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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 […]
Creative umbrella sculpture handles stormwater
KPFF Consulting Engineers is taking a new, artistic approach to spread the word about its creative stormwater projects. The firm recently released the first short video in a planned series, called 鈥淪tormwater Cinema,鈥� that focuses on innovative stormwater collaborations.
Park to connect The Dalles’ downtown to riverfront
When Interstate 84 was built, the road cut off The Dalles鈥� downtown from its riverfront. The city for several years has had a high priority to reconnect its parts, and one of the projects is to create a three-acre park on a vacant lot. The Lewis and Clark Park and Festival Grounds will connect to a highway undercrossing.
Firms see value in teamwork under one roof
Colocation, a process in which project partners work together in each other's offices, is rising in popularity. The process can benefit teams by giving them access to real-time feedback.
Downtown mental health clinic to be 3 floors, maybe 11 later
The Broadway Recovery Center in Northwest Portland was engineered with future expansion in mind. The three-story building, which is slated to open to residents in November, is designed to accommodate an additional eight floors.
PSU project benefits from new technology
With updated classrooms and a renovated exterior, Lincoln Hall no longer is the problem child of Portland State University鈥檚 downtown campus.
‘No coordinated recovery effort’ in Haiti
One year into reconstruction efforts following a devastating earthquake in Haiti, at least 1 million people continue to live in tent cities. Engineers with the recovery effort say work is going slowly in a country that didn't function well even before the earthquake.
Oregon architects, engineers design schools for Haiti
The Oregon chapter of Architects Without Borders is working with BuildOn, a nonprofit organization, to create an improved design for Haiti schoolhouses. BuildOn may use the design for school construction projects around the world.
Portland engineer trains Haitians
Engineer Craig Totten of KPFF Consulting Engineers is training Haitian builders in confined masonry construction. Confined masonry construction has better seismic capabilities than unreinforced concrete masonry, which is used in 95 percent of Haitian buildings.
Engineers getting competitively green
For Portland engineers, 2010 can’t come soon enough. Facing the realities of dwindling commercial and residential projects, Art Johnson, vice president of KPFF Consulting Engineers, found that the hardest thing […]
Making sparks
Roath Thadh with Alpha Iron LLC grinds a ramp imbed for the Port of Portland鈥檚 new headquarters at Portland International Airport. The Vancouver, Wash., company that does structural steel and nonferrous fabrication is working on the new structure from a design by ZGF Partnership.
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
