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Rogue X (RCUCC)
This 192,000 SF recreational facility features a natatorium, athletic classrooms and a sports complex that doubles as an event center. The aquatics facility has both recreational and competition pools, two waterslides, an outdoor splashpad play area and more. Xypex waterproofing admixture was specified for use in the mix design for the 15,000 SF of pool…
Read MoreReser Stadium
This OSU Reser Stadium west-side completion and addition of a 4-story wellness clinic included a new visitor locker room, welcome center for students, lower bowl seating, and 4 new letters of stadium, premium club boxes, and press boxes. This impressive project included approximately 270,000 SF of concrete, including two 18” thick Core walls 130’ tall.…
Read MoreADI 24K Cleanroom
The two-story, 45,000 SF cleanroom project started out with doing Pile Caps, then pour slabs over the caps. A unique aspect of the project was at the upper level, the SOMD was done with only lightweight concrete. Project Details City: Beaverton State: OR Size SF: 45,000 Yards of Concrete:1,336 CY Completion Date: April 2021, 2023…
Read MoreCCO3 Data Center
The CCO3 project was a two story, 2-building complex, comprised of one 200,000 SF data hall connected by a 30,000 SF administrative building. The data hall was built with 3 levels of concrete slabs: an elevated slab on metal deck roof, a slab on metal deck 2nd story, and a ground level slab on grade.…
Read MoreDLR PDX-12
Located in Hillsboro, the DLR PDX-12 is a 568,000 SF, two level, commercial data center, enclosed by precast. This commercial data center allows multiple companies to securely store their data, differing from industrial data centers where a company stores their own data. Pence/Kelly was the concrete subcontractor for HITT Construction, a new to the area…
Read MoreFriendsview Sutton Terrace
The Sutton Terrace is a new addition to the Friendsview Retirement Community in Newberg, OR. It incorporates 96 apartment units that are located in a five-story building featuring the Cherry Street Bistro, underground parking, and a variety of expansive community spaces. The new residents were able to choose the custom finishes for their room, making…
Read MoreOJD Supreme Court
Preservation and resilience guided the interior modernization and seismic retrofit of Oregon’s 1914 Supreme Court Building, the oldest government building in Salem. State-of-the-art base isolation system replaced the building’s foundation to ensure the building will be functional even after a significant earthquake. Other spaces throughout the building were restored, rehabilitated, or renovated, depending on their…
Read MoreTreasury Resiliency Building
The Oregon State Treasury Resiliency Building project focused on utilizing a resilient design to protect occupants and ensure the continuation of government after a natural disaster. Pence/Kelly had the important job of ensuring that the foundation was set up perfectly to withstand any future earthquake. The project started with preparing the below grade waterproofing and…
Read MoreGresham DHS
This brand new 95,500 SF building houses modern-day administrative client spaces and offices for the Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS), including about 200 staff members. It features a welcoming lobby that lets in lots of natural light and large conference rooms. Additionally, there are several private safe spaces for families to meet and a…
Read MoreSouth Salem High School
South Salem High School construction improvements were funded by the 2018 bond program. It was split into two bid packages that were completed in succession. Bid package 2 was an addition on the north end of the existing building. The addition consisted of new spaces for the performing arts, a CTE center, modern science labs,…
Read MoreUO HWTP Phase 1
This student housing project at the University of Oregon was completed over two phases to provide residences for 705 students. Phase one included 98,000 SF of steel and wood-framed composite structure over four floors. The concrete scope included spread footings and mat foundations on top of geopiers with slab on grade, architecturally exposed concrete walls…
Read MoreUO KCASI
The Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact (KCASI) was a gift to the university from Phil Knight, founder of Nike. Pence Kelly completed the foundations for three pedestrian bridges that connect the center of this facility to the rest of the University of Oregon campus. Structural work for the building and the basement consisted of…
Read MoreFacebook Data Center (PRN3)
Among Pence/Kelly’s largest projects, the third data center in Prineville for social media company, Facebook, was a 600,000 square foot project requiring more than 20,000 cubic yards of concrete. The LEED-NC Gold Certified campus is the third of Facebook’s Prineville buildings, which has grown considerably since this was completed in 2017.
Read MoreMcNary High School
Pence Construction added 42,000 square feet to the largest high school in Salem Keizer School District. The two story, slab-on-grade tilt project completed in August of 2020.
Read MoreThe Rise Central
The Rise Central is a two-building multi-family residential concrete structure located in Beaverton, Oregon. The project includes a parking garage that was constructed below grade and supports the East Building with concrete columns and a post tensioned deck. The post tension deck features a garden courtyard above the parking garage, for the residents of the…
Read MoreLanger’s Entertainment
Langer’s is a new 54,000 square-foot entertainment center with 26 bowling lanes, 5,000 square-foot laser tag arena, three-story kids play area, two-story indoor ropes course, and full-service restaurant with two bars, and an arcade, located in Sherwood, Oregon. The slab on grade was completed in three large pours and consisted of 715 cubic yards of…
Read MoreOMD Joint Forces
The Oregon Military Department Joint Forces Headquarters, located in Salem, is a composite structure featuring concrete and steel. The lobby of the 55, 078 square-foot office building features two elevations of exposed slab on grade. To add to the complexity, the concrete stairs differentiating the two elevations are curved. The entry way features a beautiful…
Read MoreMcMinnville High School
McMinnville High School, located in the heart of McMinnville, received a major renovation and expansion after the district passed a bond in 2016. The renovation included extensive MEP additions which required slab on grade pour backs and the reconstruction of the interior ramps to ADA standards. The new construction took place during the school year…
Read MoreExtra Space Storage
The Extra Space Storage, located in SE Portland, is a five-level interior storage facility. The 28” mat slab foundation with a 40” thickened edge, was made up of 1,400 cubic yards of concrete. The foundation also included a 60” crane foundation at the bottom of the elevator pit. To support the compounding load of the…
Read MoreTykeson Hall, University of Oregon
On the sprawling University of Oregon campus, Tykeson Hall is a four-story building, with a basement, designed to maximize student engagement. The student center was constructed primarily of reinforced concrete and structural steel. This project consisted of exposed cylindrical concrete columns, which required a high level of architectural finish and supported the four levels of…
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