BREAKING: Ketchikan shipyard acquired by Pacific Northwest firmAlaska Ship and Drydock, a Ketchikan-based company that operates the state-owned Ketchikan Shipyard, will be purchased by Vigor Industrial, a Pacific Northwest firm with shipyards in Portland, Seattle, Tacoma, Everett, Bremerton and Port Angeles. |
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Busy construction season slated for 2012Alaska’s contractors are back in the upswing, according to the Associated General Contractors of Alaska. |
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Retail boom slows but new stores still comingAlaska has experienced a huge retail market boom in recent years as several national brands set up shop here for the first time. That growth will continue, albeit more slowly, in the next few years. |
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Anchorage construction to see moderate growth in 2012Anchorage is in for some moderate construction growth next year, as predicted by ECI/Hyer Architecture and Interiors. Principal architect Brian Miessner recently addressed the 2012 forecast to BOMA Anchorage. |
First hearings by FERC on Watana hydro project planned in MarchThe Alaska Energy Authority and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will conduct “scoping meetings” in March for the planned $5 billion-plus Watana hydro project on the Susitna River north of Anchorage. |
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