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Renovations began last month and should be finished by Sept. 1. Crews are replacing the limestone steps and will install a heating loop underneath the steps and nearby sidewalks to melt ice during the winter.

The steps are a popular spot for photos among tourists, wedding parties and others. Matt White, assistant director of Capitol facility operations, said the heating system will eliminate the need for chemical de-icers that can damage the limestone.

"They were cracked and broken up," White said. "We were going to replace them anyway, so we got the idea to put the heat circle in to preserve it."

The steps will last longer without the use of chemical de-icers, officials said. Overall, the project is expected to cost $90,000. Steve Benkovsky, Capitol facilities director, said the money is part of $3.1 million the Legislature allocated to the building this fiscal year.

With this year's funding, crews also have renovated the building's air conditioning system and its heating and cooling controls. They also plan to make some roof repairs, Benkovsky said.

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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) The Minnesota Supreme Court removed a legal barrier Thursday that threatened to block or delay a new government office building for state senators.

The decision effectively ends a court fight that could have indefinitely postponed groundbreaking on the four-story building to be erected near the Capitol. It is projected to cost $90 million, with taxpayers covering all but $13 million.

If construction starts next month, the 166,000-square-foot building with an underground parking deck should be ready for use in November 2015.

Former Republican Rep. Jim Knoblach of St. Cloud was suing to stop it on the grounds that the original legislative approval was faulty. But he couldnt convince the courts to let the case proceed without his guarantee to cover the cost of delays if he lost. An appeals court ruling had required him to post an $11 million surety bond by late May, which he said he wasnt able to do. He asked the Supreme Court to quickly step in, prompting the order.

The only issue Knoblach raises in his current petition is whether the court of appeals abused its discretion by ordering him to post a surety bond without findings of facts and without identifying the protected public interest, Chief Justice Lorie Gildea wrote for the high court. This issue does not satisfy the criteria for review in our court.

Knoblachs attorney, Erick Kaardal, was disappointed the case wasnt fully aired before the high court because of a financial guarantee his client couldnt satisfy.

The Supreme Court denial is the end of Jim Knoblachs heroic efforts to stop this unconstitutional spending on the state Senate office building, Kaardal said.

The building has been a political flashpoint. Republicans say it represents misplaced priorities while Democrats say the structure is needed to relieve crowding in the Capitol, which is undergoing a massive renovation.

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June 6 (BusinessDesk) - Christchurch builder developer Armitage Williams Construction is pressing ahead with its prime $60 million riverside CBD office building in the city following the signing of accounting firm PwC as the anchor tenant today.

Construction of the six-level building, to be known as The PwC Centre, will start within the next three months and PwC expects to move from its temporary accommodation in Burnside in mid-2016, PwC spokeswoman Joanna Garty said. PwC and law firm Chapman Tripp will each take one level of the building, which has 8,000 square metres of office space and is almost fully tenanted.

PwC's former 22-storey glass office block was demolished in 2012 after it was deemed too expensive to repair following a series of earthquakes which required the demolition of much of the central city business district. The new PwC Centre, designed by Warren & Mahoney Architects, will exceed the requirements of the current earthquake code.

"It's important for us to play our part in rebuilding our city and moving back into the city's heart is another demonstration of our commitment to the city," PwC regional managing partner Maurice Noone said.

The development site is on the corner of Cashel St and Cambridge Tce opposite the Bridge of Remembrance over the Avon River. It previously housed buildings which were demolished following the earthquakes.

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2014 has been a busy year for the Port of Kalama, and the Cowlitz County hub is showing no signs of slowing down.

Currently under construction at the port is an impressive new administrative office building and Transportation Interpretive Center. The 13,500-square-foot building will not only house the ports administrative offices, but will also celebrate the citys place in Pacific Northwest history.

Olympia-based Berschauer Group is the general contractor for the center. The building was designed to resemble a traditional waterfront warehouse of the 1800s and should be complete by this fall.

A new administrative office enables us to provide even more efficient services to our port businesses, and the Interpretive Center offers the community and visitors a quality destination to explore, said Troy Stariha, Port of Kalama commission president.

Meanwhile, Chehalis-based Railworks Corporation is wrapping up work on a rail improvement/relocation project for port tenant Temco LLC, a grain company. Construction on the project began earlier this year with a $5.9 million investment by the port, coupled with an investment by Temco. Officials said the project will double the rail capacity and triple product throughput capacity at the site.

Rail expansion and track relocation significantly enhances our clients transportation efficiency and doubles the firms rail capacity to move grain which enables them to remain competitive in the global export market, said Stariha. These are the kinds of partnerships on projects we can offer our clients while making a positive impact on the regions economic health.

More growth is anticipated at the port as the commission recently approved the annexation of 260 acres at East Port for the development of mixed-use business center to attract new business and family-wage jobs. At full build-out, the multi-use business property is slated to bring in an estimated $184 million in commercial and industrial business each year.

Finally, NW Innovation Works is proposing to construct a two-phase $1.8 billion manufacturing plant on port property that would produce methanol from natural gas.

Though the project has yet to receive environmental and regulatory approvals, officials said it represents 1,000 jobs during construction and 200 permanent family-wage jobs during operations.

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