construction

WSU alumnus to speak on construction industry

Richard W. (Dick) Colf, executive vice president of Peter Kiewit Sons’ Inc., will make a presentation titled “Construction: The Coming Boom” at the 2005 Cheatham Lecture at 3 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20, in Carpenter 102. A reception will follow. After graduating in 1966 from WSU with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, Colf went to […]

Learning how to include service learning in courses

A Service-Learning Course Construction workshop held in October at Seattle University’s Campion Ballroom will allow two- and four-year faculty and staff to learn more about constructing courses that include service learning elements.The workshop, which will take place from 8:30 a.m.- 2:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 21, is sponsored by Washington Campus Contact, Seattle University’s Center […]

Board of Regents to consider construction projects

The Board of Regents of Washington State University will be asked to move forward on two construction projects for the Pullman campus during its meeting to be held at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 16 at the Grand Ballroom II of the Westin Hotel, 1900 Fifth Avenue in Seattle.An agenda for the meeting is available […]

Plant Bioscience building gets spruced up

Jason Katz and Ezekiel Fisher, employees of the residential and commercial landscape company Living Waters, work to unload plants in front of Plant Bioscience building Tuesday afternoon.The landscapers, who began work on the building last fall, are working on the project in phases and hope to be finished mid summer, said Tom Reed, Living Waters landscaper. The company will begin […]

Worn walkway to be revived

Renovations are underway on the Glenn Terrell Mall to replace worn parts of the heavily used walkway. Wear and tear from vehicle and foot traffic caused the previous granite slabs to crack and break. The slabs were torn up last fall, but replaced with blacktop to endure the winter season. RRACO Inc. of Spokane is […]

Totally tubular but evolving

Construction of the WSU Spokane Academic Center is under way with ground having been broken in May. The sight currently features excavation and column construction. The $33.8 million, 106,000-square-foot building will be located between the Health Sciences Building and the Phase I Classroom Building, with completion scheduled for fall 2006.  The Academic Center will provide […]

Summer work heats up

Summer is around the corner and on the WSU campuses that means construction and renovation for the upcoming school year. Among the largest projects on the Pullman campus will be the Cleveland Hall/Education Addition and the Plant Bioscience Building, adjacent to Johnson Hall. Between Facilities Operations and Capital Planning and Development, the campus should be […]

Education groundbreaking set for May 5

StoryThe public is invited to a groundbreaking ceremony and reception for the Cleveland Hall/Education Addition on the Pullman campus at 4 p.m. Wednesday, May 5, at the southwest corner of Cleveland Hall. WSU President V. Lane Rawlins and Provost Robert C. Bates will join Dean Judy Mitchell and other representatives of the College of Education […]

Construction detours begin

A variety of summer construction projects are under way at Washington State University#s Pullman campus, with two causing changes in traffic patterns. The most visible is the reconstruction of south Stadium Way. Detours around construction efforts, seen in photo, are slowing traffic somewhat, but, so far, things are moving relatively smoothly. Traffic-related projects include the […]