Public-record contractor profile
Legal record: MCDOWELL NW PILE KING INC
Why this profile appears
Mcdowell NW Pile King Inc. is included because 3 selected Seattle construction permits explicitly describe retaining-wall, rockery, slope, drainage, foundation, or closely related site work. The records span Mar 22, 2022 through Jun 15, 2026 and place the documented work in Gatewood, Harrison/Denny-Blaine and Arbor Heights.
The most recent selected record is permit 7054340-CN, issued Jun 17, 2025 in Gatewood. Its public scope says: “Construct new retaining wall adjacent to existing one family dwelling per plan.”
Across the current exact SDCI dataset responses and manually checked Seattle Services Portal records, 0 of 3 selected records have a matching legal name, listed L&I principal, or Portal contractor license. 3 records do not currently publish a contractor identity. The status for every project is shown below.
Permit scope, dates, status, and cost come from the exact official rows. A permit without a reproducible contractor identity—through the published name or a separately checked Portal license—should be treated as a research lead, not proof that MCDOWELL NW PILE KING INC performed that work. The profile also does not establish current availability, design responsibility, workmanship, customer satisfaction, or suitability for another property.
Quick read
Official records and company claims are kept separate below. Every dataset check has its exact JSON query, a readable viewer, the dataset description, and a route for repeating the search.
Public-record checks
These are separate checks, not one repeated link. The dated finding records what we saw; live official data can change. Open the raw JSON to reproduce the exact query.
FindingACTIVE construction contractor registration MCDOWNP011QT for MCDOWELL NW PILE KING INC; UBI 601637637; expiration 2027-09-07.
Open the exact JSON and compare business name, license MCDOWNP011QT, UBI 601637637, status, business type, principal, and expiration. Then re-open L&I Verify for the current consumer-facing record.
FindingRegistered office for MCDOWELL NW PILE KING INC, license MCDOWNP011QT, UBI 601637637: KENT, WA 98032. Office location is not a verified service area. This check covers office fields only.
Compare the exact license, legal name and UBI before reading the city, state and ZIP. A Washington contractor registration does not establish a Washington office.
Finding8 principal record(s) returned for license MCDOWNP011QT. Registration lists MCDOWELL, BRUCE SCOTT; inspect start and end dates to distinguish current and former associations.
Open the exact JSON and compare license MCDOWNP011QT, UBI 601637637, principal names, start dates, and any end dates.
Finding$15,000 bond with Ohio Cas Ins Co, effective 2024-07-01, until canceled; selected from rows valid on 2026-10-11.
Open the exact JSON and compare license MCDOWNP011QT, bond company, amount, effective date, expiration date, and record update date.
Finding$1,000,000 liability-insurance record with Continental Insurance Co, effective 2025-10-01, expiring 2027-10-01; selected from rows valid on 2026-10-11.
Open the exact JSON and compare license MCDOWNP011QT, carrier, coverage amount, effective date, policy expiration, and update date.
FindingThe reviewed L&I detail showed registration active-current, workers’ compensation active-current, bond lawsuits none-6y, license violations none-6y, safety inspection-or-review, and debarments none. These labels summarize the dated display and must be re-opened before hiring.
Open the exact L&I detail for UBI 601637637 and license MCDOWNP011QT. Expand registration, workers’ compensation, lawsuits, violations, safety, strikes, and debarment sections; note the display period for each section.
FindingSelected open-data record rechecked 2026-10-11: permit 7054340-CN, issued 2025-06-17, status Completed; declared cost $35,000. Scope: Construct new retaining wall adjacent to existing one family dwelling per plan. Contractor shown: not published in the current row. Historical aggregate counts and any separate Portal identity review retain their earlier scope and dates.
Open the exact JSON and compare permit number 7054340-CN, contractor name, description, status, issue/completion dates, declared cost, and ZIP. Use Seattle’s project-research page to search the same record number when documents or inspections are needed.
FindingSelected open-data record rechecked 2026-10-11: permit 6866583-CN, issued 2022-11-22, status Completed; declared cost $24,000. Scope: Stabilize exist concrete retaining wall with soil anchors per plan Contractor shown: not published in the current row. Historical aggregate counts and any separate Portal identity review retain their earlier scope and dates.
Open the exact JSON and compare permit number 6866583-CN, contractor name, description, status, issue/completion dates, declared cost, and ZIP. Use Seattle’s project-research page to search the same record number when documents or inspections are needed.
FindingSelected open-data record rechecked 2026-10-11: permit 6839871-CN, issued 2022-08-01, status Completed; declared cost $115,000. Scope: Construct soldier pile & lagging wall behind failing timber retaining wall for existing duplex per plan. Contractor shown: not published in the current row. Historical aggregate counts and any separate Portal identity review retain their earlier scope and dates.
Open the exact JSON and compare permit number 6839871-CN, contractor name, description, status, issue/completion dates, declared cost, and ZIP. Use Seattle’s project-research page to search the same record number when documents or inspections are needed.
Official work record
This profile includes 3 selected wall or slope records, checked against exact SDCI data and the separately dated identity sources below. A selected-record count is not a comprehensive company permit total. Street addresses and exact coordinates are omitted here.
Permit examples
Construct new retaining wall adjacent to existing one family dwelling per plan.
Stabilize exist concrete retaining wall with soil anchors per plan
Construct soldier pile & lagging wall behind failing timber retaining wall for existing duplex per plan.
Washington checks
An inspection is not necessarily a violation. “None shown” is limited to the display period in L&I Verify. Open the current record before hiring.
Company-published material
The company website presents McDowell NW Pile King as a piling, deep-foundation, shoring, and anchoring contractor. Its Seattle/Kent office phone and address match the research record. These service and project statements are company-published and do not independently verify performance on the selected permits.
The site publishes named project pages, but this research pass did not match those pages to the selected Seattle retaining-wall permits.
Company-published index of named piling and foundation projects; no item was matched to a selected SDCI record in this pass.
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Work-type links
These links come from this company’s selected permit descriptions, not from a claimed service list.
Research context
The profile records what selected public documents say; it is not a ranking or a claim that every project used the same wall system. Use these guides to interpret the permit language, check the current contractor record, and define the site-specific questions before comparing bids.
Related evidence
Documented geography
Shared past permit geography is not a current service-area claim.