Saving a Road and a Salmon Run in Just One Day

Look closely to see salmon running in the stream. Much was at risk for the Skokomish Indian Tribe where Diddle Creek meets Hood Canal. A hole was developing in the roadway, collapsing on an existing culvert used by salmon to…

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Saving Lives with Communication Towers in Colorado

People's lives depend on a reliable emergency communication system, even under the harshest of conditions. Since 2008, the State of Colorado has been using SCJ Alliance team members for on-call tower services to ensure just this. The project holds meaning for…

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Put a Lid on It! SCJ Rehabs Historic Sidewalk Tunnels

Adding to the unique charm of Port Townsend’s historic core are century-old tunnel areas under some of the sidewalks. The sidewalk lids were deteriorating and structurally unsound. Recognizing the potential impact of construction to downtown businesses, the city combined needed…

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Science + Technology + Engineering + Math = Pie!

We were literally "eating up the sciences" on Monday for Pi day. Engineers, planners and scientists at SCJ Alliance make it a priority to spend time in local schools bridging science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) classes to the real…

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SCJ Staff Show Middle Schoolers Just How MATHCOUNTS

Quick! How many integers between 1 and 500 are divisible by 3? In just seconds, local middle school mathletes from Jefferson and Aspire Middle Schools answered that and a variety of other challenging questions at Thurston County’s MATHCOUNTS competition at the end…

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A Cool Space for Warm Summer Evenings

Already partially enclosed by an ipe fence and concrete wall, SCJ's landscape architecture client had a vision of an outdoor courtyard for entertaining on warm summer evenings since the space would be shaded by the house in the afternoon. He imagined the…

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Bringing Back a Boom Town

If there's one thing to know about the small community of Rock Island, Wash., it's that they bounce back. The town has endured booms and busts from the building of railroad bridges, dams and factories. Today, the population of just 746 people are…

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