Hoffman Construction Company

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 until his death, including the Bull Run pipeline.

The company started out building primarily apartment buildings and industrial structures in Portland, and 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. Eric Hoffman (1923–2016) became president of the company in 1956 and became chairman 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 where they started to commercial construction. 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, and the lien stayed in place two years later in June 2017. In December 2017, The Oregonian followed up to report that Hoffman had withdrawn the "mysterious $50 lien". According to a statement provided by Intel, ""We are pleased that the dispute has been amicably resolved. 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.

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.

Health and Safety
Portland Tribune 's Joseph Gallivan named Hoffman's 1715 S.W. Salmon St and Lincoln High School sites as those still carrying on business as usual during the COVID-19 pandemic. A worker interviewed by Willamette Week on the Hayward Field renovation project site reports while Hoffman has issued strict social distancing instructions, it is realistically not being followed in the field. The same newspaper article also discussed a complaint filed against Hoffman with the Oregon OSHA on March 30, 2020 concerning the project at Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact which reads "Multiple employees are working in lifts next to each other, and lunch shacks are packed full of employees sitting next to each other". Daily Journal of Commerce also identified Hoffman's 5 MLK, a mixed-use 17 story project near the east end of Burnside Bridge as a site where an OSHA complaint has been registered over social distancing and lack of hand-washing stations.

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

Civic / Cultural

 * Seattle Central Library in Seattle, Washington
 * Multnomah County Central Courthouse in Portland, Oregon
 * Experience Music Project museum in Seattle, Washington
 * Town Center Park in Wilsonville, Oregon
 * Portland Japanese Garden
 * Main exhibit hall at the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum in McMinnville, Oregon
 * Expansion of the Portland Expo Center in Portland, Oregon
 * The Amphitheater at Clark County (now Amphitheater Northwest) in Ridgefield, Washington
 * Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse in Portland, Oregon
 * Seattle City Hall in Seattle, Washington

Healthcare

 * Doernbecher Children's Hospital in Portland, Oregon
 * Center for Health & Healing at Oregon Health & Sciences University in Portland, Oregon
 * Randall Children's Hospital at Legacy Emanuel in Portland, Oregon

High-Rise

 * Portland Building in Portland, Oregon, 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.
 * Mirabella Portland in Portland, Oregon
 * Bellevue Towers in Bellevue, Washington
 * One Main Place office tower in Portland, Oregon
 * Twelve/West apartment tower in Portland, Oregon
 * Meier & Frank Building remodel and addition of The Nines in Portland, Oregon
 * One Union Square skyscraper in Seattle, Washington
 * Henry M. Jackson Federal Building in Seattle, Washington
 * Westin Building in Seattle, Washington
 * Qwest Plaza in Seattle, Washington
 * Daimler Trucks North America headquarters in Portland, Oregon
 * PacWest Center in Portland, Oregon
 * Park Avenue West skyscraper in Portland, Oregon

Athletics
Hayward Field at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon in 2022
 * Ron Tonkin Field in Hillsboro, Oregon
 * Hillsboro Stadium in Hillsboro, Oregon
 * Matthew Knight Arena at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon

Education

 * Paul L. Boley Law Library at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon
 * Ford Hall at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon
 * Lincoln High School in Portland, Oregon.
 * Global Scholars Hall at University of Oregon

Transportation

 * Washington Park underground light rail station in Portland, Oregon
 * Link Light Rail University of Washington Station

Commercial and Mixed-Use

 * Former Post Office in Coos Bay, Oregon
 * Expansion of Nike, Inc.'s World Headquarters near Beaverton, Oregon
 * New First National Bank Building in Portland, Oregon
 * Weinhard Brewery Complex mixed-use development in Portland, Oregon

Manufacturing

 * Intel D1D and D1X projects and expansion at Ronler Acres Campus in Hillsboro, Oregon
 * Boeing 777x Composite Wing Manufacturing Center in Everett, WA

Aviation

 * Canopy at Portland International Airport in Portland, Oregon
 * Headquarters for the Port of Portland at Portland International Airport in Oregon
 * Nike Air Hangar at the Hillsboro Airport in Hillsboro, Oregon