Author: Aly Chiman

| | | | Since 1954, Balzhiser & Hubbard Engineers has applied appropriate engineering technology and practices to meet the individual needs of our clients. Our staff works closely with architects and owners to ensure a thorough understanding of the owner’s needs and the architectural vision for the building. This approach, combined with our longstanding desire for energy efficiency and best cost / benefit to the owner, made for an easy transition to sustainable design…

History Balzhiser & Hubbard Engineers has been in business in one form or another since 1954: 1954 At the suggestion of his brother Tom, a prominent local architect, Jim Balzhiser moved to Eugene from Ohio to open Balzhiser Engineering. He sets up shop in a building at 12th & High. 1960 Lifetime Oregon resident and Electrical Engineer Carrol Colvin joined Jim, and the partnership became Balzhiser & Colvin Engineering. 1963 With his brother Tom, Jim…

Project Examples: Cottage Grove High School OSU Vet Med SOU Library UO Lillis Business Complex Education Although teaching and education theory has changed over the years, the role of education buildings in communities has not. Education buildings symbolize the community desire to provide a good future for their citizens and often last the lifetime of many residents. Balzhiser & Hubbard Engineers recognizes the important role these buildings have in communities, and we work to accommodate…

The ABC’s of E-Banking Online banking can simplify your financial life. Here’s how it works. by Doug Gerlach Everyone hates paying bills. Besides being confronted with your own bad spending habits, you also have to put up with the tedium of writing checks, recording them in your check register, addressing envelopes and stuffing them with bills and checks, licking the envelope flap to seal it (yuck), putting a stamp on the envelope, and finally dropping…

The Model Portfolio The Emotional Curve Of Investing Dispatch for the Week of September 14, 1998 by John Bowen LEWIS: We’ve been seeing a lot of gyrations in the stock market in the last couple of weeks. It’s not always easy to hear that your portfolio has lost a lot of value, even if it is just on paper. JOHN: Do you recall your emotions on the day that the market took a 512-point plunge?…