PROJECT: NW Line JATC

LOCATION: Battle Ground, Washington

SIZE:ĚýAn 18,164-square-foot classroom and administration building, and a 21,643-square-foot training and classroom facility

COST:Ěý$11.3 million

START DATE: December 2021

ANTICIPATED END DATE: December 2022

OWNER: NW Line JATC

ARCHITECT: CIDA Inc.

ENGINEERS: AKS Engineering & Forestry (civil), CIDA Inc. (structural)

CONTRACTOR:ĚýJoseph Hughes Construction

SIGNIFICANCE OF PROJECT: These two new buildings for NW Line JATC will allow collaboration between International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) and National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) contractors. They will be able to offer their members training in outside line construction and power-line clearance tree trimming.

The men and women of IBEW and NECA build and maintain electrical systems around the clock. These individuals often take on high-risk situations throughout all types of environmental conditions. NW Line JATC provides the necessary training required for people to become professional journeymen.

Both buildings will feature pre-engineered steel. The commercial building will have space for 12 offices, a boardroom, and three classrooms – two of which will be able to become one multipurpose room able to accommodate 330 people. The training center will have three classrooms, on-site tool storage, locker rooms, a mezzanine with four offices, and a large training room with asphalt flooring and 48-foot-high ceilings to accommodate training poles.

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to be an ongoing challenge for the construction team. It’s working to acquire materials via disrupted supply chains, keep on-site personnel safe and healthy, and maintain project schedules.

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PROJECT: Grace Chapel

LOCATION: 27501 S.W. Parkway Ave., Wilsonville

SIZE:Ěý34,600 square feet (20,000-square-foot original building plus a 14,600-square-foot addition)

COST:Ěýnot provided

START DATE: April 2020

END DATE: May 2021

OWNER: Grace Chapel

ARCHITECT: CIDA

ENGINEER: AAI Engineering

CONTRACTOR:ĚýYorke & Curtis

SIGNIFICANCE OF PROJECT: This project involved the complete renovation of an existing, two-story, concrete, tilt-panel office building (most recently used by Pioneer Pacific College) for the church’s teen and children’s ministry programs. Also, a new 14,600-square-foot addition was constructed to provide entry and chapel space. The chapel area is able to accommodate more than 700 people for worship services as well as basketball and volleyball events.

In addition to blending a new space with an existing one, the project team brought together three different structural systems. The entry flows into the open reception area and lobbies in the original building with a coffee counter in the hub between the new and existing structures. The lobby features two large overhead doors to allow flow into and out of the chapel as well as possible overflow.

The project started at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and neared its finish just as restrictions began to loosen, allowing the church to welcome back its congregation.

“CIDA has been working with Grace Chapel in the Wilsonville area for over a decade at their previous facilities where they were tenants,” CIDA principal architect Chris Walker stated. “We’ve helped Grace evaluate properties and look for a permanent home for their growing church and outpouring ministry to the community. This building is the culmination of their long-term dreams for Grace Chapel and opens the doors to the next chapter to all that Grace offers both their congregation and the Greater Wilsonville community and Portland-metro area. Walking through the building you can feel like this was built exactly for Grace and their style. It’s both warm and inviting while modern and innovative. It’s great to see it coming to fruition and (to have) seen it through from the early stages.”

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In Beaverton, an unusual transformation is taking place: a former restaurant is becoming a school.

General contractor Joseph Hughes Construction is finishing a renovation of a single-story, 4,000-square-foot, wood-framed building that previously held McCormick & Schmick’s. The building, at 9945 S.W. Beaverton Hillsdale Highway, will soon hold the Guidepost Montessori School.

“It’s absolutely as far away from it as you can get from the original,” Joseph Hughes Construction President Joe Hughes said.

Illinois-based Quattro Development is developing the project, while CIDA is the designer. AAI Engineering is the civil engineer, and CIDA is the structural engineer.

The building was constructed in 1973 to hold the Rusty Grill restaurant. Then several storage rooms were added over the years. As a result, the construction team has encountered challenges.

“The original building was built fine,” Hughes said, “but they did a couple of additions to it kind of on the cheap.”

In addition, the building’s original layout – including a kitchen and a bar with a massive stone fireplace – was not suitable for use as classroom and administrative space.

“A lot of the structural support – the steel beams – is new,” Hughes said. “The original roof structure and framing structure was kind of a mess. There was a structure under a structure, and through this hallway it was vaulted with leaded glass panels.”

“It had fake vaults everywhere,” project superintendent Shea Rue added.

Structural steel beams had to replace load-bearing walls in some areas. Other solutions were used elsewhere.

“The thing with seismic upgrades is the buildings are strong vertically, but it’s the back and forth that’s a problem,” Hughes said. “So we added shear (walls) in several areas. In this case it was with wood framing and plywood and some steel. Glulams and other ceiling beams are then being used in a post and beam arrangement. The trick is to open it up and not have it fall down.”

The kitchen presented a unique challenge. After 40 years of accumulating grease, steam and humidity, some of the walls – both steel and wood – were completely rotten and required replacement.

“This was all kitchen back here, and all the studs were rotted out from the base up about three feet, so we had to replace all the studs,” Rue said. “It was nasty.”

Work started at the end of April and delivery is scheduled for this month.

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is poised to gain a larger space, contingent on approval from the city’s Development Review Board.

Grace Chapel has been forced to move several times in recent years to accommodate growth. Currently, the church occupies space in a Wilsonville office park. But church leaders eager to find a long-term home eventually found a vacant, two-story, 20,000-square-foot office building at 27501 S.W. Parkway Ave., across from the Oregon Institute of Technology campus.

The church hired CIDA Inc. to design a two-story, 13,730-square-foot expansion of the existing building. That plan now is set to receive a public hearing before the Development Review Board’s Panel B on Oct. 22.

calls for an overhaul of the existing building so that it could hold new classroom space and gain a second story. The expansion would include a new 319-seat main chapel with a two-story vaulted ceiling and a 30-foot stage. In addition, a “Kidventure” section would occupy space on both floors, as would new classrooms and offices.

In total, the 33,370-square-foot facility would largely meet the church’s stated space needs for the foreseeable future. Church leaders anticipate the project cost to be as much as $11 million.

With the Development Review Board’s approval, building permits can be obtained. That would allow general contractor Yorke & Curtis to begin demolition in the existing structure and excavation in preparation for the addition.

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CIDA provides architectural and interior design, structural and civil engineering, land-use planning and property development services. With offices in Portland, Bend and Seattle, the firm’s portfolio includes general industrial, manufacturing, food processing, health care, and general office and retail establishment projects.

The firm prides itself on promoting women at all stages of professional development and, in contrast to general trends in the fields of architecture and engineering, the representation of women in its offices does not decline with increasing levels of responsibility and authority. The firm is 80-percent woman-owned, and of its total staff, 66 percent are women and 67 percent are principals, higher than industry statistics across the country.

While having a mostly female staff offers a wide range of benefits, it also can present some unique challenges. For example, 10 percent of its workforce recently was pregnant with delivery dates within seven weeks of each other.

“We understood that workload adjustments had to occur and made accommodations. However, we aren’t special because we adapted,” the firm stated. “The newborns are special – each having the potential to be future professionals leading their chosen fields.”

CIDA provides the necessary flexibility to allow employees to embrace work/life balance and is committed to training young professionals in healthy business practices. Its investment in the ongoing development of the industry has led to several successful businesses currently certified as MBE, DBE, WEB and/or EST that have roots at CIDA.

The firm prides itself on its family-like atmosphere, where employees give their all – to each other and to the firm’s clients.

“I have faith in (my employees), and they know I have faith in them,” Jennifer Beattie, the firm’s president, said. “I know they have CIDA’s back and our clients’ backs at all times, and we’re a family so I trust them like family.”

The firm is sponsoring an employee to participate in the Girls Inc. fundraiser Rappel for Her to “support strong, smart and bold girls in the Pacific Northwest.” Each year, the firm organizes food, hygiene and toy drives and helps coordinate a holiday food box preparation party. CIDA also provides ongoing services to organizations such as The Salvation Army, Morrison Child & Family Services, B’nai B’rith International and Chabad Education Center.

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