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Some like it hot; some don’t
A geothermal system at the Oregon Zoo capitalizes on opposing preferences of elephants and polar bears.
DBE firm with rail experience helps contractor at Oregon Zoo
Lease Crutcher Lewis, construction manager-general contractor for the Elephant Lands project at the Oregon Zoo, is working with Salem-based R&R General Contractors to build a new passenger rail line.
Survey to help guide design of zoo education center
The Oregon Zoo is seeking feedback on how Pacific Northwest residents connect with nature to help shape the design of a planned conservation education center.
An extensive effort to engineer for elephants
The reinforced walls of the Oregon Zoo's new habitat will be able to withstand thousands of pounds of force.
Oregon Zoo education center鈥檚 focus: sustainability
A Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design gold rating is being targeted for a new education center in the works at the Oregon Zoo.
Photos: Wall poured for zoo’s new elephant barn
Lease Crutcher Lewis crews poured concrete Thursday for a section of wall for the new elephant barn at the Oregon Zoo. The effort is part of the zoo鈥檚 $57 million Elephant Lands habitat project.
Elephant habitat designed for Oregon Zoo
SRG Partnership invites readers inside the firm's design for the Oregon Zoo's latest project - a new elephant habitat featuring six acres of green pastures, splash pools and deep swim channels.
Improved lagoon exhibit designed for Oregon Zoo
Dangermond Keane Architecture, which specializes in developing aquariums and complex water-holding facilities, is redesigning the Oregon Zoo鈥檚 鈥淎frica Rain Forest鈥� exhibit.
Oregon Zoo chooses engineering firm for elephant project
The Oregon Zoo recently awarded Equilibrium Engineers the structural design contract for its new $40 million Elephant Habitat project. The project is part of a $125 million bond the state passed in 2008 and will increase the current pachyderm property from 1.5 to 6 acres. It will involve construction of a new elephant management building, indoor viewing hall and life support system facility.
Oregon Zoo planning elephant habitat expansion, 5 other projects
The Oregon Zoo recently hired SRG Partnership to help design a $50 million elephant habitat 鈥� an expansion of the existing 8,000-square-foot space on one and a half acres to slightly more than 40,000 square feet on at least six acres.
Oregon Zoo construction projects approved to begin
The Metro Council on Thursday passed a resolution authorizing zoo officials to move forward with late-stage design work and to line-up construction contracts for projects including new animal exhibits, educational facilities and sustainability measures.
Metro to begin search for elephant habitat contractor
Two items on Metro Council鈥檚 consent agenda Thursday afternoon will kick-start work on the Oregon Zoo鈥檚 new elephant habitat. One resolution will allow the regional government鈥檚 chief operating officer to begin procuring a contractor for the project, which has an estimated cost of the project is $54 million, including design and construction. That is approximately half of the remaining funds[...]
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