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Spotlight shines on champion of girls in construction
Katie Hughes, founder of the Girls Build summer camp, was honored with a laudatory video profile and a surprise gift from TV personality Mike Rowe.
ACE Academy resurrection plan collapses
A last-ditch plan to revive the shuttered trades-focused charter school ACE Academy has fallen through.
ACE Academy eyes possible relocation to Benson
The ACE Academy, a public-private trade school set to close next month, might not be at death鈥檚 door after all.
Dealt a bad hand, ACE Academy finally folds
A Portland charter school established to train the next generation of workers has folded. Now what?
ACE Academy to close shop soon
ACE Academy, a trades-focused charter school operating in Northeast Portland, will close after the current semester.
National AGC honors OSU chapter with award
The Associated General Contractors鈥� Oregon State University chapter took second place in the national AGC鈥檚 Outstanding Student Chapter contest.
Making construction a career, not ‘just a job’
A push is being made to increase the investment in career technical education in Oregon.
Plenty of work, too few workers
The construction industry in Oregon is suffering from an aging workforce and a shallow labor pool.
OP-ED: A new chapter in the story of workforce development
Last month, the Associated General Contractors’ Oregon-Columbia chapter, in partnership with the Academy for Architecture, Construction and Engineering (ACE Academy) opened the first AGC high school student chapter in the […]
ACE Academy struggles to find stability
ACE Academy administrators admit the school is at a critical juncture this year. They're pinning their hopes on a revamped program designed to attract more students, create additional revenue and re-establish ACE the school as a vital link in the building industry in Oregon.
ACE Mentor Program of Oregon: Scholarships and wrap-up
For the past few months, students involved in the 2012 ACE Mentor Program of Oregon shared with the 91视频 their experiences as they learned about the building industry. This final […]
News
- 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
- Pacific Northwest projects totaling $10.6 million in top bidders | July 31, 2026
- Many Oregon counties struggling to maintain their fairgrounds
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
