Category: Awards and Press

Thank you Trimble Viewpoint for honoring and recognizing the technological achievements of North American contractors as exhibited through the growth and improvements of their projects, people and processes over the past year.


We are grateful and proud to share that Nestucca K-8 Expansion Project received Most Outstanding Project at the Annual Trimble Viewpoint Construction Awards in Vegas last week. Watch the video as our very own Derek Salo speaks about the project and impact.


As a company that embraces change, we look to tools like Viewpoint to help create a more informed, collaborative, and efficient way to build. We’re humbled and so proud of our wonderful and talented team for receiving this award. Well done to everyone involved!

Other partners include:
Day CPM, DLR Group, ZCS Engineering & Architecture

Watch our video for more information.

Cheers to 11 Years! When we reflect about how far we’ve come as a company since establishing in 2011, we are proud and grateful for this group.

We’ve started saying, we’re “redefining the way we build.” Our mission is to redefine the building process to be more informed, collaborative, and efficient. A process that can perhaps change our industry where design+build becomes the traditional method of building. We realized that when a delivery method where project contributors are on the same team, innovative ideas, creative solutions and monumental results are born.

Together, we can do more. From reducing building maintenance, conserving more resources, creating better guest experiences, reducing our climate impact, preserving history, and creating better neighborhoods sustainably. And by asking the right questions, being curious, taking chances, finding creative solutions, mastering new technology and just plain hard work, we can be the difference makers.  Only together can we redefine the way we build.

Steeplejack Brewing Company was one of 11 restoration projects selected by Restore Oregon to receive a 2022 DeMuro Award for Excellence in Historic Preservation!

This award is given to a select few to recognize excellence in preservation, reuse, and community revitalization. We are so proud of our in-house architecture team, Open Concept Architecture for the incredible design that both preserved and honored the historical Portland church. Congratulations as well to Swinerton and the Steeplejack team (including Central Geotechnical Services and Waypoint Engineering, Inc.) for winning this award!

Learn more about the award here.

We are speechless. Three of our projects were recognized at the Daily Journal of Commerce Oregon 2022 Top Projects Awards last night.

We received two first place prizes for Nestucca K-8 Expansion (General Contractor) and Amaterra Winery (Owner’s Rep). Additionally, Steeplejack Brewery was awarded second place, a project our OCA team proudly designed.

Huge congratulations to the teams that worked on these projects and all other companies that were recognized for their contributions to our communities.

PROJECT TEAMS:
Nestucca Valley School Dist: DLR Group, DAY CPM Services LLC, ZCS Engineering & Architecture, Otak, O’Brien/Open Concept Architecture

Steeplejack Brewing Company: Swinerton, ColeBreit Engineering, Central Geotechnical Services, Waypoint Contracting Inc. O’Brien/Open Concept Architecture

Amaterra Wines: GBD Architects, Emerick Construction Company, Glumac International, Humber Design Group, Inc., TM Rippey Consulting Engineers, O’Brien/Open Concept Architecture

The new podcast featuring our very own CEO, Keeley O’Brien on Westside Investors Network (WIN) is officially live!

Throughout the episode, Keeley talks about how he got started in his career and how his two companies, O’Brien & Company and Open Concept Architecture are pushing the limits on design and construction technology.

Keeley O’Brien is the CEO and President of O’Brien. With more than three decades of experience in the construction and development industries, Keeley began his career in construction as a Laborer digging ditches. He graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in both Construction Engineering Management and Business Administration. Keeley has worked on a diverse array of projects that ranged from light rail construction in New Jersey to luxury condo development in Arizona. In 2011, Keeley founded O’Brien and Company LLC, a leading design-build firm that was recently recognized by Inc 5000 as Portland’s 5th fastest-growing private company.

We hope you’ll tune in!

Tune in to the full podcast here.