May 4, 2026

OREGON: Interior under $1 million

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Circular acoustic baffles and ceiling clouds of varying colors and elevations were installed above key areas to improve acoustics and create a soothing interior environment.

Beaverton Year-Round Shelter

Location: 11380—11390 S.W. Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway, Beaverton

Contractor: Fred Shearer & Sons

Architect: Ink:Built Architecture

Labor partners: Western States Carpenters

This 12,000-square-foot tenant improvement converted an existing single-story building into a year-round shelter serving up to 60 people experiencing homelessness. The facility includes sleeping pods, restrooms and showers, an art room, coordinated care spaces, and a sensory refuge area. Designed with calming materials, colors, lighting, and natural light, the project aims to emphasize dignity, comfort, and a pathway toward permanent housing. Fred Shearer & Sons performed metal stud framing, drywall, insulation, acoustic ceilings, FRP, and specialty acoustical installations.

The project is unique for its extensive use of non-standard framing and specialty acoustic features. Radius and arched walls and soffits were custom framed, and the sleeping pod areas were constructed as freestanding modules without kickers. Circular acoustic baffles and ceiling clouds of varying colors and elevations were installed above key areas to improve acoustics and create a soothing interior environment.

Through careful planning and field-driven solutions, the team successfully delivered a highly functional and thoughtfully detailed interior space. Key challenges included maintaining precise alignment for circular soffits and baffle suspension points.

To achieve consistent hanger spacing, the framing was laid out in a “wagon wheel” configuration with radial studs extending from the center point. Additional coordination was required to install hundreds of engineered bracket connection points prior to drywall installation and to adjust work sequencing after roof trusses were removed late in construction. The judges applauded the ingenious radial framing and the framing of the sleeping pods without kickers.

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