Daily Journal of Commerce, Portland articles from January 2002

Daily Journal of Commerce, Portland archives from January 2002

Commentary: Oregon Food Bank warehouse contributors deserve notice for good work.
January 2, 2002... Byline: Staff Recently the Daily Journal of Commerce published a special supplement about the financing, planning, design, construction and occupation of the new Oregon Food Bank warehouse. This is an amazing project that combined industry...

Green Building Services loses second co-director.
January 3, 2002... Byline: Jeremy Vesbach Just a few weeks after co-director Nathan Good dropped the 15-month-old consulting venture Green Building Services to pursue sustainable development issues with the engineering giant CH2MHill, co-director Jerry...

Contractor takes employee safety education online.
January 3, 2002... Byline: Lee Scopel Contractor Gray Purcell Inc. recently went high-tech with its employee safety education. Gray Purcell University came online about a month and a half ago, and offers courses to employees through their desktops.Ive always...

Architecture firms upbeat, plan to add staff in 2002.
January 4, 2002... Byline: Jeremy Vesbach In spite of a weak year for many of the nations architectural firms, hiring prospects are surprisingly positive for the coming year, according to Kermit Baker, chief economist for the American Institute of...

Fire protection engineering lecture planned.
January 4, 2002... Byline: Lee Scopel In an attempt to spark interest in the Pacific Northwest for a fire protection engineering education program, local fire professionals have organized a lecture on Jan. 18 to discuss the quickly developing...

Community center planned on 10 acres in east Vancouver.
January 4, 2002... Byline: Gretchen Fehrenbacher A Japanese high-tech company has abandoned plans to build a plant on a 10-acre site in east Vancouver, selling the property to the city, which has community and recreational uses in mind, possibly including a...

Commentary: It's true: Wall Street gurus are not really gurus.
January 4, 2002... Byline: Bernard Levy Is the cat out of the bag when someone says it is, or is it out of the bag when the bag is empty?Academics and others are now proposing that those famous Wall Street analysts and seers, gurus like Abbey Joseph Cohen of...

New law says property sellers must give more info.
January 7, 2002... Byline: Gretchen Fehrenbacher Sellers of real estate in Oregon are now required to provide buyers with information and records of construction projects on the property for two years immediately preceding the sale under penalty of fines and...

Local firm builds 'green' mixed-use structure.
January 7, 2002... Byline: Lee Scopel When Richard and Anne DeWolf decided to find a workspace for their five-year-old company Arciform, they looked in an area with which they were familiar. We have been running the company out of our home, which is fun with...

Citizens to comment on U.S. Highway 30 plans in Linnton.
January 7, 2002... Byline: Jeremy Vesbach A project to create boulevard elements on U.S. Highway 30 through the Linnton neighborhood of Northwest Portland has been moved ahead several months at the request of local residents, who hope the neighborhood...

Local building professionals stage industry forum.
January 8, 2002... Byline: Lee Scopel Local industry professionals will explore the increasingly important topic of dealing with the changing construction environment at the Oregon State University School of Engineering-sponsored forum Stuff happenswho pays?...

Madras to be home to new college campus, prison.
January 8, 2002... Byline: Gretchen Fehrenbacher It may not seem like the Utopian vision of community development, but the city of Madras will be home to a new campus of Central Oregon Community College and a new state prison.Planned separately on different...

Institute of architects' new pres. discusses plans.
January 8, 2002... Byline: Jeremy Vesbach John Blumthal, new president of the local chapter of the American Institute of Architects, likes to point out that the Portland chapter is actually made up of a host of cities from LaGrande in eastern Oregon, to...

Free lecture on coastal bridges scheduled in Astoria.
January 9, 2002... Byline: Jeremy Vesbach One man in the right place in the mid-1930s designed most of the bridges on the Oregon Coast Highway. Conde B. McCullough led up a team that designed and built nearly 600 bridges in Oregon in the decades between the...

Waterfront Park design options to be showcased.
January 9, 2002... Byline: Lee Scopel Several design options have been determined for the future of Governor Tom McCall Waterfront Park and will be available for public viewing and input next week at an open house.Advocated by former Gov. McCall, the Harbor...

Portland commercial real estate forecast for 2002.
January 9, 2002... Byline: Gretchen Fehrenbacher Grubb & Ellis Co. executive Brad Fletcher says commercial real estate conditions in the Portland market will be choppy in 2002 but to expect improvement as the year wears on.While the results for the year will...

Beaverton schools gear up for more construction.
January 10, 2002... Byline: Lee Scopel A burgeoning student population in Beaverton has thrown the school district into a whirlwind of building construction and upgrades in the past few years. Financed by a $149.7 million bond measure passed by voters in...

Local project recognized by green building council.
January 10, 2002... Byline: Jeremy Vesbach A renovated 1895 brick and timber warehouse in Portlands Pearl District has been recognized by the U.S. Green Building Council as one of the top green buildings in the country, the building owner announced today.The...

Vancouver books sessions on library expansion planning.
January 10, 2002... Byline: Gretchen Fehrenbacher A new chapter is in the making for patrons of two Vancouver Regional Library District locations.Planning is underway to expand and remodel Vancouver Community Library downtown and replace the Cascade Park...

West Coast law firm announces 2002 shareholders.
January 11, 2002... Byline: Staff Bullivant Houser Bailey PC, one of the West Coast's largest full-service law firms, announces the election of eight attorneys to shareholder positions. The new Portland shareholders are John Bachofner, Scott Brooksby and Jay...

Enviro. impact of green buildings workshop offered.
January 14, 2002... Byline: Jeremy Vesbach Nigel Howard, vice president of the U.S. Green Building Council, will lead a four-hour workshop in Portland Friday on Life cycle assessment training: How to measure the real environmental impact of green buildings...

Portland Development Commission wants environmental standards in its building projects.
January 14, 2002... Byline: Gretchen Fehrenbacher Projects receiving financial support from Portland Development Commission will have to meet rigorous standards in support of the environment, following adoption of a far-reaching "green building" policy. ...

Local electrical contractor receives safety award.
January 15, 2002... Byline: Lee Scopel The Oregon-Columbia chapter of the National Electrical Contractors Association and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 48 recently announced its Joint Industry Safety Committee award winners. The...

Portland airport's mission has changed since 9-11.
January 15, 2002... Byline: Gretchen Fehrenbacher Bill Wyatt says he stepped into a different job than he envisioned when he was picked to become the new executive director of the Port of Portland.Only weeks before he officially began his new duties,...

Commentary: A humorous look at new technological advances.
January 15, 2002... Byline: Jim Penn Americas business is alive and well. Although were not out of the recession by a long shot, good news is appearing on a regular basis. Its content should make your eyes twinkle, your lips smile and your tummy, if you have...

Area firms honored for corporate stewardship.
January 15, 2002... Byline: Gretchen Fehrenbacher What does it take to be a winning company?Ask Interface Engineering, R&H Construction or the architectural firm of Fletcher Farr Ayotte. They, along with a number of other firms, were honored Monday at the...

OR hospital receives asbestos fine.
January 16, 2002... Byline: Lee Scopel Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Prineville was recently fined $4,800 by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality for asbestos mismanagement.As a result of two remodeling projects in the hospital that took place over...

Commentary: Experience is key to the art of management.
January 16, 2002... Byline: Bernard Levy Management is both an art and a science. Managers, especially CEOs, tend to excel in the science part, but the real key to success is excellence in the art of management. Business is an activity composed of many...

Imperial Hotel buyers plan extensive changes.
January 16, 2002... Byline: Gretchen Fehrenbacher It took 14 months, but finally, Cushman & Wakefield of Oregon Inc. is trumpeting the sale of the Imperial Hotel in downtown Portland a $10.4 million transaction that went through at the sellers price at a time...

2002 Vancouver development market: Wait and see.
January 17, 2002... Byline: Gretchen Fehrenbacher Three grocery projects are proposed in Vancouver, part of the commercial development anticipated as the new year gives hope in the real estate industry for better times in a community hard hit by high-techs...

Univ.'s architecture lectures focus on technology.
January 17, 2002... Byline: Lee Scopel Portland State Universitys department of architecture will host a series of informal lectures as part of an effort to bring in more instruction from practicing architecture professionals and familiarize students with...

Commentary: Make financial planning a dynamic, ongoing process.
January 17, 2002... Byline: Judith McGee Most certified financial planners believe that planning improves peoples lives.What about financial plans that were prepared over the past five years with expectations that assets would continue to grow at 10 percent...

Masonry, tile organization honors local projects.
January 18, 2002... Byline: Lee Scopel The ancient, Mesopotamian law code of Hammurabi states: If a builder builds a house for a man and does not make its construction firm (strong) and the house collapses and causes the death of the owner of the house, that...

Clackamas County wins national award.
January 18, 2002... Byline: Gretchen Fehrenbacher Clackamas County has faced many of the headaches of being a metropolitan area jurisdiction, without sharing in the wealth of jobs and business that has nourished some neighboring economies around...

Kmart could face changes with impending bankruptcy.
January 22, 2002... Byline: Gretchen Fehrenbacher The future of some 18 Kmart locations in and around Oregon is in limbo, as the discount retailer fights to survive what some analysts see as imminent bankruptcy and an unforgiving new retail environment.At...

Commentary: Humorous take on the President's pretzel incident.
January 22, 2002... Byline: Jim Penn It was less than five minutes after reading about President Bushs pretzel incident when Professor Von Rumproast called and suggested that I research the pretzel business and give my report to his next class. I accepted the...

Commentary: A family foundation expands advantages of giving.
January 22, 2002... Byline: Bob Stein Do you intend to make charitable giving an important part of your estate plan? Establishing a family foundation your own charity for the distribution of your wealth may be an advantageous way to accomplish your goal....

Commentary: What are the real issues in the Enron fiasco?
January 23, 2002... Byline: Bernard Levy I have a duty to correctly report the facts when Im not offering an opinion. Knee jerks are not allowed. I, like millions of others, have some very opinionated feelings and beliefs about Enron and its continuing stream...

Associated General Contractors hold conference.
January 23, 2002... Byline: Lee Scopel As the voice and choice of the industry, the Associated General Contractors Oregon-Columbia Chapter outlined plans to make that voice heard around the state during the coming year at its 2002 Annual Conference last...

Water-saving toilet goes through testing period in Oregon.
January 23, 2002... Byline: Jeremy Vesbach After conducting a one-question survey of the male employees in his Seattle architecture firm, director of product specifications at Mithun, Chris Dixon, determined that the firms 75 men were flushing 50,000 gallons...

Central Point community recognized for livability.
January 23, 2002... Byline: Gretchen Fehrenbacher Central Point often gets overshadowed by neighboring Medford, but now, its getting its own star on the map.The city has won one of three awards recognizing top initiatives in creating communities that account...

Development planned for property destroyed by fire.
January 24, 2002... Byline: Gretchen Fehrenbacher Developers and local leaders are looking past the charred images of Sundays fire that devoured the former Gardeners and Ranchers Association produce market and two old restaurant sites to new life in a part of...

Jesuit ministry to build new campus.
January 24, 2002... Byline: Lee Scopel Construction is expected to begin in April on a $5.2 million campus for the Jesuit ministry in Southeast Portland.The Society of Jesus is the largest Roman Catholic religious order in the world with about 21,000 priests,...

Meier & Frank plan bigger Vancouver dept. store.
January 25, 2002... Byline: Gretchen Fehrenbacher Meier & Frank plans a bigger store at Vancouvers Westfield Shoppingtown, even as retailers are up against a rising tide of consumer unemployment, coupled with stiff competition from discounters making bold...

Contractors assn., newspaper to post plans online.
January 25, 2002... Byline: Lee Scopel While many in the construction business meet technology with a groan, it is increasingly becoming essential in all industries, and construction is no exception.Thats why the Daily Journal of Commerce has recently taken a...

Planned Box and One Lofts project unique.
January 28, 2002... Byline: Lee Scopel On the corner of Southeast 28th Avenue and Southeast Ankeny Street, one block south of a bustling stretch of East Burnside Street lined with neighborhood stores, pubs and restaurants, is the site of Kevin Cavenaughs...

Rooftop meadow planned in Portland's West End.
January 28, 2002... Byline: Jeremy Vesbach The first development in Portland using an eco-roof to take advantage of a height bonus offered to developers who top a building with soil and plants began construction Jan. 18.The Mosaic, an eight-story condominium...

Congress Center office tower gets new look.
January 28, 2002... Byline: Gretchen Fehrenbacher Servers dressed in crisp bellhop uniforms glided through the crowd of guests with trays of hors doeuvres, as a smartly dressed woman bent down discreetly to wipe a spot that had spilled on the polished stone...

Oregon OSHA updates record keeping rules.
January 29, 2002... Byline: Lee Scopel Employers in the state of Oregon need to be aware of changes in the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Administrations record keeping rules, which took effect on Jan. 1.The new rules are intended to improve the...

Commentary: Gambling with Enron, a story about a nation of gamblers.
January 29, 2002... Byline: Jim Penn Make no mistake about it. America is a betting nation; gambling could be our middle name. In fact, lets change John (or Jane) Q. Public to John (or Jane) G. Public. Gambling is big business. It used to be mostly illegal...

Shopping council to visit Oregon.
January 29, 2002... Byline: Gretchen Fehrenbacher The International Council of Shopping Centers will make its first trip to Oregon next month, lining up a veritable crowd of groups and experts to identify ways to boost the retail environment, focusing on...

Building owners assn. honors industry standouts.
January 30, 2002... Byline: Gretchen Fehrenbacher For one commercial building engineer, last years agenda included working the mechanical bugs out of an electric car that arrived for tenants use without any repair manual. For one property manager, the long...

Builders, contractors hold 2002 leadership banquet.
January 30, 2002... Byline: Lee Scopel The Associated Builders and Contractors Pacific Northwest Chapter held its 2002 Leadership Banquet Saturday at the Portland Art Museum.The black-tie evening began with an art viewing. Following dinner, the 2002...

City's salmon recovery plan gets pat on back.
January 30, 2002... Byline: Erin Chapman In a highly anticipated letter dated Jan. 7, Oregon Branch Chief Michael Tehan of the National Marine Fisheries Service commended Phase 1 of the city of Corvallis efforts to develop a salmon recovery plan under the...

Ecotrust building gets environ. design gold rating.
January 31, 2002... Byline: Lee Scopel The Jean Vollum Natural Capital Center in Northwest Portlands Pearl District officially received its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED, gold rating yesterday morning.Portland City Commissioner Dan...

Realtors on transaction tax: no thanks.
January 31, 2002... Byline: Gretchen Fehrenbacher Oregon Gov. John Kitzhabers plans for a 1 percent tax on the value of real estate transactions over $100,000 is coming up against a stony path, at least among one group with stakes firmly planted in the...

Housing for poor continues slide in downtown Portland.
January 31, 2002... Byline: Gretchen Fehrenbacher Apartments for the poor have continued to slip away in downtown Portland over the last three years, according to a report from a nonprofit group that helps older people in need of low-income housing.In the...

Panel to discuss affordable housing in Portland.
January 31, 2002... Byline: Gretchen Fehrenbacher The City Club of Portland will unveil its two-year study on affordable housing or the shortage thereof at a lunch program Feb. 8.Booked for an athletic club near downtown, the Friday Forum will include a...