Intel facility to boost Portland construction
Intel's new chip manufacturing facility in Hillsboro is expected to give a quick boost to the Portland area's struggling built industry.
View ArticleIntel ready to snatch up Vestas’ scraps
Vestas Americas has passed on a chance to use a tax-free $31 million bond to update a former Meier & Frank warehouse and turn it into the company’s new headquarters. Instead, the money will funnel...
View ArticleIntel fab could shift Oregon construction jobs
Construction on Intel's new Fab D1X in Hillsboro could cause 6,000 to 8,000 construction workers to do the workplace shuffle, said John Killin, executive director of the local chapter of Associated...
View ArticleIntel’s fab plans prompt speculation
Hints that Intel plans to reopen its Fab 20 chip manufacturing plant in Hillsboro could indicate that the company has broadened its strategy for operations in Oregon.
View ArticleUnions anxiously await Intel work
With Intel remaining hush-hush on the details of its big Oregon projects, unions in the state are getting antsy. They worry they won't be able to supply enough workers needed for the company's $8...
View ArticleIntel fab to break ground in February
The $6 billion to $8 billion project to construct a new research fabrication facility at Intel's Hillsboro campus has been mostly approved by the city of Hillsboro, and the company is hoping to have an...
View ArticleMore little projects pave the way for Intel’s new fab
Intel is working on a couple of new, small projects at its Hillsboro campus in preparation for the influx of workers that will come later this year to help build its new Fab D1X computer chip...
View ArticleIntel powers up 2 solar arrays in Oregon
Intel has finished installation and powered up two new 400 kilowatt solar arrays at its Hillsboro facilities.
View ArticleIntel to invest $8B between Oregon, Arizona
Intel CEO Paul Otellini announced the company plans to construct a $5 billion manufacturing factory in Chandler, Ariz. The announcement comes only four months after the company announced it would spend...
View ArticleIntel announces large expansion project at D1X
After months of speculation, Intel Corporation confirmed today that it will expand into a second phase at its $3 billion D1X fab facility, currently under construction in Hillsboro. The expansion...
View ArticleMother of all cranes going up at Intel site
Earlier this month, 200 semi-trailer trucks hauled in the various pieces of the Lampson Transi-Life LTL 2600, or to those not in the know, the largest land-based mobile crane in the world. Workers have...
View ArticlePMCA sees slowdown in call for apprentices
Work is slowing at Intel's D1X facility and it is having an effect on at least one segment of the construction industry.
View ArticleIntel fined $143,000 by Oregon DEQ for fluoride emissions
In addition to paying a civil penalty, Intel must address air quality violations at its chip manufacturing plants in Hillsboro and Aloha.
View ArticleUnion approves new contract with contractors association
Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 290, which has more than 4,000 members throughout Oregon, Southwest Washington and Northern California, voted 552-272 to approve a two-year contract with the Plumbing...
View ArticleInnovation, urban development set to collide
On May 31, Intel's Innovation Lab and the Zidell Companies will team up to host in Portland the second National Day of Civic Hacking, which aims to bring people together to solve community problems.
View ArticleElectricians union anticipates surge of work
Now that work has picked up, IBEW Local 48 is preparing to resume training electrician apprentices.
View ArticleSubcontractor appealing judge’s dismissal of lawsuit
Portland-based Harder Mechanical Contractors is appealing a judge’s decision to throw out a copyright infringement claim against Hoffman Construction and Intel.
View ArticleIntel confirms plans for Hillsboro factory
Intel has acknowledged it will soon start building a massive new semiconductor factory in Hillsboro. The post Intel confirms plans for Hillsboro factory appeared first on Daily Journal of Commerce.
View ArticleHuge Intel expansion on track in Hillsboro
Intel’s plan to build a third manufacturing facility at its Ronler Acres campus in Hillsboro has an auxiliary parking and utilities project that would be massive by itself. The post Huge Intel...
View ArticleMother of all cranes going up at Intel site
Earlier this month, 200 semi-trailer trucks hauled in the various pieces of the Lampson Transi-Life LTL 2600, or to those not in the know, the largest land-based mobile crane in the world. Workers have...
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