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Photos: Ironworkers top out OHSU building

By: Sam Tenney//August 31, 2017//

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Photos: Ironworkers top out OHSU building

Photos: Ironworkers top out OHSU building

Sam Tenney//August 31, 2017//

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Union with topped out the seven-story on Southwest Moody Avenue in the this week. The $160 million project is being built for Oregon Health & Science University by a joint venture of Building Companies Inc. and . The design is by .

Two floors of structural steel have been erected atop five levels of reinforced concrete and a below-grade parking garage. Raimore crews began setting steel for level seven and the roof the second week of this month, and celebrated placement of the final beam on Monday. The project is only the second major structural steel job for the growing firm.

When finished, the 320,000-square-foot building will house approximately 600 researchers and administrators dedicated to cancer research. It will contain laboratory space, administrative offices, a 200-seat auditorium, cafes and ground-floor retail space. Project construction began in summer 2016 and is slated for completion in July 2018.

Jess Ross reaches out to guide a beam into place.
Jess Ross, an apprentice ironworker with , reaches out to guide a beam down.
Rion Barrett, left, a journeyman ironworker with Local 29, guides a beam on a multiple-lift rig as Jess Ross, center, a third-year apprentice, and journeyman Bree Smith set another in place.
Rion Barrett, left, a journeyman ironworker with Local 29, guides a beam on a multiple-lift rig as Jess Ross, center, a third-year apprentice, and journeyman Bree Smith set another.
Apprentice ironworker Jess Ross guides a multiple lift rig into place.
Apprentice ironworker Jess Ross guides a multiple lift rig into place.
Rion Barrett, left, and Chris Waterman, right, provide guidance for apprentice Jess Ross, center, as she bolts a beam in place.
Rion Barrett, left, and Chris Waterman, right, provide guidance for apprentice Jess Ross, center, as she works to align bolt holes.
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Journeyman ironworker Bree Smith works steadies a beam as the other end is secured.

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Ironworkers Jeremy Strand, left, and Richard Hayes rig material. A beam bearing a support message for Hayes' niece Lischelle, who is undergoing leukemia treatment at Doernboecher Children's Hospital, was placed facing west so she could see it from her hospital room.
Ironworkers Jeremy Strand, left, and Richard Hayes rig material. A beam bearing a support message for Hayes’ niece Lischelle, who is undergoing leukemia treatment at Doernboecher Children’s Hospital, was placed facing west so she could see it from her hospital room.
Ironworker superintendent Chris Waterman bolts a beam into place.
Ironworker superintendent Chris Waterman bolts a beam in.
Journeyman ironworker Rion Barrett moves material into place.
Journeyman ironworker Rion Barrett moves material into place.
Rion Barrett, top, and Jess Ross prepare to set a vertical beam in place.
Rion Barrett, top, and Jess Ross prepare to set a vertical beam.
Jeremy Strant, left, and Richard Hayes, both ironworkers with Local 29, rig material.
Jeremy Strant, left, and Richard Hayes, both ironworkers with Local 29, rig material.
Apprentice Jess Ross assembles the steel structure.
Apprentice Jess Ross assembles the steel structure.
Jess Ross, a third-year apprentice ironworker, guides material into place.
Jess Ross, a third-year apprentice ironworker, guides material into place.
Ironworker superintendent Chris Waterman guides a load in as journeyman Bree Smith, right, gets set to bolt it into place.
Ironworker superintendent Chris Waterman guides a load in as journeyman Bree Smith, right, gets set to attach it to the structure.

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Rion Barrett walks across a beam in preparation for the flying in of the final piece of structural steel.
Rion Barrett walks across a beam in preparation for the flying in of the final piece of structural steel.
Jess Ross, left, and Rion Barrett pull the final beam into place Monday afternoon.
Jess Ross, left, and Rion Barrett pull the final beam into place Monday afternoon.
The operator of the crane not used to top out the building watches the action from atop his cab.
The operator of the crane not used to top out the building watches the action from atop his cab.
Ironworkers snap photos as the building is topped out.
Ironworkers snap photos as the building is topped out.
Bree Smith, a journeyman ironworker with Local 29, celebrates after topping out the Knight Cancer Research Building on Monday.
Bree Smith, a journeyman ironworker with Local 29, celebrates after topping out the building Monday afternoon.

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