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First Place Transportation: Bundle 220: I-5 鈥� Willamette River Bridge
SUBMITTED?BY: OREGON?DEPARTMENT?OF?TRANSPORTATION, MAJOR?PROJECTS?DIVISION The Interstate 5 Willamette River Bridge stands as an example of an all-inclusive effort that not merely met, but exceeded expectations on multiple levels. The Oregon Department […]
Second Place Infrastructure: Bonneville Dam Erosion Repairs
SUBMITTED?BY: J.E. MCAMIS Over the years, heavy flows of water had caused underwater erosion of the stilling basin floor and apron of the Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River, creating […]
Third Place Infrastructure: Kandoll Farms Phase II
SUBMITTED?BY: BCI?CONTRACTING Roughly 110 years ago, Finnish farmers settled on 163 acres on Grays River in Washington state. With their families, they cleared a spruce swamp, built a dike on […]
First Place Infrastructure: Bull Run Dam 2 Tower Improvement
SUBMITTED?BY: ADVANCED?AMERICAN?CONSTRUCTION Less was more for the team that worked on the Bull Run 2 Tower Improvement project for the Portland Water Bureau. The team, with Advanced American Construction as […]
Third Place Renovation: Eastside Exchange
SUBMITTED?BY: BREMIK?CONSTRUCTION The Powers Warehouse and factory, constructed in 1925, is one of Portland’s oldest surviving industrial structures. It survived seismic events, floods, a temporary conversion to workers’ barracks in […]
Second Place Renovation: Port of Newport International Terminal
SUBMITTED?BY: NATT?McDOUGALL CO. More than a dozen concrete hulled cargo ships were built during late World War II.聽 Post-war, these inexpensive and fragile vessels were sometimes sunk to create docks.聽 […]
First Place Private Buildings: One Community Health
SUBMITTED?BY: HOWARD?S. WRIGHT & SCOTT | EDWARDS ARCHITECTURE One Community Health Clinic has provided primary medical, dental and behavioral health care to low-income residents in The Dalles community since 1986.聽 […]
Third Place Transportation: I-5: Southwest Iowa Street Viaduct
SUBMITTED?BY: WILDISH?STANDARD?PAVING The Iowa Street Viaduct on Interstate 5 is part of one of the busiest, most accident-prone stretches of interstate in the country. On an average day, more than […]
First Place Public Buildings: Columbia Building
SUBMITTED?BY: SKYLAB ARCHITECTURE The city of Portland’s Bureau of Environmental Services doesn’t just talk the sustainability talk. When it came time for the bureau to build new offices for itself, […]
Second Place Public Buildings: UO Allen Hall School of Journalism
SUBMITTED?BY: LEASE?CRUTCHER?LEWIS, TBG?ARCHITECTS +?PLANNERS AND YOST?GRUBE?HALL?ARCHITECTURE The University of Oregon’s journalism and communications school building, Allen Hall, had outgrown its original design. The university settled on an expansion and upgrade […]
Third Place Public Buildings: Forest Grove High School
SUBMITTED?BY: HOWARD S. WRIGHT A significant reconstruction of a high school isn’t that unusual of an undertaking for a construction company. Being asked to perform that work while classes are […]
Honorable Mention Public Buildings: UO Hatfield-Dowlin Complex
SUBMITTED?BY: ZGF ARCHITECTS Nike founder Phil Knight’s appreciation for athletics at his alma mater has taken shape as a 145,000-square-foot glass, granite and metal state-of-the art student athlete facility. The […]
News
- $960,000 office renovation in Portland building permits | Aug. 10, 2026
- Two projects in historic districts in Portland land use review intakes | Aug. 10, 2026
- Multnomah County commits up to $101.6M for Moda Center
- Portland code changes to take effect in November
- Los Colibris project approved for Portland’s OMSI District
- Pacific Northwest projects totaling $9.9 million in top bidders | Aug. 7, 2026
- Oregon opens infrastructure grant program
- Ex-TV host claps back at Detroit officials in blight case
- 31-unit multifamily project in Portland land use review intakes | Aug. 3, 2026
- $2.4 million office renovation in Portland building permits | Aug. 3, 2026
- Transportation commission weighs ODOT budget cuts
- Lam Research planning $1.7 billion investment in Tualatin
Commentary
- Beware of when the debt collector comes calling | Opinion
- Assembly of a future workforce begins with an invitation | Opinion
- Beware of overlooking legal requirements for remote workers | Opinion
- Become a critical thinker and transform a workplace | Opinion
- Managing construction risks with international suppliers | Opinion
- A rally with many engines: the lesson of 2026’s first half | Opinion
- Oregon housing challenges persist despite sound and fury | Opinion
- When does an employee’s bullying become harassment? | Opinion
- Ditch disorganization 鈥� the cost of deferred decisions | Opinion
- Consider 10 common risks for healthcare construction projects | Opinion
- Clarifying the reach of a law regarding prevailing wage | Opinion
- Adjust to legal changes now to ensure compliance later | Opinion
