Special Report

Valley city picks Inland Asphalt for $1.1 million Sullivan project

April 11, 2013

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

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Hospice set to start work on North Side care center

$5 million inpatient facility west of Division is expected to open in about a year

April 11, 2013

Mike McLean

Hospice of Spokane plans to break ground next month on a $5 million Hospice House on the North Side, says Gina Drummond, the nonprofit's CEO.The planned 13,000-square-foot facility will be located on 2 acres of land Hospice of Spokane owns at W.

Shamrock bids lowest on Rockwood job

April 11, 2013

Jessica Valencia

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

â€”Rendering courtesy of Gonzaga University

Walker lands Gonzaga job to build tennis-golf facility

$6 million indoor complex for two programs, practices set south of Mission Park

April 11, 2013

Treva Lind

Walker Construction Inc., of Spokane, has been awarded a contract to construct Gonzaga University's new $6 million tennis and golf center on vacant property south of Mission Park, a few blocks east of campus.The complex will be constructed on a

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Builders here win school projects throughout state

Spokane contractors' jobs combined top $100 million from Tri-Cities to Auburn

April 11, 2013

Treva Lind

Three Spokane-based contractors have landed contracts for school construction projects throughout Washington state that are worth more than $100 million combined.Lydig Construction Inc. began work in February on an $80.3 million contract to do a

Construction employment keeps rising

Private-sector growth offsets flat, declining trends in public works

April 11, 2013

Associated General Contractors of America

"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

Competition intensifies in sales for distressed Spokane-area homes

Cash buyers seek deals on distressed properties, but margins harder to come by

April 11, 2013

Mike McLean

Competition is heating up here for distressed sales of single-family homes, especially those priced at under $100,000, some market observers here say.Distressed homes include foreclosed, bank-owned, and short-sale properties, which are sold and

30-somethings meld experience, focus into new firm

Piskel Yahne Kovarik handles construction, range of business issues

March 28, 2013

Treva Lind

While Piskel Yahne Kovarik PLLC, of Spokane, began as a law practice just under a year ago, its three principals joined forces after gaining eight years of experience at established legal firms here. The attorneys, who are all in their mid-30s,

New ABA 'toolkit' promotes gender equity in profession

Women earn 89 percent as much as male peers at nation's top law firms

March 28, 2013

ABA President Laurel Bellows and the American Bar Association's Gender Equity Task Force have introduced what they describe as an innovative new tool in the fight for gender equity in the legal profession.The ABA's Toolkit for Gender Equity in a

Change in law could cause race to the patent office

U.S. system had favored first to invent; new rules give nod to first to submit

March 28, 2013

Bill Jeckle

If you're an inventor, get your racing shoes on. You're going to need to be a lot quicker to get to the U.S. patent office now than you have been in the past. Nearly every country in the world has its own patent laws for protecting inventions on