Howard S. Wright Selected to Deliver Vern Miller Civic Center Renovations

October 1, 2024

SALEM, ORE. - Howard S. Wright, a Balfour Beatty company, has been selected to deliver exterior and interior renovations to the Salem Civic Center/City Hall in Salem, Oregon to create a 21^st century workplace for the Mayor and City Managers offices, City Council Chambers, Municipal Courts and Planning and Purchasing departments.

Howard S. Wright will make $40 million in substantial renovations to the 1970 Civic Center featuring a seismic retrofit and structural upgrades. Additionally, the project team will deliver a new parking garage and extensive interior renovations.

"Our seasoned team of experts and industry partners will deliver a state-of-the-art facility for the City of Salem's personnel and will leverage our project-first approach to ensure we meet our client's renovation goals," said Ryan McGrew, Howard S. Wright senior vice president. "Our team will also carefully work to preserve the buildings over half a century of history while also providing upgrades to improve the workplace for the City's workforce. We look forward to working with our owner, design team and trade partners to bring this project to fruition by providing a facility that will bring the heart of Salem City operations back to life."

Howard S. Wright, has extensive experience in delivering building renovations across Oregon including upgrades to the Salem Public Library which featured a seismic retrofit and interior renovations, the reconstruction and renovation the Portland Building and renovations to the Edith Green-Wendell Wyatt Federal Building. Additionally, the company recently completed the new Salem Public Works Operations Building which features a 30,000-square-foot facility that consolidates four different office locations into one unified building and the Salem Public Library renovations which consisted of a structural seismic retrofit

Howard S. Wright will work with Hacker Architects and CBTWO Architects to complete the Vern Miller Civic Center renovations. The company has been contracted for design and preconstruction activities with the remainder of the full award contracted in Q2 2025. Construction will begin Fall 2025 with an expected completion in Spring 2027.