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Pioneer Place Wants to Install New Security Gates. City Approval Could Take Up to 103 Days. For now, Portland’s highest-end retailers are hidden behind sheets of plywood and particle board. SHINING LIKE A DIAMOND: A downtown MAX train passes the boarded-up entry of Pioneer Place. (Brian Burk) Updated February 10 The first sign that Portland s economy is rebounding from a year of paralysis will come when downtown stores strip off their plywood facings. That transformation could take just a few hours.
Meet the 2021 Hard Hat Safety Award honorees By: DJC Staff in Construction, events February 8, 2021
5:24 pm
The Daily Journal of Commerce has announced its
Hard Hat Safety Award honorees for 2021. The following companies, organizations, project teams and individuals are being recognized for their ongoing, successful work keeping employees and the public safe.
The honorees are:
Chris McInroe, project director, Perlo Construction. He was nominated “for his instrumental role advancing the culture of safety at Perlo.”
Steve Frost, site safety, health and environmental manager, Howard S. Wright, a Balfour Beatty Company. “Steve is not only a great safety leader but … an industry leader in addressing the suicide epidemic facing the building industry,” according to his nomination.
Portland development bureau to lay off 13 staffers
Most of the funding comes from permit fees and building is down during the pendemic.
Portland s Bureau of Development Services has notified 13 employees they will be laid off effective March 1, citing a pandemic-induced drop in permit revenue.
The bureau raises nearly all its own revenue 98% of its funding comes through permit fees. But in the midst of a pandemic, demand for big commercial projects like office buildings or hotels, which are capable of generating sizable permit fees, has plummeted.
Bureau spokesperson Ken Ray said Thursday that the agency, which is responsible for overseeing both commercial and residential permits throughout the city, has decided to lay off 13 people to avoid drawing down too heavily on its reserve fund. He said the layoffs are all non union-represented positions and spread across the bureau.