Swinerton provided general contracting services for the construction of a new four-story academic building. Edward J. Ray Hall features seven specialized classrooms, 12 state-of-the-art laboratories, engineering space, a machine shop, maker space for art, and staff offices. The building supports the University’s ever-growing four-year programs focused on science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics (STEAM). A new outdoor amphitheater was also built. It offers gathering space for students and faculty and serves as a connection from Edward J. Ray Hall to the future Student Success Center.

Edward J. Ray Hall utilizes a mass timber structural system and incorporates a wide variety of Oregon-manufactured wood projects, including glulam beams and columns with cross-laminated-timber floor panels. The selection of mass timber for the building’s structural system reinforces the University’s robust commitment to sustainability by utilizing locally sourced renewable material and adopting the low-carbon footprint associated with its production. Certified net zero, the building’s actual annual delivered energy is less than or equal to the onsite exported energy.