Commercial Projects.

DESCRIPTION

La Center Middle School, located in downtown La Center. The 81,000-square-foot, two-story school is designed for 550 students and is expected to be completed for fall 2021 classes.

This new modern facility will provide a supportive, hands-on learning environment helping to relieve the pressure their current K-8 campus is experiencing from rapid growth in the La Center community.

GENERAL INFORMATION

• Location: La Center, Washington

• Type: Commercial

• Completed: Spring 2021

TECHNICAL DETAILS 

• Floor Area: 81,000 sq. ft.

• Floor Count: 2

• Capacity: 550 Students

DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION

• Owner: City of La Center

• Architect: NAC Architects

• Contractor: Robinson Construction Co.

• Steel Erector: REFA Steel Erectors

DESCRIPTION

Located on the last undeveloped full block in downtown Portland, Block 216 will soon house a 35-story, 460 feet tall, mixed use tower becoming one of the city’s tallest skyscraper’s. The project will be the largest development in the city since the US Bank Tower, encompassing a complex 844,177 sq.ft. blended program. The ground level will bring 13,000 sq.ft. of lively retail and event space with three distinct entry lobbies. Above retail, stacked on five floors will be 160,000 sq. ft. of Class A office space. Next above, on eleven floors is the main attraction and a first for the Northwest, a 249-key, five star Ritz-Carlton luxury hotel. Located directly above the hotel on the 20th floor will be a restaurant, bar, and guest lounge, no doubt a future Portland hot spot. To top it all off, and above it all will be 138 for sale private residences boasting amenities such as a double-height pool, and spa facility, just to name a few.

Fought and Company, and REFA Erection have been selected by Howard S. Wright, the general contractor, to fabricate and erect all steel members, and miscellaneous metals - 602 tons total. GBD Architects is the firm behind the vision of this futuristic, “gem” like design. KPFF Engineering was contracted for the structural design.

GENERAL INFORMATION

• Location: Southwest Downtown, Portland, OR.

• Type: Commercial

• Completed: August 2021

TECHNICAL DETAILS 

• Floor Area: 844,177 sq. ft.

• Floor Count: 35

• Height: 460 feet

DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION

• Owner: BPM Real Estate Group

• Architect: GBD Architects

• Engineer: KPFF

• Contractor: Howard S. Wright

• Steel Fabricator and Erector: Fought & Company / REFA Steel Erectors

DESCRIPTION

Recognizing that the experience for students arriving on campus for the first time can be an unfamiliar and often intimidating environment, the new Student Services Center changes the way CCC serves students and greets visitors to the Oregon City Campus.

Serving as the "front door" to Clackamas Community College, the new Student Services Center will offer admissions, advising, counseling, education partnerships, financial aid, registration, testing and placement services, and a welcome desk. This will become a space where students can have most of their questions answered in one setting rather than moving to different offices or between buildings.

The college is also remodeling the existing community center to provide a facelift for: admissions, Associated Student Government (ASG), career center, disability resource center, multicultural center and the veterans center. The improved community center will create better study spaces for students as well as easy access to the Cougar Café. A new plaza between the transit mall and new building will also be part of this project.

GENERAL INFORMATION

• Location: CCC, Oregon City, OR.

• Type: Commercial

• Completed: August 2021

TECHNICAL DETAILS 

• Floor Area: 21,000 sq. ft.

• Floor Count: 2

DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION

• Owner: Clackamas Community College

• Architect: Opsis Architects

• Engineer: Catena Consulting Engineers

• Contractor: Howard S. Wright

• Steel Fabricator and Erector: Fought & Company / REFA Steel Erectors

DESCRIPTION

PCC Sylvania Campus has a new, modern, and larger child development center on the south side of the campus. Parents who want to study at Portland Community College now have some exciting options for childcare.

The state-of-the-art 14,000-square-foot facility will serve between 60-75 children and will cost roughly $7 million. Sylvania is the epicenter for the Child Development Center for the Early Education and Family Studies program, and involves more of a teaching environment with students and faculty working on best practices.

This center is licensed by the State of Oregon Child Care Division and is accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). Classrooms are staffed with qualified and trained teachers and support personnel to maintain a low teacher to student ratio. Students from the Early Education Program also complete their practicum work in the classrooms.

This is a unique early education facility that provides developmentally and culturally appropriate care for infants through preschool age children. The center is planned and staffed to provide a training facility for early childhood education students. The students have the opportunity to apply early childhood best practices in the classroom with children and families, under the supervision of their mentor teachers.

GENERAL INFORMATION

• Location: PCC Sylvania Campus, Portland, OR.

• Type: Commercial

• Completed: 2019

TECHNICAL DETAILS 

• Floor Area: 14,000 sq. ft.

• Floor Count: 2

DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION

• Owner: PCC Sylvania

• Architect: GBD Architects

• Engineer: PCC - Planning & Capital Construction

• Contractor: Howard S. Wright

• Steel Fabricator and Erector: Fought & Company / REFA Steel Erectors

DESCRIPTION

The Westmark Building is a 271,000 sq ft. sorting facility located just minutes away from Highway 26, and 18 miles West from downtown Portland, Oregon in the heart of the Silicone Forest. 

GENERAL INFORMATION

• Location: 7230 NW Century Blvd., Hillsboro, Oregon

• Type: Commercial, Industrial

• Completed: Summer 2018

TECHNICAL DETAILS 

• Floor Area: 271,000 sq ft.

• Floor Count: 2

DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION

• Owner: Majestic Westmark Partners, LLC

• Architect: Commerce Construction

• Engineer: Mackenzie

• Contractor: Commerce Construction

• Steel Fabricator and Erector: Fought & Company / REFA

DESCRIPTION

17th & Front is a large mixed-use development on an incredibly challenging site. The narrow, wedge shaped property is located between railroad tracks to the Southwest and NW Front Avenue to the Northeast, it is at the edge of the Northwest District with a direct path into the Northwest Industrial area, and has views of the river, Fremont Bridge, and Mount Hood. The project was broken into three buildings sitting atop a large podium in order to maximize daylight and minimize the imposing area of the site. The podium provides a collection of micro-industrial and retail/commercial space to create and sustain a critical density needed for vibrancy, before the rest of the neighborhood fills in with expected development.

The design of the project takes cues from the old industrial buildings that currently occupy the area, particularly from the diagonally-braced, wood-framed warehouses clad in metal panels. Showing off a slightly different face from each approach, it reflects the diversity of the area and its unique location in between several very different neighborhoods. 

GENERAL INFORMATION

• Location: 17 NW Front Avenue, Portland, Oregon

• Type: Retail, Office, Apartments, Townhouses

• Completed: Spring 2018

TECHNICAL DETAILS 

• Floor Area: 274,000 sq ft.

• Floor Count: 6

• LEED Platinum Certified

DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION

• Owner: Guardian Real Estate Services

• Architect: YBA Architects

• Engineer: KPFF

• Contractor: Hoffman Construction

• Steel Fabricator and Erector: Fought & Company / REFA

DESCRIPTION

Located in the heart of downtown Portland's Pearl District, Pearl West is a mixed use building offering 17-foot ceilings, floor-to-ceiling glass windows along NW 14th, an opportunity for outdoor seating on the south side of the building, and potential off-street parking.

Pearl West was the first new office building to break ground in the center of Portland since the recession.

GENERAL INFORMATION

• Location: 1455 NW Irving Street, Portland, Oregon

• Type: Commercial, Class A Office

• Completed: 2016

TECHNICAL DETAILS 

• Height: 120 ft.

• Floor Area: 230,000 sq. ft.

• Floor Count: 9

• Lifts / Elevators: 4

DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION

• Owner: TMT Development

• Developer: BPM Real Estate

• Architect: GBD Architects / THA Architecture

• Engineer: KPFF

• Contractor: Howard S. Wright

• Steel Fabricator and Erector: Fought & Company / REFA

DESCRIPTION

Located in the heart of downtown Portland, Park Avenue West sits amongst the city’s most highly-revered historical and cultural attractions. Iconic early-Portland architecture mingles with the energy of a modern, urban ethos. It’s a core of undiscovered harmony, where Broadway’s hub of art and culture meets urban planning and neighborhood charm to offer escape, excitement and endless opportunity.

Park Avenue West Tower was initially scheduled to be completed in 2010 and was developed by TMT Development. The tower was to have a total of 33 floors and offer retail space, office space, and 85 housing units. The housing component was dropped from the plans. It was also to have a six floor underground garage with 325 parking spaces. The building gained the top four floors when developers agreed to add 1,650 square feet of bike facilities (including public bicycle commuter showers, bike parking, and locker space) under the connected Director Park's subsurface parking, gaining the tower a 40-to-1 bonus.

GENERAL INFORMATION

• Location: 805 SW Broadway #2020, Portland, Oregon

• Type: Retail, Office, Apartments

• Completed: 2016

TECHNICAL DETAILS

• Height: (Antenna Spire) 502 ft.

• Floor Area: 474,000 sq ft.

• Floor Count: 30

• Lifts / Elevators: 10

• LEED Platinum Certified

DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION

• Owner: TMT Development

• Developer: TMT Development

• Architect: TVA Architects

• Engineer: TVA Architects

• Contractor: Hoffman Construction

• Steel Fabricator and Erector: Fought Steel / REFA

DESCRIPTION

The North Transfer station is located in the Wallingford neighborhood. The facility is designed to handle waste more efficiently, safely and provides more opportunities to recycle. Designed with the community in mind the North Transfer Station has updated safety features such as separating small residential drops from the bigger customers. It also has a green roof, solar panels, and a rain garden setting it apart from most city dumps.  It also features a sound barrier that projects the sounds from the facility back towards the site and a basketball court.

The North Transfer Station is a state of the art facility designed to improve customer safety, increase capacity and efficiency, and reduce odor and noise. SPU worked with the community through a collaborative design process to create a facility that includes community amenities and sustainable features, such as public open spaces, basketball court, facility sound barrier, green storm water infrastructure, solar panels, and a steel truss roof design that proved to be critical to achieving the sunlight requirement for a LEED gold status. In addition, the new Reuse & Recycle building will reduce the amount of waste headed to the landfill.

GENERAL INFORMATION

• Location: 1350 N 34th Street, Seattle, Washington

• Type: Commercial

• Completed: 2016

TECHNICAL DETAILS

• Traffic: Two inbound and three outbound scales.

• Floor Area: 65,000 sq ft.

• Capacity: 750 tons of various material per day

• Energy Production PV Solar: 150 kilowatts of electricity

• LEED Gold Certified

DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION

• Owner: Seattle Public Utilities

• Architect: Mahlum

• Engineer: Intergrated Design Steel – Prime Consultant CDM Smith, Inc.

• Contractor: Lydig Construction

• Steel Fabricator and Erector: Fought & Company / TEC