Nearly every aspect of Portland International Airport is getting a redo as the $2-billion PDX Next project redevelops or expands two concourses, adds parking, updates operations and features a core terminal redevelopment.

Higher prices for lumber and other wood products, driven by January's 20% tariff on Canadian softwood lumber and new tariffs on Chinese products,   will increase rebuilding costs in areas hit by Hurricane Florence. 

Crews from general contractor Walter Daniels recently installed a cross-laminated timber deck for a 19,000-sq-ft McDonald’s restaurant in Chicago.