Strand Hunt Construction will build security forces complex in Alaska.(Contract Awards)

A joint venture involving Spokane-based Lydig Construction Inc. has been selected as the design-build contractor for a $160.5 million prison facility expansion in Connell, Wash., a small town 100 miles southwest of Spokane.

Oswood Construction Co., of Great Falls, Mont., has been awarded a $7 million contract to erect a two-building complex for the Washington Air National Guard at the guard's 180-acre site on the west side of Fairchild Air Force Base. Oswood Construction expects to break ground on the 15-month project next ......

Seattle— Strand Hunt Construction Inc. earned the Eagle of Excellence for its Redmond High School project as the Associated Builders and Contractors of Western Washington chose seven winning projects in its 2004 Excellence in Construction Awards competition. "This year's submissions reflect the high standards of construction that emerge when contractors ......

THE ANNUAL AWARDS program recognizes contractors whose projects demonstrate quality, innovation and excellence in project management and teamwork. The awards are sponsored by BKD LLP, an accounting and advisory firm, and Associated General Contractors of Indiana, a construction industry association. All entries are considered for a BKD Governor's Award, which ......

When state economist Neal Fried describes the construction industry in Alaska during 1998, the picture he paints sounds much like that of a battery powered bunny on a popular Engergizer[R] commercial: It keeps going and going. "We're running about $100 million ahead of last year in most areas, including commercial ......

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The pace of non-residential construction has slowed over the past couple of years, but numerous large-scale projects are still in the works in Los Angeles County. Ranging from transportation to the arts, the 15 largest projects under construction countywide have an aggregate development cost, exclusive of land, of ......

On stage, before hundreds of tuxedoed members of the Associated General Contractors Saturday night at the Vancouver Hilton, contractor Robert Walsh had strong words for his peers in the construction industry. I don't think contractors are very smart, said Walsh, president of Walsh Construction, in his acceptance speech for the ......