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GeoDesign engineering firm opens Salem office
GeoDesign, Inc., a regional geotechnical engineering and environmental consulting firm, last month opened an office in Salem.
UO students win prize for design project
Students at the University of Oregon brought home a $7,500 cash prize this month from a national architecture organization for their design of a Salem police station. The National Council […]
Salem developing new project prioritizing system
Salem City Council next month will vote whether to approve its annual capital improvements plan, which prioritizes $205.7 million in construction projects that the city would like to see start during the next five years.
Salem Hospital to be designed by Mahlum Architects
The Salem Hospital will soon be modernized and easier to navigate. Building B, the hospital's oldest building, will receive improvements, and the Psychiatric Medicine Center will be completely renovated. The Building B project, designed by Mahlum Architects, will include a lobby renovation and a new public concourse to connect the main lobby with the north lobby.
Courthouse Square investigation photos
An investigation into the structural stability of the Courthouse Square building in Salem attributed many of the problems to poor design, poor materials and problematic construction methods.
Causes pegged for Courthouse Square problems
Poor design, poor materials and insufficient site supervision are among the prime causes for the cracking, shifting mess of a building in Salem that once housed offices for Marion County, according to a new $1.5 million remediation study.
Home Depot opens distribution center in Salem
Home Depot has opened a brand new 467,000-square-foot warehouse in Salem's Mill Creek Corporate Center.
Study sought for Courthouse Square debacle
Marion County hopes to learn lessons from Salem's ill-fated Courthouse Square building. The agency is seeking a company to investigate the past of the 10-year-old, $34 million building, so structural problems that led to its closure won't happen on any new projects.
Salem Courthouse structural problems confirmed
The Salem courthouse will remain vacant after a second round of testing strengthened the claim that the $34 million building completed in 2000 isn't structurally safe enough for public workers to occupy it.
Salem OKs speedy loan for condo project
Salem City Council has voted to give a quick $500,000 loan to a struggling private condo developer in the name of urban renewal.
Salem orders Courthouse Square vacated
Tenants of the Courthouse Square office building in Salem have been ordered to vacate the building 30 days sooner than planned, after receiving word from a engineer that the building has 11 columns stressed to over 150 percent of their capacity.
$1.8M settlement reached for Courthouse Square
A settlement has been reached in the lawsuit filed against contractors for work done on the structurally-deficient Courthouse Square building in Salem.
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- 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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