Port in the News

KTVA News By Daniella Rivera A municipal attorney says Anchorage has taken a major step forward, settling with the last three of the seven companies involved in the failed Port of Anchorage expansion project. Robert Owens says what happens to the port happens to Alaskans, because 85 percent of the goods sold in southcentral and western […]

Anchorage Dispatch News By Devin Kelly The city of Anchorage has reached settlements with three remaining contractors involved in the botched Port of Anchorage expansion project, ending a lawsuit that stretched nearly three years and recouped only a fraction of what the city had sought in damages. Engineering firm CH2M Hill Alaska Inc. paid the city $1.5 million, according to the settlement filed in […]

Popular Mechanics By Tim Newcomb The American Society of Civil Engineers has given U.S. infrastructure a D+ rating. Although that's technically passing, it's not exactly the grade you want for the bridges needed to get you to work, the power grids that charge your home, or the levees that keep you nice and dry. Donald […]

KTVA By Emily Carlson The Municipality of Anchorage will get $3.75 million from one of the contractors who worked on the failed port of Anchorage expansion project. Municipal attorney Bob Owens says Integrated Concepts and Research Corporation (ICRC) was one of several companies that caused $329 million in damages at the port. Assembly members have […]

Alaska Dispatch News By: Devin Kelly A key contractor in the botched Port of Anchorage expansion project has settled with the city of Anchorage for $3.75 million, clearing what one city attorney described as a roadblock to other settlements in the case. Integrated Concepts and Research Corp., a subsidiary of the Virginia-based engineering and technical […]

Associated Press Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz plans to ask state lawmakers to fund nearly $300 million in improvements for the Port of Anchorage and to make several law changes designed to give local governments more financial flexibility. Berkowitz submitted his legislative request Friday to the city’s assembly. The document includes a list of funding items […]

Alaska Public Media By: Zachariah Hughes In a departure from big wish lists of the past, Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz’s legislative request has only one capital budget project. The administration is also pushing for a number of law changes designed to give local governments more financial flexibility. Berkowitz submitted his legislative program to the city’s Assembly […]

Alaska Journal of Commerce By: Elwood Brehmer The defendants in the Municipality of Anchorage’s lawsuit over its failed port expansion project have banded together to demand the city’s claim for monetary damages be tossed because they contend it has yet to specify what exactly it seeks to recoup. Attorneys for Anchorage-based PND Engineers filed a joint […]

Alaska Journal of Commerce By: Elwood Brehmer Anchorage has settled out of court for $12.6 million with three subcontractors in the city’s failed port expansion project while a lawsuit against other players in the complex drama continues. Most recently on Oct. 19, Terracon Consultants Inc. and the Municipality of Anchorage filed a motion in U.S. […]

Alaska Journal of Commerce By: Elwood Brehmer The global engineering firm CH2M is almost out of Anchorage’s lawsuit to settle liability for the municipality’s failed port expansion project after a Monday federal court ruling. U.S. District Court of Alaska Judge Sharon Gleason found the Municipality of Anchorage has little financial recourse against the company that, […]