rigging machinery moving founded 1991 ; 25 years ago 1991 headquarters hillsboro oregon usa 45 33 21 n 122 55 20 w 45.5559 n 122.92213 w 45.5559 ; 122.92213 coordinates 45 33 21 n 122 55 20 w 45.5559 n 122.92213 w 45.5559 ; 122.92213 number of locations 3 key people greg tansey ceo revenue 60 million 2011 number of employees 350 2012 website omegamorgan.com omega morgan is a privately held company headquartered in hillsboro in the u.s. state of oregon . founded in 1991 the 350 employee company primarily transports large scale industrial and transportation equipment as well as rigging . they also coordinate smaller scale moves of precise manufacturing equipment . contents 1 history 2 notable moves 3 references 4 external links history edit morgan industrial was founded in 1991 in north plains oregon by joe morgan where the majority of its business came from intel corporation in nearby hillsboro . 1 the company purchased omega rigging based in tacoma washington in 2003 and used it to launch its heavy transport work . 1 2 jeff morgan became the company s ceo in 2004 . 1 the company announced in 2010 they would likely add 150 employees during construction of intel s d1x facility which was on top of the 100 employees already working on projects for intel . 3 in 2011 the company renamed itself as omega morgan . 1 at the time the company had grown to 275 employees and had revenues of 42 million in 2010 1 and had an office in fife washington along with the headquarters in hillsboro . 2 omega morgan headquarters hillsboro oregon john mccalla became the company s ceo in december 2011 replacing jeff morgan . 4 5 at that time riverlake partners had taken majority ownership of the company for an undisclosed amount . 5 6 7 the investment by riverlake was hoped to allow the company to grow to annual revenues of 100 million within a few years . 6 move of the sellwood bridge omega morgan hauled the canby ferry to portland in april 2012 due to the closure of the willamette falls locks . 8 in july 2012 omega morgan bought action machinery moving of lynden washington . 4 9 also in 2012 the company started an office in phoenix arizona . 4 10 in january 2013 the company moved the main 1 100 foot 340 m section of the sellwood bridge in portland oregon as part of the construction project to replace the bridge . 11 the move allowed for the old bridge section to be used as a detour route while the new bridge was constructed adjacent to the old span . 11 omega morgan used jacks and skids to move the section as well as dawn dish washing detergent as a lubricant . 11 in august 2013 the company began hauling over sized loads to the canadian tar sands . 12 13 while the route through idaho was approved by idaho s department of transportation environmental groups and tribal leaders protested part of the idaho portion of the route on u.s. route 12 that crossed tribal lands and traveled along the clearwater river . 12 13 the protests slowed the load but the shipment later arrived in montana . 14 in september 2013 they moved the replacement span into place as part of the repairs to the skagit river bridge in washington . 15 notable moves edit on january 19 2013 omega morgan working with multnomah county government moved the 6.8 million pound sellwood bridge from its current location onto new pylons . 16 to match the newly built onramps the bridge was moved 66 feet on its west end and 33 feet on its east end . 11 the moved bridge known as a shoofly bridge 17 will serve as a temporary span until the new crossing is completed in 2016 . references edit a b c d e siemers erik ; almeera anwar august 26 2011 . omega morgan is hiring plans to expand . portland business journal . a b anwar almeera july 29 2011 . industrial mover omega morgan bulks up its work force . puget sound business journal . rogoway mike october 24 2010 . intel jobs will take special skills . the oregonian . a b c theen andrew july 24 2012 . hillsboro equipment transporter grows with the territory . the oregonian . a b siemers erik december 2 2011 . riverlake takes big stake in omega . portland business journal . a b siemers erik december 1 2011 . omega morgan sells majority stake to riverlake partners . portland business journal . young molly december 1 2011 . hillsboro s omega morgan sells majority stake to riverlake partners . the oregonian . stevens suzanne april 17 2012 . canby ferry to close for two weeks . portland business journal . retrieved 9 february 2013 . siemers erik july 10 2012 . omega morgan acquires washington equipment mover . portland business journal . siemers erik january 7 2013 . hillsboro s omega morgan opens phoenix office . portland business journal . a b c d nirappil fenit january 21 2013 . omega morgan boosts credentials after successful sellwood bridge move . the oregonian . a b read richard august 7 2013 . hillsboro company hauls oil equipment to canada s controversial tar sands muscling past protesters . the oregonian . retrieved 12 august 2013 . a b read richard august 5 2013 . nez perce forest service fault hillsboro s omega morgan for planning megaload shipments to canada s tar sands . the oregonian . retrieved 12 august 2013 . omega morgan s controversial megaload reaches montana on way to tar sands . the oregonian . the associated press . august 10 2013 . retrieved 12 august 2013 . lindblom mike september 13 2013 . slip slide fix overnight saturday for i 5 skagit bridge . seattle times . retrieved 16 september 2013 . tims dana january 19 2013 . sellwood bridge move comes off without a hitch amazing hundreds of onlookers . the oregonian . retrieved 3 february 2013 . the sellwood bridge project accessed january 22 2013 external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title omega morgan & oldid 742918308 categories transportation companies of the united statescompanies based in hillsboro oregoncompanies established in 19911991 establishments in oregonhidden categories coordinates not on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 6 october 2016 at 16 57 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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