spokane general contractor that is handling the project, is expected soon