Fortis Project a Feature Tour Stop of the International Mass Timber Conference
Fortis Construction’s East County Library was a feature tour stop of the 2025 International Mass Timber Conference. Along with project partners Multnomah County, Holst Architecture, Timberlab, and Magnusson Klemencic Associates, more than 120 industry professionals were led through the showcase public facility. Key areas of learning and education focused on the custom-designed wood connections, Building […]
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 […]
7 Consecutive Years as a Top Government Building Contractor
Building Design + Construction released its annual 2024 Giants 400 ranking, with Fortis named a Top 100 Government Building Construction Firm for the seventh consecutive year. Read the full article by visiting this link. Fortis’ recent award-winning government projects include: Multnomah County, Operations Center (2024 Top Project, Daily Journal of Commerce and featured in American Libraries’ […]
Making an Impact: Philanthropy
For the 8th consecutive year, Fortis Construction has been named a Top Corporate Philanthropist. Find the full list here.Â
Excelling in Data Center Construction (National Rankings)
In the major construction-industry publications of Engineering News-Record and Building Design + Construction, Fortis has again ranked as one of the top data center contractors in the nation. Details and links below… Engineering News-Record: #7 Telecomm (Encompassing Data Centers) Contractor For the 6th consecutive year, ENR has named Fortis Construction as one of the nation’s […]
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 Building Meta’s Cheyenne Campus
Meta has announced that its newest data center campus – and 25th data center around the world – will be in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and be built by Fortis Construction. This represents the 7th data center campus that Fortis is building with Meta. You can read the full announcement by Meta below, and find additional information […]
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 […]