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IMCO Wins 2 State Awards
Bellingham Herald, Posted May 29, 2009
Bellingham-based IMCO General Construction picked up two awards at the 2009 AGC Build Washington Award event earlier this month.
The event, sponsored by the Associated General Contractors of Washington, was held at the University of Washington on May 20. IMCO won the AGC Build Washington Award for Construction Excellence as well as the AGC Build Washington Safety Award for its work on the Pacific Highway truck crossing in Blaine.
The $33 million project involved widening the highway, building a new overpass and making safety improvements to the area. The company was able to use GPS technology for precise machine control, saving $150,000 in project labor costs and $100,000 in surveying costs. It was also able to save $300,000 by creating a plan that avoided building a temporary road.
IMCO was recognized for its overall safety record on the project, which involved more than 140,000 worker hours with no time-loss accidents.
Link to article -- Bellingham HeraldWork Starts on Arlington Wastewater Plant
The Associated Press, Published May 06, 2009, The Olympian
ARLINGTON, Wash. – Work has started on a $30 million upgrade of Arlington's wastewater treatment plant, the first project in Snohomish County to be paid for in part by federal stimulus money.
The sewage plant is being improved to meet state requirements to reduce pollution on the Stillaguamish River and in Puget Sound. The plant already has reached 85 percent of capacity, and city officials say the expansion should give it sufficient capacity for the next 20 to 25 years.
The Herald of Everett reports that Arlington city officials held a groundbreaking ceremony Monday evening, although contractor IMCO Construction of Bellingham actually had started work earlier in the day. The job is expected to be completed by January 2011.
Link to article -- The Olympian
IMCO Awarded Littlerock Road Improvement Contract
The News Tribune, Posted July 08, 2009
TUMWATER – The stalled Littlerock Road improvement project is scheduled to resume this month after the City Council awarded the primary construction contract for a second time.
The council awarded the contract to IMCO General Construction of Bellingham for $3,408,904.35.
Work stopped in late April when the first general contractor, Alpha Development of Tacoma, notified the city it couldn’t complete the project and walked away about midway through for reasons that remain unclear. The city terminated the contract awarded Aug. 5 for an amount of $4,299,202.86.
The contractor has not returned phone messages left by The Olympian seeking an explanation, although its president, Lee Allison, wrote in an e-mail that it was an “unfortunate situation” and “everyone involved in these two projects are carefully considering the decisions they made and will learn by any mistakes they may have made.”
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