Our second tour for Ecoroof Month (a partnership between Green Above Ground and Bureau of Environmental Services) focused happened on some projects in Portland’s Pearl District, and a group of 25 people braved chilly temperatures to see a range of interesting projects. Like the last tour, we chose accessible projects that our team worked on [...]
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Pearl District Ecoroof Tour
Posted in bes, ecoroofs, education, outreach, portland, projects, tours on March 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
South Waterfront & OHSU Ecoroof Tour
Posted in bes, construction, design, ecoroofs, extensive, general, hospital, housing, outreach, portland, projects, retrofit, tours on March 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
As part of Ecoroof Month, the members of Green Above Ground, along with the Bureau of Environmental Services, gave a tour of some of the area green roofs. Starting in South Waterfront, the group assembled at the Ardea, which gave a wide view of a range of local projects – encompassing extensive, semi-intensive and intensive [...]
Green Above Ground in Construction News Update
Posted in bes, design, ecoroofs, extensive, incentives, marketing, outreach, press on November 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The latest issue of the Construction News Update from the Associated General Contractors – Oregon Columbia Chapter, features a nice article on the BES Ecoroof Design-Build Contract awarded to the collaborative Green Above Ground. Download a PDF of the announcement here, found on page 27 of the Nov-Dec. issue to find out more information. Also, download [...]
DJC Coverage – BES Ecoroof Contract Supports Minority & Women-Owned Business
Posted in bes, ecoroofs, marketing, outreach, projects, public, retrofit on November 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Contract gives Portland minority, women firms eco-roof work From the DJC Oregon – Friday November 5, 2010 (by Nathalie Weinstein) A quarter-million square feet of eco-roofs have been installed in Portland since the city’s Bureau of Environmental Services launched its Grey to Green initiative in 2008. But minority, women-owned and emerging small businesses say it’s still difficult [...]
Local Companies Announce Award of Ecoroof Contract
Posted in bes, ecoroofs, extensive, marketing, outreach, portland, projects on September 27, 2010 | 1 Comment »
NEWS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: September 27, 2010 From: Devri Pieratt Marketing Consultant Snyder Roofing of Oregon LLC (503) 620-5252 – Portland, Oregon E-mail: dpieratt@snyderroofing.com Local Companies Announce Award of Ecoroof Contract Portland, Oregon – Green Above Ground, a local ecoroof contracting collaborative, has been selected by the City of Portland for services [...]
Green Above Ground Team selected for City of Portland Design Build Contract
Posted in bes, ecoroofs, general, marketing, outreach, projects on July 9, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The Green Above Ground team is pleased to announce that we have been selected by the City of Portland for their recent request for proposals for design building services for ecoroofs. On June 30th, the City announced the ‘Intent to Award’ the contract to Snyder Roofing, the prime consultant and lead for our team. [...]
City of Portland – Ecoroof Design-Build
Posted in bes, ecoroofs, marketing, outreach, portland, projects, public on May 29, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Green Above Ground has submitted a proposal for the further implementation of the City of Portland’s ‘Grey to Green Initiative‘ (G2G). The proposal asks for design-build teams that will further support G2G by marketing and supplying up ecoroofs for particular . Read more about this from a recent DJC Article, which mentions that “…the city [...]
Portland Building Ecoroof
Posted in bes, ecoroofs, extensive, portland, projects, public, tagged research on April 14, 2010 | 1 Comment »
One of the signature public ecoroof projects in Portland sits atop the Portland Building in downtown – home to many of the City of Portland offices include the local drivers of ecoroof implementation, the Bureau of Environmental Services. Completed in 2006, this 18,000 square foot extensive roof melds seamlessly into the iconic architecture of this [...]
