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Fire resistant, quake safe, climate friendly: Mass timber is on the rise as a construction alternative

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permitted under a set of new construction codes that allow for wooden high-rises up to 18 stories. Wood has been a building material for as long as humans have constructed shelters. The building and construction industries are responsible for 13% of global carbon emissions — largely due to concrete and steel.

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Is your company offering fair pay? New nonprofit certifies those with nondiscriminatory wages

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A new nonprofit is trying to keep the momentum going. It recently announced its inaugural cohort of participants: American Airlines, tech companies Databricks and NerdWallet, health insurance provider Anthem, the Pacific Northwest’s Sellen Construction, and the University of California, Irvine. Fair Pay Workplace Photo).

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UW prevails in lawsuit filed by developer that lost bid to build new clean energy research facility

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(Wexford Science + Technology Image) The University of Washington will move ahead with a building envisioned as a gateway into a reimagined part of its Seattle campus after prevailing in a lawsuit brought by a prominent developer. The UW chose Baltimore-based Wexford Science + Technology to develop the project.

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Univ. of Washington set to break ground on 69-acre redevelopment to create Seattle innovation hub

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An view from the south of the proposed green space expansion within the University of Washington’s planned Portage Bay Crossing development. The project includes the Brightwork building, shown at the park’s northern edge, which the UW hopes will start construction this year. (UW

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UW prevails in lawsuit filed by developer that lost bid to build new clean energy research facility

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(Wexford Science + Technology Image) The University of Washington will move ahead with a building envisioned as a gateway into a reimagined part of its Seattle campus after prevailing in a lawsuit brought by a prominent developer. The UW chose Baltimore-based Wexford Science + Technology to develop the project.

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Melinda French Gates, MacKenzie Scott join $45M effort to connect and revitalize Seattle waterfront

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The funds from French Gates, Scott and others will go toward construction of a nearly mile long pedestrian and bicycle greenway on the east side of Alaskan Way, replacing abandoned trolley tracks and connecting the new Waterfront Park to the Olympic Sculpture Park (from Pier 62 to Pier 70).

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Univ. of Washington science programs to be housed in new building that includes public, private tenants

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The west part of the UW campus, envisioned as an area for collaboration among various business and nonprofit organizations, has been dubbed “Portage Bay Crossing.” The plans show construction beginning in early 2023. A spokesperson called the arrangement a “newer approach to development for the UW.”.