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The removal of the tower crane for Multnomah County’s new 17-story Central Courthouse has been postponed until next month.

Multnomah County is constructing the courthouse on a full block at the corner of Southwest Madison Street and First Avenue in downtown Portland.

Crews were in the process of setting up a crane to begin removing the tower crane, according to county spokesman Mike Pullen, when underground utilities were discovered early Friday morning. They could have been damaged by the outrigger supports for the crane that will be used to remove the tower crane section by section.

Accordingly, the construction team will need to revise the layout before the tower crane can be removed sometime in July in a multiday process that requires street closures around the project site.

Hoffman Construction is serving as the construction manager-general contractor for the project, which was designed by SRG Partnership.

Ground was broken in October 2016, crews topped out the building in November 2018, and work is scheduled to wrap up by late spring 2020.