Architects needed for Portland design event
Design Like Mad, an organization that hosts all-day 鈥渄esign marathons鈥 to help local nonprofits, is coming to Portland next month.
Photos: PCC Rock Creek building expansion nears completion
Work on a major renovation and expansion of Building 5 at Portland Community College鈥檚 Rock Creek campus is nearing substantial completion.
Photos: PCC Sylvania debuts new campus entry
A grand opening celebration was held Tuesday for the newly completed 鈥渇ront door鈥 to Portland Community College‘s Sylvania campus. A former open-air courtyard at the east entrance to the Amo […]
Businesses acquire taste for growth
Tenant improvement projects are supporting Portland-area specialty food companies' expansions.
Photos: New entrance for PCC Sylvania building
A new entrance is being installed on the Amo DeBernardis College Center building at Portland Community College‘s Sylvania Campus in Southwest Portland. Inclined wooden trusses that will support glass panels […]
Community college program puts interns on the job
Portland Community College construction management interns gain valuable experience helping build the school's bond-funded Learning Commons project -- while local firms that use them find an unexpected pool of potential employees.
PCC sues architect and engineer of services building
Portland Community College is suing architecture and engineering firms that performed work for the College Services Building on its Sylvania campus. The school claims that Opsis Architecture and Group Mackenzie failed to adequately design the concrete floors of the $5.25 million building, which has floors that sag excessively.
Portland Community College to be busy with construction this summer
Portland Community College is in the midst of a massive facelift for its Sylvania campus, which sprawls across 122 acres between Tigard and Lake Oswego. Two firms are finalizing plans to begin several projects this summer that will create some much-needed swing space on the campus.
Here’s one way to spend spring break: with cement
Seven students in Portland Community College's Excellence in Trades Apprenticeship Program took part in a five-day workshop over the course of their spring break that combined classroom learning, site visits and hands-on training with members of Cement Masons Local 555.
Portland Community College awards contract for renovation and expansion
Portland Community College鈥檚 board of directors last week awarded a $40 million contract to Hoffman Construction for a major renovation and addition to the college's Cascade campus.
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