September Chapter Meeting: Building Tour
Portland Water Bureau Interstate Operations and Maintenance Center

Water from the Bull Run watershed is delivered to the taps of more than 900,000 Oregonian's through a complex system of reservoirs, tanks, pipes, pumps and valves. The critical work of maintaining Portland's 225-square-mile water supply system is based from the Water Bureau's Interstate Maintenance Facility, located near the Rose Quarter on N. Interstate Avenue.

This 11-acre facility accommodates approximately 240 employees and includes a water control center, water quality laboratory, material storage area, vehicle parking, and administrative offices. Construction and maintenance field personnel and associated heavy construction equipment are also supported and staged from this facility.

Prior to this project, the facility consists of two buildings -- one built in 1925, the other in 1992 -- as well as a recently renovated Meter Shop and several construction-grade modular buildings that serve as additional office space. However, none of these buildings were built to modern safety standards and was not constructed with the quality of materials that are available today. The 1925 Maintenance Building has been replaced with a new highly efficient facility to meet the Water Bureau’s current Operation and Maintenance programs. Incorporating the most current energy design criteria, it will be substantially more economical to operate. The new buildings and campus has been designed and constructed to obtain a LEED Gold certification.

Join Hoffman Construction, MWA, KPFF Consulting Engineers, ABHT, Interface Engineering, and the Portland Water Bureau for this educational tour.

Tentative Tour Stops

• Contaminated materials and the existing superfund site
• Stormwater management and previous paving
• LEED Gold design features
• M/W/ESB workforce program
• Programming/phasing on an active campus
• Product selection and design intent

Schedule
4:30 PM - Presentation
5:00 PM - Tour
6:30 PM - Heavy appetizer buffet & networking in PWB Auditorium
7:30 PM - End

Directions & Parking
Please click on the link below to download directions to the site and instructions for parking.

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Additional Information

• 1.5 LU/HSW CEU's will be earned with your attendance.
• Please note the earlier-than-normal start time for this event.
• Vegetarian options will be available.
• No host bar will open after the tour at 6:30 PM.