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A perspective on Partnering

By SAM E. BAKER, JR.

Sam Baker, a prominent Seattle attorney who focused his practice on construction law, has recently retired from the firm now known as Smith Currie Oles LLP. He has long advocated building relationships of trust between construction contractors and their customers, especially on complex public projects.



MKA honored for SpeedCore structural system The modular system was first used at Rainier Square

By JOURNAL STAFF

The SpeedCore development team, led by Seattle structural engineering firm Magnusson Klemencic Associates (MKA), has won the American Society of Civil Engineers' (ASCE) 2026 Charles Pankow Award for Innovation


$32M Moses Lake rail job ready to roll

By JOURNAL STAFF

The Port of Moses Lake is expected to award a $31.75 million contract for the Northern Columbia Basin Railroad Project to Missouri-based rail contractor Martinus, pending approval by the port commission board.


Retired ocean liner ready for reef duty

Officials in Florida's Okaloosa County expect to sink the SS United States off the Gulf Coast during the second week of November.


Renovation completes multi-year transformation of Tulalip Casino

By EMMA LAPWORTH

The Tulalip Tribes are celebrating the completion of a multi-year transformation of the Tulalip Casino at 10200 Quil Ceda Blvd.


Blue Origin signs big Des Moines lease, with manufacturing facility planned

By BRIAN MILLER

Once occupied by Bartell/Rite Aid, at 21202 24th Ave. S. in Des Moines, is a 265,922-square-foot industrial building that became vacant last year.


Construction industry adds jobs, but warning signs emerge

By JOURNAL STAFF

The AGC found that broader economic and political factors are beginning to affect construction demand.


Bridge opens first building of Briar apartments at Spring District

By BRIAN MILLER

Bridge Housing hasn't formally announced it yet, but the first building at its new Briar apartments, next to the Spring District in Bellevue, began leasing in August.



A fire at a seafood plant in Oregon forces evacuations

By JESSICA HILL

The city of Newport initially issued the evacuation order for a 1-mile radius surrounding a Pacific Seafood processing plant.


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