Our drive to make positive change in our communities is about more than just technical work–it’s equally from the deep personal connection we all have to the places we work–which happens for us to be places we live and play as well.
As a leading planning, design, sustainable engineering, and project management firm, we bring our expertise to natural and built environments a cross the United States, making them more vibrant, beautiful, and functional.
Since our founding in 1981, our urban designers, architects, engineers, planners, landscape architects, surveyors, and project managers have demonstrated that it is possible to be both practical and innovative. It is what we do; but why we do it is equally important and it has led us to our best work: whether that is integrating transit into a dense urban neighborhood or engaging with a community to put a mixed-use high-rise in a sensitive communi ty context or working in the unique and sacred environment of a National Park. We are deeply interested and invested in the projects we do, with a passion for our clients’ vision. With a team of multi-disciplinary experts, we add dive rse experience and a forward-thinking approach to every project. We carefully cons ider how our work will affect future generations and that leads us to novel y et effective ways of addressing common challenges.
Firm Profile
Otak is about people.
Our values don’t end or begin in the workplace.
We value the places we live, work, and play, and the people who make these places a community. We work in teams that share our values, and working together with clients, partners, and colleagues, we create places that enrich our lives and the lives of future generations. We live these values every day through our work, charitable activities, and how we spend our time with family and friends.
We are realizing communities and places that once could only be imagined.
Our values form the basis for the projects we plan, design, and manage – from public building and civic spaces, to natural systems of wetlands, rivers and woodlands, to national parks and neighborhood playgrounds, to privately funded buildings that define our public spaces. In all of our work, our core values guide us to deliver more than just projects; we create communities and places that will preserve the environment and benefit people for many years to come.
Why we come to work.
We strive for excellence in everything we do. We build lasting relationships with the people we work with – from clients, to partners and colleagues. We pursue growth through learning and doing. We do work that enriches the communities where we live, work, and play. We deliver great projects. We come to work every day to enjoy and engage in that journey.
We are Otak.
EXCELLENCE
OUR PEOPLE
Raul Aviles Jr., PE
CEO
Raul Aviles is a professional engineer and executive leader with 30+ years of experience in the general management of architecture, engineering, and construction infrastructure firms. His hands-on, results-driven approach has led to a successful career providing strategic leadership, supporting new business initiatives and growth, and improving operations by driving change.
Doug Garland, DBIA Practice Area Leader, PM/CM & Owner’s Representative
Doug has 22 years of experience in the construction industry including roles as a project engineer, maintenance and operations manager, and general contractor. He serves as Otak’s PM/CM Practice Area Lead and is well respected by both design and construction communities through his completion of several design-build projects across Oregon.
Ralph Mocerino
National Practice Area Leader, Architecture
With a career spanning nearly four decades, Ralph brings an extensive track record of building practices to Otak and its design teams. An approach centered on authentic, inclusive leadership is the foundation for his ability to create high performing teams. Global experience and a drive to challenge existing thinking are key to his success improving design systems and solutions.
Doug Sarkkinen PE, SE
Director, Bridges & Structures
Doug is a senior engineer with 30 years of experience in structural engineering and bridges. He has significant experience with bridge design, load rating, rehabilitation, and TS&L studies. Doug is also a hands-on, proactive project manager and engineer who understands scheduling and delivery coordination among various disciplines to deliver successful projects with tight timelines and strict budgets.
Mike Williams
Business Unit Leader, Construction Mgmt. & Inspection
Mike offers expertise and consistent leadership skills in project and program management. He is an effective communicator with a talent for facilitating meetings and strategy sessions. Mike’s engineering degree combined with a strong background in project management in the construction industry allows him to easily translate and communicate complex technical matters in the right terms for any audience.
Jon Yamashita
PLS
Director, Survey & Mapping
Jon is a professional land surveyor a with over 28 years of experience and registered in both Oregon and Washington. He is the Director of Otak’s Survey and Mapping team and is skilled in project research, boundary calculations, rights-of-way, easements, legal descriptions and construction staking, as well as topographic, as-built, ALTA, and bathymetric surveys.
Chad Weiser
PLA, CLARB, LEED AP
Director of Federal
Business
Chad is a professional landscape architect and certified planner with 30 years in the field. He has been managing multidisciplinary teams on NPS projects for 18 years and has extensive experience with accessibility requirements per ABAAS. His expertise extends from feasibility planning to detailed design and includes a background in sustainable design practices, community involvement, and feasibility studies.
Rick Belden, PE
Practice Area Leader, Transportation & infrastructure
Rick has 29 years of experience supporting transportation and infrastructure projects across North America. He is highly skilled in the design of urban and rural highways, system and service interchanges, and coordination of complex projects. Rick is known for his ability to provide multiple innovative layouts to help clients choose from a wide variety of options to create the right design for the community.
Mandi Roberts
AICP, PLA
Director of Planning & Landscape Architecture
Over the course of 35 years in planning and landscape architecture, Mandi has gained extensive experience in project management, public involvement, environmental analysis, interpretive planning and design, integrated land use and transportation planning, and master planning. She is an excellent communicator and facilitator, with expertise coordinating with multiple governmental agencies at a variety of levels.
Kevin Timmins, PE
Director, Water & Natural Resources
Kevin has 23 years of experience in the design and management working in surface water systems, including streams, wetlands, and urban drainage systems. Kevin has a comprehensive understanding of the planning, design, permitting, and construction process for projects that must strike a balance between natural resource areas and the built environment.
OUR SERVICES
ARCHITECTURE
Otak’s award-winning architecture team works hand-in-hand with clients to create their vision and support their communities. We offer design services in multifamily housing, industrial, civic, recreational, and mixed-use structures.
CIVIL ENGINEERING
Otak delivers local infrastructure to support the homes in which we live, the water and utility systems that keep our cities running, and the transit systems that ease congestion.
PM/CM & OWNER’S REPRESENTATIVE
Otak’s construction management and inspection services team provides clients with the tools to keep their projects on track. From design development through project closeout, we work as part of the project team.
SURVEY & MAPPING
By relaying the relationship between locations, conditions, and uses of the land, our team sets the stage for project success. Otak is a pioneer in electronic data accumulation and its translation into formats for many applications.
CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT & INSPECTION
Otak’s approach to contract representation considers the complexity of federally funded construction projects. We understand the challenges that local agencies, business owners, and community organizations face while undertaking construction projects— navigating those is what we do best.
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
Otak’s landscape architects use the character of the land to define the opportunities and constraints of development. This balances the natural landscape with man-made structures, and vice versa.
PLANNING & URBAN DESIGN
Otak’s planning practice focuses on two fundamental objectives: creating livable communities and setting the stage for feasible implementation. Services range from neighborhood design to regional policy analysis.
WATER & NATURAL RESOURCES TRANSPORTATION
Otak’s transportation and structural designers offer the expertise necessary to accommodate our often-aging road systems while being mindful of cost, safety, and how each structure fits within its environment.
Otak’s water and natural resources staff solve surface water challenges in streams, rivers, floodplains, and wetlands, as well as with management of the urban drainage system. They produce analysis and reporting to satisfy local, state, and federal compliance requirements.
Architecture
• High Rise Mixed-Use - Residential & Hospitality
• Multi-Family Residential
• Affordable Housing
• Recreation & Visitors Centers
Wade Creek Park Community Building
LOCATION: Estacada, OR
CLIENT: City of Estacada
SIZE: +/- 1,000 sf
Otak provided architecture services for the Wade Creek Park Community Building, located to the northwest of the Estacada Public Library. The building consists primarily of a multi-purpose room of +/- 1,000 sf that accommodates approx. 75-100 people. The space is flexible to allow a variety of community activities such as performances, readings, maker spaces, art shows, and annual festivals, and includes mobile partitions to subdivide the room into two separate spaces. The building also includes a covered performance stage open to the planned open air amphitheater to the north. Included in the building program are ancillary spaces such as a small kitchenette, storage room for tables and chairs, mechanical/electrical closets and unisex restrooms (to be accessed from the outside).
Otak coordinated with the project’s landscape architect, GreenWorks, to include a rain garden and stormwater planters that detain and treat runoff from the roof.
Hotel Indigo & Kirkland Tower
Otak is providing comprehensive planning and design services for the new boutique-style Indigo Hotel and luxury condominium high rise in downtown Vancouver, WA. Located on the Columbia River waterfront, the mixed-use design also includes retail space, the El Gaucho Restaurant, and 13 Coins Restaurant. The design will highlight the hotel chain’s signature brand while creating an iconic destination within the site. Otak’s design also includes a twelvestory condo tower, which will provide residents with a rooftop deck and fitness facility as well as access to the hotel’s other amenities. A six-story atrium, second-level meeting and conference hall, bar, expansive terrace, and valet parking with a garage stacker parking system will provide visitors and residents with luxury amenities and an inviting setting to enjoy the riverfront festival street and parks.
LOCATION: Vancouver, WA
SIZE: 138-room hotel, 40-condominium units, 318,114 sf (Gross Lease Area)
AWARDS: 2023 DJC Oregon TopProjects, Second Place - Hospitality
Project of the Year 2019, Vancouver Business Journal
OTAK INTRODUCTION AND PORTFOLIO, HOTEL INDIGO & KIRKLAND TOWER
Cascade Administration Building
LOCATION: Everett, WA
CLIENT: Community Transit
SIZE: 70,000 sf
AWARDS: DJC Top Project2nd Place, Tenant Improvement and Major Renovation
Originally constructed in the 1970s, the two-story structure of the Cascade Administration Building finds new purpose as an administrative headquarters for a bustling transit company, Community Transit. The complete rehabilitation of 70,000 sf of the concrete tilt panel building involved full design from our team, from programming through construction documents, and ultimately became the new home for several groups’ operations.
The adaptive reuse of the Cascade Administration Building included upgrades to nearly all building systems to meet current building, fire protection, energy, and electrical codes. Expanded windows and new skylights add daylight throughout the building to further the energy efficient design provided by high-performance mechanical systems, LED lighting, and integrated controls. Extensive structural upgrades to meet seismic requirements and an added data facility that required enhanced security were additional issues solved in the renovation plans.
Fields Apartments
LOCATION: Tigard, OR
CLIENT: DBG Properties, LLC
Otak provided the design of a 264-unit affordable multi-family development and approximately 100,000 square-foot office development in Tigard. The project site is 24 acres and includes a total of five apartment buildings, a clubhouse building with a green roof, and three-story office buildings. Landscape includes trails, a playground, outdoor pool, and a water garden.
One of the main urban design challenges of this project was the steep grade and close proximity to existing homes. The design incorporated a stepped building and infrastructure placement that is responsive to existing view corridors and vegetation. This project required coordination with Washington County, Oregon Department of Transportation, Clean Water Services, Department of State Lands, and the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
Rocky Mountain Arsenal
National Wildlife Refuge
Administration Building
LOCATION: Denver, CO
SIZE: 4,200 sf headquarters; 1,000 sf annex; 56-space parking lot
CLIENT: National Park Service
Now the nation’s premier urban National Wildlife Reserve, Rocky Mountain Arsenal has evolved over the decades. The site once served an Army facility associated with weapons manufacturing during WWII before being decommissioned and transitioning to its current use as a wildlife refuge. With increasing park use, new administrative facilities would be designed and built to improve operations as well as visitors’ experiences.
Otak, as a subconsultant, provided architecture, landscape architecture, and structural design services for a new headquarters building and meeting facility for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) administrative staff, separate from visitor facilities. With a focus on sustainability, the new facilities were designed with a minimum LEED Gold standard. Solar readiness and daylighting strategies were included to lower the energy requirements for lighting and cooling, while the stone siding is locally sourced. The project consists of a 4,200 sf headquarters building, a 1,000 sf meeting annex building, a 56-space parking lot, realignment of entrance driveways and gateway features, expansion of the existing parking lot and associated hardscape, landscape, and utility systems.
OTAK INTRODUCTION AND PORTFOLIO, ROCKY MOUNTAIN ARSENAL NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE ADMINISTRATION
Eagle Landing
Eagle Landing is poised to be the premier ground-up mixed-use community in the Northwest. From its earliest visioning and planning, conceived two decades ago, the intention has been to deliver to Happy Valley a new downtown, replete with all the uses and charms of the best Village Centers. This includes a central town square, a vibrant main street, a mix of luxury and market-rate apartments and condominiums, hotels, a civic center, and mid-rise commercial offices.
Phase One began construction in May 2020 and includes 200 apartments, 20,000 sf of retail and structured parking, to be closely followed by the other Phase One buildings comprising 800,000 sf.
LOCATION: Happy Valley, OR
SIZE: Master Plan - 2.1 million sf, Phase I - 800,000 sf
CLIENT: Eagle Landing Resources
SERVICES: Urban Master Planning, Land Use Entitlements, Architecture, Landscape Architecture
Kirkland Renaissance Boardwalk
SERVICES: Architecture, Master Planning, Land Use Entitlements, Civil Engineering, Landscape Architecture, Water & Environmental
LOCATION: Vancouver, WA
SIZE: 125,000 sf retail/office; 400,000 residential; 219 residential units; 30 commercial tenants; 60-key boutique hotel
OTAK INTRODUCTION AND PORTFOLIO, KIRKLAND RENAISSANCE BOARDWALK
Vancouver Waterfront Gateway
SERVICES: Architecture, Master Planning, Land Use Entitlements, Civil Engineering, Landscape Architecture
OTAK INTRODUCTION AND PORTFOLIO, VANCOUVER WATERFRONT GATEWAY
Civil Engineering
• Transportation Planning and Engineering
• Site Development Planning
• Utilities Planning and Design
• Grading & Earthwork
• Construction Coordination
South WaterfrontAlamo Manhattan Blocks
LOCATION: Portland, OR
CLIENT: Alamo Manhattan
Otak is providing civil engineering, stormwater/bank stabilization design, surveying, and land use planning support for the Alamo Manhattan Blocks project along the Willamette River in the South Waterfront District in Portland. The proposed development consists of four new multistory, mixed-use building, new public roadways and pedestrian accessways, Willamette River Greenway improvements and riverbank stabilization.
The proposed Greenway development, consists of 650 linear feet of frontage and stretches a minimum of 100’ from top of bank to building’s edge. The Greenway will provide a dual trail system for bikes and pedestrians as well as other river related amenities. The Greenway will provide bank stabilization in the form of planted rip-rap as well as habitat restoration through use of native plantings, creating increased value for wildlife. It also integrates open space with proposed housing and provides multiple viewpoints of the river with minimal intrusion into the riparian edge of the river. Portions of the site are located with the 100-year flood plain and Otak has worked on CLOMR-F and LOMA determinations for the project site.
Columbia Palisades
LOCATION : Vancouver, WA
SIZE: 84 acres
CLIENT: Columbia Palisades Corporation
Otak, working for a private owner, is developing an 84-acre portion of Vancouver’s Riverview Gateway Plan District. The site, known as the WSDOT Quarry, has been reclaimed and is being prepared for development that will implement the City’s plan. The Columbia Palisades Master Plan is a mixed-use development comprised of approximately 700,000 square feet of general office space, 125,000 square feet of retail space, a 100-room hotel, 50 single-family detached housing units, 26 condominium attached single-family units, and 286 multi-family units. The Otak team has worked extensively and gained a tremendous knowledge of market conditions and community preferences within this area of the City of Vancouver.
OTAK INTRODUCTION AND PORTFOLIO, , COLUMBIA PALISADES
Willamette Falls Legacy Project Riverwalk
The Otak Team is assisting Metro with completion of the Planning and Design and Construct Phase I for the development adjacent to Willamette Falls on the site formerly occupied by the Blue Heron Paper Mill in Oregon City, OR. The Willamette Falls Legacy Project is a partnership between Metro, Oregon City, Clackamas County and the State of Oregon. The vision to honor this historic site and share it with the world is coming to fruition and we are thrilled to help deliver what is certain to be a legacy project. Phase I will construct a publicly-accessible riverwalk and viewpoint of the falls and obtain initial land use approval and permits for future phases of public improvements, guide future site programming, maintenance and operations, and support potential economic development opportunities.
LOCATION : Oregon City, OR
CLIENT: Metro
Scappoose Industrial Subdivision
LOCATION: Scappoose, OR
SIZE: 330 acres
CLIENT: AirPark Development
The 330-acre Scappoose Industrial Subdivision project is located just south and east of the Scappoose Industrial Airpark. This phased project includes a 6,700 lineal feet extension of Crown-Zellerbach Road east of West Lane Road. The Crown-Zellerbach Road is a collector street comprised of two travel lanes, a center median, planter strips, LDIA stormwater facilities, and 12-foot wide bike/pedestrian pathways. Utility extensions include an 18” water main and 12” sewer main to service the industrial subdivision. The project also includes a new trailhead and parking lot to provide improved access to the existing regional pedestrian trail. Notable utility improvements include: drilling a new water well (by City) and routing the additional raw water supply to a treatment facility, adding two sanitary sewer lift stations, upsizing the existing sewer main in Columbia Avenue from 18-inch to 30-inch pipe (~2,400 lineal feet of sewer), and grading two stormwater facilities that will work in coordination with the required wetland mitigation sites (approximately 6 acres).
Construction Management & Inspection
• Owner’s Representation
• Highway Interchange Design
• Construction Project Management; Bidding through Closeout
The Otak team is leading the South 1st and Strand Street project and is a subconsultant for the Riverwalk project. As developers eye the riverfront location and offer visions for its future, the City and the team intend to address the transportation and infrastructure gap by connecting the Columbia River Highway (OR 30) to the Riverfront District, as well as better connect pedestrians and bicyclists to existing roadways, trails, and the waterfront. The work will provide numerous road and utility enhancements and multi-modal connections. Public water extensions and looping, sanitary sewer and storm drainage, and the relocation of the existing sanitary sewer lift station are all critical components that will help attract developers as the area begins to transition from industrial to mixed-use.
Tillamook Urban Renewal at US101/OR6
LOCATION: Tillamook, OR
CLIENT: Quincy Engineering
Otak was a major subconsultant to Quincy Engineering on the $17 million project involving reconstruction of the intersection between the two highways; downtown streetscape and landscape improvements; a bridge replacement over Hoquarton Slough; and new access into the adjoining park. Otak was the design lead for the streetscape and landscape improvements and for developing concepts for an entry monument sign and for a thematic, unifying design motif to be applied to current and future revitalization projects. Streetscape improvements include pedestrian crossings, gateway arch feature, site furnishings, specialty paving, stormwater facility planting, bicycle racks/shelters, and various custom-designed elements for a festival street in the downtown core.
Boones Ferry Road Improvements, Phase 1
LOCATION: Lake Oswego, OR
COMPLETION: 2022
SIZE: $ 2.7M
Otak provided owner’s representation, third-party construction management, and inspection services for construction on this $23 million project to improve pedestrian, bicycle, and vehicular safety and access on Boones Ferry Road from south of Madrona Street to north of the Lanewood Street intersection. It will provide proper drainage and improvements to stormwater quality and aesthetic improvements to enhance the business corridor including landscaped medians and planter strips, underground utilities, new signs, traffic signals, and sidewalks. Otak’s role began with pre-construction, including review of 95 and 100 percent PS&E; constructability, schedule, and staging review; and contractor procurement.
Tualatin Moving Forward
LOCATION: Tualatin, OR
CLIENT: City of Tualatin
Otak partnered with the City of Tualatin on a variety of projects included in their Tualatin Moving Forward (TMF) bond program. Throughout the process, our team has built a trusted relationship with both the contract manager and City staff to address unique, caseby-case elements within the projects. Otak met regularly with City staff to increase lines of communication and ensure that project deliverables were in alignment with current information. Otak led the design of several TMF projects as a subconsultant including Phases 1 and 2, Martinazzi Ave & Sagert Street Inspection, 95th & Avery Street, and Boones Ferry Corridor Bike Lane and Sidewalk Improvements.
McGilchrist at 22nd Ave
LOCATION: Salem, OR
CLIENT: City of Salem
McGilchrist Street is a major east/west arterial that carries significant traffic volumes over existing railroad tracks, three creek channels, and connects to major arterials providing downtown access to the west, and I-5 to the east via Highway 22. Otak prepared a corridor analysis and feasibility study, and then provided engineering design for the East Fork of Pringle Creek bridge crossing and the center roadway segment of the corridor. The proposed roadway will include three and four lane sections, widened for additional turn lanes at major intersections to facilitate future development. In addition, the stream analysis identified solutions to alleviate chronic nuisance flooding from the creek channel onto adjacent industrial property and over the existing roadway. Otak then completed final design and construction documents for the 22nd Street intersection realignment.
The Dalles River Bridge
Deck Replacement
LOCATION: The Dalles, OR
CLIENT: ODOT
TYPE: Bridge Deck Replacement
SIZE: 3,200-feet long
The scope of this major rehabilitation project of an ODOT steel truss structure will remove the existing deck of this 3,200-foot long structure crossing the Columbia River, rehabilitate the supporting members, and achieve enhanced ADA compliance on the structure, all under an Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) scenario. Delivery of final design was accomplished on schedule in August 2020 for contract bid in October.
Broadway at Pine
LOCATION: Salem, OR
CLIENT: City of Salem
Otak is providing CA-CEI (construction administration-construction engineering and inspection) services for the City of Salem on this approximately $1.2 million project through one of Salem’s busiest areas. Scheduled for completion in October 2023, this Federally funded project enables safe and equitable access to multiple modes of transportation through the corridor while creating what is known as a “complete street” environment. This project transformed what used to be four undivided through-lanes to a three-lane segment, including two through lanes, a continuous two-way center turn lane and bike lanes, from Spruce Street to Tryon Street.
Vancouver ADA Curb Ramp and Pavement Preservation
LOCATION: Vancouver, WA
CLIENT: City of Vancouver
Otak provided construction management and inspection services for the City of Vancouver, Washington’s 2023 Curb Ramp Program. Otak managed the construction and inspection of 72 ADA compliant curb ramps, creating a safe transition from the street to the sidewalk and improved accessibility. Our team of ODOT certified inspectors have overseen the construction of hundreds of curb ramps, giving them deep expertise in what it takes to form and pour an ADA compliant curb ramp right the first time. We set our expectations with the contractor on day one, know the plans inside and out, start every day with a strategy and meticulously document every step.
Landscape Architecture
• Parks & Open Space Planning & Design
• Greenways and Trails
• Urban Design
• Development Feasibility
• Mitigation Design
• Site Planning
• Master Planning
Edith Moulton Park
LOCATION: Kirkland, WA
SIZE: 26-acre
CLIENT: City of Kirkland
When Edith Moulton donated her family’s farmstead to King County in the 1960s, she hoped for her home to become a park “for children to play in nature.” The 26-acre wonderland contained trails traveling around an old growth conifer forest, a meadow, and the salmon-bearing Juanita Creek.
Decades later, with the park bordered by families and an elementary school, the City of Kirkland sought to make Edith’s dream a reality. Through an engaging master plan process, Otak and the Kirkland community created a family-friendly place that preserves and celebrates the former farmstead’s natural beauty. From upgrading existing trails to ADA standards to a 400-foot opengrate boardwalk along Juanita Creek, the community-inspired design emphasizes accessibility and sustainability. Other improvements include a popular off-leash dog trail, a picnic pavilion and restrooms, a climbing structure, and two pedestrian bridges over Juanita Creek.
Cooper’s View Park
LOCATION: Camas, WA
SIZE: 2.5 Acres
CLIENT: Camas Parks and Recreation
Otak lead a park master planning process and prepared construction drawings for a 2.5 acre park on a sloping site located in the Drewf’s Farm Neighborhood of Camas, Washington. As part of the master planning process, Otak lead neighborhood meetings to gather input on concerns and preferences for park amenities, and presented the resulting plans to the Parks Commission for the land use review process. Upon approval, the City hired Otak to prepare construction documents and provide construction administration services. Engineering for the park included solving a serious drainage issue of private parcels adjacent to the east slope of the park. Construction-level design included exploration of sustainable design considerations and accessibility on a steep site. Otak provided landscape architecture, planning, and civil engineering services.
Discovery High School
LOCATION: Camas, WA
CLIENT: Camas School District and DLR Group Architecture & Planning, Inc.
Otak Landscape Architecture was hired by DLR Group Architects to develop a landscape site plan to support PBL curricula. A shortlist of amenities was identified during workshops with school staff and included an amphitheater for school presentations, rain garden demonstrating storm water treatment, a working garden area, and exterior rooms that serve as an extension of indoor classrooms and workshops. The landscape design also raises student awareness of water quality solutions by integrating pathways with storm swales and storm water detention ponds designed by Otak engineers. These facilities also attract wildlife that students can observe on their way to class. Otak landscape architects and engineers provided design services from initial concept development through bid documentation and construction administration.
Block 49/Gray’s Landing
LOCATION: Portland, OR
SIZE: 44,682 sf
CLIENT: Reach B49 Partners, LLP
Gray’s Landing is the first affordable housing project in Portland’s South Waterfront District. Otak provided civil engineering and landscape architectural design for a 44,682-square-foot mixeduse development that includes residences, underground parking, and retail/office space with a courtyard. Portlanders understand how important it is to remain cheerful during the long wet season, so our design team found playful ways to engage the rain.
Designed with sustainability in mind, both the courtyard and pedestrian areas consist of surfaces that are largely pervious—sand-set pavers, decking, metal grates, flow-through planters, and landscaping. Stormwater runoff from the rooftop is conveyed through a series of playful in-wall and overhead weirs that distribute the rainwater into the courtyard flowthrough planters, eventually dropping the treated water into an artistic stormwater feature at grade level. Portland’s significant investment in the project, valued at $28 million, is solid proof of the community’s commitment to providing affordable homes for our lowest-income neighbors. Forty-two of the 209 apartments are targeted to veterans, especially those who have experienced chronic homelessness. The project earned LEED Platinum certification.
OTAK INTRODUCTION AND PORTFOLIO, BLOCK 49/GRAY’S LANDING
• Urban Design
• Master Planning
• Comprehensive Planning
• National Parks & Federal Lands
• Parks & Open Spaces
• Landscape Architecture
University Place Regional Growth Center
LOCATION: University Place, WA
SIZE: 465-acre
CLIENT: City of University Place
Otak helped the City develop a subarea plan for its town center and commercial core in response to the Puget Sound Regional Council’s designation of the area as a regional growth center. Regional centers are relatively small areas of compact development where housing, employment, shopping, and other activities are in close proximity. The University Place Growth Center is a 465-acre area that includes a mix of commercial, civic, single and multi-family residential, and light industrial uses. It will be divided into three districts—the Northeast Business District, the 27th Street Business District, and the Town Center District. Otak’s work involved community visioning, goal identification, policy and action strategy development, capital facility planning, architectural design, and conceptual plan drawing.
Terminal 1 Master Plan
Update & Brew Lab
Concept Design
LOCATION: Vancouver, WA
CLIENT: Port of Vancouver
Over the last five years, the Port had made significant progress implementing the master plan vision and is currently working with several development teams to design and construct concurrent projects at Terminal 1. Otak was retained by the Port to coordinate with the development teams and consolidate current and proposed projects to prepare an updated site master plan that can be used for project planning and community outreach. As part of this project, Otak coordinated with the Terminal 1 Working Group to update project boundaries and easements, refine pedestrian areas, update site circulation and access. An illustrated site plan showing the proposed development plans was prepared.
In addition to the master plan task, Otak worked with the Port to prepare conceptual designs for the Washington State University Vancouver (WSUV) Brew Lab located on Lot 4 of Terminal 1.
HQ Mixed-use Development
LOCATION: Vancouver, WA
SIZE: 98.55 acres; 1,000,000 sf
CLIENT: Hurley Development
Otak was retained by Hurley Development in 2019 to initiate due diligence and concept master planning for the 98-acre rock quarry site located at the junction of State Route 14 and SE 192nd Avenue (west side), in Vancouver, WA. This 98-acre site is located in the City of Vancouver (City) Riverview Gateway Subarea. Otak also previously assisted the City with preparation of this subarea plan, in 2008-2009. Similar to our work on the Columbia Palisades Master Plan, Otak was tasked with refinement of the quarry reclamation plan to be consistent with the envisioned redevelopment of the site. Preparation of a concept and preliminary proposed master plan was a significant endeavor, including our planning, urban design, civil design and landscape architect team members.
In addition, Otak’s architecture team contributed to the site plan and roadway layout from a building layout and design perspective, and prepared concept building and site renderings.
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NORTH BETHANY
North Bethany Concept Plan and Implementation Projects
LOCATION: Washington County, OR
SIZE: Approx. 70 acres, total of over 1,225 multi-family and single family residential units
CLIENTS: Washington County, OR West Hills Development
Otak has been prime consultant for multiple planning and implementation projects in North Bethany since leading the North Bethany Concept Plan in 2006 that set the framework for future development in the area. Projects have included:
• North Bethany Ridge No. 1 and No. 2: 18-acre mixed density residential
• Arbor at West Park: 6-acre multi-family
• Maletis Multi-Family: 7 acres with attached townhomes on steep terrain
• North Bethany Park: 20-acre mixed density
• North Bethany Crest: 18-acre mixed density residential community
• North Bethany Main Street Design Standards
Springville Road
Brugger Road
Sato Elementary School
Kaiser Road
South Cooper Mountain Main Street Development
LOCATION: Beaverton, OR
CLIENT: Wishcamper
Together with national developer Wishcamper, Otak has been instrumental in the design and approval of the ambitious South Cooper Mountain Main Street project in Beaverton. The mixeduse development project encompasses affordable housing, as well as commercial and civic space, across ten acres adjacent to Mountainside High School in the heart of the South Cooper Mountain community.
Otak’s design for the South Cooper Mountain project includes 164 units of affordable housing, 30,000 sq feet of commercial space—office, daycare, café, and retail—potential civic use space, a public park, and a plaza. The park site is home to a number of large sequoia trees, which Otak was intent on preserving in the overall design, further reinforcing a sense of place with character and connection to the land. An underground parking garage is planned beneath an open-air plaza, which will also be home to a farmer’s market.
Main Avenue Streetscape and Downtown Commons Improvements
LOCATION: Twin Falls, ID
CLIENT: City of Twin Falls Urban Renewal Agency
Otak designed a major reconstruction of seven blocks of downtown Twin Falls, the first major rebuild since the 1970’s, and included redesigned streets and a new public plaza adjacent to City Hall. The physical improvements included full streetscape and urban design as part of rebuilding the seven-block area and public plaza. Elements included street pavement and traffic flow, sidewalks, furnishings zone treatments including special unit paving, utility connections, public gathering spaces, parking management, landscaping, furnishings, way finding, and branding. The entire planning and design process was shaped by a robust community and stakeholder engagement program designed and facilitated by Otak.
Better Housing by Design
LOCATION: Portland, OR
SIZE: City-wide multi-family housing prototypes
CLIENT: City of Portland, OR
This project created new multi-dwelling housing prototypes designed for specified site/ block configurations that incorporate community preferences regarding housing design (relationship to street, open space, and other site design features). The project focused on prototypes for four parts of Portland—the Jade District, the 60th Avenue and 148th Avenue Light Rail Station area, and the North Interstate Corridor. The models will be used to illustrate potential development options to support community discussion on preferred development configurations. It served as the basis for recently adopted zoning code development standards.
PM/CM & Owner’s
Representative
• Education
• Public • Private • Healthcare
• International
Tigard-Tualatin School District
DAY CPM is currently providing services as the Program Manager for the Tigard-Tualatin School District’s $350 million bond. We are overseeing the significant security upgrades, school expansions (one new middle school and two new elementary schools), and major renovations at each high school along with many other comprehensive and sustainable updates to most of the schools within the district. These projects focus on HVAC updates, roof repairs, and outfitting classrooms and schools with new technology to enhance the creative thinking in the STEM classrooms. The upgrades and renovations these schools are undergoing will create an environment that promotes forward thinking, innovation and encourages an education that will serve the community for years to come.
LOCATION: Tigard/Tualatin, OR
CLIENT: Tigard-Tualatin School District
Multnomah County Courthouse
Otak is working closely with Multnomah County by providing comprehensive owner’s representative services and managing the process for the new courthouse within the City Central area of Portland, Oregon. Otak is overseeing contracts for design, construction, and other administrative duties related to the project. The work involves intensive site selection, blocking and stacking studies along with the design and construction of a 461,000-square foot, 44 courtroom facility. This project is being delivered in a Collaborative Delivery Method (CPD) utilizing a CM/GC delivery model.
The project incorporates best practices in operations, security, and design, resulting in a courthouse that will be capable of adapting to the changing needs of the community over a planned 100-year useful life. For example, the building will be seismically resilient by employing innovative technology including seismic dampers that allow for up to three inches of controlled movement in each direction in the event of a large-scale earthquake.
LOCATION: Portland, OR
SIZE: 461,000 sf
CLIENT: Multnomah County
OTAK INTRODUCTION AND PORTFOLIO, MULTNOMAH COUNTY COURTHOUSE
The Portland Building
DAY CPM, a division of Otak, was chosen as the Owner’s Representative by the City of Portland for the progressive design-build reconstruction of the Portland Building. The Portland Building is a 15-story high rise building that is occupied primarily by City bureaus and is located downtown Portland. It is an internationally renowned architectural example of Post-Modernism designed by Michael Graves. It was originally constructed in 1981 as a design-bid-build project and was recently listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The $208 million project includes envelope repair/replacement, seismic upgrades, system replacements, and full interior remodel for the 365,000 sf building. One essential project goal is to significantly improve the efficiency and functionality of the building as a workplace. The project will seek, at a minimum, LEED Gold certification. The seismic upgrade includes the installation of a reinforced concrete shear wall through the core of the building. Supplemental concrete columns at the perimeter of the building will support the floors if there is a seismic event.
LOCATION: Portland, OR
SIZE: 365,000 sf
CLIENT: City of Portland
State Accident Insurance Fund (SAIF), Renovation Project
DAY CPM, a division of Otak, served as the Owner’s Representative for the State Accident Insurance Fund (SAIF) Salem Campus renovation. The renovation is taking place in order to keep the buildings in compliance with seismic codes and standards. In addition to the structural challenges, the SAIF campuses are located within a floodplain, and needed to be upgraded to protect from possible damage, if the surrounding Pringle Creek floods again.
SAIF’s main building on High Street increased in square footage with the new design due to the additional floors. The Parkway building received minor interior remodeling to assist in building sustainability, while the exterior remained true to its current design. While the other buildings in this project will be renovated, the Church Street Building was demolished. In its place a walkway was created and surrounded by a natural landscaping. These renovations assisted in bringing these buildings up to date with a more sustainable and eco-friendly design that will benefit all those that SAIF assists for years to come. This project achieved LEED Gold Equivalent and ETO Path To Net Zero.
LOCATION: Salem, OR
SIZE: 185,000 SF plus 92,000 SF in TI
CLIENT: SAIF Corporation
Swedish Medical Center - Issaquah
DAY CPM, a division of Otak, provided comprehensive project management services for the Swedish Medical Center Issaquah Campus. The new full service, 630,000 sf campus is home to a five story hospital supporting several primary and specialty care clinics, an emergency department, a Swedish Cancer Institute facility and accompanying pharmacy, laboratory and imaging center programming. The 175 bed inpatient facility also included a healing garden, a mini-shopping area with eight retail stores, a Starbucks coffee shop and full service restaurant.
The medical center’s design incorporated advanced technology, sustainability programming and energy efficient features. The environmentally friendly design earned this project an award in 2013 for being the most energy efficient hospital in the United States, using 43% less energy than a typical hospital.
LOCATION: Issaquah, WA
SIZE: 575,000 sf
CLIENT: Swedish Medical Center
AWARDS
ASHE 2013 VISTA Award for Infrastructure and ASHRAE 2013 1st Place Technology Award for Healthcare Technology/Life Science Project of the Year Swedish/Issaquah
OTAK INTRODUCTION AND PORTFOLIO, SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER - ISSAQUAH
OHSU Collaborative Life Sciences Building
DAY CPM, a division of Otak, provided comprehensive project management services as the Owner Representative to the Collaborative Life Sciences Building Steering Committee (composed of representatives from OUS and OHSU). The team was responsible for working with multiple agencies and corporate project controls including, but not limited to: leading, facilitating, and reporting of regular meetings; providing decision and action item tracking systems; coordinating all activities with master budget, schedule, CM/GC & design subcontracting, including early package best value subcontractor selection; developing, implementing, and maintaining the Project Management Information System (PMIS); payment application review; tracking and reporting for LEED Platinum certification; and providing thirdparty services in material testing, envelope commissioning, building system commissioning, equipment management and staff move-in, and independent cost estimates.
The project utilized integrated project delivery with public and private financing with minority subcontractors providing 14.9% of the contracted work under DAY CPM’s management oversight. This is the first project constructed for the South Waterfront Redevelopment for OUS/OHSU/PSU/OSU.
LOCATION: Portland, OR
SIZE: 650,000 sf
CLIENT: OHSU, OUS, PSU, OSU, PCC
AWARDS
Project of the Year, Engineering Excellence Award 2014 - ACEO ENR Regional Best Projects
Top Project, Energy Trust of Oregon’s High Performance Building Award 2015 Technology in Architectural Practice Innovation Award by AIA National First Place, Public Building Category, 2015 Top Projects DJC Oregon
Survey and Mapping
• Geodetic Control Surveying
• Construction Verification & Staking
• Boundary, Cadastral, & ALTA Surveys
• Right-of-Way Surveying
• Legal Description Preparation
• Land Title Research and Analysis
• Subdivision and Partition Platting
• Topographic Surveying and Mapping
Program (WWSP)
LOCATION: Clackamas and Washington Counties, OR
CLIENTS:
• HDR Engineering: Wilsonville PLM 1.0Willamette River WTP to Day Road
• Kennedy/Jenks Consultants: Cornelius Pass Road PLW 2.0 – Frances Street to Highway 26
• Black & Veatch: Raw Water Facilities RWF 1.0
The Willamette Water Supply Program is a partnership between Tualatin Valley Water District and the City of Hillsboro to develop an additional source of drinking water from the Willamette River at Wilsonville. This water transmission pipeline project includes facilities and more than 30 miles of pipelines from Wilsonville to Beaverton and Hillsboro. Otak is a subconsultant working with prime consultants on various segments of the WWSP’s new pipeline on the design, bidding phase and services through construction. Our services include aerial control and mapping, survey control, utility locates, right-of-way resolution, potholing, topographic mapping, legal descriptions, and exhibits and record of survey.
13 West Apartments
LOCATION: Vancouver, WA
SIZE: 3/4 of a city block
CLIENT: DBG Properties, LLC
A five story, 92 affordable apartment units located in downtown Vancouver. This project was to boost population and overall housing supply. Residents have easy access to transit and car sharing, cultural and community attractions like the waterfront, farmers market and Esther Short Park. Otak provided an ALTA/ACSM Land Title Survey and construction survey services. The ALTA survey showed existing conditions, resolved site boundary and existing easements. Construction staking included general site grading, building pad, building grid, curb and utilities (sanitary sewer, storm sewer, and water).
SW 4th Avenue (Lincoln to Burnside)
Fixing Our Streets
LOCATION: Portland, OR
SIZE: 1.1 miles
CLIENT: City of Portland Bureau of Transportation
This project will reconstruct and repave SW 4th Avenue from SW Lincoln Street to SW Ankeny Street. A left-running protected bikeway and new signalized pedestrian crossings will be installed and ADA corner ramps will be upgraded. The street design concept includes a sidewalk, protected bike lane, parking, red bus lane and two general auto travel lanes. Our services for this project included research of survey records, recovering PBOT survey control and establishing supplemental control, utilities, topographic survey and mapping, recovering and tying survey monuments, and resolving rights of way.
Transportation
• Roadway Design Engineering
• Transportation Planning
• Pedestrian & Bicycle Facility Design
• Transit Planning & Design
• Bridges & Structures
West Main St. Realignment
SIZE: Kelso, WA
CLIENT: City of Kelso
Otak partnered with the City of Kelso and the Washington Department of Transportation to construct this federally funded project, which involved realigning eight blocks of West Main Street through the business district of West Kelso. Key goals of the project included relieving congestion between the Cities of Kelso and Longview by developing a smooth connection from SR 4 to the Allen Street Bridge, while simultaneously performing significant City water, storm, and sewer upgrades within the project limits. Otak managed the construction phase and provided full-time construction inspection for the duration of this nine month, $4.5 million improvement project.
Dungeness Nature Center
Bridge and River Restoration
Pedestrian Bridge
LOCATION: Sequim, WA
CLIENT: Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe
Otak led two projects for the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe that involved the removal of levees and existing failed railroad trestle and installation of a new floodplain spanning river worth pedestrian bridge to carry the Olympic Discovery Trail over the Dungeness River. The first project completed in 2015 involved a new 700-foot bridge to the west with an extended floodplain and the second project was completed in 2023 that involved the removal of a setback levee and extending the bridge 200 feet. The project included significant hydraulic modeling, log revetment, engineered log jam design, and side channel designs to carry high flows and make them fish friendly.
Ash Creek (F Street)
Bridge Replacement
LOCATION: Independence, OR
CLIENT: City of Independence
The Ash Creek Bridge on F Street in Independence is a replacement for a timber supported concrete structure on a local collector that was only sufficient to pass light, local traffic.
The existing bridge was 3-span concrete bridge supported on timber trestle pile bents.
The replacement is a single-span prestressed concrete bridge with an asphalt wearing surface, bridge end panels, and raised sidewalks. Otak introduced a new urban bridge rail that provides protection for pedestrians and does not cause a blunt end issue for vehicles. With the addition of low-level pedestrian lighting and ornamental handrails, the bridge was configured to enhance the adjacent Inspiration Garden public park.
Swift Bus Rapid Transit Blue Line
LOCATION: Washington
CLIENT: Community Transit
AWARDS:
WTS Innovative Large Project of the Year
Vision 2040 Award from Puget Sound Regional Council
ACEC WA Engineering Excellence Silver Award for Complexity
Otak led the design and construction of the State of Washington’s first bus rapid transit line, the 17-mile Swift Blue Line that runs from Shoreline to Everett. Operating like a train, buses arrive every 10 to 20 minutes at one of the 30 Otak-designed stations along the route, with riders prepaying and boarding immediately. To ensure a uniform and efficient transit experience, Otak coordinated with local utilities, regulatory agencies, and the shelters’ manufacturer throughout the stations’ design, construction, and installation process. Specific design features include a shelter, shelter railing, iconic markings and art for station identity, ticket vending machines, and informational signage. The project won several awards, including the WTS Innovative Large Project of the Year.
OTAK INTRODUCTION AND PORTFOLIO, SWIFT BUS RAPID TRANSIT BLUE LINE
Kronberg Park
Multi-Use Trail
LOCATION: Milwaukie, OR
SIZE: 1000 feet of new paved trail with two elevated viaduct bridges at 450 ft. and 80 ft. lengths respectively
CLIENT: City of Milwaukie, OR
Phase two of the Robert Kronberg Nature Park Master Plan involved the construction of a multi-use trail connecting the Kellogg Lake Bridge to the existing crossing of McLoughlin Blvd. at River Road and the regional Trolley Trail. Otak provided design services for phase two which included an elevated structure for the portion of the trail that runs through a forested area.
Otak worked with the City to find an alignment for the elevated section, planned to be 12 feet wide, that minimized the removal of existing trees. It was important to select construction methods that minimized the disturbance of the natural area while the trail was built. A multi-disciplinary Otak team performed geotechnical engineering; prepared construction documents, specifications, and cost estimates for the elevated section of the multi-use trail; and prepared an illumination plan consistent with the Kellogg Lake pedestrian bridge. Otak also provided bidding and negotiation support as well as construction support and inspection.
OTAK INTRODUCTION AND PORTFOLIO, KRONBERG PARK MULTI-USE TRAIL
Crescent Connection Trail
LOCATION : Beaverton, OR
SIZE : 1,050 feet
CLIENT: City of Beaverton, OR / Oregon Department of Transportation
The Crescent Connection Trail in Beaverton was a multi-year effort to provide transportation improvements for bikes and pedestrians to travel from the Fanno Creek Trail on SW Denny Road to the Beaverton Transit Center and to Cedar Hills Boulevard. Otak was hired by the City of Beaverton under an ODOT contract to evaluate alternatives for the 2,700 linear foot route along Beaverton Creek. The preferred alternative was constructed in 2018 and included a 1,050 foot long, 12-foot wide shared use path between the Beaverton Transit Center on Lombard Avenue and Hall Boulevard and then continues the path along existing streets and sidewalks to Cedar Hills Blvd. The trail required a cantilever bridge span to connect the trail off the side of an existing roadway bridge without applying new structural loading on the bridge. The project also provided vegetated corridor enhancements along the creek and includes overlooks with interpretive signage for public education.
Lower Big Quilcene
Riverscape Restoration
LOCATION: Quilcene, WA
CLIENT: Engineering Services and Associates
Otak is collaborating with Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group and Engineering Services and Associates on the Linger Longer Road bridge replacement and floodplain restoration project on the Lower Big Quilcene River. The project includes road and levee removal/ relocation, a new 1,040-foot-long bridge, and channel/floodplain restoration. It is a complex project, interwoven between infrastructure and the natural environment, soon reaching regulatory compliance in preparation for the onset of construction.
Larkspur Roadway
LOCATION: Camas, WA
CLIENT: City of Camas
The Otak team is providing preliminary and final engineering services to the City of Camas for the NW Camas Meadows Drive/NW Larkspur Street Improvement project. This project completes an important corridor for the City, providing connectivity from Goodwin Road all the way to State Route 14. This project involves widening the existing roadway from an 180-foot local access road to a three-lane arterial complete with bike lanes, sidewalks and a 10-foot pathway on the east side. Otak and the team worked closely with the City to balance the needs of the project while minimizing impacts to right-of-way and environmental resources. The steep grades on this project have proven challenging for meeting ADA requirements—Otak’s design process included coordination with the City and TIB and working through the WSDOT Maximum Extent Feasible process to determine the best solution given the site conditions.
Water and Natural Resources
• Environmental Sciences
• Water Resources Planning
• River & Stream Restoration
• Flood Control & Management
• Landscape Architecture
• Urban Drainage
Mill Creek Corporate Center Open Space
LOCATION: Salem, OR
SIZE: 100 acres
CLIENTS: City of Salem, OR / Oregon Department of Administrative Services
Over fifteen years ago, Otak led an Industrial Site Master Planning effort for the 650-acre Mill Creek Corporate Center in Salem, OR that continues to be implemented today. The Master Plan was a collaboration between the City of Salem and the State of Oregon on land owned by the State. Otak also prepared a comprehensive Stormwater Master Plan for the development that could be used for environmental permitting and guide development for the next 20 years. The Master Plan involved development of agricultural land that contained wetlands and was prone to flooding from nearby Mill Creek. The Otak team planned and designed 100 acres of open space that incorporated over 45 acres of wetland mitigation, meets the stormwater flow control requirements for most of the development, and provides an amenity with bike and pedestrian facilities. Construction of the final 30 acres open space is complete and was planted in 2020/2021.
Hillsboro Stormwater Support
LOCATION: Hillsboro, OR
CLIENT: City of Hillsboro
Otak has provided professional services to the City of Hillsboro over the last 8 years supporting the City’s stormwater infrastructure on more than 20 task orders/contracts including architecture services, civil engineering, environmental services, structural engineering, construction support, and surveying. Otak’s relevant City of Hillsboro project experience includes:
• NE Jackson School Road Pre-Design
• Jackson East Concept Plan
• Majestic Site Stormwater Facility Technical Review
• North Hillsboro Industrial Aerial Survey Services
• Stormwater Facility Repairs (12 sites)
• Wood Street Facility
• Hillsboro Stadium Bullpen Screen
• Stormwater Facility Construction Management
Lenox-Lorie Culvert Replacement
Hillsboro Water Quality Retrofits
City of HillsboroWater Quality Facilities
Retrofits
LOCATION: Hillsboro, OR
CLIENT: City of Hillsboro
The City of Hillsboro identified several water quality facilities that were no longer functioning as designed. Otak worked with the City to determine the cause of existing problems and redesigned them to effectively provide treatment within site constraints. Otak advanced the final design to approved construction documents for six different water quality facilities. Issues with the facilities included: high groundwater, failing retaining walls, clogged flow control structures, no emergency overflow, invasive plant species, and sink holes over existing pipes. The proposed solutions included: changing facility type, installing SmartDrain underdrain for high groundwater, repairing retaining walls, installing new flow control structures that are less likely to clog, construction of emergency overflows, replanting with native species, excavating the pipe zone, and recompacting to fix the sink holes. The construction documents included plans, specifications, and engineer’s cost estimate for each facility.
Pringle Creek Demolition and Restoration
LOCATION: Salem, OR
SIZE: 1.5 acres
CLIENT: City of Salem, OR
AWARDS:
• ENR Regional Best Project Award of Merit, Water/Environment, 2020
• Public Works Project of the Year, Environmental (Less than $5M), APWA Oregon, 2020
• Public Works Project of the Year, Environmental (Less than $5M), APWA National, 2021
This restoration project day-lighted a reach of Pringle Creek near its confluence with the Willamette River in Salem, Oregon. A paper mill had occupied a precarious location over the top of Pringle Creek for over 100 years. The City partnered with the property owner to remove the mill from the site, which involved demolition of the building substructure located within the jurisdictional waterway of Pringle Creek and the 100-year floodplain of the Willamette River. The exterior walls remained as a stable retaining wall to serve adjacent property along the north side, and the land beneath was stabilized in a permittable and sustainable method. Once the substructure was removed, the Pringle Creek channel was reconstructed as a more natural stream to provide year-round fish passage, and to provide separation from legacy contaminants in the underlying sediment. The design also provided an embankment along the north side of the creek to support a future multi-use trail connection between downtown Salem and Riverfront Park.
Site Before
Bend Whitewater Park
LOCATION: Bend, OR
CLIENT: Bend Parks and Recreation District
AWARDS:
• Oregon Recreation and Parks Association Design Award, 2017
• ENR Northwest Regional Best Project Award, 2016
The Bend Whitewater Park modified an old log pond dam on the Deschutes River to provide locals and tourists with new river recreation experiences right in the center of Bend. The project balances safety, recreation, and river health by removing life-threatening rock and steel pilings from the river, the creation of two whitewater channels, and enhances habitat for fish and wildlife. The project provides a platform for public observation of the river recreation in the Whitewater Park. Otak led the project design team, assisted the client with selection of a CM/ GC contractor, and worked collaboratively during permitting, final design, and construction to execute the project. Since opening, annual river user counts have doubled from 150,000 to 300,000, contributing to economic activity in the City of Bend. The new facility required thoughtful planning for operations and maintenance, to anticipate equipment and access needs for the 28 underwater pneumatic gates, fish passage, recreational needs, flood and frazil ice management, and protection of spotted frog habitat.
Pacific Highway
Emergency Culvert Repair
LOCATION: Clark County, WA
CLIENT: Clark County
AWARDS:
• Public Works Project of the Year, Disaster or Emergency Construction/Repair (Less than $5M), APWA Washington, 2020
• DJC Oregon TopProjects Award, 2020
Following a heavy snow and rain storm, the existing culvert under Pacific Highway (northwest of La Center, Washington) was obstructed by debris and impounded water on the upstream end. The roadway base was severely undermined and quickly created an approximate 20-foot wide by 17-foot deep scour hole beneath the road, taking material downstream. The reinforced concrete panels of the old highway remained suspended until failing on the morning of February 14th. The County Council of Clark County passed a Declaration of Emergency to expedite roadway repairs and reopen the highway.
Clark County hired Otak to quickly design a new crossing for the unnamed tributary. Working together, the team designed and constructed a 13-foot span culvert, embedded with a natural stream bottom to repair the road and provide new upstream fish passage. The road was reopened just 37 days after the failure.
OREGON
Portland Headquarters
808 SW Third Ave. Suite 800
Portland, OR 97204 (503) 287-6825
WASHINGTON
Redmond Office 11241 Willows Rd. NE Suite 200
Redmond, WA 98052 (425) 822-4446
COLORADO
Louisville Office 371 Centennial Pkwy., Suite 210 Louisville, CO 80027 (303) 444-2073
Bend Office 1001 SW Disk Dr., Suite 205 Bend, OR 97702 Salem Office 3400 State St., Suite G730 Salem, OR 97301
Everett Office 2828 Colby Ave. Suite 401 Everett, WA 98201 (425) 493-5221
Vancouver Office 700 Washington St. Suite 300 Vancouver, WA 98660 (360) 737-9613
Denver Office 1444 Wazee St., Suite 100 Denver, CO 80202 (303) 444-2073
