The Richland School District completed a $5.5 million project to upgrade the athletic fields at Hanford High School in north Richland.The project at 450 Hanford St. included new artificial turf on the football field, with “Hanford” and “Falcons” painted in the end zones, a 2,000-seat grandstand with press box, a...

A $7.7 million visitor center that celebrates the groundbreaking science of Hanford LIGO – for Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory – has wrapped up at the Hanford site north of Richland.The LIGO Hanford Exploration Center, or LExC, at 127124 N. Route 10 will host visitors and up to 10,000 students per...

Richland Fire and Emergency Services completed its 10,350-square-foot Fire Station 73 in late October.The new station on Jadwin Avenue is a twin to Fire Station 75, which opened in September on Battelle Boulevard in north Richland.The station at 2120 Jadwin Ave. includes living quarters for up to four firefighters, administrative...

ST Properties of Kalama, Washington, completed construction of a 16,500-square-foot, single-story metal building to house Convoy Supply Ltd. at 1865 N. Commercial Ave. in Pasco.The project, which is east of the Tri-Cities Airport, wrapped up in October.CRF Metal Works was the general contractor.

Richland Fire and Emergency Services held an open house for its fifth station on Sept. 29.The 10,3500-square-foot station boasts four apparatus bays and was constructed in partnership with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, which supported the $4.5 million project budget.A $2.2 million FEMA grant provided assistance to hire 12 personnel to...

Matson Development Co. of Kennewick constructed an 80,700-square-foot self-storage facility with 642 units in 10 buildings at 9501 W. 10th Ave. in western Kennewick. The project includes an 800-square-foot leasing office.Everett-based West Coast Self-Storage is managing the business on behalf of Matson Storage LLC, a holding of the Tri-City construction...

Bookwalter Winery LLC has completed a 20,000-square-foot building to house winemaking, a tasting room, offices and events at its south Richland property near Columbia Park Trail and Queensgate Drive in Richland.The $5 million project was built on land that was already owned by Bookwalter Winery LLC.The addition opened to the...

Washington State University Tri-Cities completed Collaboration Hall, a 40,000-square-foot educational building with two stories plus a penthouse for utilities, at 2780 Crimson Way on the school’s Richland campus.It is next to the Consolidated Information Center, or CIC.The $30 million project was funded through the state capital budget and houses classrooms,...

The city of Kennewick has completed a $7 million fire station to serve the Vista Field area at 6941 W. Grandridge Blvd., near the Three Rivers Convention Center campus.The 12,570-square-foot building houses six personnel, including firefighter medical technicians and firefighter paramedics, two engines and an EMS unit, with room to...

The Kennewick School District completed a $109.5 million project to replace Kennewick High School with a modern, two-story building that can serve up to 2,000 students.The project, funded from the district’s 2019 voter-approved bond and state funds, consolidates the school in a single 292,000-square-foot high school. The project incorporated the...