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Best of the Best Projects 2017

Best Government/Public Building: U.S. Courthouse - Los Angeles

March 1, 2018

Tasked with building a high-security, blast-resistant structure on a steep slope, the design-builders of Los Angeles’ U.S. Courthouse had nowhere to go but up.

American AgCredit Agricultural Center and Headquarters

Best of the Best Projects 2017

Best Office/Retail/Mixed Use: American AgCredit Agricultural Center & Corporate Headquarters

Pam Radtke Russell

March 1, 2018

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Any preconceived notions about what the American AgCredit Agriculture Center and Headquarters might look like are immediately upended when the Santa Rosa, Calif., building comes into view.

Best of the Best Projects 2017

Best Water/Environment: Terminal Island Water Reclamation Plant Advanced Water Purification Facility Expansion

Christine Kilpatrick

March 1, 2018

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The design-build Terminal Island Water Reclamation Plant expansion project, featuring high-tech water-purifying treatments, was a study in complexity.

Accelerated Delivery of SkyTrain Cars Boosts TransLink Expansion

Tim Newcomb

February 26, 2018

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The accelerated delivery of an additional 28 SkyTrain cars for the Expo and Millennium lines of Vancouver, B.C.’s SkyTrain light rail system will push capacity in the continually expanding service.

Work Continues to Rebuild Colman Dock in Seattle

Tim Newcomb

February 19, 2018

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From now until Aug. 1, when the window again opens for in-water work, the main thrust of the Colman Dock replacement project moves away from driving steel piles to support the future passenger-only dock and toward construction of a new ferry terminal, the largest in the state.

Fire Hazard Added to List of Problems at SF’s Millennium Tower

JT Long

February 15, 2018

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San Francisco building inspectors have scheduled a March 6 division hearing to address the apparent fire safety risk at Millennium Tower, the city's tilting and sinking high-rise.

Portland Waterfront in Line for Expanded Development Near OMSI

Tim Newcomb

February 12, 2018

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As developers look for prime real estate in Portland's central core, the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) has offered up its 18-acre campus along the Willamette River as the next stage in Portland's waterfront development.

Seattle Sound Transit West Extensions Include Tunnel, Two Bridges

Tim Newcomb

February 5, 2018

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Two proposed light rail extensions west of Seattle include major infrastructure needs.

EPA Reverses Itself on Alaska Pebble Mine Proposal

January 31, 2018

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will leave in place Obama-era protections against mining in Alaska’s Bristol Bay as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reviews Northern Dynasty Mineral’s permit for the Pebble Mine, the agency said on Jan. 26.