3 dead, 9 injured in Idaho construction collapse
Construction Dive
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
An airplane hangar being built by Meridian, Idaho-based Big D Builders collapsed yesterday afternoon at the Boise Airport.
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Construction firm co-founder among dead in Idaho jobsite collapse
Construction Dive
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
A gust of wind might have caused the hangar near the Boise Airport to collapse, but it could take months to know for sure, sources told the Idaho Statesman.
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Idaho hangar builder cited for ‘irresponsible construction methods’
Construction Dive
JULY 31, 2024
OSHA fined two companies over $200,000 collectively, just a few weeks after the families of two workers who died filed suit against the contractors.
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Workers’ families file suit over Boise, Idaho, hangar deaths
Construction Dive
JULY 11, 2024
Relatives of two workers have sued several contractors, claiming rushed work and shoddy materials led to the fatal jobsite collapse in January.
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Sakae Casting Opening Office In Eastern Idaho
Business Facilities
APRIL 7, 2017
The Idaho Falls facility will be the Japan-based aluminum casting company’s first U.S. Read Sakae Casting Opening Office In Eastern Idaho on Business Facilities - Area Economic Development, Site Selection & Workforce Solutions.
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University of Idaho Arena plans to make timber a focal point
BD+C
JULY 10, 2017
A new $30 million, 4,700-seat sports arena will house several of the University of Idaho’s sports programs, including men’s and women’s basketball and volleyball, when it completes in 2020.
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9 of the biggest OSHA fines of Q3 2024
Construction Dive
OCTOBER 10, 2024
One of the heftiest citations issued last quarter was to the contractor responsible for the January hangar collapse in Idaho.
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Workers raised concerns before Boise hangar collapse
Construction Dive
MARCH 8, 2024
Employees told police they saw bent beams and snapped cables on the day before the fatal construction site collapse, according to the Idaho Statesman.
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Link-Belt Names Dealer in Idaho
Construction Equipment
JULY 15, 2020
LBX has added a Shafer Equipment Company branch as a dealer for Link-Belt hydraulic excavators, material handlers, and parts in Idaho. Targee Street, Building B, Boise, Idaho, 83709. The new Shafer Equipment branch is located at 7150 W. This location will serve the following counties: Ada, Boise…
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Founders of modular builder Guerdon buy company assets, form new business
Construction Dive
MARCH 10, 2020
The owners, who bought the Idaho company in a foreclosure sale, say the new firm will capitalize on labor shortages and rising construction costs in West Coast markets.
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Bechtel Team to Build $3-$6B Nuclear Test Reactor in Idaho
ENR Construction
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
Also, MIT says nuke power plant design-builders can cut rising costs to propel use in U.S. energy transformation
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Idaho To Halt Construction During the Great American Eclipse
Construction Equipment
JUNE 21, 2017
million people are within driving distance to Idaho's best eclipse viewing spots, but Sun-peepers on Idaho's eastern highway system won't have to worry about road construction delays. On the day of the eclipse, August 21, the Idaho transportation department is taking steps to mitigate danger and inconvenience. Estimates are 38.5
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New Navy Nuke Waste Facility Approved for Idaho
Construction Equipment
DECEMBER 9, 2016
billion facility at a nuclear site about 50 miles west of Idaho Falls in eastern Idaho to handle nuclear fuel waste from the nation's fleet of nuclear-powered warships. The Navy and U.S. Department of Energy have announced official approval to build a $1.65 Site prep will begin in 2017 and construction is set for 2019.
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Cultural/Worship: Award of Merit: Meridian Idaho LDS Temple
ENR Construction
OCTOBER 19, 2018
The Meridian Idaho Temple will serve more than 60,000 LDS church members in the greater Boise area as well as members from eastern Oregon.
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Chobani Breaks Ground On Idaho Expansion
Business Facilities
NOVEMBER 13, 2017
Idaho Governor Butch Otter (center/beige jacket) joins Chobani Founder and CEO, Hamdi Ulukaya (right of Governor), and Chobani, City of Twin Falls and Idaho officials at the groundbreaking of the new Innovation and Community Center at Chobani’s yogurt plant in Twin Falls, ID. Relocating or Expanding Your Business In Idaho.
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Higher Education/Research: Best Project & Judges' Special Recognition: Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine
ENR Construction
OCTOBER 16, 2018
The three-story Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine is an L-shaped facility surrounding a courtyard used year-round by students, faculty and staff.
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[VIDEO] Idaho Bridge Slid Into Place
Construction Equipment
AUGUST 12, 2020
Last month, construction crews managed to slide the first of two new bridges at the Blacks Creek Interchange on Interstate 84 into place. The side-in-place maneuver was designed to minimize impacts to the heavily traveled interstate. Crews constructed most of the new bridge right next to the…
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 NewCold Investing $90M In Idaho Frozen Storage Facility
Business Facilities
JUNE 26, 2018
Read: NewCold Investing $90M In Idaho Frozen Storage Facility at BusinessFacilities.com. The Netherlands-based company will invest $90 million to build one of the largest frozen storage facilities of its kind in the U.S. in Burley, ID.
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Micron Projects in New York and Idaho Set for $6.1B in Federal Funding
ENR Construction
APRIL 25, 2024
The funding agreement with the U.S. Commerce Dept. was contingent on Micron Technologies' recently announced pledge to invest $50 billion in the plants over the next five years.
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America’s Up-And-Coming Boom Towns
Pro Builder
DECEMBER 28, 2021
Just behind Murfreesboro were two small Idaho metros with booming population growth and promising increases in household income. . Six cities in the Northwest finished in the top 10 — three in Washington, two in Idaho and one in Oregon. Nampa, Idaho, a suburb of Boise and Idaho’s third-largest city in its own right, finished second.
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11th & Idaho: Excellence in Sustainability Award
ENR Construction
OCTOBER 18, 2021
The 10-story 11th & Idaho tower was constructed with a focus on sustainable work environments, materials and design. .
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Bechtel Team to Build $3B-$6B Nuclear Test Reactor in Idaho
ENR Construction
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
MIT says nuke power plant design-builders can cut rising costs to propel use in U.S. energy transformation.
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NuScale Becomes First Modular Nuclear Reactor to Receive NRC Design Approval
ENR Construction
AUGUST 30, 2020
at the Idaho National Laboratory. The approval helps advance the construction of the first SMR in the U.S.
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ENR Construction
SEPTEMBER 2, 2014
Boise State University professors and class managed design-build of former Japanese internment camp guard tower. Business Management'
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The coming bonanza in marijuana facilities
BD+C
JANUARY 17, 2019
Only Idaho, Nebraska, and South Dakota have a total ban on the sale of marijuana. Right now, 33 states allow the sale of marijuana for medical purposes; another 14 allow it under more stringent medical supervision. Ten states have OK’d it for both medical and recreational use.
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OSHA Blames 'Blatant Disregard' for Safety in Boise Hangar Collapse
ENR Construction
AUGUST 1, 2024
of Meridian, Idaho, pay nearly $200,000 in fines after a co-owner and two other workers were killed in the collapse. Officials proposed contractor Big D Builders Inc.
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Building Material Costs Increase Upwards of 200% in One Year
Pro Builder
JUNE 4, 2021
One Idaho builder is spending $40,000 to $100,000 more during construction, mainly due to rising lumber costs. In Boise, Idaho, one of the hottest housing markets in the country, Steve Martinez opened up the financial books of his construction company, Tradewinds General Contracting Inc.,
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Feds Announce $6.5M in Infrastructure Grants
Construction Equipment
OCTOBER 23, 2020
Alabama, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Missouri, North Carolina, and the Pawnee Nation in Oklahoma will receive a combined $6.5 million in federal grants, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). These federal grants will advance innovative…
Seattle's Living Laboratory Tests Novel Low-Carbon Building Materials
ENR Construction
SEPTEMBER 13, 2023
Davies already owns the family farm in his native Idaho, but isn’t quite ready to plant the seeds to realize his dream. Veteran structural engineer Don Davies has a dream. He wants to grow farm-to-building materials.
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Idaho Employs Big-City Traffic Solutions to Ease Congestion in Panhandle Area
ENR Construction
APRIL 6, 2021
A surging population in state’s northern towns requires innovative traffic solutions.
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$4B Advanced Nuclear Power Plant Set for Former Wyo. Coal Site
ENR Construction
NOVEMBER 20, 2021
also announces demonstration project with the developer in Idaho. Bechtel will lead EPC work on a 345-MW reactor at Kemmerer site for Bill Gates-founded firm TerraPower; Southern Co.
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$4B Advanced Nuclear Power Demo Set at Wyoming Coal Plant Site
ENR Construction
NOVEMBER 20, 2021
also announces demonstration project with the developer in Idaho. Bechtel will lead EPC on 345-MW reactor at Kemmerer site for TerraPower, with feds providing half the project funding; Southern Co.
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ENR Mountain States Announces 2022 Best Projects Award Winners
ENR Construction
AUGUST 23, 2022
ENR Mountain States is pleased to announce the winners of the 2022 Best Projects competition across a seven-state region that includes Utah, Idaho, Montana, Colorado, Wyoming, North Dakota and South Dakota.
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The Stack Rock Group blog: How a landscape architect gets it right
Construction Marketing Ideas
MARCH 25, 2019
The Stack Rock Group is a landscape architecture practise based in Boise Idaho, with an office in Salt Lake City, Utah. While Stack Rock’s market is clearly local and specialized, it has produced an exceptionally well-designed blog that serves its intended market and reaches beyond to include content that is worthy reading anywhere.
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$4B Advanced Nuclear Power Demonstration Set at Wyoming Coal Plant Site
ENR Construction
NOVEMBER 20, 2021
also announces demonstration project with the developer in Idaho. Bechtel will lead EPC on 345-MW reactor at Kemmerer site for Bill Gates' firm TerraPower; Southern Co.
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$4B Advanced Nuclear Power Demonstration Sited at Former Wyoming Coal Plant
ENR Construction
NOVEMBER 20, 2021
also announces demonstration project with the developer in Idaho. Bechtel will lead EPC work on a 345-MW reactor at Kemmerer site for Bill Gates-founded firm TerraPower; Southern Co.
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Pro Builder 2021 Forty Under 40 Nomination Form
Pro Builder
OCTOBER 7, 2020
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Pro Builder 2022 Forty Under 40 Nomination Form
Pro Builder
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
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Pro Builder 2023 Forty Under 40 Nomination Form
Pro Builder
APRIL 3, 2023
Contact Rich Binsacca, editorial director, at rbinsacca@sgcmail.com or 541.257.7084 Please enter the following information for the nominee: Forty Under 40 Awards Leadership Builders Forty Under 40 First Name * Last Name * Date of birth * Title * Firm Name * Firm Address * City * State * - Select - Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado (..)
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US Supreme Court Ruling Hobbles EPA Powers to Regulate Wetlands
ENR Construction
MAY 25, 2023
Justices decision was 9-0 Idaho that landowners Michael and Chantelle Sackett, in their second appeal before the court, should not be fined for building near wetlands that did not appear to have a direct surface connection to a larger body of water.
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