Originally posted here SEATTLE — Precisely one year after opening to traffic, the new State Route 520 floating bridge on Tuesday, April 25, received one of the country’s highest engineering awards: the 2017 Grand Conceptor Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC). The annual award was presented the Washington State Department of Transportation
Wilson Brothers of Cowley, Wyo., and Associated Underwater Services of Spokane, WA build a coffer dam as work continues Tuesday on new water intake in the Yellowstone River for the city of Laurel. Sep 21, 2016 BY: Casey Page, Gazette Staff A contractor crew and a specialized underwater construction subcontractor helped guide heavy
Originally posted HERE March 10, 2016 Barnard Construction Company of Bozeman, Mont. Wins Associated General Contractors of America’s Alliant Build America Grand Award and Merit Award for Marvin M. Black Partnering Excellence Sitka’s Blue Lake Expansion Project was the most impressive construction project of 2015, the Associated General Contractors of America announced today. As a
AUS was awarded the AGC 2015 Build Northwest Award Subcontractor -Renovation for the Nine Mile Dam Rehabilitation Project General Construction. This is a yearly event with numerous contractors submitting entries in all categories. The award was received at the Annual AGC Convention in January, 2016. Nine Mile Falls Dam is located on the Spokane River and
By Henry Brean Las Vegas Review-Journal After seven years of construction, the Las Vegas Valley's new straw into Lake Mead now has some water in it. General contractor Vegas Tunnel Constructors began sending the first 11 million gallons into the 3-mile tunnel beneath the bed of the lake Thursday afternoon, marking the latest milestone for a complicated and
From: Seatle Times Jan 12 2016 The new Highway 520 floating bridge (at right) seen from the Evergreen Point Lid in Medina, will open to traffic in early April. The new bridge includes a 14-foot bicycle and pedestrian lane along the north side of the bridge. Connections with Interstate 5, seen in the background,
In this June 1, 2015 photo, a steel cap on top of a water intake riser holds back the water of Lake Mead in a tunnel still under construction near Boulder City, Nev. When operational, the three-mile-long tunnel and intake will allow the Southern Nevada Water Authority to draw water from Lake Mead even if
re-posted from enr.construction.com The world's longest floating bridge will soon be eclipsed by a newer, longer span a few feet away on Lake Washington in Seattle. As crews from Kiewit-General-Manson (KGM) move toward swinging the final 1,000 ft worth of concrete pontoons into place this July, the owner—Washington State Dept. of Transportation—looks toward opening this
Bozeman, MT, USA 04/25/2014 By Bethany Duarte Associate Editor The Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Redevelopment Project was selected by the U.S. Society on Dams (USSD) as its Excellence in the Constructed Project award recipient for 2014. The award was presented at the USSD Annual meeting in San Francisco earlier this month. This is USSD’s top award
Monday, January 07, 2013 Changes in environmental law left Seattle City Light to face an estimated $500,000 in construction costs when it wanted to install conduits for a new underwater fiber optic data line. The proposed maintenance would stretch across a tunnel that runs along a ship canal 60 feet below the surface of Portage
