Northwest Roundup: News items include a drop in female construction employment in Alaska, Portland public transportation improvements, Construction Safety Week and more.
The Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority extended its due date for design-build proposals from prequalified bidders to June 1 for the $1.4-billion Westside Purple Line Extension, Section 2 project.
On a project decades in the making, crews will soon begin demolishing a defunct nuclear-reactor caisson in Eureka, Calif., at a site located only a few feet from the Pacific Ocean.
It was another year of revenue growth for many architectural and engineering firms in California. Respondents to ENR California’s latest Top Design Firms survey billed $4.27 billion of work in California in 2015.
Washington and Oregon joined 42 other states and Washington, D.C. in posting over the year construction employment growth in March, while Alaska continues to lag behind.
“The Bay Area continues to grow both in terms of residential as well as industry, coupled with a spatial diversification of work locations and corporate headquarters,” Louis Armstrong says.