SRG Partnership, Portland Headquarters 2008

After 18 years in the same space, architectural firm SRG Partnership contracted Fortis to build out their new more-open office environment. Crews demolished walls and ceilings on the second and third floors of the American Bank Building, eliminating low hardwall partitions. We built out a new conference room bay that can be divided into three rooms, and added new carpet, paint and other finishes. A Design-Build approach to the new MEP systems moved the project along and saved money. The centerpiece of the remodeled space is the new stairway between the floors. Fortis cut an opening between the floors and installed a new staircase with structural steel plates and stringers, flat plate steel treads, glass guard rails and wood hand rails. Because the busy downtown office building was fully occupied during construction, large deliveries were made on Sundays. A crane positioned on Broadway hoisted materials into the office’s west-facing windows.