Recently added articles from Daily Journal of Commerce (Portland, OR):
Work shortage worries Portland architects
Jul 03, 2009; ... Portland-area architects say they're still feeling an economicpinch, a sentiment echoed across the country in the AmericanInstitute of Architects' most recent Architectural Billings Indexnumbers. After four months of numbers revealing little increases ofactivity, the index showed ...
Oregon legislative session rouses participants
Jul 03, 2009; ... Kim Thatcher attended the 2009 Oregon legislative session. BobShiprack was there, too. But two witnesses can give two differentaccounts. Shiprack, the general secretary of the Oregon State Building andConstruction Trades Council, saw a good session that created jobsand helped the ...
Commentary: Beware: Sensitive data is a frequent target
Jul 03, 2009; ... Where is your company's sensitive information at this verymoment? You may say that it is in the company's files locked insomeone's office or in a certain directory on the company's server.I hope you're right. But according to a recent survey, informationyou believe is confidential may ...
Benton, Linn counties work to improve to water quality
Jul 02, 2009; ... A project is under way to identify old, unused wells that may behurting water quality in Linn and Benton counties. Abandoned wells,when left open, will take in anything flowing on the ground and leakit into the groundwater supply, thus harming water quality. Waterproject coordinator Adam ...
South Waterfront project in Portland starts at the ground level
Jul 02, 2009; ... A new two-acre park taking up an entire block in Portland's SouthWaterfront District is scheduled to be completed by early fall.Named after an early Portland settler who owned the property in the19th century, Elizabeth Caruthers Park is bounded by SouthwestCurry, Moody, Gaines and Bond ...
Birds may influence Willamette River bridge design in Oregon
Jul 02, 2009; ... When the Oresund Bridge opened in 2000, it had one of the longestcable-stayed main spans in the world and a problem: Dead and dyingbirds were being found along the deck of the bridge, which connectsDenmark to Sweden. A 2001 study by Lund University in Sweden determined that ...
Clackamas-based firm dealt contract complaint
Jul 02, 2009; ... First, a Utah contractor hired Clackamas-based EmmertInternational to haul a historic building across a Salt Lake Citystreet. Now the same contractor has hauled Emmert into court. Emmert walked off the job in a contract dispute, leaving the 118-year-old Odd Fellows Hall suspended ...
Matching grant program targets Eugene neighborhoods
Jul 02, 2009 ... A matching grant program that pays for neighborhood improvementand community building projects in the city of Eugene kicked off itsnext cycle of awards on Wednesday. The city is now accepting applications in a competition for$50,000 in available money. Last year's grant money ...
Oregon's stimulus spending sparks debate
Jul 01, 2009; ... When Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Transportation SecretaryRay LaHood praised Oregon for starting federal stimulus projectsahead of schedule, they singled out the Highway 97 project inDeschutes County. That $15.5 million project will widen the highwayand create an interchange to get ...
Portland Consultant: New strategies needed in recession
Jul 01, 2009; ... The current recession is unlike any in the past few decades, andwhat companies did in the past to navigate downturns won'tnecessarily work today, business consultant Max Corona said. Corona, president of Portland consulting firm Synergic, thinkscompanies don't always need to change ...
Season is over for downtown sign in Portland
Jul 01, 2009; ... Eduardo Paez, left, with O'Mega Graphics & Signs peels a hugevinyl beer sign off an old brick building at 350 W. Burnside indowntown Portland. Paez and fellow swing-stage worker John ...
Firm wins digester expansion project in Portland with $15.7M bid -- well below estimate
Jun 30, 2009; ... Portland keeps growing, and every new resident has a contributionto make. At least, that's the view from the city's main sewageplant. The last expansion of the sludge digesters at the ColumbiaBoulevard Wastewater Treatment Plant came in 1983. Since then,Portland has added ...
Vancouver, Wash., contractor set to renovate space in Hillsboro as Pittsburgh-based retailer expgain
Jun 30, 2009; ... One sporting goods company's failure is another sporting goodscompany's good luck, at least at one location in the Portlandmetropolitan area. Robertson & Olson Construction, a general contractor based inVancouver, Wash., this week will begin renovating a former Joe'sSports and ...
AGC pleased, not overjoyed, with outcomes in Oregon Legislature
Jun 30, 2009; ... As lawmakers ended the legislative session - on time - in Salemthis week, John Rakowitz looked back at the last six months as amixed bag of results. Rakowitz is the public affairs director of the Oregon chapter ofAssociated General Contractors. He has kicked around the ...
Fairview plan includes new golf courses
Jun 30, 2009 ... Metro is planning to combine golf with nature preservation in anew project in Fairview. The Nature and Golf Learning Center project will restore existingwetlands and add a nine-hole golf course, six-hole pitch-and-puttcourse, and a covered driving range to Blue Lake Regional Park ....
$30M Southwest Washington project up for bid
Jun 30, 2009 ... With a price tag over $30 million, the Washington StateDepartment of Transportation's SR 501 Ridgefield Interchange projectis the largest Southwest Washington project to be paid for by thefederal stimulus package. And it's now up for bid. Work on the project, planned to be ...
Energy-credit cuts up to Oregon governor
Jun 29, 2009; ... After debating a bill that would cut tax credits for all windprojects, the Oregon Legislature on Friday passed a version thatwould limit the cuts to larger projects. Lawmakers, looking at thestate's budget shortfall, decided which renewable projects were mostworthy of tax breaks - and ...
Industrial market slumps as activity slows at Port of Portland
Jun 29, 2009; ... Empty truck trailers and a decline in container traffic at thePort of Portland have brokers anxious. They worry they're indicatorsthat Portland's industrial real estate market is taking a nosedive. The city's industrial vacancy rate is expected to climb to 10.3percent by the end of ...
CCL Label/Clear Image office and print shop in Portland
Jun 29, 2009; ... With neighbors such as The Portland Wine Project andMacTarnahan's Brewing Co. and MacTarnahan's Taproom at PyramidBrewery, CCL Label/Clear Image is sure to fit right in to its newNorthwest Portland digs. The company, which prints pressure-sensitive wine labels forcompanies ...
Bankruptcies leave big real-estate holes around the Portland-metro area
Jun 26, 2009; ... Retail space around the Portland-metro area left vacant whenJoe's Outdoors went out of business may soon have a new tenant.Michael Heerman, a broker with HSM Pacific, says there are ongoingnegotiations for a sporting goods chain he can't name yet to takeover the space. Filling ...