Businesses can do well by doing good through product philanthropy, research from Indiana University concludes.The study, released in January by the Bloomington, Ind.-based university's School of Public and Environmental Affairs, examines the on

Good news for engineers on the salary front: On average, base salaries have risen 3 percent from last year.According to a new salary survey by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the American Society of Civil Engineers, the average

Construction employment declined by 1,000 in July even though the industry's unemployment rate fell to 12.3 percent, the lowest level since 2008, says an analysis of new federal data released earlier this month by the Associated General of America.

Following a rare tie base bid on a construction project planned on the Lewis-Clark State College campus in Lewiston, Idaho, Waynco Construction Inc., of Spokane Valley, apparently has lost the job to competing bidder Kenaston Corp., the college of

Commercial real estate market and capital conditions appear to have weakened again and aren't expected to improve much during the coming year, except for pockets of strong activity and price appreciation in core "gateway markets" and the segment, a

T.W. Clark Construction LLC, of Spokane Valley, has two sizable school projects under way outside of Spokane, with a combined total value of about $2.2 million.T.W. Clark is erecting a planetarium for Columbia Basin College in Pasco under a $1.2

Western States Construction Inc., of Valleyford, Wash., has won an $866,000 contract to demolish about 42,000 square feet of old structures on the Spokane Community College campus as final cleanup work after recent construction.Last year, Graham

Two North Idaho women have launched a construction escrow service that they believe is unique to the Inland Northwest and that they hope will cut down on cases of subcontractors and suppliers not getting paid for the services they provide.The is