Volume 30 • Number 05
May 2005


Cover Feature
Marine industry report
Regions shipbuilders share strategies for success

Features
Waterhaven
Options abound for water lovers in the region

Reports
Construction explosion
Mixed-use buildings lead the hot construction market
Top 20 general contractors
Contractors at the cutting edge of the construction boom
Anacortes
Change is on the horizon, but no one really knows what to expect
Refineries hit with rising costs
Consumers aren’t the only ones seeing red due to expenses

Departments
Business News
People on the Move
Beginnings
Business Calendar

Matt Mullet, CEO of All American
Marine, is one of many happy
executives in the shipbuilding
industry.

Construction projects, like Harris
Square in Fairhaven, are cropping
up throughout the region.

Anacortes is at a crossroad:
residents disagree over whether
to embrace growth or not.

Oil refineries face harsh legislation
while providing living-wage jobs for employees.