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Oh, September mornings! Sharpened pencils, nervous smiles, sunshine, school buses and crosswalks. With lunches packed and backpacks on, our smallest scholars head back to school this month, and for the students at Bordeaux Elementary in Shelton, Wash., that momentous trip…
Class is back in session this week at Saint Martin’s University, meaning the school’s signature courtyard will welcome back the echo of flip flops, tennis shoes, high-heels and wingtips. Just four years ago, the courtyard’s creation started with a contractor’s…
In 2010, two big, new changes were proposed to ease substantial traffic congestion on Olympia’s west side. A second look in 2015 revealed a new solution at half the cost, saving the City $40 million. Currently, just one key interchange…
The first recorded direct contact between European culture and what is now known as the Skokomish Indian Tribe dates back to 1792. Since then the Tribe has weathered storms, both literal and cultural, and proudly remains in their aboriginal territory,…
Image from georgetownrosslyngondola.com Is a gondola a good solution for crossing the Potomac River between Georgetown and Arlington? SCJ Alliance’s Engineering Specialties Group (ESG) is leading the design and assessment effort to test the feasibility. A gondola, technically known as…
Students may have started summer vacation this week, but schools have a lot to learn from one of the area’s newest facilities. The Olympia Regional Learning Academy (ORLA) is a model for environmental stewardship. With the goal of eventually leading…
Scott Sawyer has had June 2016 marked on his calendar for a long time. Eighteen years to be exact, as his oldest son graduates from Olympia High School (OHS) this week. Scott himself, Chief Project Officer at SCJ Alliance, graduated…
Take a minute to imagine a college campus. What comes to mind? Is it books, indoor classrooms and whiteboards? Or was the first thing you envisioned outdoor space? Students, walking to class or gathered together talking about everything from weekend…
AAA is projecting this 2016 Memorial Day Weekend to be the second-highest Memorial Day travel volume on record, with more 38 million Americans hitting the road. The three-day weekend is the unofficial kick-off to summer, and what better way for…
The oldest continuously operating two-year college in the state is about to get a heart transplant. Centralia College is building a new 70,000 sq.-ft. student union building in the center of its campus, and SCJ is providing the landscape architecture…
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