West Seattle Link Extension Redesigned, Cutting Cost by Over $2 Billion
Sound Transit’s Board has adopted an updated System Plan for the West Seattle Link Extension that removes the planned Avalon
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Thursday, October 8, 2026
Latest:
- Sale of Former Yakima Hospital Campus Completes, Clearing Way for Assisted Living Facility
- RapidRide J Line Construction Passes the Halfway Point in Seattle
- Willamette View to Break Ground on 92-Unit Senior Housing Building Near Milwaukie
- Washington Awards $475,000 to Speed Up Housing Permits, Including $70,000 for Ridgefield
- North Spokane Corridor’s Spokane River Crossing Continues Through the 2026 Season
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Market & Economy
Oregon & Washington Construction Activity: County-by-County Scan (September 2026)
TL;DR Key Findings Details by County/Region Pierce County, WA — SR 167 Expressway Project status: WSDOT opened the first 2-mile
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Washington’s New-Construction Market: More Competition, More Cautious Buyers
Washington homebuilders are heading into fall with a market that looks noticeably different than it did a couple of years
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Steel, Aluminum, and Equipment Tariffs Are Quietly Adding Billions to the Cost Stack
While lumber tends to dominate the headlines, the bigger and steadier cost pressure in 2026 construction budgets is coming from
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Framing Costs Are Climbing Again — Timing Your Lumber Buy Just Got More Important
A new tariff increase on Canadian softwood lumber is set to push the total tariff rate on imported framing lumber
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Washington Construction Employment Holds Steady, But Growth Lags the Broader Economy
Washington’s Employment Security Department is projecting steady, if unspectacular, growth for the state’s construction sector over the next several years.
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What Public Bidding Actually Feels Like: A Contractor’s Guide to Prevailing Wage, Paperwork, and the Rush of Being Apparent Low Bidder
Ask a new contractor why they haven’t gone after public work, and you’ll usually hear some version of the same
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Tariffs Squeeze Contractors on One End, Washington Mills on the Other
Material tariffs are reshaping cost structures across the Pacific Northwest construction industry in 2026 — and the effects are landing
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Construction Labor Shortage Sharpens in 2026, With Immigration Policy a Wildcard
The construction industry’s labor shortage isn’t easing in 2026 — if anything, the picture is getting more complicated, with immigration
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I-5 Bridge Replacement Program Reaches Procurement Phase
The long-delayed Interstate 5 bridge replacement between Portland and Vancouver has cleared its biggest regulatory hurdle and is now entering
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