When Kimley-Horn set its sights on the Pacific Northwest five years ago, the person to lead the effort was obvious. Jody Walker Belsick had made a name for herself in Las Vegas before joining the firm to launch offices there and in California.
ConocoPhillips decision for estimated $8B North Slope energy development comes four days after U.S. appeals court rejected opponents' latest plea to stop $900M of winter construction work now underway.
While the construction outlook for Anchorage and Alaska in general seems to have peaked somewhat, Storter says there are three big drivers for infrastructure development: the Alaska Dept. of Transportation, the US Army Corps of Engineers and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.
With a four-decade record of reliability and the knack to make major projects succeed, Everett, Wash.-based Valley Electric has become the go-to electrical contractor for large-scale, hard-bid projects in the Pacific Northwest.
As part of the federal permanent injunction regarding culvert corrections, this $25-million design-build project corrected two fish barriers and replaced them with four fish passable structures.