Special Report

SCC takes it up a degree with first four-year program

Expanded offering to prep respiratory therapists

May 11, 2017

Demand for respiratory therapists is growing alongside that discipline's increased educational requirements, soon to be packaged into Spokane Community College's first four-year degree program. Starting next fall, SCC will offer its new bachelor of a

Lydig awarded $25 million Leavenworth school job

Project includes classroom addition, gym improvements

April 27, 2017

Mike McLean

Spokane-based Lydig Construction Inc. has been awarded a $25 million contract to modernize Cascade High School, in Leavenworth, says Lisa Shier, a project manager for Lydig. The project will include demolishing and replacing the classroom and administrat

MAKE Architecture aims for steady, nimble growth

Owner has added first associate, seeks second

April 27, 2017

LeAnn Bjerken

Evan Verduin, owner and principal of Spokane-based MAKE Architecture LLC, says his firm is preparing for additional growth as the community moves into a busy period of design and development. 'Spokane is usually a bit behind larger cities in terms of

Garco to start work soon on $4 million Trinity Catholic School job

Structure to be erected on north Cedar Avenue

April 27, 2017

Spokane-based Garco Construction Inc. soon will start construction on a new building for Trinity Catholic School, in northwest Spokane. The private school, now at 1306 W. Montgomery, will move to a nearby site on what is now the school's current playgr

Pioneering a new building system

Sustainable timber panels also accelerate construction

April 27, 2017

Mike McLean

A new fitness gym under construction at 711 N. Helena is the first project to be erected here using load-bearing cross-laminated timber wall panels, claims Mike Bradley, a project manager for Spokane contractor Beacon Builders LLC. The panels are being e

Deer Park's loyal Knights

Family business anchors new industrial park

April 27, 2017

The Deer Park business community has high financial hopes for its new business park and industrial center, which now has as its first tenants, two subsidiaries of the 49-year-old Knight Construction & Supply Inc. Knight EZ Dock Inc. and Knight Wall Syste

First Tee pulls golf project amid road flap

Nonprofit had hoped to build three-hole course

April 27, 2017

The executive director for the nonprofit Inland Northwest Golf Foundation, the parent to The First Tee of the Inland Northwest chapter here, says the organization has withdrawn a predevelopment application before the city of Spokane for a 6-acre, three-ho

Cabins to be built in Riverside State Park

Construction on rentals to begin by late spring

April 27, 2017

LeAnn Bjerken

Washington State Parks is planning a $440,000 project that involves construction of several new rental cabins within Riverside State Park. Predevelopment plans on file with the city of Spokane call for the development of four 400-square-foot cabins at 4

Pair of buildings going up at Tapa Business Park

Next structure might be custom, developer says

April 27, 2017

Mike McLean

Bellevue-based development company Tapa Spokane LLC is constructing the third and fourth office/warehouse buildings, each valued at $1 million, at Tapa Business Park, in Spokane Valley, says Thomas Andersen, a principal with Tapa Spokane. The buildings ar

St. Aloysius school expansion slated

Work to start in mid-June on new gym, classrooms

April 27, 2017

LeAnn Bjerken

Garco Construction Inc., of Spokane, is set to begin work this summer on a new gym and 'educareâ€ facility at St. Aloysius Gonzaga Catholic School, at 611 E. Mission. Plans on file with the City of Spokane show the project has an estimated total cost