Tue August 29, 2017
Airport Seeks OK for $1.3B, Five-Year Improvement Plan
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) Authorities want a $1.3 billion upgrade at Portland International Airport that will take five years to complete. Port of Portland Executive Director Curtis Robinhold told the Oregonian/OregonLive that the improvements are needed due to more travelers and the increased security put in place following the 9/11 terrorist attacks....
Jeff Manning and Anna Marum - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tue August 01, 2017
Portland Building Boom Continues, So Does Worker Shortage
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) John Killin pressed the panic button in February amid a multibillion-dollar tsunami of real estate development. The building frenzy that lit up the Portland-area economy and changed the city irrevocably has depleted the pool of skilled construction workers....
Tue August 01, 2017
Oregon House Passes Major Transportation Bill Package
SALEM, Ore. (AP) The Oregon House passed a transportation bill with new taxes and fees that would raise $3.8 billion over seven years for repairs to the state's roads and bridges. House Bill 2017 now heads to the Oregon Senate, where it's expected to pass, The Register Guard reported....
Tue August 01, 2017
Preventing Heat Illness for Workers in Hot Weather
As temperatures rise this — and every — summer, Oregon OSHA encourages employers and workers in construction, agriculture and other labor-intensive activities to learn the signs of heat illness and focus on prevention....
Fri July 21, 2017
AGC Releases Latest Construction Employment Numbers by Sate
Forty-one states added construction jobs between June 2016 and June 2017 amid continuing widespread demand for construction services, while 25 states and the District of Columbia added construction jobs between May and June, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of Labor Department data released July 21....
Wed July 19, 2017
Transportation Funding: Advocates Weigh in at ARTBA Workshop
More than 130 transportation design and construction professionals, chamber of commerce executives, and officials with better roads groups and state transportation agencies from 36 states came together July 12 in the Nation's Capital to share best practices for advancing transportation funding legislation and ballot initiatives during the 4th Annual National Workshop for State & Local Transportation Advocates....
Jeff Manning and Anna Marum - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tue July 18, 2017
Labor Shortages Become 'New Normal' as City Builds
John Killin pressed the panic button in February amid a multibillion-dollar tsunami of real estate development. The building frenzy that lit up the Portland-area economy and changed the city irrevocably has depleted the pool of skilled construction workers....
Gillian Flaccus - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Mon July 03, 2017
Oregon OKs Permit for First All-Wood High-Rise in U.S.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) Officials in Oregon have approved construction permits for the first all-wood high-rise building in the nation. Construction on the 12-story building, called Framework, will break ground this fall in Portland's trendy and rapidly growing Pearl District and is expected to be completed by the following winter....
Tue June 06, 2017
Oregon School Wins Forestry Award
SUTHERLIN (AP) On behalf of the Oregon Natural Resources Education Fund (ONREF), the Society of American Foresters presented an award certificate at a May 15 Sutherlin school board meeting to Sutherlin High School and instructor Wes Crawford to show support for the school's commitment to providing educational opportunities in forestry....
Lori Tobias - Tue June 06, 2017
Tillamook Estuaries' $12M Project Restores Oregon Wetlands
For decades, folks in Tillamook, Ore., looked for ways to diminish the flooding that so frequently troubles this agricultural community, damaging property, threatening lives and generally shutting down town....
