"Washington’s construction forecast remains hazy,"
By KENNETH D. SIMONSON,
AGC of America


"Passing the ownership baton,"
By BRUCE MOORMAN,
Grant Thornton LLP


"Going to a happy place — work!,"
By JAMES E. SWEENEY, Corporate Strategies and Development

"Speech Making 101 for contractors,"
By ROSE ANNE DANE,
Special to the Journal


"Bringing the steel detailer into the design process,"
By KERRI S. OLSEN,
Special to the Journal


"What is your construction company worth?,"
By PETER FABRIS,
ZweigWhite


"Success times 10 — follow these leaders,"
By DIANE KINMAN,
Kinman & Associates


"Smoothing out the construction process," By JOHN KUNZ,
Stanford University


"Send your team to ‘spring training’,"
By ART SOLBAKKEN, Solbakken Co


"Plywood sheets get new stripes,"
By TERRY STEPHENS,
Special to the Journal


"Don’t let erosion wash away your profits,"
By VALERIE HART,
Northwest Erosion Control


"Software streamlines vehicle maintenance,"
By TERRY STEPHENS,
Special to the Journal



"How to defuse skyrocketing insurance costs,"
By By ANDY PRILL,
Bush, Cotton & Scott



"3 ways to make sure you get paid,"
By CHRISTOPHER A. WRIGHT,
Stanislaw Ashbaugh

Federal and state laws require inventory of archaeological sites during the planning of many projects. In addition, Washington state law prohibits the disturbance of Indian burials and requires a permit to excavate within archaeological sites.
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Learning a lesson from booming China

China’s remarkably ancient culture permeates every aspect of modern life in the country — be it socially, politically, spiritually or economically — and how China expresses itself through the built environment.
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Students learn to handle the heavy metal

The 14 students in the Construction Industry Training Council’s first heavy equipment operator apprenticeship program come from backgrounds as diverse as jewelry sales and residential framing.
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The equipment dilemma: buy or rent?

Although the government is providing incentives in the form of tax credits to revive the economy, it’s still tough to part with hard-earned cash — even if new or different equipment is needed to actually make money.
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