2019 Archives

Thanks to all who could attend our first Women Who Build luncheon in honor of Women in Construction week! It was so great to spend a few hours connecting and celebrating our contributions to this exciting industry and ways to encourage other women and girls to consider construction as an excellent career path. #walshcofamily #womeninconstruction #womeninconstructionweek #walshbuildscommunity #thanksnawic #nawic #nawicpdx jackattack2090 #internationalwomensday

Congratulations to our own Andy Morris for winning Superintendent of the Year from the Daily Journal of Commerce Newsmakers awards! We have been fortunate to have Andy carefully managing our projects, and successfully building community, for over 20 years! Over the years, Andy has worked with our non-profit partners on the beautiful historic renovations of Bronaugh Apartments with REACH Community Development and Musolf Manor with Innovative Housing, Inc., providing affordable housing for our Portland community. He also worked with Central City Concern on their Old Town Recovery Center, a state licensed outpatient mental health and addiction treatment program for adults that works with people with mental illness to experience full recovery and healing, to get their lives back. He recently finished the Asian Health and Service Center for Asian Health Services, which features clinic space, administrative headquarters and multipurpose community rooms. We want to thank Andy for his years of service building community and congratulate him on his much deserved award! #walshbuildscareers #walshbuildscommunity #letsbuildsomethinglasting #buildingvalue #soy #superintendentoftheyear #djcnewsmakers

Thanks to GeoEngineers for this aerial view of Mercy Housing Northwest’s Mt. Baker Family Housing! The 8-story mixed-use project will include 95 residential units and a 8,200 SF family resource and education center Around 50 percent of the units in the development will be allocated to families with a history of homelessness. Mercy Housing is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to fighting poverty and housing insecurity by building affordable housing. It has been great working with Runberg Architecture Group and so many of our trade partners! Thanks to the WALSH team Nathan Connaway, BJ Graham, Alex Kilcup, Dennis Maples, Susan Hori, Joe Geise, Matt Elliott, Savanna Anderson and Brian Lenz! #walshbuildscommunity #letsbuildsomethinglasting #walshaffordable #endhomelessness #walshcofamily

WALSH Portland is proud to announce the newest addition to our team – Laura Voss is joining us as a Project Engineer! Most recently, Laura worked for Our 42nd Avenue, as a Land and Development Manager. She is eager to get in and learn about building from the ground up, and she is excited be “hands on” as she learns. Laura is grateful to be working with an organization like WALSH for many reasons, and we are grateful that she is joining us! Please join us in giving her a warm welcome! #teamwalshconstruction #walshcofamily #letsbuildsomethinglasting #walshbuildscareers

Beautiful work and snowy sights out at our Willamette View North Pointe Homes project! Quality work is moving along smoothly on these 47 new apartment-style, planet-friendly residences on the Willamette View senior-thriving campus, a 27-acre park-like setting that overlooks the Willamette River. HUGE thanks to Ankrom Moisan Architects, Inc. and our WALSH project team of Brian Johnson, Mike Steffen, Jeff Copus, Linda Woolery, Lyle Rinearson, Sam Sullivan, Justin Anderson and Charlie Booth! For more information on availability for this wonderful community opportunity please see the link below. https://www.willametteview.org/find-you…/north-pointe-homes/ #walshbuildscommunity #seniorthriving #willametteview #northpointehomes #letsbuildsomethinglasting

We are pleased to announce that Eric Brandon has been promoted into the role of Superintendent. Eric originally joined our team as a Summer Intern from Washington State University in 2013, working on the 12th Ave Arts project. He rejoined our team as a Project Engineer in 2014, working on the Spring District I project. In early 2018, Eric moved into an Assistant Superintendent role, and is currently wrapping up the Spring District II project. Please join us in congratulating Eric on this latest accomplishment and wishing him future success! #walshbuildscareers #teamwalshconstruction #walshcofamily #letsbuildingsomethinglasting #walshbuildsvalues #buildingvalue

WALSH is pleased to announce the promotion of Nick Cardoza to Assistant Superintendent! With over 8 years of experience in construction, Nick was drawn to work with WALSH in 2014 because of the culture and the projects, which have a positive impact on the community and its people. With a BS in Construction Engineering and Management from Oregon State University (Go Beavs!) Nick appreciates working collaboratively with his peers and trade partners to successfully build a project and to solve challenges. As Nick says, every day presents new challenges and there is never a dull moment in the industry! Nick has already experienced a wide variety of construction projects, from the occupied rehabilitation of the 14-story Hollywood East affordable housing project for seniors and those with disabilities to the 2018 Oregon Concrete and Aggregate Producers Association (OCAPA) Award-winning Couch 9, an 11-story concrete, high-end market-rate apartment community in Portland’s Pearl District. He is currently working on the Northwest Housing Alternatives Campus Redevelopment (one of our Partners Projects as OWCB with O’Neill Construction Group) with MWA Architects. The 50,100 SF project will include: 28 units of new, permanent, affordable housing, 60% expansion of the new Annie Ross House emergency family shelter and an Operations Center (being built with a Net Zero goal!) to guide services for over 2,800 people each year! The site will also include a resident community room, resident services and property management spaces, on-site parking, an outdoor terrace, playground, and community garden. The improved facilities will enable NHA to continue to provide crucial housing services for low-income families, veterans, seniors and people with special needs. Outside of working with his WALSH family, Nick loves spending time with his wife getting to know their five-month old baby daughter, hanging out with family and friends, spending time on the river in the summer, in the mountains in the winter and playing a little golf when he can squeeze it into his busy life! Please join us in congratulating Nick on his promotion and in wishing him continued success! #walshbuildscareers #teamwalshconstruction #walshcofamily #letsbuildingsomethinglasting #walshbuildsvalues #buildingvalue

Building Future Builders in Construction! WALSH, along with partners Scott | Edwards Architecture, REACH Community Development, Klosh Group and the Beaverton City Government, was excited to engage with CTE Construction Students at AHS Aloha High School about the exciting opportunities in the construction industry and to share an actual construction project throughout its stages of development and construction. REACH’s project concept is in the early stages of planning to include affordable family housing and is expected to begin construction no later than spring 2020. WALSH Senior Project Manager Jay Nees and the project team saw an opportunity to include the students in the entire process: design phase, cost estimating, engaging trades, and, finally, completing construction. There are MANY moving parts (and careers) involved in a construction project. WALSH and our project partners look forward to including the CTE students at each step along the way. #walshfuturebuilders #futurebuilders #constructioncareers #teamwalshconstruction #walshcofamily #walshbuildscareers #womeninconstruction

There’s a lot happening onsite as the crew pours 65yds of concrete with the “12th Man” pump set next to the crane. Like many of our sites, tight building footprint and proximity to neighboring property lines have required additional coordination and care as construction continues upwards. Next couple of weeks the team will be busy preparing for the slab on grade and shoring for the first PT-deck. This project is named for the Little Saigon neighborhood in the International District and will be six stories with a parking garage, providing 69 units of new affordable housing available to families and individuals. The ground floor will hold retail space and serve as the new headquarters for our long time client Low Income Housing Institute. We are so excited to be working with LIHI and Runberg Architecture on another wonderful community project! Our team includes Greg Linnell, Blake Flury, James Weaver, Tanner Romo, Kevin Commins, Wendy Kato and Sharon Libby. RDF excavation, WRB, and metals will be providing support along the way. Thank you Blake for sharing the great view! #walshbuildscommunity #walshaffordable #letsbuildsomethinglasting #buildingvalue #walshhousing

We want to thank Kaiser Permanente Northwest for organizing and supporting over 350 volunteers in honor of Martin Luther King Jr Day to beautify Harold Oliver and Parklane Elementary schools in the Rosewood neighborhood, on the boundary of Portland and Gresham. It was a successful day of cleaning, painting, gardening and tending to these thriving elementary schools. Thank you to our own Matt Godt and John Wilson for their work and efforts in support! #mlk #mlkday #ihaveadream #martinlutherkingjr #drking #walshbuildscommunity #walshcofamily #communitybuilder #letsbuildsomethinglasting