NECA/IBEW Local 48 Wins Four Awards

Portland - The contractors and electricians of NECA/IBEW Local 48 took home four top awards at the annual Oregon-Columbia Communicator Awards banquet recently. The awards - sponsored by Oregon-Columbia International Association of Business Communicators - focused on creative services including design, layout and production.

NECA/IBEW Local 48 earned first place "Awards of Excellence" for television ads and its website. The television ads were based on "Great Moments In Electricity" and featured Lewis and Clark and Frankenstein themes.

Additionally, print ads and radio ads created for NECA/IBEW Local 48 received "Awards of Merit."

Pac/West Communications, a public relations and marketing communications firm based in Wilsonville, Ore, created the ads and website for NECA/IBEW Local 48. Pac/West Communications has been responsible for NECA/IBEW Local 48's marketing and public relations campaigns since 1999.

The banquet was held June 19th at Brunish Hall, Portland Center for the Performing Arts.

Lewis Awarded TIs In Downtown Portland

Portland - Lease Crutcher Lewis was recently awarded contracts to perform tenant improvements to three downtown Portland spaces. Lewis will build out new locations for PacifiCorp, Washington Mutual and KPMG.

Lewis' build-out of PacifiCorp's new office in Gerding/Edlen's Brewery Blocks development, valued at $1.1 million, was scheduled for completion last month. The one-and-a-half-floor project in Block Four will provide PacifiCorp with 31,476 sq. ft. of space and features suspended glass art and upholstered wall panels. GBD Architects of Portland provided design services for the space.

The fast-tracked, 45-day build-out of Washington Mutual's new Home Loan Center on the ground floor of the Hilton Executive Center started in late June and was completed last month. Components of Lewis' $200,000 project include demolition of existing finishes; mechanical, electrical and plumbing modifications; and new ADA restrooms, data room, casework, flooring, doors, paint and a custom-designed catwalk. Interior Architects, PC of Costa Mesa, Calif. was the project architect.

KPMG chose Lewis to build out its new three-floor space in the Wells Fargo Tower using a qualifications-based selection process. The 42,000-sq.-ft. class A office will allow KPMG to consolidate operations into one location. It currently serves clients from two offices: one in Columbia Plaza, the other in the Pacwest Center. Lewis' 10-week, $2 million project, designed by Ziegler Cooper Architects, of Houston, Texas with local assistance from GBD Architects and Gluemac Engineering, begins in October.

J.E. Dunn Awarded U.S. Courthouse in Eugene

Eugene - The Portland office of J.E. Dunn Construction recently announced the award of the construction contract for the Wayne Lyman Morse United States Courthouse here. The Northwest/Arctic Region of the U.S. General Services Administration has awarded the firm a Construction Manager as Constructor (CMc) services contract.

The new U.S. Courthouse will be 267,000 sq. ft. within a four-story steel and concrete structure. The estimated $70 million construction project will include six courtrooms and chambers along with space for the U.S. Marshals Service and court administrative offices. The building features an exterior surface of zinc panels and incorporates the latest security measures for federal courthouses. The three-story interior atrium will serve as a beacon for the building.

The design premise for the new U.S. Courthouse in Eugene is a desire to recall the formal simplicity of the historical one-room courthouse on the Town Square. The architectural team of DLR Group, with offices in Portland and Seattle; and Morphosis, located in Santa Monica, Calif., is currently finishing the design of this new federal courthouse.

J.E. Dunn Construction brings to the project past experience on two government projects in Eugene; the Lane County Juvenile Justice Center and Adult Corrections Facility Remodel. The general contractor will be providing preconstruction services to GSA and the DLR/Morphosis design team during the final stages of design completion.

Construction is expected to start in late Fall 2003 and is estimated to take 24 months to build. At its peak, the $70 million project will employ over 150 craft people.

New Daycare Facility Completed in Portland

Portland - In Line Commercial Construction (Aloha, Ore.) and Mahlum Architects (Portland, Ore.) recently completed a project that gives the children at Providence Health System's daycare center a new home away from home.

The daycare center was moved to vacant space at Providence's main complex at Mt. Angel Benediction Nursing Center. The In Line/Mahlum team designed and built-out the existing space to meet the needs of the 43 children using the facility.

Work to the building included the addition of safety doors, exit signage and sprinkler systems. In addition to code regulations, the area was designed to provide the facility with flex space for a variety of play, sleep and classroom instruction. The fenced-in playground sits adjacent to the senior citizens' outdoor seating, providing seniors with the opportunity to watch the kids at play.

In-kind donations were provided by In Line and Mahlum, as well as Baxter & Flaming, Don Rhyne Painting Company, Floor Factors, Inc., Fullman/Kinetics, Gohman Mechanical, Inc., Rick's Fencing, Marshall Building, K&R Landscaping Maintenance and Oregon Electric.