A weekly compilation of the largest winning bids in the Pacific Northwest, according to the Daily Journal of Commerce Project Center.

1.

Winner (contract awarded): Active Construction of Tacoma, Washington

Amount: $9,213,747

Project: DES – GA Building Demolition (Olympia, Washington)

Owner: Washington Department of Enterprise Services

Cost estimate: $11,700,000 to $12,900,000

Project team: IML, Walker Consultants

2.

Winner (intent to award): Wildish Construction Co. of Eugene

Amount: $8,382,602

Project: I-5: Cottage Grove – Martin Creek Section (Lane County)

Owner: Oregon Department of Transportation

Cost estimate: not available

Project team: Berger/Abam Engineers

3.

Winner (contract awarded): Scarsella Bros. of Seattle

Amount: $7,185,229

Project: Harper Estuary – Barrier Correction (Kitsap County, Washington)

Owner: Kitsap County – Dept. of Public Works

Cost estimate: $5,000,000 to $10,000,000

Project team: Otak

4.

Winner (contract awarded): Marcum & Sons of Redmond

Amount: $6,951,513

Project: Runway 12-30 Shoulder, Safety Area, Object Free Area Improvements (La Grande)

Owner: Union County

Cost estimate: $5,000,000 to $5,700,000

Project team: Precision Approach Engineering

5.

Winner (contract awarded): Carter & Company of Salem

Amount: $6,940,928

Project: OR6: Roadside Barrier Upgrades (multiple counties)

Owner: Oregon Department of Transportation

Cost estimate: not available

Project team: not available

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Effective transportation infrastructure is essential for business, and that is why a pair of Interstate 84 bridge spans in Troutdale are being replaced.

The Oregon Department of Transportation is carrying out the where I-84 meets Graham Road, near the Sandy River. There, general contractor Carter & Company Inc. of Salem is in charge of completely replacing the westbound and eastbound bridge spans in a phased project that began in January. Final completion is scheduled for winter 2020, following improvements to Graham Road itself.

Seven precast post-tensioned concrete girders for the westbound span were to be placed on Monday, ODOT project manager Scott Mercer said. It’s an important point for the second phase of the project, he added. In the first phase, crews built a temporary span between the two permanent spans originally built by ODOT in the late 1950s. In the third phase, scheduled for 2020, the eastbound span will be replaced.

“They’ll take the B (outside) lane, but you can’t do that until 10 o’clock at night,” Mercer said. “They’ll have the crane there and the beams will just sit right there and they’ll just pick from both sides – boom, boom, boom.”

Both bridge spans’ east ends will be movable, while the west ends will be fixed. The abutments on the east side will have the precast beams sitting 3 feet apart atop bearing pads that allow the beams to flex with temperature changes and different weights of passing vehicles.

“They’ll set those seven beams, and … they’ll have post-tensioning in the box girders,” Mercer said. “So, we’re putting steel in and we’ll start jacking the steel up to tension. And once that’s done, we’ll start working on the deck.”

Plans for the eastbound span are virtually identical, Mercer noted.

In addition, the height of the Graham Road underpass beneath the bridge will increase from 13.5 feet to 17 feet. This will allow safe passage of large trucks and oversize vehicles that are increasingly servicing the Port of Portland’s adjacent Troutdale Reynolds Industrial Park, which hosts Amazon, FedEx and other distributors.

Also, as part of the project, Graham Road will be widened underneath the bridge and a third lane will be added.

“It’s all part of economic development,” ODOT Public Information Officer Don Hamilton said. “This helps the jobs phase, and it’s all related to that.”

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