Oregon Projects

Reser Stadium
Location:  Corvallis, OR  (Oregon State University Campus)
Architect:  HNTB
General Contractor:  Hunt-Wildish
Subcontractor:  Clark Services NW

Reser Stadium is the home of the Oregon State Beavers’ football team.  During two separate phases, J&S worked under four different contracts with general contractor Hunt-Wildish to completely rebuild the stadium’s east and south faces.  J&S laid 150,000 brick on the four monument towers alone, plus an additional 100,000 CMU and 50,000 structural brick on the other structures.  J&S installed the precast panels that cover the base of each building, as well as an accent stripe up the side of each tower before crowning the cap.  J&S also performed the masonry work at the university’s first parking garage simultaneously to the bulk of the stadium work.

Autzen Stadium
Location:  Eugene, Oregon (University of Oregon Campus)
General Contractor:  Hunt-Wildish

J&S Masonry participated in the renovation and expansion of the Oregon Ducks’ football stadium in 2002 and 2003. While making numerous concession stands and ticket booths out of CMU, J&S helped add 10,000 seats to the Ducks’ maximum capacity, and the project turned the facility into a state of the art college football stadium. As of the end of the 2009 season, the University of Oregon had sold out every game since the expansion; J&S is proud to have been a part of helping make that happen.

Mirabella at South Waterfront
Location:  : Portland, OR (3550 SW Bond Ave)
Architect: Ankrom Moisan Associated Architects
General Contractor: Hoffman Construction

This 30-story building is the newest skyscraper on Portland’s south waterfront. 50,000 square feet of masonry adorns the exterior of this building, consisting of Calcium Silica Masonry Units. J&S-owned scaffold clad the exterior during construction, rising Fraco towers over 300 feet in the air. The CSMU were attached using the Gridworx system of track in a mortar-free system. Working closely with Hoffman Construction to meet a tight schedule, J&S also laid about 10,000 CMU in the parking garage underneath the building during the construction process.

The Wyatt
Location:  Portland, OR (1205 NW Marshal)
Architect:  Fletcher, Farr & Ayotte
General Contractor:  Andersen Construction
2009 Hammurabi Honor Award Recipient

The Wyatt (originally named the Cronin, after the site’s previous warehouse tenant) was designed by Portland’s Fletcher, Farr and Ayotte to be the jewel of Portland’s North Pearl district.  It is a 15-story brick structure that contains 246 residential units above the street level retail shops.  The building’s owners wanted a connection to the site’s history, so the building incorporates a large number of salvaged brick from the previous structure as a key architectural feature of the new building, and also maintains an iron truss connecting the building to the renowned Bridgeport Brewery across the street.  J&S, working as a subcontractor for Andersen Construction, also provided all of the exterior scaffolding on this project.  All told, J&S laid over 300,000 brick on the Wyatt , in addition to the 20,000 CMU and over 5,000 Calcium Silicate Masonry Units.

Clark Family Center Catholic Charities
Location:  Portland, OR (2740 SE Powell Blvd.)
Architect:  Lundin Cole Architects, PC
General Contractor:  R&H Construction

Consulted during several design phases, J&S worked closely with R&H Construction to provide the Catholic Family Charities with a beautiful new home. The project used Mutual Materials’ CMU as the base and accent material, with the vibrant red brick to fill in the field.

Hillsboro Telecommunications Facility
Location:  Hillsboro, Oregon
General Contractor:  Howard S. Wright
Architect:  KDW Architecture
2009 Hammurabi Merit Award Recipient

Built during the spring and summer of 2008, this project consisted of a structural CMU building clad in brick.  85,000 CMU and 68,000 brick in a variety of colors went into making this aesthetically pleasing structure.  J&S also built the base and pilasters for the perimeter fence, and multiple garden planters on the exterior of the building.  This project won the 2009 Hammurabi Merit Award for meritorious achievement in  craftsmanship.

Hallie Ford Center
Location:  Corvallis, OR (Oregon State University campus)
Architect:  THA Architecture
General Contractor:  Hoffman Construction

This beautiful addition to the Oregon State campus was completed in 2011. J&S’ scope included the structural elements of the building – the brick façade sits on a structural CMU substrate. In addition to the 85,000 brick and the over 20,000 CMU, J&S was responsible for furnishing and installing the precast concrete architectural elements, and the structural metal ledger angles for the brick veneer.

PK Park
Location:  Eugene, OR (University of Oregon Campus)
Architect:  DLR Group
General Contractor:  Lease Crutcher Lewis

Constructed primarily in 2009, PK Park was the new stadium for the University of Oregon’s resurrected baseball program. Built on the footsteps of Autzen Stadium, PK Park contains 36,000 block of unique block colors and configurations. Working closely with Lease Crutcher Lewis, J&S Masonry laid the block with the intent of having a stadium that befits the stature of the University of Oregon.

OSU International Living Learning Center (ILLC)
Location:  Corvallis, OR (Oregon State University campus)
Architect:  Mahlum Architects
General Contractor:  Fortis Construction

Oregon State’s newest dorm, the International Living Learning Center (ILLC) is the first living space on the Corvallis campus designed to accommodate the needs of the international student. Housing up to 365 students, J&S worked with Fortis to complete the project in time for the 2011-12 school year. The building’s brick façade is made up of over 140,000 brick, and J&S also worked to supply Arcis-manufactured precast panels for the exterior accent features and window sills.

Salem Hospital Patient Care Tower
Location:  Salem, Oregon
Architect:  HKS Architects, Inc.
General Contractor:  Turner Construction

Built between 2007 and 2009, the Patient Care tower is the shining new centerpiece of Salem’s central hospital.  A 10-story tower with brick from base to the top of the highest elevator shaft, 200,000 brick went into the making of this immense structure.  25,000 CMU were also laid by J&S in the building’s basement and lower levels.  The base of the building’s exterior featured cast stone accent pieces set by us, and J&S craftsmen laid the exterior natural stone fountain and stone walls that decorate the courtyard between the Patient Care Tower and the building to its immediate north.

Providence Portland North Pavilion
Location:  Portland, OR (4805 NE Glisan St)
Architect:  Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects, LLP
General Contractor:  Turner Construction

Build during 2006 and 2007, Providence’s North Pavilion 9-story tower’s principal exterior façade incorporated 290,000 brick into its exterior skin.  Highly visible while driving west on the Banfield freeway, the North Pavilion also had 13,000 block and several hundred lineal feet of precast concrete bench were all furnished & installed by J&S Masonry.

Ford Hall
Location:   Salem, OR (Willamette University)
Architect:  Henneberry Eddy Architects, Inc.
General Contractor:  Hoffman Construction

Completed in 2009, this classroom building shows off many aspects of outstanding masonry craftsmanship. J&S laid 90,000 brick on the exterior of the building, as well as 7,000 CMU in the building’s basement. As well as furnishing and installing the limestone panels you see in the pictures below, J&S worked closely with the engineer and architect to provide and install an engineered system that would be safe and still maintain the architect’s design. Finally, J&S furnished and installed a large quantity of precast benches and stair treads used on the interior and exterior of the building.

Central High School

Location: Independence, OR
Architect: Dull Olson Weeks
General Contractor: LCG Pence

Primarily built during the 2009-2010 school year, this major revision to an in-use high school modernized the school from the bland functionality of the 1970's to an attractive, viable brick clad structure. The new building, which included over 62,000 CMU and 123,000 brick, created an entirely new classroom wing, a new auditorium, significant improvements to the cladding of the existing school, as well as significant upgrades to the Panthers' athletic facilities.

Keizer City Hall and Police Station
Location:   Keizer, OR
Architect:  Group Mackenzie
General Contractor:  Emerick Construction

Started in 2008 and finished 2009, the most prominent architectural feature of this project is the CMU exterior. Designed in a unique ashlar pattern, over 82,000 block were meticulously laid out and placed in Group Mackenize’s striking design. The CMU police enclosure was a combination of form and function, providing the functionality of a security fence while at the same time maintaining the aesthetic appeal of the building adjacent to it. J&S Masonry also lay a number of pieces of precast concrete at benches, statues and other locations around the grounds.

Riverbend Medical Pavilion, Parking Structure #1, Parking Structure #2, Central Utility Plant, Knuckle

Riverbend Sacred Heart Campus (Springfield, OR)
Architect:  Anshen & Allen
General Contractor:  Turner Construction

Working for Turner Construction, J&S Masonry completed six distinct contracts at the Sacred Heart Campus in Springfield, Oregon between the spring of 2007 and the fall of 2008. A total of 200,000 brick and 75,000 CMU were laid in these projects, in addition to numerous columns and fireplaces made from natural stone. Two parking garages, a medical office building and the central utility plant kept J&S’ southern Willamette Valley crew busy for the better part of 18 months.

Corvallis High School
Corvallis, OR
Architect:  Dull Olson Weekes Architects
General Contractor:  Robinson Construction

This replacement high school, completed in 2005, was built immediately adjacent to the existing high school, requiring work next to active school facilities.  In addition to placing the bulk of the decorative precast concrete, J&S laid 65,000 brick and 150,000 block over 9 months.  In addition to the work at the main building, renovation work was done at other on site buildings, and further work was required at the athletic facilities on site.

Block 19:  The Encore
Location:  Portland, OR (NW 9th & Overton)
Architect:  Boora Architects
General Contractor:  Andersen Construction
Subcontractor:  Snyder Roofing

Completed in 2008, The Encore is a 16-story residential building in the Pearl District in Portland.  Working under Andersen Construction, the 130,000 white limestone brick are custom designed by Boora Architects to provide a differing textural view of the building depending on which direction you are looking from.  J&S also laid 13,000 structural brick on the staircases on the north side of the balcony, creating a base accent for the tower’s north frontage.  J&S also laid 17,000 block in the basement parking garage, and subcontracted the spray-on air barrier installation to Snyder Roofing.

Keizer Station
Location:   Keizer, OR (Chemawa Rd & I-5)
Architect:   Benner Stange Associates Architects
General Contractor:  LCG Pence (retail), Jackson Dean (Lowe’s), Skanska (Target)

Located adjacent to I-5 right between exit 260 and the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes baseball stadium, this retail development was a grass field in 2005.  It is now home to over 20 buildings, and almost 40 businesses.  J&S was involved in building all of the early work in the project, including anchor tenants Lowe’s and Target, in addition to the next two major phases of the project.  All told, J&S laid over 300,000 block at Keizer Station, working with three different general contractors – LCG Pence, Skanska USA, and Jackson Dean Construction.

The Tate Building
Location:  Eugene, OR (1375 Olive St)
Architect:  Bergsund Delaney
General Contractor:  John Hyland Construction

The first building of its kind in Eugene, this five story brick building contains 47 residential units and street level retail space.  Designed by Bergsund Delaney Architects to make maximum use of the sustainable nature of brick, the last of the over 100,000 brick on this project was laid in early 2006.  J&S worked closely with John Hyland Construction to ensure that the final appearance of the project maintained the owner’s desire as the example for which future downtown housing projects could be patterned after.

Lincoln Street Elementary School
Hillsboro, OR (801 NE Lincoln St)
Architect: Mahlum Architects PC
General Contractor:  Robinson Construction

One of a number of schools that the Hillsboro School District was opening in the late ‘00s, Lincoln Street Elementary was the only one to use brick as its primary exterior facade.  Using roughly 80,000 brick, J&S worked with Robinson Construction to create a school with a unique appearance, highlighted by its main entry archway, constructed entirely from brick.  J&S also installed 13,000 CMU as structural elements of the gymnasium and auditorium

Sacred Heart Stone
Location:   Springfield, OR (Sacred Heart Campus)
Architect:  Anshen & Allen
General Contractor:  Turner Construction

Working for Turner Construction, J&S performed a wide variety of work between Spring of 2007 and Fall of 2008 at the Sacred Heart campus in Springfield.  In addition the masonry work on two parking structures and a medical office building, J&S performed a challenging variety of stonework.  These stonework elements included limestone art panels for the buiding’s exterior, slate tile  for the building ‘s chapel, exterior stone at three different hospital entrances, six small interior fireplaces, and the piece de resistance – the grand fireplace in the building’s main entry lobby.  This multi-story natural stone hearth extends above the clerestory roof and is exposed to the elements above.

OSU Veterinary Medicine Large Animal Hospital Addition
Location: Corvallis, OR (Oregon State University)
General Contractor: Lease Crutcher Lewis
Architect: SRG Partnership

Completed in 2007, J&S Masonry partnered with Lease Crutcher Lewis to build an important new addition to Oregon State’s nationally renowned veterinary medicine program. Combining over 120,000 brick and 32,000 brick, the project consisted of three main additions: a new wing to the main building called the North Addition; a new building auxiliary building containing a horse treadmill, and a brand new covered walking arena for equine rehabilitation.

Cinetopia Progress Ridge 14
Location:  Beaverton, OR (12345 SW Horizon Blvd.)
Architect:  WPH Architecture, Inc.
General Contractor:  R&O Construction

Cinetopia’s combining the movie experience with fine dining is rapidly becoming part of the Pacific northwest culture. Having previously built a Cinetopia in Vancouver, Washington, J&S was selected by R&O Construction to build the heavily CMU laden structure. The project contains 14 theaters, many consisting of solid 12” CMU walls up to 60’ high. Built in the dead of winter, J&S endured tight deadlines and brutal weather to help R&O make this project come in on time and ready for cinephiles.

South Meadows Middle School
Location:  Hillsboro, OR
Architect:  Mahlum Architects
General Contractor:  Howard S. Wright Constructor

This new middle school used CMU veneer and structural block in concert to achieve an ideal harmony of aesthetics and cost.  11,000 structural block was used as the backbone of the long hallway dividing four classroom pods on the building, and the exterior of the building uses 60,000 veneer block to complete its modern, stylish appearance.  Working closely with Howard S. Wright over two bid phases, J&S has helped Hillsboro School District prepare for the population boom in Portland’s western suburbs.

Pearl Self Storage
Location:  1323 NW 16th Ave;  Portland, OR
Architect:  Holst Architecture
General Contractor:  Pacific Development

This project filled an important need in the area – multiple high rise condominiums had just been built in the area, and everyone needed some additional storage. The primary challenge on this project was meeting an ambitious schedule:  the goal was to lay 30,000 block in 20 days.  Working closely with general contractor Pacific Development, J&S Masonry worked through the hottest days of the summer in order to meet the ambitious deadlines.