Boise Cascade posts profit amid signs of housing recovery 
POSTED: Friday, May 4, 2012 at 10:30 AM PTBY: Brad Iverson-Long
Tags: Boise Cascade, Housing
Boise Cascade Holdings posted sales of $587 million and a net income of $1.7 million for the first three months of 2012. The earnings numbers announced May 3 surpassed both the previous quarter and the first quarter of 2011. Company officials say a mild winter and improving demand for housing helped the company, as did [...]
New urgent care center to open in Burley
POSTED: Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at 10:20 AM PTBY: Brad Iverson-Long
Tags: Burley, Construction, Kyle James, medical offices, Twin Falls, urgent care
Construction is underway on the Riverview Urgent Care and Medical Center in Burley. An old video store near the Snake River and Interstate 84 is getting a second floor while the main floor is being separated into more than 20 rooms for exams and other medical needs, with an expected June opening. “We’ve got quite [...]
Bureau of Reclamation to start field office construction
POSTED: Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at 09:11 AM PTBY: Brad Carlson
Tags: Construction, dams, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Construction of a new Upper Snake Field Office building for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is expected to start in late May or early June . The approximately 30-person staff will move from nearby Burley around April 2013. A 2002 evaluation found seismic deficiencies in the Burley building, now about 60 years old. The Bureau [...]
Universal design reflects shift in homebuilding market
POSTED: Monday, April 30, 2012 at 12:43 PM PTBY: Brian Bus
As a couple discussed their new home’s universal design amenities, the wife took designer Caleb McCaleb aside and asked a favor. They appreciated wider hallways, easy-to-reach kitchen shelves and construction that allowed for the addition of a support rail in the shower if it was ever needed someday. But some aspects of plans to make [...]
Roundup 4-27-12
POSTED: Monday, April 30, 2012 at 11:50 AM PTBY: IBR Staff
Positive Action Inc., a Twin Falls-based company that creates, produces and distributes the Positive Action program, leased an 11,880-square-foot industrial building at 1256 Exchange St., Boise. Hoyt Michener of Michener Investments represented the tenant. Gary Buentgen of Intermountain Commercial Real Estate represented the property owner. Calico Cattery, which offers cat boarding services, leased 2,552 square [...]
New St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Nampa to open next year
POSTED: Friday, April 27, 2012 at 05:13 PM PTBY: Brad Carlson
Tags: churches, Construction, Nampa, private schools, Roman Catholic Diocese of Boise, St. Paul’s
Construction of a new St. Paul’s Catholic Church is proceeding on 2-plus acres at 510 W. Roosevelt Street in Nampa. Exterior walls are expected to go up in late May or early June, Business Manager Dan Jones said. The 22,000-sqare-foot building will replace the smaller, 102-year-old church at 1515 8th St. S. The new church [...]
Project Update: Maverik in Star
POSTED: Friday, April 27, 2012 at 11:19 AM PTBY: Brad Carlson
Construction of Star’s first convenience store, a Maverik, began recently at the southwest corner of State Street/State Highway 44 and Star Road. Opening is expected around August, Mayor Nate Mitchell said. Zoning already allowed the use, and the Idaho Transportation Department and Ada County Highway District were involved in setting access points, Mitchell said. The store [...]
Idaho Falls readies for school construction building boom
POSTED: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at 04:57 PM PTBY: Paul Menser
When Idaho Falls schools let out at the end of May, commercial building in Idaho Falls and Bonneville County, already up in 2012, is going to get a big boost. Earlier this year, voters in Idaho Falls School District 91 approved a $53 million bond issue for the construction of four new elementary schools. The [...]
‘Natural builders’ take green building one step further
POSTED: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at 10:25 AM PTBY: Lindsey O'Brien
It’s easy to get keyed up about technology in the green building movement, where each day brings a start-up success story, news of an advance in solar panel efficiency or a breakthrough in smart grid deployment. But now part of the movement is swinging the pendulum in the opposite direction. Instead of chasing the latest [...]
Outrageous construction law cases
POSTED: Monday, April 23, 2012 at 01:11 PM PTBY: Guy Randles
People involved in litigation rarely find it amusing. Few are detached enough to find it even interesting. Most find it at best a necessary evil and at worst an unmitigated disaster. Lawyers worth their salt feel their clients’ pain and try to avoid the expense and risks of litigation. When litigation does result, they try [...]
