Eight Projects Recognized at 2024 DJC Oregon Awards
June, 2024
In recognizing some of the Pacific Northwest’s most impactful projects, DJC Oregon hosted its annual awards event. Among the ‘Top Projects’ for 2024 were eight from Otak, and our teams were in attendance for the honor.
The collective celebration of industry excellence covered a wide range of project types and included the selection of a ‘Project of the Year’ from the year’s winners. There was also a new award for ‘Subcontractor of the Year’ as well as ‘People’s Choice’.
Adding to our list of award-winning work, more detail into those eight Otak projects can be found below.
Hardeson Campus Service & Operations Building
Representing a unique opportunity for adaptive reuse design, this project converted a two-story concrete tilt panel office building into an operations hub for the busy transportation organization, Community Transit.
Take a closer look at how this multidisciplinary effort between Otak architectural, structural, civil, and landscape teams revitalized this existing building with holistic improvements that place an emphasis on employee wellness.
US 197: The Dalles Bridge
Originally constructed in 1953, the deck of the steel-truss-cantilever Dalles Bridge on U.S. 197 had degraded to the point of needing to be replaced. Safety improvements to this vital transportation connection over the Colombia River utilized accelerated bridge construction techniques to avoid long term closure and disruption to regional commerce.
See how the Otak structural and construction management teams were part of a unique hybrid management system to efficiently complete this work.
Littell Bridge: Willapa Hills Trail Bridges
One of three bridges creating safe pedestrian passage along the Willapa Hills Trail system, the Littell Bridge addresses a previously dangerous at-grade crossing with SR 6. The 250-foot, sinuous bridge provides a final link in the western 27 miles of the trail.
Check out how Otak’s structural engineering and environmental teams combined to add safety and resilience to these trail crossings.
Art Rutkin Elementary School: Tigard Tualatin School Bond Program
As part of broader improvements to the Tigard Tualatin School district from a successful bond program, the new Art Rutkin Elementary School adds 75,000 square-feet of space for the community’s students.
Learn more about how the district, with Otak as owner’s representative, implemented technology upgrades and new sustainable features across its growing facilities.
Monmouth City Hall
After nearly a century of service, Monmouth City Hall would be replaced with a design focused on sustainability, safety, and operational efficiency.
Read more into how the Otak owner’s representative team joined the project to resolve cost issues while initiating a highly collaborative value engineering process.
Nestucca Valley High School Career Technical Education Center
In addressing the gap in diverse and accessible education opportunities for youth faced by many rural areas, the Nestucca Valley High School Career Technical Education (CTE) Center was developed as part of a school bond program for the communities of Coastal Oregon.
Get a more complete view of how as owner’s representative, Otak helped guide to completion the flexible design of a facility that will provide long-lasting benefits to the surrounding community.
Waterleaf Affordable Housing Building
With a unique shared post-tension podium deck, the BRIDGE Waterleaf Building adds 178 affordable housing units to the River Place neighborhood of Portland, Oregon.
Take a more in-depth look at the Otak owner’s representative team guided this project through a number of challenges to make this community-focused building a reality.
Multnomah County Library Operations Center
In a major transformation across its facilities, Multnomah County Library is expanding spaces and upgrading technology to benefit the community through a capital bond program.
See how the $380 million bond program is being applied to these public assets with overall program management from Otak.