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Visitor-facing upgrades designed for Oregon Zoo
A new entry plaza and a covered shelter are the first two projects set to be constructed at the Southwest Portland zoo with money from a bond approved by voters in May 2024.
Opsis Architecture project receives AIA honor
The American Institute of Architects has named the Oregon Zoo鈥檚 Education Center one of its COTE Top Ten award winners for 2019.
Oregon Zoo cafe, storage building in the works
The Oregon Zoo has submitted a request to the Portland Bureau of Development Services to allow demolition of an existing caf茅, construction of a new caf茅 and construction of a new storage facility.
Zoo work continuing; polar bear habitat next
With work on the latest bond-funded project at the Oregon Zoo proceeding smoothly despite a glaring shortage of carpenters, the long-term focus will soon shift to construction of a new polar bear habitat.
Builder’s Choice: Fortis Construction
Fortis Construction has grown from a certified Emerging Small Business to one of Oregon鈥檚 largest general contractors.
New zoo center will have small focus
The Oregon Zoo's new education center is now under construction.
Newsmakers 2016: Oregon Zoo
Oregon Zoo (Courtesy of Oregon Zoo) Oregon Zoo (Courtesy of Oregon Zoo) Within weeks after the Oregon Zoo鈥檚 new Elephant Lands exhibit opened, project leaders were delighted to see some very notable differences in how much the elephants were moving around the six-acre site.
Mammoth project wraps up at zoo
Construction of Elephant Lands, a $57 million habitat with numerous amenities, required three years.
Builder’s Choice: Lease Crutcher Lewis
From modernizing Roosevelt High School to working on the Oregon Zoo's Elephant Lands, midsize builder Lease Crutcher Lewis is busy with public and private work in the Portland-metro area.
Oregon project features cross-laminated timber
An Andersen Construction official says the firm has completed the first vertical use of cross-laminated timber in Oregon.
A naturally conscious design
A connection to the outdoors is driving the design of a conservation education center at the Oregon Zoo.
Photos: Cross-laminated timber installed at zoo
Crews with Lease Crutcher Lewis installed a roof made of cross-laminated timber Tuesday on a new building at the Oregon Zoo, marking the first use of the material in the […]
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