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Final Testing Starts at Hanford for Radioactive Waste Mix

January 2, 2017

As work moves forward on the Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) at the Dept. of Energy’s Hanford Nuclear Waste Site in southeastern Washington, crews have started the final stage of testing intended to resolve one of the remaining technical issues on the project.

What Salmon Safe in Seattle Means for Construction

Tim Newcomb

December 27, 2016

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As stormwater runs aplenty in Seattle, the act of treating that stormwater before it reaches the streams, rivers and lakes that surround the Pacific Northwest city can help create an official salmon safe designation.

Bertha Now 70 Percent Complete in Seattle

Tim Newcomb

December 19, 2016

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The vast majority of 2016 Bertha news has fallen into the positive category, a welcome respite for the $3.1 billion project to replace Seattle’s aging Alaskan Way Viaduct with a 1.7-mile-long bored tunnel.

Vancouver’s TransLink Opens New Tracks, Plans More

Tim Newcomb

December 12, 2016

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Vancouver, B.C.’s TransLink SkyTrain light rail system added 11 kilometers (6.8 miles) of track this month while announcing planning will start soon on yet another addition to the system.

Natural Impacts With High-Tech Results Define Northwest Best Projects

Honored work includes innovative space for the technology and research industries and infrastructure that ties into the Northwest’s natural beauty

December 8, 2016

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Many of the Best Project and Award of Merit winners in the latest incarnation of the competition conquer and compliment nature on high-tech and infrastructure projects alike

Best Sports Entertainment - University of Oregon - Jane Sanders Stadium

December 8, 2016

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Home to the Oregon Ducks softball team, the 1,500-seat Jane Sanders Stadium in Eugene, Ore., includes locker rooms, meeting spaces, coaches’ offices, training rooms and equipment space.

Award of Merit Water/Environment - Colorado Dam Safe Passage (Bend Whitewater Park)

December 8, 2016

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The creation of Bend Whitewater Park rehabilitated a stretch of the Deschutes River in Bend, Ore., creating an improved habitat for fish and wildlife as well as a safer passage for river rafters with the West Coast’s first “adjustable standing wave” kayak/surfing run.

Best Water/Environment - Asplund WWTF Disinfection Upgrade Project

December 8, 2016

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The $11-million upgrade to the Asplund Wastewater Treatment Facility’s disinfection system allowed the Anchorage, Alaska, facility to stop using hauled-in chlorine gas for disinfection and instead use potentially less dangerous sodium hypochlorite to create chlorine gas on demand.

Small Project under 10 million Award of Merit - Ivar's Pier 54 Piling and Apron Replacement

December 8, 2016

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Originally built in the 1980s for industrial use, the historic Ivar’s Pier 54 was deteriorating and in need of seismic improvements following the 2001 Nisqually earthquake and a decade of deferred maintenance.