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Spokane-area companies win two Idaho bridge jobs

Busy U.S. 95 overpass to be redecked; SR 97 span to be replaced this summer

July 2, 2009

The Idaho Transportation Department has selected Spokane-area contractors for two North Idaho road projects worth a combined $2.5 million.In one of the projects, N.A. Degerstrom Inc., of Spokane Valley, has won a $1.1 million contract to repair

Meridian picked to construct $2 million orthotics building

Thompson aims to occupy two-story Sherman Street structure by end of year

July 2, 2009

Mike McLean

Spokane-based Thompson Custom Orthotics & Prosthetics Inc. says it has selected Meridian Construction Inc., of Spokane Valley, to erect a $2 million structure that will house its main office and production lab. Meridian was expected to obtain a

M.J. Takisaki relocates its offices here to handle added division

July 2, 2009

Jeanne Gustafson

M.J. Takisaki Inc., a Seattle-based construction company, has moved its branch office here to a larger leased space in Spokane Valley, at 1620 N. Mamer Road.Hal Ophus, the company's construction manager here, says the office had outgrown its at

Cancer center rises in Post Falls - Art Only

July 2, 2009

The Post Falls Cancer Center building is under construction at the southwest corner of Mullan Avenue and Syringa Street, in Post Falls, for Coeur d'Alene-based Kootenai Health, the operator of Kootenai Medical Center. Contractors Northwest Inc., of

Sports complex work begins near Albi Stadium - Art Only

July 2, 2009

Concrete footings for buildings and backstop posts for new softball fields have been installed recently at the site of the planned Albi-Merkel Sports Complex west of Assembly Street, in northwest Spokane. Bouten Construction Co., of Spokane, is the

Shamrock wins North Side street rehab

July 2, 2009

Jeanne Gustafson

Shamrock Paving Inc., of Spokane, has won a $1.3 million contract for a city of Spokane project to rehabilitate a collection of North Side streets near Logan Elementary School.Streets that are to be improved include Montgomery Avenue between and

Ginno Construction Co. to remodel Cd'A school

Contractor to improve middle school's HVAC system, energy efficiency

July 2, 2009

David Cole

Ginno Construction Co., of Coeur d'Alene, has been awarded a $3.7 million construction contract to remodel Lakes Magnet Middle School in Coeur d'Alene.Coeur d'Alene School District spokeswoman Janet Feiler says the total project cost is expected

Real estate team opens satellite office

July 2, 2009

Vincent Miesen, an agent with Keller Williams Realty Spokane, is opening a satellite office of that brokerage at 414 W. Sinto.Miesen, two other real estate agents, and an assistant will occupy about 800 square feet of floor space on the upper of

MDM Construction lands $2.7 million sewer contract

Greenacres-area project to make sewer service available to 310 homes

July 2, 2009

David Cole

MDM Construction Inc., of Hayden, Idaho, has won a $2.7 million project to install sewer lines in the Greenacres area near Greenacres Road and Appleway Avenue, east of Spokane Valley.Cindy Grasso, a Spokane County program specialist, says the is

Lydig erects $34 million middle school on West Side

Spokane-based builder expects to finish complex in Federal Way next year

July 2, 2009

Mike McLean

Spokane-based Lydig Construction Inc. says it has started work on a $34 million middle-school replacement project in Western Washington.The new Lakota Middle School in the Federal Way Public Schools district will have 100,000 square feet of a a