Hoffman Construction Company
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Company type | Privately held company |
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Industry | Heavy construction Engineering Project Management |
Founded | 1922 |
Founder | Lee Hawley Hoffman |
Headquarters | 805 SW Broadway, Suite 2100 Portland, Oregon |
Area served | Pacific Northwest |
Key people | David Drinkward, President, CEO[1] |
Products | Construction contracting |
Revenue | US$3.9billion (FY2022)[2] |
Number of employees | 670 (2022)[2] |
Website | hoffmancorp.com |
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Hoffman Construction Company is a privately held construction company founded in 1922 based in Portland, Oregon, United States.[3]
History
[edit]Lee Hoffman (May 15, 1850 - August 8, 1959)[4] moved to Portland in the 1870s with his family and worked constructing bridges and other projects until his death, including the Bull Run pipeline.[5]
The company started out building primarily apartment buildings and industrial structures in Portland, and had grown to more than 400 employees by 1928.[6]
Hoffman expanded to Seattle in 1929.[7] The firm also built Cushman Dam No. 2 that year near Shelton, Washington, for Tacoma Power and Light.[8]
Eric Hoffman (1923–2016) became president of the company in 1956 and became chairman in 1974.[9] Lee Hawley Hoffman died on August 8, 1959. Cecil Drinkward came to Hoffman in 1967 as a vice president, and his son Wayne joined in 1985.[10] Cecil Drinkward became president in 1974.[9] In the late 1960s, the company shifted emphasis from paper and forestry industry where they started to commercial construction.[11]
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After Hoffman completed an expansion at the Snake River Correctional Institute in Eastern Oregon, the state audited the work on the project in 1999.[12][13] Auditors alleged some overpayments, while the company and the Oregon Department of Corrections disputed those allegations.[12][13]
The Intel D1X project built by Hoffman was named as the largest construction project in Oregon history in 2017. Intel hired Hoffman for this project in 2010. The newspaper reports "several billion dollars" but the exact amount is a "closely guarded secret".[14] In 2015, Hoffman filed a $50.8 million lien on the D1X, and the lien stayed in place two years later in June 2017.[14] In December 2017, The Oregonian followed up to report that Hoffman had withdrawn the "mysterious $50 lien". According to a statement provided by Intel, ""We are pleased that the dispute has been amicably resolved. The terms and conditions of the resolution are confidential,"[15]
Hoffman moved into the Fox Tower in downtown Portland in 2000 after constructing the building, and added a permanent lobby exhibit showcasing the company's history.[16]
Hoffman Construction was issued a warning by the City of Portland in September 2020 for having utilized a subcontractor which obtained women-owned status fraudulently so they can be awarded jobs as a subcontractor on Portland city government projects under a program designed to help disadvantaged business. This came after the subcontractor under question was caught.[17]
Health and Safety
[edit]Portland Tribune's Joseph Gallivan named Hoffman's 1715 S.W. Salmon St and Lincoln High School sites as those still carrying on business as usual during the COVID-19 pandemic.[18] A worker interviewed by Willamette Week on the Hayward Field renovation project site reports while Hoffman has issued strict social distancing instructions, it is realistically not being followed in the field. The same newspaper article also discussed a complaint filed against Hoffman with the Oregon OSHA on March 30, 2020 concerning the project at Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact which reads "Multiple employees are working in lifts next to each other, and lunch shacks are packed full of employees sitting next to each other".[19] Daily Journal of Commerce also identified Hoffman's 5 MLK, a mixed-use 17 story project near the east end of Burnside Bridge as a site where an OSHA complaint has been registered over social distancing and lack of hand-washing stations.[20]
Major Projects
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Hoffman is known for building the Fox Tower, Memorial Coliseum, the Oregon Convention Center and the Wells Fargo Center.[11]
Completed Major Projects
[edit]Civic / Cultural
[edit]- Seattle Central Library in Seattle, Washington[21]
- Multnomah County Central Courthouse in Portland, Oregon[22]
- Experience Music Project museum in Seattle, Washington[23]
- Town Center Park in Wilsonville, Oregon[24]
- Portland Japanese Garden
- Main exhibit hall at the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum in McMinnville, Oregon[25]
- Expansion of the Portland Expo Center in Portland, Oregon[26]
- The Amphitheater at Clark County (now Amphitheater Northwest) in Ridgefield, Washington[27]
- Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse in Portland, Oregon[28]
- Seattle City Hall in Seattle, Washington[28]
Healthcare
[edit]- Doernbecher Children's Hospital in Portland, Oregon[21]
- Center for Health & Healing at Oregon Health & Sciences University in Portland, Oregon[29]
- Randall Children's Hospital at Legacy Emanuel in Portland, Oregon
High-Rise
[edit]- Portland Building in Portland, Oregon,[30] completed in 1982, the concrete building envelope started leaking about five years after completion, then progressed to leaks around windows. Problems continued to worsen over the years despite repair attempts.[31]
- Mirabella Portland in Portland, Oregon[32]
- Bellevue Towers in Bellevue, Washington[33]
- One Main Place office tower in Portland, Oregon[34]
- Twelve/West apartment tower in Portland, Oregon[35]
- Meier & Frank Building remodel and addition of The Nines in Portland, Oregon[36]
- One Union Square skyscraper in Seattle, Washington[37]
- Henry M. Jackson Federal Building in Seattle, Washington[37]
- Westin Building in Seattle, Washington[37]
- Qwest Plaza in Seattle, Washington[37]
- Daimler Trucks North America headquarters in Portland, Oregon[38]
- PacWest Center in Portland, Oregon[39]
- Park Avenue West skyscraper in Portland, Oregon[40]
Athletics
[edit]- Ron Tonkin Field in Hillsboro, Oregon[41]
- Hillsboro Stadium in Hillsboro, Oregon[41]
- Matthew Knight Arena at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon[42]
Hayward Field at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon in 2022
Education
[edit]- Paul L. Boley Law Library at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon[43]
- Ford Hall at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon[44]
- Lincoln High School in Portland, Oregon.[45]
- Global Scholars Hall at University of Oregon[46]
Transportation
[edit]- Washington Park underground light rail station in Portland, Oregon[47]
- Link Light Rail University of Washington Station
Commercial and Mixed-Use
[edit]- Former Post Office in Coos Bay, Oregon[48]
- Expansion of Nike, Inc.'s World Headquarters near Beaverton, Oregon[49]
- New First National Bank Building in Portland, Oregon[50]
- Weinhard Brewery Complex mixed-use development in Portland, Oregon[51]
Manufacturing
[edit]- Intel D1D and D1X projects and expansion at Ronler Acres Campus in Hillsboro, Oregon[52][53]
- Boeing 777x Composite Wing Manufacturing Center in Everett, WA[54]
Aviation
[edit]- Canopy at Portland International Airport in Portland, Oregon[21]
- Headquarters for the Port of Portland at Portland International Airport in Oregon[55]
- Nike Air Hangar at the Hillsboro Airport in Hillsboro, Oregon[56]
References
[edit]- Dow Beckham, Stephen (1995). Hoffman Construction Company: 75 Years of Building. Hoffman Corporation. ISBN 0-930998-08-1.
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ "Largest Commercial & Civil General Contractors in the Portland Metro Area". Portland Business Journal. May 23, 2019. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
- ^ a b "Engineering News Record, Top 400 Contractors" (PDF). Engineering News Record. June 5, 2023. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
- ^ "Hoffman Construction – Contact Us". Retrieved 2019-04-16.
- ^ Beckham, p. 110.
- ^ Beckham, pp. 10-11, 34, 44.
- ^ Beckham, pp. 59-60.
- ^ Beckham, p. 67.
- ^ Beckham, p. 71.
- ^ a b "Contractors". Western Construction. 49. King Publications: 75. 1974.
- ^ Beckham, pp. 10-11.
- ^ a b Rogoway, Mike (Dec 29, 2016). "Eric Hoffman, former Hoffman Construction president, dies at 93". The Oregonian. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
- ^ a b Miller, Brian K. (March 28, 1999). "Hoffman strikes back at auditors". Portland Business Journal. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
- ^ a b Miller, Brian K. (Jun 27, 1999). "State still mulling audit of Hoffman Construction". Portland Business Journal. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
- ^ a b Oregonian/OregonLive, Mike Rogoway | The (2017-06-01). "Intel in $50 million dispute with D1X contractor, Hoffman Construction". oregonlive.com. Retrieved 2019-04-16.
- ^ Oregonian/OregonLive, Mike Rogoway | The (2017-12-11). "Hoffman withdraws mysterious $50 million lien on Intel's D1X factory". oregonlive.com. Retrieved 2019-04-16.
- ^ "Mayer/Reed interprets legacy of Hoffman". Daily Journal of Commerce. October 27, 2000. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
- ^ KATU Staff (2020-09-30). "Portland painting company fined for posing as woman-owned business to receive contracts". KATU. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
- ^ Gallivan, Joseph (March 17, 2020). "Social distancing? Not at these Portland construction sites". Portland Tribune. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
Plenty of workers were at Lincoln High School building their new campus and at the Hoffman Construction site across the street, at 1715 S.W. Salmon St
- ^ Jaquiss, Nigel (April 1, 2020). "Oregon's Construction Industry Is Chugging Along Like It's Still 2019. Some Workers Say That's Dangerous". Willamette Week. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
- ^ Slothower, Chuck (April 3, 2020). "Workers raise coronavirus safety complaints". Daily Journal of Commerce. Archived from the original on April 5, 2020. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
- ^ a b c Siemers, Erik (May 24, 2013). "Hoffman straddles line between risk and 'crazy risk'". Portland Business Journal. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
- ^ "Current Projects | Multnomah County Central Courthouse". www.oeg.us.com. Retrieved 2017-10-16.
- ^ Brenneman, Kristina (November 5, 2000). "A new generation of players are influencing the Portland scene". Portland Business Journal. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
- ^ Kipp, Curt (February 12, 2003). "Town Center Park a go; civic park a maybe". Wilsonville Spokesman.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Carter, Dan (November 10, 2000). "Piece by piece the Spruce Goose comes alive". Daily Journal of Commerce. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
- ^ Carter, Dan (September 28, 2000). "Expo Center growing exponentially". Daily Journal of Commerce. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
- ^ Devereaux, Charlie (August 9, 2002). "Hoffman ready to roll on amphitheater". Daily Journal of Commerce. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
- ^ a b Libby, Brian (October 28, 2002). "Hoffman's Wayne Drinkward says the key to success is doing things well". Daily Journal of Commerce. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ^ Goldfield, Robert (July 7, 2010). "OHSU building snags major award". Portland Business Journal. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
- ^ Schmidt, Brad (January 3, 2014). "A look back at The Portland Building's troubled past: Portland City Hall Roundup". Retrieved 20 May 2014.
- ^ Post, Nadine M (August 14, 2020). "Drastic Rebuild Resurrects Graves' Landmark Portland Building". www.enr.com. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
By 1988, there was evidence of efflorescence. Then, the building started leaking around the windows. Despite repairs, the conditions worsened... The original painted-concrete envelope leaks started about five years after the original building's completion in 1982. Numerous attempts over the years to plug the holes failed.
- ^ Williams, Christina (June 28, 2012). "South Waterfront's Mirabella nets sustainable design awards". Portland Business Journal. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
- ^ Culverwell, Wendy (January 7, 2011). "Gerding-Edlen surrenders Bellevue Towers". Portland Business Journal. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
- ^ Culverwell, Wendy (January 22, 2010). "One Main Place to sell for $57 million". Portland Business Journal. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
- ^ "Urban wind turbines go up in Portland". Portland Business Journal. August 13, 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
- ^ Finnemore, Barry (November 19, 2006). "Renovating an icon: A fresh Meier & Frank Building". Portland Business Journal. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
- ^ a b c d Michelson, Alan. "Partners: Hoffman Construction Company". Pacific Coast Architecture Database. University of Washington. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
- ^ Culverwell, Wendy (May 7, 2014). "Ankrom Moisan, Hoffman get $150M Daimler HQ job". Portland Business Journal. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
- ^ McKinlay, Theresa (October 16, 2006). "Work on Pacwest Center begins in October 1982". Daily Journal of Commerce. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ^ Culverwell, Wendy (October 30, 2013). "How do you restart a 30-story project? Call in the marching band!". Portland Business Journal. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
- ^ a b Theen, Andrew (March 18, 2013). "Hillsboro's $15.2 million ballpark will cost more, have fewer permanent seats than originally planned". The Oregonian. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
- ^ Giegerich, Andy (February 11, 2011). "Knight arena passes audit muster". Portland Business Journal. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
- ^ Back, Brian J. (February 17, 2002). "Lewis & Clark's library takes home the green". Portland Business Journal. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
- ^ Staff (July 1, 2007). "Willamette U Plans Academic Building". Northwest Construction. 10 (7). The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.: 5.
- ^ Friedman, Gordon (2019-06-06). "Portland retail tax applies more broadly than thought, igniting opposition at City Hall". oregonlive. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
- ^ Press, The Associated (2016-12-04). "UO to settle lawsuit over cracked dormitory floor". oregonlive. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
- ^ Miller, Brian K. (July 4, 1999). "Local team honored for work on light-rail station". Portland Business Journal. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
- ^ "New Postoffice in Use". The Oregonian. November 24, 1936. p. 15.
- ^ Siemers, Erik (February 21, 2014). "New Nike campus contractors same as the old ones (mostly)". Portland Business Journal. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
- ^ "Bank Project Contract Let". The Oregonian. September 24, 1957. p. 12.
- ^ Carter, Dan (July 13, 2001). "Hoffman, R&H work on Brewery Blocks". Daily Journal of Commerce. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
- ^ Manning, Jeff (May 16, 2014). "Construction boom: Hoffman, Andersen represent Oregon on list of largest U.S. construction companies". The Oregonian. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
- ^ Fields, KJ (October 28, 2002). "Intel's Ronler Acres projects give Corridor boost". Daily Journal of Commerce. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
- ^ "Boeing: 777X Composite Wing Center's outer shell complete". www.boeing.com. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
- ^ Culverwell, Wendy (May 2, 2010). "Port of Portland moves to 205,000-square-foot HQ". Portland Business Journal. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
- ^ Carter, Dan (February 15, 2002). "Sabre constructs precisely with steel". Daily Journal of Commerce. Retrieved 21 May 2014.