Portland Observer, April 8, 1982 Page 7
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HOFFMAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
HOFFMAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
YEARS OF SUCCESS
YEAR
...AND GROWTH
IN THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST
B U IL D IN G S BY H O F F M A N
IN P O R T L A N D
Park Plaza Apartments
Portland Towers Apartments
Multnomah Athletic Club
Terminal Sales Building
Portland Art Museum
Oregon Historical Society
New Heathman Hotel and
Paramount Theatre
Pacific Northwest Bell Oak Street
Building
Pacific Northwest Bell Capital 2
Building
Western International Hotels Hotel
Benson Addition
Public Service Building Garage and
I. Magnin & Co.
Meier & Frank Co.
The Financial Building
U .S. National Bank Phase #1, Plaza
Building
Federal Building
Memorial Coliseum Complex
Sears Roebuck and Co.
Lloyd Building
Sheraton Motor Inn
Holladay Park Plaza Apartments
Portland State University Science II
Building
Oregonian Building
Executive Building
First National Bank Tower
First National Bank Operations
Building
Georgia-Pacific Building
Georgia-Pacific Building Parking
Structure
Portland Labor Center
IBM Building
Crown Plaza Parking Structure
Crown Plaza
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G E N E R A L S E R V IC E S A D M IN IS T R A T IO N S eattle, W ashington,
Federal Office Building - 800,000 square feet, 38 levels. Architect: John
Graham ft Company, Fred Bassetti ft Company.
HOFFMAN CONSTRUCTION
COMPANY: IT'S HISTORY...
Established in 1922 by L .H .
H o ffm a n , H o ffm a n Construction
Company is one o f the oldest con
struction companies in the western
United States.
The o riginal five-m an s ta ff has
grown to include over 200 profes
sional engineers, technicians, esti
mators, schedulers and support per
sonnel. The company’s first job on
record was the Hodes Garage built
at a price o f $12,500. The building is
still in use today and is now C line
Glass Company at 1135 S.E. Grand.
From that meager beginning, the
company began to experience quick
growth. By 1925, H o ffm an had its
first contract fo r more than
$100,000 and just one year later its
first m illion dollar project: the 16-
story Public Service Building, now
the corporate headquarters for Pa
cific Power & Light Co. It was one
o f the largest buildings on the West
Coast at the time it was built.
Hoffm an built a number o f other
o ffice buildings and the P ortland
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mount. The company built post o f
fices, schools, warehouses, dams
and a variety o f industrial plants.
Company operations expanded into
Seattle and other areas throughout
the Pacific Northwest.
The company played a major con
struction role in the development o f
the pulp and paper industry. When
W orld W ar I I struck, H o ffm an re
sponded by building a number o f
defense related projects including
several hospitals, one o f which is the
Veterans A dm inistration Hospital
in Vancouver, Washington.
A fter the war, H offm an returned
to its activities for pulp and paper
clients such as C row n Z ellerbach,
W eyerhaeuser, Boise Cascade,
Longview Fibre and Georgia-Pacif
ic. During the early 1950s H offm an
built the first television transmission
site in Oregon on Council Crest and
pioneered the first “ lift-s la b ” and
precast concrete “ tilt-up” construc
tion in the Northwest.
From I9 6 0 through 1970, H o f f
m an’s work gradually shifted from
industrial to commercial construc
tio n . A m o n g its more recognized
projects in Portland include the 40-
story First Interstate Bank T ow er,
the G eo rg ia-P acific B u ilding, the
Federal O ffic e B u ild in g , C ro w n
Plaza, U .S . N ational Bank Plaza,
Multnom ah Athletic Club, St. V in
cent H o s p ita l, One M a in Place.
Hoffm an also built the containment
structure and eight other m a jo r
buildings for Trojan Nuclear Plant.
H o ffm a n 's grow th led to an
opening o f an office in Anchorage
in 1976 to p artic ip a te in the con
struction developm ent in A laska.
H offm an has served as construction
manager for several m ajor projects
in Alaska including the Anchorage
Federal Office Building.
H o ffm an ’s new work in Portland
includes the new Portland Building,
the most prominent post-modern ar
chitectural building in the country.
D irectly opposite o f the Po rtlan d
Building, construction is in progress
for the Justice Center.
The success o f the company is due
to its employees. Hoffm an is a peo
ple company, an equal opportunity
employer, serving the people o f the
Pacific Northwest.
P O R T L A N D S T A T E U N IV E R S IT Y Portland, Ore
gon, Science II Building, 7 levels and 200,000 square
feet. Architect: Campbell, Yost & Partners
H o ffm a n B u ild in g s d o t P o rtla n d Skyline.
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M E M O R IA L C O L IS E U M C O M P L E X Portland
Oregon, M ulti purpose facility. Architect: Skidmore
Owings & Merrill
P O R T L A N D A R T M U S E U M Portland. O regon,
Architect: Pietro Belluschi.
F IR S T IN T E R S T A T E B A N K T O W E R Portland, Oregon. 43 levels
plus 9-level Operations Building (foreground), 1.2 million square feet
Architect: Charles Luckman Associates.
S A L E M C IV IC CENTER Salem, Oregon. Buildings in
clude City Hall, Council Chambers, Library. Central Fire
Station ft Parking Facilities; 260,000 square feet Archi
tect: Payne & Settlecase, Charles E. Hawkes, Donald W .
Richardson.
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D O W C H E M IC A L C O M P A N Y Kalama, Washing
ton. Phenol plant, serving the needs of the plywood in
PO R T L A N D LABO R CENTER Portland, Oregon, 8
levels. Architect: Jensen, Krause & Schoenleber.
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dustry. Piping and vessel work as well as general con
struction by Hoffman.
T R O J A N N U CLEAR POW ER PL A N T Rainier, Ore
gon, Portland General Electric Company, Prime Spon
sor, Cost: $350,000,000. Nine of ten major structures
are Hoffman projects. The Pacific Northwest's first nu
clear power plant produces twice as much power as
Bonneville Dam.
Hoffman Construction Company
C ROW N ZELLERBACH C O R PO R A TIO N Camas,
Washington. Hoffman has completed over 00 projects
at this pulp and paper mill.
900 S .W . 5th A v e ., P o rtlan d , O regon 97204
221-8811
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