Photos: Sand in the City hits Pioneer Courthouse Square

By: Sam Tenney//July 20, 2015//

Photos: Sand in the City hits Pioneer Courthouse Square

Sam Tenney//July 20, 2015//

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The 20^th annual Yoshida’s Sand in the City event kicked off Friday with a sand castle building competition at Pioneer Courthouse Square in downtown Portland. The event serves as a fundraiser for local youth charities and pairs corporate teams with local architecture and design firms. Castles were built on Friday and displayed over the weekend before being demolished Sunday afternoon.

A team comprised of employees from SRG Partnership, KPFF Consulting Engineers, and PLACE Studio took third place and also won the Judge’s Choice award. Other A/E/C industry participants included Hoffman Construction, Coffman Excavation, Turner Construction, and Ankrom Moisan.