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PCL Lands $300M Seattle Rail Yard Contract to Power Amtrak’s Green Future

Construction Today

PCL Construction, a Canadian firm with US headquarters in Denver, has secured a $300 million contract to modernize Amtrak’s King Street Yard in Seattle.

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Civil work, sustainability lead Seattle construction market

Construction Dive

As infrastructure and public works projects bolster the Emerald City, private construction has weakened.

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Nation's first 'food forest' planned in Seattle

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Seattle''s Beacon Food Forest project is transforming a seven-acre lot in the city’s Beacon Hill neighborhood into a self-sustaining, edible public park. Architects New Project Portfolios Sustainable Development Designers Cultural Facilities Engineers Designers / Specifiers / Landscape Architects Green Sustainability'

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Seattle's Bullitt Center influencing codes and public policy on sustainability

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The Bullitt Center in Seattle, which some say is the world''s "most efficient" office building is not only influencing how other structures are built, it is contributing to revisions of codes and public policy. Codes Codes and Standards'

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How two buildings in Seattle achieved high-strength concrete

GCP Applied Technologies

How two buildings in Seattle achieved high-strength concrete. This was surely the case for the Two Union Square building, in Seattle, Wash., Pacific First Center , also in Seattle, achieved a similar strength of 14,000 psi, with hyper focus on quality assurance, like its Two Union Square neighbor. michael.delros…. percent. .

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First look: Revised plan for Amazon's Seattle HQ and 'biodome'

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NBBJ has released renderings of a revised plan for Amazon ''s new three-block headquarters in Seattle. Architects Sustainable Design and Construction Building Owner Contractors Designers Engineers Facility Managers Office Building' Varied botanical zones will be created, based on diverse climate patterns. Body Image: read more.

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New Seattle building code eliminates fossil fuels for most space and water heating

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Seattle’s new energy code goes into effect in March with notably more sustainable requirements for new construction. The energy building code will eliminate fossil fuels from most space and water heating and increase access to onsite renewables.

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