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Water weight will put Courthouse Square to the test
Salem :: OR :: USA | 1 year ago
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The Courthouse Square building is getting a swimming pool, but its not for cooling off on hot days...Engineers then will measure how much the buildings concrete floor slab bends under the weight. They also will document how the structure reacts when
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Transit supervisors work to improve safety
Saskatoon :: Canada | over 1 year ago
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Saskatoon Transit is taking security at the downtown bus mall into its own hands. Transit supervisors have replaced private security guards at the downtown terminal located on 23rd Street between Second and Third avenues in the latest attempt to
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Contractors tour Courthouse Square
Portland :: OR :: USA | over 1 year ago
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More than two dozen construction contractors toured Courthouse Square Tuesday, taking photos, jotting down notes and eyeing the damages. Courthouse Square's owners Marion County and the transit district are investigating the possibilities for making
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Solutions for Courthouse Square remain elusive
Salem :: OR :: USA | 2 years ago
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For five months, a 23-member citizen task force has met and pondered what to do about Courthouse Square. But after nine full meetings plus subcommittee meetings, numerous reports and testimony from experts, the task force hit a wall. The Courthouse
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Transit board opens 5 seats
Salem :: OR :: USA | 2 years ago
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It's an interesting time at Salem-Keizer Transit, but residents are vying for the chance to serve in unpaid positions on its board of directors. Three of the five open seats on the board are being contested in the May election. Those selected by
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Downtown bus mall returns to Courthouse Square
Salem :: OR :: USA | over 2 years ago
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Cherriots buses began lining up along the perimeter of Courthouse Square on Monday, the debut of the transit district's temporary solution for a downtown bus mall it can't use. The return to Courthouse Square went smoothly, transit district officials
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Feds question what has become of grant money for Courthouse Square
Seattle :: WA :: USA | over 2 years ago
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The feds are asking the local transit district this question: What will become of federal investments in the Salem bus mall? The 10-year-old Courthouse Square bus mall and office building are so poorly designed that engineers say they're dangerous.
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New beams are part of repair option for Courthouse Square
Salem :: OR :: USA | over 2 years ago
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The most cost-effective repair for the Courthouse Square office building would involve installing structural steel beams below its floor slabs and strengthening concrete columns, foundations and walls, according to consulting engineers. Architects
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Proposed solutions for Courthouse Square would cost more than original construction
Salem :: OR :: USA | over 2 years ago
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Fixing the Courthouse Square office building and adjacent bus mall would cost millions of dollars more than the project cost to build, members of a citizens task force learned Thursday. Repairing the five-story, government building in downtown Salem
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Marion County sets aside $7.6 million for Courthouse Square expenses
Salem :: OR :: USA | over 2 years ago
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Courthouse Square is taking a large bite out of Marion County's budget, even before officials decide whether to fix or raze the defective government building and bus mall in downtown Salem. Marion County has set aside about $7.6 million for fiscal
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