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Construction went vertical June 18 on the 294-unit Northern at Coeur d’Alene Place apartments, a project that will create one of the largest apartment communities in north Idaho when it’s finished in about two years. Coeur d’Alene developer Tom Anderl ...

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Contractors nationwide remain optimistic about the state of the construction industry, according to the most recent USG Corporation + U.S. Chamber of Commerce Commercial Construction Index. Released June 5, the report for the second quarter of 2018 provides a snapshot ...

On Mayo Clinic’s campus in Rochester, one of the first health care buildings in the country to use “performance-based procurement” has begun to take shape. Performance-based procurement makes energy efficiency a priority in planning new buildings. In the case of ...

A new car wash chain from a local family will add to a Treasure Valley already awash with watery ways to bring a sparkle to your vehicle. Bluebird Express Car Wash will build its first two conveyor tunnel car washes ...

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If completed as planned, the new Boise Main Library will be the second largest and second costliest structure the city has built, after the airport. The Boise City Council reviewed architect Moshe Safdie’s design for the $80 million library and ...

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Developer and former gubernatorial candidate Tommy Ahlquist has left his position as COO at the Gardner Company to create a new company with four other people, led by CEO Cortney Liddiard of Ball Ventures in Idaho Falls. Ahlquist said June ...

Ada County Highway District’s annual chipseal road treatment work started the week of June 12, this year falling in neighborhoods between Five Mile Road and Orchard Street. Chipsealing involves pressing chips and rocks into the surface of liquid asphalt, and ...

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With President Donald Trump imposing a 25 percent tariff on imported steel and 10 percent on aluminum, the construction industry is bracing for the next wave of material price spikes. The Idaho construction industry has already weathered 15 to 20 ...

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A retail-office-residential structure tentatively called OneSixty is planned as the finishing touch for one downtown Twin Falls intersection that now has a new city hall and Downtown Commons plaza. The proposed $6 million, four-story, 37,000-square-foot mixed-use structure at 160 Main ...

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A surge of construction in the Midwest drove U.S. housing starts up 5 percent in May from the prior month. The Commerce Department said June 19 that housing starts rose to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.35 million, the ...