The Spokane Public Facilities District plans to start work late this summer on a project to replace all of the seating in Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena and to add a few hundred seats, which will bring the facility's capacity to just over Seating

Davenport, Wash.-based Halme Construction Inc. is the apparent low bidder on a $1.8 million city of Spokane water project that involves replacing the Lincoln Heights booster station, says city spokeswoman Marlene Feist. Construction is slated to

Prominent Spokane contractor Garco Construction Inc. and Total Site Services LLC, a small Richland-based general contractor, have formed a joint venture and together have landed contracts totaling more than $38 million.Most recently, the joint a

The city of Spokane Valley awarded a contract in mid-March valued at $1.1 million to Inland Asphalt Co., of Spokane, for a Sullivan Road rehabilitation project, says city spokeswoman Carolbelle Branch.That project, which will involve about a 1

Shamrock Paving Co., of Spokane, is the apparent low bidder on a $2.2 million project to repave Rockwood Boulevard and a portion of South Upper Terrace Road, says city spokeswoman Marlene Feist. Work will entail resurfacing about a two-mile of a

"In contrast to the broad gains in most construction segments, employment in public works construction has been flat or falling," Simonson says. These counts, which lag the overall industry totals by one month, show a drop of 3,500 employees in