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| foundation = 1922<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hoffman Construction — Our History |url=https://www.hoffmancorp.com/about/timeline/ |access-date=2024-10-23 |website=www.hoffmancorp.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
| foundation = 1922
| founder = Lee Hawley Hoffman | founder = Lee Hawley Hoffman
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| location = 805 SW Broadway, Suite 2100 ] | location = 805 SW Broadway, Suite 2100 ]
| area_served = Pacific Northwest | area_served = Pacific Northwest
| key_people = David Drinkward, President, CEO<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/subscriber-only/2019/05/23/largest-commercial--civil-general.html|title=Largest Commercial & Civil General Contractors in the Portland Metro Area|date=May 23, 2019|work=Portland Business Journal|access-date=April 7, 2020}}</ref> | key_people = David Drinkward, President, CEO<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hoffman Construction — About Us |url=https://www.hoffmancorp.com/about/ |access-date=2024-10-23 |website=www.hoffmancorp.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
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'''Hoffman Construction Company''' is a privately held construction company founded in 1922 based in ], ].
'''Hoffman Construction Company''' is a privately held construction founded in 1922. It is headquartered in ], ]. It also has an office location in ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hoffmancorp.com/home/company/contact/|title=Hoffman Construction – Contact Us|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-16}}</ref> With a revenue of US$1.4 billion in ]2017, Hoffman was the 4th largest privately held company in Oregon and SW Washington by revenue in FY2017.<ref name="PBJ17">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/subscriber-only/2018/07/05/largest-privately-held-companies-in.html|title=Largest Privately Held Companies in Oregon & S.W. Washington|date=July 5, 2018|publisher=Portland Business Journal|access-date=2019-04-16}}</ref> It was the second largest general contractor in the Portland metro area in April 2019.


==History== ==History==
Lee Hoffman (May 15, 1850 - August 8, 1959)<ref>Beckham, p. 110.</ref> moved to Portland in the 1870s with his family and worked constructing bridges and other projects, including the Bull Run pipeline.<ref>Beckham, pp. 10-11, 34, 44.</ref>
Lee Hoffman (born May 15, 1850) moved to Portland in the 1870s with his family and worked constructing bridges and other projects until his death, including the Bull Run pipeline.<ref>Beckham, pp. 10-11, 34, 44.</ref> After his accidental death on July 21, 1895, his wife Julia removed to ], with their children, including Lee Hawley Hoffman.<ref>Beckham, pp. 47-48.</ref> Lee Hawley entered Harvard College in 1902, but the family returned to Oregon partly in 1903.<ref>Beckham, p. 49.</ref> Lee Hawley graduated with a degree in architecture from Harvard in 1906, and the family returned to Portland that year, living in their home on NW 23rd avenue.<ref name="Beckham, p. 50">Beckham, p. 50.</ref> Portland Business Journal reported Hoffman as the second largest general contractor in the Portland metro area in place as the second largest general contractor in the Portland area in April 2019.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2019/04/10/breaking-the-silence-construction-workers-are-at.html|title=Breaking the Silence: Construction workers are at high risk for suicide. Here's what the industry is doing about it|last=Hayes|first=Elizabeth|date=April 10, 2019|work=Portland Business Journal|access-date=April 16, 2019|quote=said Sheri Sundstrom, claims manager at Hoffman Construction Inc., the second-largest general contractor in the Portland metro.}}</ref>


The company started out building primarily apartment buildings and industrial structures in Portland. It had grown to more than 400 employees by 1928.<ref>Beckham, pp. 59-60.</ref>
The Hoffmans still owned various real estate in Portland due to the success of Lee Hoffman's earlier construction businesses, and they were turned into the family owned Wauna Land Company in 1903.<ref>Beckham, p. 49-50.</ref> Lee Hawley began working for ]’s architectural firm in 1908, with the firm later also consisting of ] and ].<ref name="Beckham, p. 50"/> Hoffman then married Caroline Couch Burns on June 9, 1910.<ref>Beckham, p. 52.</ref> Over time, Hoffman began to focus more on projects for Wauna Land Company and less on his architectural work, leaving the firm by 1917.<ref>Beckham, pp. 53-54.</ref> He started working as a contractor in 1919, and by the end of 1921 had the firm of Hoffman & Rasmussen.<ref>Beckham, p. 58.</ref> The current company was founded in 1922 by Hoffman.<ref>{{cite web|title=Company|url=http://www.hoffmancorp.com/home/company/|work=Profile|publisher=Hoffman Construction Company|access-date=20 May 2014}}</ref>


Hoffman expanded to Seattle in 1929.<ref name="Beckham, p. 67">Beckham, p. 67.</ref> The firm also built Cushman Dam No. 2 that year near ], for Tacoma Power and Light.<ref name="Beckham, p. 71">Beckham, p. 71.</ref>
The company started out building primarily apartment buildings and industrial structures in Portland, and had grown to more than 400 employees by 1928.<ref>Beckham, pp. 59-60.</ref> One of the company's first prominent projects was building the ] in 1926.<ref>Beckham, p. 63.</ref> The next year Hoffman completed the ], which was the tallest building in the city upon completion.<ref name="Beckham, p. 67">Beckham, p. 67.</ref> That year they also built the new ], the Portland Theater, and an office building all on the same block on ] in downtown Portland.<ref>Beckham, p. 65.</ref> In 1928, Hoffman constructed the 12-story Buyer's Building (now ]) in just over six months.<ref name="Beckham, p. 71">Beckham, p. 71.</ref>
]Eric Hoffman (1923–2016) became president of the company in 1956 and chair in 1974.<ref name="contractors">{{cite journal|title=Contractors|journal=Western Construction|date=1974|volume=49|page=75|publisher=King Publications}}</ref> Lee Hawley Hoffman died on August 8, 1959. Cecil Drinkward came to Hoffman in 1967 as a vice president, and his son Wayne joined in 1985.<ref name="p10">Beckham, pp. 10-11.</ref> Cecil Drinkward became president in 1974.<ref name="contractors" /> In the late 1960s, the company shifted emphasis from paper and forestry industry to commercial construction.<ref name="Oregonian1">{{Cite news |last=Rogoway |first=Mike |date=Dec 29, 2016 |title=Eric Hoffman, former Hoffman Construction president, dies at 93 |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2016/12/eric_hoffman_former_hoffman_co_1.html |access-date=August 16, 2020 |work=]}}</ref>

Hoffman expand to Seattle in 1929 with the construction of a 12-story apartment building at 1223 Spring Street.<ref name="Beckham, p. 67"/> The firm also built Cushman Dam No. 2 that year near ], for Tacoma Power and Light.<ref name="Beckham, p. 71"/>
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After the onset of the Great Depression, projects for the firm mostly dried up.<ref name=p75>Beckham, p. 75.</ref> Hoffman went from 32 contracts in 1929 to just ten in 1932.<ref name=p75/> The last big project was a joint venture on expanding the Meier & Frank Building in Portland in 1930, with the next large project not coming until ten years later.<ref name=p75/> In 1932, the firm moved its offices into the ], where it remained until 1970.<ref name=p94>Beckham, p. 94.</ref> During the Depression, much of the company's work shifted to government contracts, such as post offices in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. Those included large ones in Salem, Longview, and Marshfield (now Coos Bay). Other public works included the Jackson County Courthouse, Tillamook County Courthouse, the ], the Quartz Creek Bridge on U.S. 26, Powerhouse No. 1 on the ], and several viaducts in Oregon.<ref>Beckham, pp. 76-82.</ref> Hoffman also built the Portland Art Museum in 1931 and its 1938 expansion, as well as a new library at ] in Salem (now Smullin Hall).<ref>Beckham, p. 80.</ref>

With ] raging elsewhere, the firm was contracted to build several buildings at ] and a new hospital at the ] in 1940, and barracks for the Navy in Bremerton in 1941, all in Washington.<ref name=p84>Beckham, p. 84.</ref> They also built the hospital at the ] in Tacoma, Washington, in 1941.<ref name=p84/>

Following the entry of the United States into the war, Hoffman continued work on military projects including more buildings for the Navy in Bremerton and construction on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation and surrounding area, both as joint projects with other firms.<ref>Beckham, pp. 86-87.</ref> In all, Hoffman did $49 million in work for the federal government during World War II, including work at ], ], ], and a Navy hospital in Astoria, all in Oregon.<ref name=p88>Beckham, pp. 88-89.</ref> Other wartime construction included an aluminum rolling mill near Spokane, ] General Hospital in ], and lots of housing near industrial centers in Washington.<ref name=p88/>

===Post World War II===
After the war, the firm began a long-term relationship with Crown Zellerbach Corporation in which Hoffman remodeled Crown's pulp and paper mills in West Linn and Camas.<ref>Beckham, pp. 91-94.</ref> Hoffman also received several projects from the First National Bank of Oregon in 1946 to remodel and expand several branches in Portland and build a new one in Salem.<ref name=p94/> Also during the 1940s, the firm built a store and warehouse for Sears in Eugene, along with expanding the Portland store.<ref name=p94/> The next significant project came with constructing the new Oregonian Building in 1947 in downtown Portland.<ref>Beckham, p. 95.</ref> The next year the company started construction on a new plant for Nabisco in Portland,<ref>Beckham, p. 96.</ref> and in 1950 finished an aluminum plant for Alcoa in Vancouver, Washington.<ref>Beckham, p. 98.</ref> During the 1950s Hoffman completed many projects for lumber industry companies such as Weyerhaeuser, Boise Cascade, Crown Zellerbach, and Georgia-Pacific, among others, plus more work at Hanford.<ref>Beckham, pp. 101-102.</ref>

In 1955, Burns Hoffman became president of the firm, with the company now called Hoffman Construction Company and owned by brothers W. Burns and Eric as father Lee Hoffman moved away from day-to-day work.<ref>Beckham, pp. 105-106.</ref><ref name=p10>Beckham, pp. 10-11.</ref> Eric Hoffman (1923–2016) became president of the company in 1956 and became chairman in 1974.<ref name=contractors>{{cite journal|title=Contractors|journal=Western Construction|date=1974|volume=49|page=75|publisher=King Publications}}</ref> Lee Hawley Hoffman died on August 8, 1959.<ref>Beckham, p. 110.</ref>
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The firm also built Portland's Wilson High School, finishing the project in 1956,<ref>Beckham, p. 104.</ref> and expanded the Public Services Building that same year.<ref>Beckham, p. 105.</ref> Hoffman's next big project was building the Veterans Memorial Coliseum, along with a Sheraton Hotel in the Lloyd District, both in 1959.<ref>Beckham, p. 107.</ref> In the 1960s, the company continued with industrial construction from British Columbia to Northern California.<ref name=p113>Beckham, p. 113.</ref> Burns Hoffman resigned as president and left in 1965, with brother Eric buying out his brother and becoming president as well the sole owner.<ref name=p113/><ref name=p10/> Cecil Drinkward came to Hoffman in 1967 as a vice president, and his son Wayne joined in 1985.<ref name=p10/> Cecil Drinkward became president in 1974.<ref name=contractors/> In the late 1960s, the company shifted emphasis from paper and forestry industry where they started to commercial construction.<ref name="Oregonian1">{{Cite news|last=Rogoway|first=Mike|date=Dec 29, 2016|title=Eric Hoffman, former Hoffman Construction president, dies at 93|work=]|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2016/12/eric_hoffman_former_hoffman_co_1.html|access-date=August 16, 2020}}</ref>

As the 1970s began, the company finished construction on the Georgia-Pacific Building (now ]), the new headquarters for Georgia-Pacific.<ref>Beckham, p. 115.</ref> In 1970, it finished the building, and moved its own headquarters to one of the 30 floors.<ref name="Beckham, p. 120">Beckham, p. 120.</ref> That year it also won the contract to build the First National Bank Tower (now Wells Fargo Center) in Portland, which was completed in 1971.<ref>Beckham, pp. 120-122.</ref> Additional projects in the 1970s included the new campus of ] west of Portland, St. Peter Hospital near Olympia, part of the campus of ], the Health Sciences Building on the Sylvania campus of ], and Salem's new civic center.<ref>Beckham, pp. 122-124.</ref>

The company also completed the ] in Seattle in 1974, the now ] federal building in Portland in 1975, and the Federal Office Building Complex in Anchorage in 1977, all for the ] (GSA).<ref>Beckham, pp. 125-127.</ref> Additional federal work and oil-related work in Alaska caused Hoffman to open a permanent office in Anchorage in 1975.<ref>Beckham, p. 127.</ref> Hoffman also built power plants in the 1970s, such as most of the ] in Oregon, parts of the ]’s nuclear plants at Hanford, and part of the ] in Eastern Oregon.<ref>Beckham, p. 129.</ref> Also in Eastern Oregon, they built the largest cement plant in the Pacific Northwest at ] starting in 1978.<ref>Beckham, p. 130.</ref>
] ]
After Hoffman completed an expansion at the ] in Eastern Oregon, the state audited the work on the project in 1999.<ref name=auditors>{{cite news|last=Miller|first=Brian K.|title=Hoffman strikes back at auditors|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/1999/03/29/story1.html?page=all|access-date=21 May 2014|newspaper=Portland Business Journal|date=March 28, 1999}}</ref><ref name=mulling>{{cite news|last=Miller|first=Brian K.|title=State still mulling audit of Hoffman Construction|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/1999/06/28/newscolumn3.html?page=all|access-date=21 May 2014|newspaper=Portland Business Journal|date=Jun 27, 1999}}</ref> Auditors alleged some overpayments, while the company and the ] disputed those allegations.<ref name=auditors/><ref name=mulling/>
At the end of the decade, Hoffman finished the Sixteen Hundred Bell Plaza tower in 1977 and then finished ] and the ] both in 1981, all in Seattle.<ref>Beckham, pp. 133-136.</ref> Meanwhile, in Portland the company finished ] in 1980, the ] in 1982, the ] in 1985, the Justice Center in 1982, the Performing Arts Center in 1987, and the One Financial Center (now Bank of America Center) in 1987.<ref>Beckham, pp. 136-141.</ref> Other notable projects in the 1980s included the Farm Credit Banks Building in Spokane, plus the ARCO Tower and SOHIO Alaska Petroleum Company Headquarters in Anchorage, as well as water treatment plants in California and Alaska.<ref>Beckham, pp. 138-141.</ref> In 1983, the company moved its headquarters to what is now Unitus Plaza at 1300 SW Sixth in Portland.<ref name="Beckham, p. 120"/>


The Intel D1X project built by Hoffman was named as the largest construction project in Oregon history in 2017. Intel hired Hoffman for this project in 2010. The newspaper reports "several billion dollars" but the exact amount is a "closely guarded secret".<ref name="OLJune17">{{Cite news|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/2017/06/intel_in_50_million_dispute_wi.html|title=Intel in $50 million dispute with D1X contractor, Hoffman Construction|last=Oregonian/OregonLive|first=Mike Rogoway {{!}} The|date=2017-06-01|website=oregonlive.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-16}}</ref> In 2015, Hoffman filed a $50.8 million lien on the D1X. In December 2017, ''The Oregonian'' followed up to report that Hoffman had withdrawn the "mysterious $50 million lien". ] said "The terms and conditions of the resolution are confidential,"<ref name="OLJune17" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/2017/12/hoffman_withdraws_mysterious_5.html|title=Hoffman withdraws mysterious $50 million lien on Intel's D1X factory|last=Oregonian/OregonLive|first=Mike Rogoway {{!}} The|date=2017-12-11|website=oregonlive.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-16}}</ref>
During the 1990s Hoffman shifted much work to construction for hi-tech companies such as Intel. This included work at Intel's Aloha Campus, New Mexico fabs, Chandler, Arizona fabs, and at its Hillsboro campuses.<ref>Beckham, pp. 146-150.</ref> Other projects included the Casey Eye Institute at OHSU in Portland in 1991, the Snake River Correctional Facility, the new ], as well at projects at Willamette University, Reed College, Oregon State University, Lewis & Clark College, Linfield College, and the University of Portland.<ref>Beckham, pp. 153-154.</ref> It also built the Oregon State Office Building in 1992 and Metro's headquarters in 1994, both in Portland's Lloyd District, and Portland's new federal courthouse.<ref>Beckham, pp. 158-161.</ref> Outside of the Northwest, the firm had projects in Washington, DC, Hawaii, and New York.<ref>Beckham, p. 161.</ref> By 1994 the firm had grown to $613 million in contracts.<ref>Beckham, p. 166.</ref> The younger Drinkward took over as Hoffman president in 1992.<ref name=p10/>


Hoffman moved into the ] in downtown Portland in 2000 after constructing the building and added a permanent lobby exhibit showcasing the company's history.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mayer/Reed interprets legacy of Hoffman|url=http://djcoregon.com/news/2000/10/27/mayerreed-interprets-legacy-of-hoffman/|access-date=21 May 2014|newspaper=Daily Journal of Commerce|date=October 27, 2000}}</ref> The company is re-locating to Lake Oswego in 2025.<ref name="Manning">{{Cite web |last=Manning |first=Jeff |date=2023-08-13 |title=Hoffman Construction to leave downtown Portland headquarters |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2023/08/hoffman-construction-to-leave-downtown-portland-headquarters.html |access-date=2024-10-23 |website=oregonlive |language=en}}</ref>
===Twenty-First Century===
After Hoffman completed an expansion at the ] in Eastern Oregon, the state audited the work on the project in 1999.<ref name=auditors>{{cite news|last=Miller|first=Brian K.|title=Hoffman strikes back at auditors|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/1999/03/29/story1.html?page=all|access-date=21 May 2014|newspaper=Portland Business Journal|date=March 28, 1999}}</ref><ref name=mulling>{{cite news|last=Miller|first=Brian K.|title=State still mulling audit of Hoffman Construction|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/1999/06/28/newscolumn3.html?page=all|access-date=21 May 2014|newspaper=Portland Business Journal|date=Jun 27, 1999}}</ref> Auditors alleged some overpayments, while the company and the ] disputed those allegations.<ref name=auditors/><ref name=mulling/> Hoffman moved into the ] in downtown Portland in 2000 after constructing the building, and added a permanent lobby exhibit showcasing the company's history.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mayer/Reed interprets legacy of Hoffman|url=http://djcoregon.com/news/2000/10/27/mayerreed-interprets-legacy-of-hoffman/|access-date=21 May 2014|newspaper=Daily Journal of Commerce|date=October 27, 2000}}</ref> In 2013, the firm was listed as one of Oregon's most admired companies.<ref>{{cite news|title=Meet Oregon's Most Admired Companies of 2013 (Ranked)|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/2013/11/meet-oregons-most-admired-companies.html?s=image_gallery|access-date=20 May 2014|newspaper=Portland Business Journal|date=November 21, 2013}}</ref>


Hoffman Construction was issued a warning by the City of Portland in September 2020 for having utilized a subcontractor that obtained women-owned status fraudulently so they can be awarded jobs as a subcontractor on Portland city government projects under a program designed to help disadvantaged business. This came after the subcontractor under question was caught.<ref>{{Cite web|author=KATU Staff|date=2020-09-30|title=Portland painting company fined for posing as woman-owned business to receive contracts|url=https://katu.com/news/local/portland-painting-company-fined-for-posing-as-woman-owned-business-to-receive-contracts|access-date=2020-11-14|website=KATU}}</ref>
The Intel D1X project built by Hoffman was named as the largest construction project in Oregon history in 2017. Intel hired Hoffman for this project in 2010. The newspaper reports "several billion dollars" but the exact amount is a "closely guarded secret".<ref name="OLJune17">{{Cite news|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/2017/06/intel_in_50_million_dispute_wi.html|title=Intel in $50 million dispute with D1X contractor, Hoffman Construction|last=Oregonian/OregonLive|first=Mike Rogoway {{!}} The|date=2017-06-01|website=oregonlive.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-16}}</ref> In 2015, Hoffman filed a $50.8 million lien on the D1X, and the lien stayed in place two years later in June 2017.<ref name=OLJune17/> In December 2017, ''The Oregonian'' followed up to report that Hoffman had withdrawn the "mysterious $50 lien". According to a statement provided by ], ""We are pleased that the dispute has been amicably resolved. The terms and conditions of the resolution are confidential,"<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/2017/12/hoffman_withdraws_mysterious_5.html|title=Hoffman withdraws mysterious $50 million lien on Intel's D1X factory|last=Oregonian/OregonLive|first=Mike Rogoway {{!}} The|date=2017-12-11|website=oregonlive.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-16}}</ref>


Hoffman Construction was issued a warning by the City of Portland in September 2020 for having utilized a subcontractor which obtained women-owned status fraudulently so they can be awarded jobs as a subcontractor on Portland city government projects under a program designed to help disadvantaged business. This came after the subcontractor under question was caught.<ref>{{Cite web|author=KATU Staff|date=2020-09-30|title=Portland painting company fined for posing as woman-owned business to receive contracts|url=https://katu.com/news/local/portland-painting-company-fined-for-posing-as-woman-owned-business-to-receive-contracts|access-date=2020-11-14|website=KATU}}</ref>

==Major Projects==
] ]
] ]
]Hoffman is known for building the Fox Tower, Memorial Coliseum, the Oregon Convention Center and the Wells Fargo Center.<ref name="Oregonian1" /> ]Hoffman is known for building the Fox Tower, Memorial Coliseum, the Oregon Convention Center and the Wells Fargo Center.<ref name="Oregonian1" />

===Current Projects===
*Expansion of ]'s World Headquarters near ]<ref>{{cite news|last=Siemers|first=Erik|title=New Nike campus contractors same as the old ones (mostly)|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/real-estate-daily/2014/02/new-nike-campus-contractors-same-as.html|access-date=20 May 2014|newspaper=Portland Business Journal|date=February 21, 2014}}</ref>
*Multnomah County Central Courthouse in Portland, Oregon<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oeg.us.com/current-projects/detail/multnomah-county-central-courthouse/|title=Current Projects {{!}} Multnomah County Central Courthouse|website=www.oeg.us.com|access-date=2017-10-16}}</ref>
*Lincoln High School in Portland, Oregon.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Friedman|first=Gordon|date=2019-06-06|title=Portland retail tax applies more broadly than thought, igniting opposition at City Hall|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2019/06/portland-retail-tax-applies-more-broadly-than-thought-igniting-opposition-at-city-hall.html|access-date=2020-07-17|website=oregonlive|language=en}}</ref>
*Intel FAB 38 in Kiryat Gat, Israel.

===Completed Major Projects===

==== Civic / Cultural ====
* ] in Seattle, Washington<ref name="crazy">{{cite news|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/print-edition/2013/05/24/hoffman-straddles-line-between-risk.html?page=all|title=Hoffman straddles line between risk and ‘crazy risk’|last=Siemers|first=Erik|date=May 24, 2013|newspaper=Portland Business Journal|access-date=20 May 2014}}</ref>
* ] museum in Seattle, Washington<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2000/11/06/focus1.html?page=all|title=A new generation of players are influencing the Portland scene|last=Brenneman|first=Kristina|date=November 5, 2000|newspaper=Portland Business Journal|access-date=21 May 2014}}</ref>
* ] in Wilsonville, Oregon<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.wilsonvillespokesman.com/ARCHIVES/Story.aspx/819/town-center-park-a-go-civic-park-a-maybebr-and-nbsp-and-nbsp-and-nbspevent-organizers-scramble-to-find-new-locationsbr|title=Town Center Park a go; civic park a maybe|last=Kipp|first=Curt|date=February 12, 2003|work=Wilsonville Spokesman}}{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* ]
* Main exhibit hall at the ] in McMinnville, Oregon<ref>{{cite news|url=http://djcoregon.com/news/2000/11/10/piece-by-piece-the-spruce-goose-comes-alive/|title=Piece by piece the Spruce Goose comes alive|last=Carter|first=Dan|date=November 10, 2000|newspaper=Daily Journal of Commerce|access-date=21 May 2014}}</ref>
*Expansion of the ] in Portland, Oregon<ref>{{cite news|url=http://djcoregon.com/news/2000/09/28/expo-center-growing-exponentially/|title=Expo Center growing exponentially|last=Carter|first=Dan|date=September 28, 2000|newspaper=Daily Journal of Commerce|access-date=21 May 2014}}</ref>
*The Amphitheater at Clark County (now ]) in Ridgefield, Washington<ref>{{cite news|url=http://djcoregon.com/news/2002/08/09/hoffman-ready-to-roll-on-amphitheater/|title=Hoffman ready to roll on amphitheater|last=Devereaux|first=Charlie|date=August 9, 2002|newspaper=Daily Journal of Commerce|access-date=21 May 2014}}</ref>
*] in Portland, Oregon<ref name="djc success">{{cite news|url=http://djcoregon.com/news/2002/10/28/hoffman8217s-wayne-drinkward-says-the-key-to-success-is-doing-things-well/|title=Hoffman’s Wayne Drinkward says the key to success is doing things well|last=Libby|first=Brian|date=October 28, 2002|newspaper=Daily Journal of Commerce|access-date=22 May 2014}}</ref>
*] in Seattle, Washington<ref name="djc success" />

==== Healthcare ====
* ] in Portland, Oregon<ref name="crazy" />
* ] at Oregon Health & Sciences University in Portland, Oregon<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2010/07/05/daily17.html|title=OHSU building snags major award|last=Goldfield|first=Robert|date=July 7, 2010|newspaper=Portland Business Journal|access-date=20 May 2014}}</ref>
*] in Portland, Oregon

==== High-Rise ====
* ] in Portland, Oregon,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2014/01/a_look_back_at_the_portland_bu.html|title=A look back at The Portland Building's troubled past: Portland City Hall Roundup|last=Schmidt|first=Brad|date=January 3, 2014|access-date=20 May 2014}}</ref> completed in 1982, the concrete building envelope started leaking about five years after completion, then progressed to leaks around windows. Problems continued to worsen over the years despite repair attempts.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Post|first=Nadine M|date=August 14, 2020|title=Drastic Rebuild Resurrects Graves' Landmark Portland Building|url=https://www.enr.com/articles/49864-drastic-rebuild-resurrects-graves-landmark-portland-building?v=preview|access-date=2020-10-07|website=www.enr.com|language=en|quote=By 1988, there was evidence of efflorescence. Then, the building started leaking around the windows. Despite repairs, the conditions worsened... The original painted-concrete envelope leaks started about five years after the original building’s completion in 1982. Numerous attempts over the years to plug the holes failed.}}</ref>
* ] in Portland, Oregon<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/sbo/2012/06/south-waterfronts-mirabella-nets.html|title=South Waterfront's Mirabella nets sustainable design awards|last=Williams|first=Christina|date=June 28, 2012|newspaper=Portland Business Journal|access-date=1 April 2016}}</ref>
* ] in Bellevue, Washington<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/print-edition/2011/01/07/gerding-edlen-surrenders-bellevue-towers.html|title=Gerding-Edlen surrenders Bellevue Towers|last=Culverwell|first=Wendy|date=January 7, 2011|newspaper=Portland Business Journal|access-date=20 May 2014}}</ref>
* ] office tower in Portland, Oregon<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2010/01/18/daily51.html?page=all|title=One Main Place to sell for $57 million|last=Culverwell|first=Wendy|date=January 22, 2010|newspaper=Portland Business Journal|access-date=20 May 2014}}</ref>
* ] apartment tower in Portland, Oregon<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/08/10/daily42.html|title=Urban wind turbines go up in Portland|date=August 13, 2009|newspaper=Portland Business Journal|access-date=20 May 2014}}</ref>
*] remodel and addition of ] in Portland, Oregon<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2006/11/20/focus2.html?page=all|title=Renovating an icon: A fresh Meier & Frank Building|last=Finnemore|first=Barry|date=November 19, 2006|newspaper=Portland Business Journal|access-date=20 May 2014}}</ref>
*] skyscraper in Seattle, Washington<ref name="uw">{{cite web|url=https://digital.lib.washington.edu/architect/partners/1220/|title=Partners: Hoffman Construction Company|last=Michelson|first=Alan|work=Pacific Coast Architecture Database|publisher=University of Washington|access-date=21 May 2014}}</ref>
*] in Seattle, Washington<ref name="uw" />
*] in Seattle, Washington<ref name="uw" />
*] in Seattle, Washington<ref name="uw" />
*] headquarters in Portland, Oregon<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/real-estate-daily/2014/05/ankrom-moisan-hoffman-get-150daimler-hq-job.html|title=Ankrom Moisan, Hoffman get $150M Daimler HQ job|last=Culverwell|first=Wendy|date=May 7, 2014|newspaper=Portland Business Journal|access-date=20 May 2014}}</ref>
*] in Portland, Oregon<ref>{{cite news|url=http://djcoregon.com/news/2006/10/16/work-on-pacwest-center-begins-in-october-1982/|title=Work on Pacwest Center begins in October 1982|last=McKinlay|first=Theresa|date=October 16, 2006|newspaper=Daily Journal of Commerce|access-date=22 May 2014}}</ref>
*] skyscraper in Portland, Oregon<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/real-estate-daily/2013/10/how-do-you-restart-a-30-story-project.html|title=How do you restart a 30-story project? Call in the marching band!|last=Culverwell|first=Wendy|date=October 30, 2013|newspaper=Portland Business Journal|access-date=20 May 2014}}</ref>

==== Athletics ====
*] in Hillsboro, Oregon<ref name="Hillsboro">{{cite news|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/hillsboro/index.ssf/2013/03/hillsboro_152_million_ballpark.html|title=Hillsboro's $15.2 million ballpark will cost more, have fewer permanent seats than originally planned|last=Theen|first=Andrew|date=March 18, 2013|newspaper=The Oregonian|access-date=20 May 2014}}</ref>
*] in Hillsboro, Oregon<ref name="Hillsboro" />
*] at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/morning_call/2011/02/knight-arena-passes-audit-muster.html|title=Knight arena passes audit muster|last=Giegerich|first=Andy|date=February 11, 2011|newspaper=Portland Business Journal|access-date=20 May 2014}}</ref>

==== Education ====
*Paul L. Boley Law Library at ] in Portland, Oregon<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2002/02/18/newscolumn4.html?page=all|title=Lewis & Clark's library takes home the green|last=Back|first=Brian J.|date=February 17, 2002|newspaper=Portland Business Journal|access-date=21 May 2014}}</ref>
*] at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon<ref>{{cite journal|author=Staff|date=July 1, 2007|title=Willamette U Plans Academic Building|publisher=The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.|volume=10|issue=7|page=5|work=Northwest Construction}}</ref>

==== Transportation ====
* ] in Portland, Oregon<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/1999/07/05/newscolumn1.html|title=Local team honored for work on light-rail station|last=Miller|first=Brian K.|date=July 4, 1999|newspaper=]|access-date=21 May 2014}}</ref>
* ] ]

==== Mixed-Use ====
*] in Coos Bay, Oregon<ref>{{cite news|title=New Postoffice in Use|date=November 24, 1936|newspaper=]|page=15}}</ref>
*] in Portland, Oregon<ref>{{cite news|title=Bank Project Contract Let|date=September 24, 1957|newspaper=The Oregonian|page=12}}</ref>
*] mixed-use development in Portland, Oregon<ref>{{cite news|url=http://djcoregon.com/news/2001/07/13/hoffman-rh-work-on-brewery-blocks/|title=Hoffman, R&H work on Brewery Blocks|last=Carter|first=Dan|date=July 13, 2001|newspaper=Daily Journal of Commerce|access-date=21 May 2014}}</ref>

==== Manufacturing ====
* ] D1D and D1X projects and expansion at Ronler Acres Campus in ]<ref name="boom">{{cite news|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2014/05/hoffman_andersen_fortis_walsh.html|title=Construction boom: Hoffman, Andersen represent Oregon on list of largest U.S. construction companies|last=Manning|first=Jeff|date=May 16, 2014|newspaper=]|access-date=20 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://djcoregon.com/news/2002/10/28/intel8217s-ronler-acres-projects-give-corridor-boost/|title=Intel’s Ronler Acres projects give Corridor boost|last=Fields|first=KJ|date=October 28, 2002|newspaper=Daily Journal of Commerce|access-date=21 May 2014}}</ref>
* ] Composite Wing Manufacturing Center in Everett, WA<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.boeing.com/company/about-bca/washington/777x-composite-wing-center-04-25-16.page|title=Boeing: 777X Composite Wing Center’s outer shell complete|website=www.boeing.com|access-date=2018-02-23}}</ref>

==== Aviation ====
*Canopy at ] in Portland, Oregon<ref name="crazy" />
*Headquarters for the ] at Portland International Airport in Oregon<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2010/05/03/story8.html|title=Port of Portland moves to 205,000-square-foot HQ|last=Culverwell|first=Wendy|date=May 2, 2010|newspaper=Portland Business Journal|access-date=20 May 2014}}</ref>
*Nike Air Hangar at the ] in Hillsboro, Oregon<ref>{{cite news|url=http://djcoregon.com/news/2002/02/15/sabre-constructs-precisely-with-steel/|title=Sabre constructs precisely with steel|last=Carter|first=Dan|date=February 15, 2002|newspaper=Daily Journal of Commerce|access-date=21 May 2014}}</ref>


==References== ==References==
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==Footnotes==
*{{cite book|last1=Dow Beckham|first1=Stephen|title=Hoffman Construction Company: 75 Years of Building|year=1995|publisher=Hoffman Corporation|isbn=0-930998-08-1|author-link=Stephen Dow Beckham}} *{{cite book|last1=Dow Beckham|first1=Stephen|title=Hoffman Construction Company: 75 Years of Building|year=1995|publisher=Hoffman Corporation|isbn=0-930998-08-1|author-link=Stephen Dow Beckham}}

==Footnotes==
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Hoffman Construction Company
Company typePrivately held company
IndustryHeavy construction
Engineering
Project Management
Founded1922
FounderLee Hawley Hoffman
Headquarters805 SW Broadway, Suite 2100 Portland, Oregon
Area servedPacific Northwest
Key peopleDavid Drinkward, President, CEO
ProductsConstruction contracting
RevenueUS$5.69billion (2023)
Number of employees1,200 (2023)
Websitehoffmancorp.com

Hoffman Construction Company is a privately held construction company founded in 1922 based in Portland, Oregon, United States.

History

Lee Hoffman (May 15, 1850 - August 8, 1959) moved to Portland in the 1870s with his family and worked constructing bridges and other projects, including the Bull Run pipeline.

The company started out building primarily apartment buildings and industrial structures in Portland. It had grown to more than 400 employees by 1928.

Hoffman expanded to Seattle in 1929. The firm also built Cushman Dam No. 2 that year near Shelton, Washington, for Tacoma Power and Light.

Oregon State Library in Salem

Eric Hoffman (1923–2016) became president of the company in 1956 and chair in 1974. Lee Hawley Hoffman died on August 8, 1959. Cecil Drinkward came to Hoffman in 1967 as a vice president, and his son Wayne joined in 1985. Cecil Drinkward became president in 1974. In the late 1960s, the company shifted emphasis from paper and forestry industry to commercial construction.

Standard Insurance Center in Portland, Oregon
One Union Square in Seattle, Washington

After Hoffman completed an expansion at the Snake River Correctional Institute in Eastern Oregon, the state audited the work on the project in 1999. Auditors alleged some overpayments, while the company and the Oregon Department of Corrections disputed those allegations.

The Intel D1X project built by Hoffman was named as the largest construction project in Oregon history in 2017. Intel hired Hoffman for this project in 2010. The newspaper reports "several billion dollars" but the exact amount is a "closely guarded secret". In 2015, Hoffman filed a $50.8 million lien on the D1X. In December 2017, The Oregonian followed up to report that Hoffman had withdrawn the "mysterious $50 million lien". Intel said "The terms and conditions of the resolution are confidential,"

Hoffman moved into the Fox Tower in downtown Portland in 2000 after constructing the building and added a permanent lobby exhibit showcasing the company's history. The company is re-locating to Lake Oswego in 2025.

Hoffman Construction was issued a warning by the City of Portland in September 2020 for having utilized a subcontractor that obtained women-owned status fraudulently so they can be awarded jobs as a subcontractor on Portland city government projects under a program designed to help disadvantaged business. This came after the subcontractor under question was caught.

Multnomah County's New Courthouse in progress. (April 2019)
Doernbecher Children's Hospital in Portland
Henry M. Jackson Federal Building in Seattle

Hoffman is known for building the Fox Tower, Memorial Coliseum, the Oregon Convention Center and the Wells Fargo Center.

References

  1. "Hoffman Construction — Our History". www.hoffmancorp.com. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
  2. "Hoffman Construction — About Us". www.hoffmancorp.com. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
  3. "Portland Business Journal Private 100 fastest growing companies". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
  4. ^ Manning, Jeff (2023-08-13). "Hoffman Construction to leave downtown Portland headquarters". oregonlive. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
  5. Beckham, p. 110.
  6. Beckham, pp. 10-11, 34, 44.
  7. Beckham, pp. 59-60.
  8. Beckham, p. 67.
  9. Beckham, p. 71.
  10. ^ "Contractors". Western Construction. 49. King Publications: 75. 1974.
  11. Beckham, pp. 10-11.
  12. ^ Rogoway, Mike (Dec 29, 2016). "Eric Hoffman, former Hoffman Construction president, dies at 93". The Oregonian. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  13. ^ Miller, Brian K. (March 28, 1999). "Hoffman strikes back at auditors". Portland Business Journal. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  14. ^ Miller, Brian K. (Jun 27, 1999). "State still mulling audit of Hoffman Construction". Portland Business Journal. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  15. ^ Oregonian/OregonLive, Mike Rogoway | The (2017-06-01). "Intel in $50 million dispute with D1X contractor, Hoffman Construction". oregonlive.com. Retrieved 2019-04-16.
  16. Oregonian/OregonLive, Mike Rogoway | The (2017-12-11). "Hoffman withdraws mysterious $50 million lien on Intel's D1X factory". oregonlive.com. Retrieved 2019-04-16.
  17. "Mayer/Reed interprets legacy of Hoffman". Daily Journal of Commerce. October 27, 2000. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  18. KATU Staff (2020-09-30). "Portland painting company fined for posing as woman-owned business to receive contracts". KATU. Retrieved 2020-11-14.

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