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All-Solar Housing Coming to Grants Pass

QSolar and partners plan solar housing, manufacturing near Grants Pass, but details sketchy By Richard Read, The Oregonian , Wednesday, June 29, 2011 Developers plan one of the nation’s first all-solar communities near Grants Pass, perhaps including a solar-module manufacturing plant employing 150 in recession-scarred Josephine County. But details, including the amount and source of… Read More

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Applegate School Gets Seismic Retrofitting

APPLEGATE, Ore. — A historic Southern Oregon school building that has been closed for nearly a decade is getting new life. The hundred-year-old Applegate School is undergoing seismic retrofitting, thanks to a nearly million dollar state grant. The sounds of saws, hammers and shovels fill the old Applegate School this summer. After a decade of… Read More

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Monitoring Medford’s water

WHITE CITY, Ore. — Although it may not feel like it today, summer will be here soon, and with it, increased water use. To make sure there will be water for users in much of the Rogue Valley, a Grants Pass-based contractor is doing seismic upgrade work on the Robert Duff Water Treatment Plant near… Read More

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Southern Oregon courthouse gets $2.4 millon safety upgrade

GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) – The Josephine County Courthouse in Grants Pass is getting a $2.4 million safety upgrade. The multimillion-dollar renovation won’t change its appearance, but will make the 95-year-old courthouse safer and more efficient. Work started last week on the basement level of the building, where the treasurer’s, assessor’s and surveyor’s offices are… Read More

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AUSLAND AWARDED PROGRAM/CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT FOR JPR’S NEW MEDFORD HEADQUARTERS

February 16, 2011 In January, 2011, Ausland Group, an engineering, building and consulting company based in Southern Oregon was appointed as program/construction manager for the renovation of a downtown Medford historic building –soon to become headquarters for Jefferson Public Radio. Upon completion of the renovation, JPR will move all of its operations to the LEED-Certified,… Read More

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Medford begins renovating water treatment plant

MEDFORD, Ore. – The renovation of Medford’s water treatment plant is underway, designed to improve the facility’s water quality and emergency preparedness. The project to renovate the Robert A. Duff Water Treatment Plant started about two weeks ago, and is expected cost about $1.6 million. The Medford Water Commission awarded the contract to Ausland Construction… Read More

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Ausland Helps Quench Medford’s Thirst

January 5th, 2011 — A plain CMU building outside of the northern entrance to the Rogue Valley Mall doesn’t seem like much but inside are three 500 hp horizontal split case pumps that pressurize the Medford water supply system. The $800,000 thousand dollar projet includes providing mechanical, electrical, HV AC, and instrumentation improvements in two… Read More

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Community college adding new building in Brookings

 June 30, 2010 5:20 PM The ASSOCIATED PRESS BROOKINGS, Ore. — Southwestern Oregon Community College breaks ground Thursday on a $6 million building in Curry County. The Curry campus currently operates out of a library, with classes and labs held at churches, hospitals and Brookings Harbor High School. The new campus will be a two-story,… Read More