Hoffman Construction Company

Hoffman Construction Company is one of the oldest and largest general contractors in the Pacific Northwest, founded in Portland, Oregon in 1922 and now employee-owned. The firm self-performs concrete and structural work and runs large, complex projects across healthcare, aviation, higher education, and advanced industrial markets. Hoffman teamed with Skanska USA to rebuild the core of Portland International Airport, including the nine-acre mass timber roof that has become the airport’s signature. The company works throughout the Western United States and is known for keeping occupied facilities running through major construction.

Hoffman Construction Company was founded in Portland, Oregon, in 1922 by Lee Hawley Hoffman and has grown into the largest general contractor headquartered in the Pacific Northwest. The company is entirely employee-owned — a path that began with an employee stock ownership plan in 1968 — so the people running its projects also hold the stake in each one’s outcome.

Hoffman started out building apartment buildings and industrial structures around Portland and now delivers general contracting, construction management and design-build on large, complex projects. While its roots are in the Northwest, its work extends to more than a dozen states and to projects overseas.

The company’s employee-ownership model is central to how it frames accountability to clients: the owners are the same people managing the work on site. Its portfolio spans major commercial, institutional and industrial construction. Project enquiries go through its Portland headquarters.