New schwag!
The fellas at Innate are screening some schwag for us and it looks great! We'll have a few extra hoodies for sale, all net proceeds will go to a local non-profit (contact…
Photo of the week
I love this picture! Do you have a Chuckanut Builders beer coaster yet? If not head down to Boundary Bay Brewery this Sunday, April 22nd, for Earth Day. Howard, Forest…
Testifying in Olympia
Have you heard of the Community Energy Challenge (CEC)? Or perhaps worked with them to weatherize your home? Ian recently went to Olympia to testify in favor of the bill…
Buying American Made Locally?
Last week Sustainable Connections recognized four local businesses for their efforts to increase the vibrancy of our community. Chuckanut Builders was one of those businesses. We were awarded the Buying…
Sustainable Champions Award
Last week we were awarded the Buying Local First award by Sustainable Connections. The Buying Local First award was one of four of the Sustainable Champion Awards presented by Sustainable…
Chuckanut Builders Year End Review
As we reflect on 2011 we're feeling a healthy dose of gratitude for our amazing community and the great crew, clients and subcontractors we are lucky enough to work with…
Happy Holidays
It's true, the holidays are upon us. In the true spirit of the holidays Howard and Forest spent a few hours this weekend decorating! Well, decorating the Fairhaven Village Green.…
The Bellingham Zero Degrees of Separation
We call it the Bellingham zero degrees of separation. It is similar to the theory originally presented by Frigyes Karinthy which proposed that everyone is on average roughly six steps away,…
Vendor spotlight: North Wave Electric
At Chuckanut Builders we strive to use as many local suppliers as possible. For us, this means buying paper and pens at Griggs, printing hoodies with Innate, sourcing lumber at…
The Cool Machine
We finally bit the bullet and bought an insulation machine! We settled on a Cool Machine (the CM-1500), which is an all-fiber blowing machine that handles Cellulose, Fiberglass, Rockwool and damp recycle fiber…