The Rebuilding Center, headquartered in Portland, Ore., is celebrating its seventh year anniversary as it completes two warehouses. With the expansion, the company claims it is the largest outlet for reusable building materials in the country. To celebrate, the non-profit will be having a grand reopening on June 4, 2005.
The ReBuilding Center has doubled the size of its existing warehouse. Permanent parts of the façade for the largest used building materials facility in the country are made from community donations. Two buildings covering over 28,000 square feet are covered with used windows, doors, siding, lumber, miscellaneous hardware, and cob as a green building demonstration.
The ReBuilding Center's warehouses include the second commercial building code-approved cob construction in Oregon. It features clerestory windows which provide extensive day lighting and a 100 percent onsite storm water management system.
The ReBuilding Center will keep more than 9 million pounds of construction and demolition waste out of the landfills annually, doubling their current rate, and nearly 20 additional new jobs will be created over time.
The Center accepts used building and remodeling materials year- round. Donations can be dropped off at 3625 N Mississippi Ave., Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., 503-331-1877. The ReBuilding Center will also pick up larger, pre-approved loads, call 503-445-1520 for details.
Established in 1998, the Center takes in unwanted building materials and provides an outlet for the public to find materials they need to fix their homes. It provides over 60 grants of materials to the community per year, hosts hundreds of volunteers, and diverts over 4.5 million pounds of construction and demolition waste annually.