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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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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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Seattle school certified as world's fourth Living Building

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Architects Sustainable Design and Construction Building Owner Contractors Designers Engineers Facility Managers K-12 Schools'

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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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Building Trends: An Old Material Becomes New Again

Viewpoint Construction Technology

The Bullitt Center in Seattle , for example, is made largely from timber on a concrete base. Kaiser said a building like this is possible today because of increased concern about sustainability. Cross-laminated timber may also prove to be a good seismically-stable alternative to traditional materials because of its light weight.

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