There’s only one thing we all want more of but cannot replenish — time. You will spend almost as much time in traffic in some parts of Idaho as you would in Seattle, San Francisco or Los Angeles. That time ...
Read More »Idaho Falls to use eminent domain at 17th and Woodruff
The intersection of 17th Street and Woodruff Avenue in Idaho Falls is the worst in Bonneville County, though not for much longer. Its redesign is scheduled for 2022. The Idaho Falls City Council voted on Feb. 25 to exercise its ...
Read More »BOMA: Most real estate markets rebounding from COVID 
The theme for this year’s symposium for the Idaho Building Owners and Managers Association was real estate: What the market is currently like and how the pandemic events of 2020 affected it. The symposium kicked off on Feb. 17 with ...
Read More »What’s behind Boise housing prices? Not a lot of lots 
A lot of things are driving home prices up in the Treasure Valley. Anyone not hibernating in their basement for the last year knows that low supply and high demand are a big part of the current housing market; but ...
Read More »Scentsy adds two buildings to Meridian campus 
Meridian-based Scentsy grew in 2020. The company is best known for its direct-sales business model and its ceramic-warmer fragrance dispensers that scent a room like a candle but without the danger of an open flame. To accommodate its growth, the firm ...
Read More »Tim Collins added to Tamarack Grove Engineering
Tamarack Grove Engineering has hired Tim Collins to the architecture team. He recently relocated to Boise from Washington State.
Read More »A word with Dave Armga about ConDoc software
The traditional image of a construction site shows a sheaf of blueprints with workers standing around them, and in a large part of the construction industry, that’s still the case. According to the 2018 ConTech Report, 40% of construction companies still ...
Read More »Mining firm moves headquarters to Idaho, changes name 
As expected, the company formerly known as Midas Gold has changed its name to Perpetua Resources and officially moved its headquarters to Boise from Canada. The firm stated it would move to Idaho when the mining company came to an ...
Read More »Highways 44 and 55: It’s all about intersection design 
The Idaho Transportation Department has been driving onto new ground with new intersection designs to solve some of its traffic problems. An example of the brave new world of intersection design is the upgrade plan of Idaho Highway 55. This ...
Read More »Power County Hospital renovation to finish on time 
When the citizens of Power County approved a bond initiative for $15 million in 2017, the first date for renovating the 56-year old hospital was September 2020. After contracts were bid, that date moved back six months to March 2021. ...
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