Housing, treatment, services all together
The Garlington Health and Wellness Center and Cascadia Affordable Housing is intended to be an all-in-one facility.
Review of Wizer Block challenge denied
Opponents of the Wizer Block development in Lake Oswego have lost their appeal to the Oregon Supreme Court.
Portland firms win Yellowstone Park design competitions
Yellowstone National Park will get an infusion of Portland design, after the park’s foundation this week announced winners of two design competitions.
Wizer Block gets go-ahead from Court of Appeals
The Oregon Court of Appeals this week upheld a decision by the Land Use Board of Appeals to allow the $92 million development to proceed in Lake Oswego.
Wizer Block headed to state Court of Appeals
The Lake Oswego group Save Our Village has taken its fight to stop the Wizer Block project from moving forward to the state Court of Appeals.
Cherise Schacter, Standards Coordinator, Interface Engineering
As a young woman, Cherise Schacter dreamed of traveling around the world writing human interest stories for Time magazine. Luckily for the local building industry, fate had other plans for […]
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. […]
2014 Newsmakers: Vanessa Sturgeon
With a slightly revised design that converts condos into apartments and adds a bit of height to the 30-story tower, Park Avenue West is once again rising to take […]
Interface signs on as First and Main tenant
Andy Frichtl, a principal at Interface Engineering, said the firm will relocate to the First and Main building at 100 S.W. Main St. sometime next year.
Portland engineering firm seeks proposals for living building
Interface Engineering, in collaboration with NAI Norris, Beggs & Simpson, is seeking a new, highly efficient office space for itself near downtown Portland. The company’s aspirations are for a building net zero for energy, water and waste, and possibly able to achieve the Living Building Challenge standard – billed as the most advanced measure of sustainability in the built environment.
Oregon firms win contracts for massive development in Qatar
Two Oregon-based firms recently won a five-year contract to work on a major development project in Doha, Qatar, in the Middle East. The plan is to transform 76 acres of the city’s center into a cohesive, energy- and water-efficient district aesthetically rooted in Qatari tradition.
Melissa Crosman, marketing manager and associate at Interface Engineering
Melissa Crosman is the marketing manager and an associate at Interface Engineering. She is preparing to step up as the 2011-2012 president of the Oregon chapter of the Society for Marketing Professional Services, and last week she attended a national SMPS conference. She recently spoke with the 91ÊÓÆµ about current trends and new challenges in marketing professional services.
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
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- Clarifying the reach of a law regarding prevailing wage | Opinion
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