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Union Gospel Mission of Portland has completed a 53,450-square-foot residential and recovery facility for women and children in Washington County, tripling the capacity of the center it replaces.

Angela鈥檚 House, located at 18555 N.W. Rock Creek Blvd., opened in September 2025 after a construction process complicated by pandemic-era material shortages, cost escalation, and subcontractor withdrawals. The facility accommodates up to 80 women and children at a time and is designed to serve more than 2,000 individuals over the next decade.

The building includes 52 resident rooms, counseling and education spaces, a children鈥檚 activity center, a commercial kitchen, a chapel, community living areas, and a central courtyard that channels natural light into the structure. Resident bedrooms were designed to feel like true family homes. The play and learning areas open directly onto a secure out-door playground, featuring play structures made of natural wood, calming color palettes and emotionally supportive murals.

A glazed roofing system transforms a major circulation corridor into a naturally lit passage linking the sanctuary, counseling wing, and lobby.

Precision Construction served as general contractor, with CIDA Architects & Engineers leading architectural and structural design. The project was delivered as a design-build, with contractors engaged from the earliest stages to address constructability and cost in real time.

A key construction innovation was the use of insulated concrete forms for the basement level, proposed by the contractor in response to sharp plywood cost increases. The system provided both formwork and insulation, reducing waste and accelerating the schedule. The team also implemented lean construction practices under a 鈥淣othing Hits the Floor鈥� initiative, emphasizing prefabrication and jobsite organization.

Energy efficiency measures included high-performance insulation assemblies, light-colored roofing and cladding to reduce heat gain, and daylighting strategies that limit reliance on artificial lighting. A StormTech chamber system manages stormwater onsite to meet Clean Water Services requirements.

Construction was complicated by an active daycare operating on the adjacent campus. All construction activity was confined to the far north end of the property during peak drop-off and pickup times, requiring disciplined logistics and ongoing coordination.

The project team implemented a structured outreach plan to engage disadvantaged, small, women-owned, and minority-owned businesses. A woman architect from a women-owned firm led the design, and several muralists and interior artists were also women.

Carl Parsons, owner鈥檚 representative for Union Gospel Mission, said in the Top Projects nomination form that the facility 鈥渟ets a new standard for recovery-centered housing 鈥� far beyond traditional shelter models.鈥�