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Workforce
New AGC of Washington president places emphasis on attracting younger members
As the newly elected president of Associated General Contractors of Washington, Gary Smith, a 40-year construction industry veteran and president of Seattle firm Lease Crutcher Lewis, says while he is confident in the state of his organization, he will work to increase the number of younger members. In an interview with the Seattle Daily Journal […]
February 2, 2015
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Big Bertha’s delays have pushed back the opening of the tunnel it’s digging by 20 months…so far
Seattle’s new State Route 99 tunnel is officially 20 months behind schedule, and it’s all Bertha’s fault. The Associated Press reports Washington State Department of Transportation officials are now saying that the new tunnel being dug beneath Seattle by Big Bertha, the largest tunnel-boring machine in the world, won’t open until August 2017. And they […]
December 24, 2014
Construction Equipment
Excavation stopped on Big Bertha repair pit due to major ground sinkage in area
The latest in a long string of delays to affect tunnel-boring machine Big Bertha has far greater implications than any of the others, this time threatening the structural integrity of the Alaskan Way viaduct and nearby buildings in the Seattle neighborhood of Pioneer Square. According to a report from The Seattle Times, Washington State Department of Transportation officials […]
December 15, 2014
Business
One contractor gives another work: Seattle officials suspect construction crew responsible for dumping concrete in sewer pipe
Even though it’s something that happens fairly regularly—three or four times a year—footing the bill to repair sewer pipes used as a place to dump left over concrete never gets any less frustrating for Seattle city officials. Today the city will have to close down part of Fairview Avenue North so construction crews can begin […]
November 13, 2014
Safety
Construction worker killed by utility line electrocution on jobsite near Seattle
A construction worker was killed Wednesday afternoon after he was electrocuted while working on a hospital expansion in Edmonds, Washington. According to a report from KIRO TV in Seattle, crews were moving utility lines on a jobsite on the campus of Swedish Hopsital. One of the workers was “in a ditch working with a compressed […]
August 21, 2014
Workforce
Seattle may require construction companies to hire local workers
The Seattle City Council is mulling over creating an ordinance that would require construction companies contracted by the city to hire a certain number of local workers for each job. According to a report from KIRO Radio, Seattle City Council member Sally Clark said the council is taking action after an analysis of construction projects […]
August 13, 2014
Construction Equipment
Drilling delays a problem for tunnel-boring machine Big Bertha even as she slumbers below ground
Crews in Seattle are now expected to finish digging a 12-story pit to reach stalled tunnel-boring machine Big Bertha one month later than planned due to concrete pilings proving more difficult to drill through than expected, according to a report from the Seattle Times. Bertha, the world’s largest tunnel-boring machine went down from overheating in late January, […]
July 31, 2014
Construction Equipment
Before Bertha repairs begin, archaeologists will test soil for artifacts
Before workers in Seattle begin to dig a 12-story pit to make the necessary repairs to get the world’s largest tunnel boring machine running once again, they must step aside to allow archaeologists to search the soil for artifacts. Sixty vertical holes were drilled into the soil 48 feet above dormant Big Bertha, the tunnel-boring […]
March 25, 2014
Construction Equipment
Repairs to Big Bertha will require a 12-story pit and removing the tunnel-boring machine’s cutterhead
Officials from the Washington State Department of Transportation have announced that in order to repair the world’s largest tunnel-boring machine, her head will need to come off. The announcement, which came during a presentation to city council members in Seattle, comes nearly three weeks after WSDOT officials announced that Big Bertha would be out of […]
February 27, 2014
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Construction worker uncovers mammoth tusk from Ice Age (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
While excavating for plumbing trenches on the jobsite of a high-rise apartment complex in the Seattle, Washington neighborhood of south Union Lake, a construction worker uncovered what may be the greatest archaeological find in the city’s history. And he did it with just a shovel. Transit plumbing worker Joe Wells moved a pile of dirt […]
February 18, 2014
Construction Equipment
Tunnel-boring machine Big Bertha shut down for “months” due to complexity of needed repairs
Washington State Department of Transportation officials say Big Bertha, the world’s largest tunnel-boring machine, is likely out of commission for months. An inspection conducted after the machine overheated in late January found that several cutterhead openings were clogged with dirt along with considerable damage to seals around the machine’s main bearing, according to a report […]
February 11, 2014
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