How Can a Firm Get Listed or Publish a Notice on Seattle DJC.com?

Seattle DJC.com offers several distinct routes for firms to get visibility: adding your firm as a planholder and uploading plans to the plan center, appearing in the firm directory, publishing legal or public notices, advertising, and ordering reprints. The right path depends on what you want to accomplish — being found as a bidder, reaching decision-makers with a message, or satisfying a legal publication requirement. Each route has its own entry point on the site, and the site does not publish prices or access terms for these services, so you will need to contact DJC directly to confirm cost and eligibility before committing.

Adding Your Firm as a Planholder and Uploading Plans

This is the route for firms that want to be visible as an interested bidder on a specific project, or that want to distribute plans and specifications to subcontractors and suppliers.

What it does: The plan center (plancenter.com) hosts plans and specifications for Pacific Northwest projects. Adding your firm as a planholder signals your interest in a project; uploading a plan makes your documents available to others browsing that project.

Steps:

1. Go to the plan functions page on djc.com (linked from the site as "Plans — Add your firm as a planholder. Upload a plan to plancenter").
2. Identify the project you are bidding or distributing plans for.
3. Register your firm as a planholder on that project.
4. Upload your plan documents to the plan center.

Expected result: Your firm appears on the planholder roster for that project, and your plans are accessible through the plan center.

Common sticking point: Planholder status is project-specific, not a general directory listing. If your goal is ongoing visibility rather than participation in one bid, the firm directory is the better route.

Getting Into the Firm Directory

The site maintains a firm directory described as "The Northwest's top Consultants and Contractors," with separate directory sections under Construction, Environment, and Tech, plus an A & E (architecture and engineering) people and firms section.

Who it suits: Contractors and consultants who want to be found by project owners, prime contractors, and others searching for teaming partners or subcontractors — independent of any single bid.

What to do: Use the "Contact Us" channel on the site (listed with phone, email, and directions) to ask about directory inclusion requirements. The site does not publish the criteria or fees for directory listings, so confirm both before planning around it.

Verification: After any listing is arranged, search the directory for your firm name to confirm it appears in the correct category.

Publishing Legal and Public Notices

DJC publishes legal notices, government notices, and city notices, and offers a "Publish a Notice" service for placing them.

Who needs this: Firms and agencies with notice publication requirements — call for bids, foreclosure notices, lien notices, and similar public notices that must run in a designated newspaper of record.

Steps:

1. Go to the "Publish a Notice" entry under DJC Services.
2. Submit your notice text through the provided channel.
3. Confirm the publication date and format with DJC staff.

What to check first: Whether DJC is an accepted publication for your specific notice type and jurisdiction. That is a legal question about your notice's requirements, not something the site's listing pages answer — verify with the authority requiring the notice.

Advertising and Reprints

Two further options reach DJC's business audience:

• Advertising: The site invites businesses to "market your business to decision makers around the Northwest." Use the Advertise link to inquire about formats and rates.
• Reprints: If your firm was covered in DJC, you can order a reprint in hard copy, PDF, or linked HTML through the Reprints service.

These are message-distribution tools rather than directory or bid participation, so choose them when your goal is promotion or reuse of coverage rather than being listed as a project participant.

Choosing the Right Route

If you are unsure which applies, the Contact Us page lists phone, email, and directions for subscription and news questions — the fastest way to confirm which service fits your situation and what it costs.