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UW to Construct Five New Residence Halls

January 21, 2016January 22, 2016 2311 Views Children’s Medical Center Dallas, di Domenico + Partners LLP, Lake Erie Correctional Institution, SC, Susan E. Wagner High School, university of southern california, Western U.S.

SEATTLE — Two 1960s-era dorms on the northeast side of the University of Washington’s (UW) Seattle campus will soon be demolished, and five new residence halls will be built in their place.

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Voters Pass $4.66 Billion for School Projects

March 19, 2010March 19, 2010 1841 Views AAJ, Food service, SC

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Voters in Washington recently approved $4.66 billion in maintenance and operations levies for school construction, as well as $507 million in bond issues and $816 million in capital projects.

The ratification of funds is good news for construction companies in Washington during a period when construction spending across the country is at its lowest in seven years.

Old Meets New at High School Renovation

March 11, 2009January 11, 2010 3146 Views American Institute of Architects Academy of Architecture for Justice, Facility Spotlight, Greenville, Jefferson City Correctional Center, Justice Facilities Review, making schools green, SC, Western U.S.

Ted Howard remembers the good old days and the not so good old days at Seattle’s Garfield High School.

Since opening its doors in 1923, it has always been an ethnic melting pot unlike any other in the city — a place where students learned to accept and respect individual differences. At the height of the civil rights movement, it was the only Seattle venue where Martin Luther King, Jr. chose to speak.