BD+C’s Top 40 Student Housing Construction Firms for 2024
Building Design+Construction has announced its ranking of the nation’s largest student housing facility general contractors and construction management firms for 2024, with Fortis landing in the #15 spot. We’re proud of the impact we have made in this space and the pioneering spirit our teams bring to every campus, building and project. You can learn […]
Grand Reopening for the Reed College Watzek Sports Center
The Reed College Watzek Sports Center is (re)opened! The renovation and mass timber expansion now provides a broad range of new spaces and options for fitness, physical education, shared classes, and outdoor programs. Built in 1965, the Watzek Sports Center experienced structural failure after a 2021 winter storm, resulting in a collapsed roof and clearly […]
National Honor for the Multnomah County Library Operations Center
The American Libraries Association has selected the Multnomah County Operations Center for the 2024 Library Design Showcase. This honor comes on the heels of the Hennebery Eddy Architects-designed and Fortis Construction-built project being named a Top Project by the Daily Journal of Commerce.
Fortis Opens Utah Office
Fortis Construction is open for business in Utah with the launch of a new office in Draper. Blain Grover is the new Utah Business Unit’s lead, bringing to the team nearly 30 years of operational and preconstruction expertise in progressive design-build, CM/GC and design-bid-build project delivery. Prior to his Utah role with Fortis, Blain served […]
Two Top-Project Awards
In the annual Daily Journal of Commerce Top Project Awards, two Fortis Construction builds have been honored: congratulations to the teams behind the Multnomah County Library Operations Center and the University of Oregon DeNorval Unthank Jr. Hall for the wins. Award Details: Multnomah County Library Operations Center University of Oregon DeNorval Unthank Jr. Hall Project […]
Engineering News-Record’s Top Contractors in the Nation
Engineering News-Record has released its annual Top 400 Contractors ranking, with Fortis landing again as one of the top contractors building domestically and abroad. This is Fortis’ 6th year as one of the Top 100 Contractors in the U.S., and the 14th consecutive year as one of the ENR Top 400 Contractors. Link to the […]
Fortis Ranks as the #34 Top Contractor in the United States
In 2023, Fortis Construction is celebrating the company’s 20th anniversary, and we are also celebrating the successes of our teams, which have resulted in the following national rankings by Building Design + Construction.  As we have grown to be the #34 overall contractor in the United States in just two decades, we attribute this success […]
Top 100 Contractor in the U.S. for 5 Consecutive Years
The Engineering News-Record Top Contractor rankings are out, and Fortis Construction is the #55 Top Contractor in the nation. This is Fortis’ 5th year as one of the Top 100 Contractors in the U.S., and the 13th consecutive year as one of the ENR Top 400 Contractors. You can read the full article here.Â
The Top Education Project In 2022
The Portland Public Schools, Leodis V. McDaniel High School has been named the #1 Primary Education project. This is the 4th time in 5 years that Fortis Construction has delivered a #1 Daily Journal of Commerce TopProject across primary and secondary education work. For full award details, visit the DJC TopProjects award article here.
The New OES Athletic Center
Here’s a welcome to the project and lesson on what the Fortis Core Values mean to each build.