15 Facts About Hoffman Construction

Hoffman Construction Company is a privately held construction founded in 1922.

Lee Hoffman Construction was born on May 15,1850 and moved to Portland in the 1870s with his family and worked constructing bridges and other projects until his death, including the Bull Run pipeline.

Over time, Hoffman Construction began to focus more on projects for Wauna Land Company and less on his architectural work, leaving the firm by 1917.

The next year Hoffman Construction completed the Public Services Building, which was the tallest building in the city upon completion.

In 1928, Hoffman Construction constructed the 12-story Buyer's Building in just over six months.

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Hoffman Construction went from 32 contracts in 1929 to just ten in 1932.

Hoffman Construction built the Portland Art Museum in 1931 and its 1938 expansion, as well as a new library at Willamette University in Salem.

Hoffman Construction received several projects from the First National Bank of Oregon in 1946 to remodel and expand several branches in Portland and build a new one in Salem.

Eric Hoffman Construction became president of the company in 1956 and became chairman in 1974.

Burns Hoffman Construction resigned as president and left in 1965, with brother Eric buying out his brother and becoming president as well the sole owner.

Hoffman Construction built power plants in the 1970s, such as most of the Trojan Nuclear Power Plant in Oregon, parts of the Washington Public Power Supply System's nuclear plants at Hanford, and part of the Boardman Coal Plant in Eastern Oregon.

Hoffman Construction moved into the Fox Tower in downtown Portland in 2000 after constructing the building, and added a permanent lobby exhibit showcasing the company's history.

Intel D1X project built by Hoffman was named as the largest construction project in Oregon history in 2017.

Hoffman Construction was issued a warning by the City of Portland in September 2020 for having utilized a subcontractor which obtained women-owned status fraudulently so they can be awarded jobs as a subcontractor on Portland city government projects under a program designed to help disadvantaged business.

Hoffman Construction is known for building the Fox Tower, Memorial Coliseum, the Oregon Convention Center and the Wells Fargo Center.