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

1.

Winner (intent to award): OEG Inc. of Portland

Amount: $3,704,311

Project: PIA Parking Access and Revenue Control System Replacement (Portland)

Owner: Port of Portland Contracts & Procurement

Cost estimate: not available

Project team: not available

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2.

Winner (intent to award): Eagle-Elsner Inc. of Tigard

Amount: $1,434,080

Project: Bakers Ferry Road Paving Project (Clackamas County)

Owner: Clackamas County

Cost estimate: $1,692,000

Project team: not available

3.

Winner (intent to award): Pacific Excavation of Springfield

Amount: $1,638,000

Project: Oatfield Road/Jennings Ave. Signal Rebuild Safety Work Project (Clackamas County)

Owner: Clackamas County

Cost estimate: $1,979,463

Project team: not available

4.

Winner (contract awarded): Legacy Contracting of Stayton

Amount: $1,096,522

Project: NW Turk Road Bridge Replacement (Washington County)

Owner: Washington County

Cost estimate: $1,000,000 to $2,000,000

Project team: not available

5.

Winner (contract awarded): MNG Construction of Enumclaw, Washington

Amount: $1,048,865

Project: Boise Creek Mitigation Project (Enumclaw, Washington)

Owner: King County

Cost estimate: $1,272,000

Project team: not available

Do you want to be the winner of an upcoming Top Bidders project? Then join the 91��Ƶ Project Center to find, track and bid on your next project. For a free tour, or more information on monthly and annual rates, contact Sharlene Richard at 503-802-7252 or srichard@djcOregon.com.

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

1.

Winner (intent to award): Marcum & Sons LLC of Redmond

Amount: $3,685,499

Project: OR206: Rock Creek Bridge Project (Gilliam County)

Owner: Oregon Department of Transportation

Cost estimate: not available

Project team: not available

2.

Winner (intent to award): Pullman Services SST Inc. of Seattle

Amount: $3,340,072

Project: McGraw Street Bridge Seismic Retrofit (Seattle)

Owner: City of Seattle Purchasing Services Division

Cost estimate: $5,200,000 to $5,600,000

Project team: Jacobs

3.

Winner (contract awarded): Knife River Corp. – Mountain West of Boise, Idaho

Amount: $3,203,688

Project: Star Road Bridges 1093 and 2040 (Star, Idaho)

Owner: Ada County Highway District

Cost estimate: $3,000,000

Project team: Civil Survey Consultants Inc.

4.

Winner (intent to award): Westech Construction of Portland

Amount: $2,628,323

Project: NE 46^th Avenue and Bryant Street LID Phase 1 (Portland)

Owner: City of Portland

Cost estimate: $3,000,000

Project team: Kittelson & Associates Inc.

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5.

Winner (intent to award): Legacy Contracting Inc. of Stayton

Amount: $1,681,834

Project: US101: MP304.05 Landslide Mitigation Rebid (Curry County)

Owner: Oregon Department of Transportation

Cost estimate: not available

Project team: not available

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

1.

Winner (intent to award): Kerr Contractors Oregon LLC of Woodburn

Amount: $5,171,925

Project: US 30: Kittridge Avenue (Multnomah County)

Owner: ODOT – Agency – Transportation Commission ODOT Procurement Office MS#2-2

Cost estimate: not available

Project team: not available

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Winner (intent to award): Suulutaaq Inc. of Eugene

Amount: $4,176,081.70

Project: OR 99: Urban Upgrade (Cottage Grove)

Owner: ODOT Procurement Office – Construction Contracts Unit, MS# 2-2

Cost estimate: not available

Project team: not available

3.

Winner (intent to award): Legacy Contracting Inc. of Stayton

Amount: $3,979,376

Project: OR 47: West Fork Dairy Creek Bridge Sec. (Washington County)

Owner: ODOT Procurement Office – Construction Contracts Unit, MS# 2-2

Cost estimate: not available

Project team: not available

4.

Winner (contract awarded): Preferred Construction Inc. of Springfield

Amount: $2,740,685

Project: Knight Library Exterior Restoration Phase A (Eugene)

Owner: University of Oregon-Campus Planning, Design & Construction

Cost estimate: not available

Project team: Soderstrom Architects

5.

Winner (intent to award): Emery & Sons Construction Group LLC of Salem

Amount: $1,962,504.58

Project: US 20: 53^rd Avenue – East of 60^th Avenue (Linn County)

Owner: ODOT Procurement Office – Construction Contracts Unit, MS# 2-2

Cost estimate: not available

Project team: not available

Do you want to be the winner of an upcoming Top Bidders project? Then join the 91��Ƶ Project Center to find, track and bid on your next project. For a free tour, or more information on monthly and annual rates, contact Sharlene Richard at 503-802-7252 or srichard@djcOregon.com.

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Sometimes excellence comes in a flash of inspiration. Other times, it requires decades to take a concrete shape.

More than 40 years from idea to conception, the Peter Courtney Minto Island Bridge may fit solidly into the latter category. But now that the Salem structure is a reality, it’s winning accolades and attracting positive attention.

The most recent recognition came from the American Public Works Association‘s Oregon chapter, which named the bridge its 2017 Project of the Year for projects in the $5 million to $25 million range.

Courtney, now Oregon Senate president, was a member of the Salem City Council in 1975 when he suggested building a bridge to link downtown Salem with Minto Island and Minto-Brown Island Park.

The idea languished for the next two decades until development of Salem’s Riverfront Park, a project that restarted conversations about the bridge. Several years later, the 2009 completion of the conversion of the Union Street Railroad Bridge to suit pedestrians and bicyclists spurred formation of a nonprofit called Friends of Two Bridges (F2B) – a group dedicated to bringing Courtney’s ideas to fruition.

As fundraising for the Minto Island bridge began in earnest, Aaron Kimsey stepped into the role of senior project manager for the city.

“It took another three years to get funding,” Kimsey said.

Working with an estimate that the bridge would cost $10 million, money raised by F2B was added to dollars from state and local sources including the Oregon Department of Transportation, Oregon Parks & Recreation, Business Oregon, the Salem Keizer Area Transportation Study and Salem’s Urban Renewal Agency Board.

“Through that process, the (Salem) City Council selected a design.” Kimsey and.

Guy Hakanson, vice president of technical services and chief engineer at OBEC Consulting Engineers, and senior project manager Bob Goodrich, OBEC division manager of bridges and structures, turned the design concept into reality.

“It was fascinating from a structural engineering perspective – very elegant,” Hakanson said.

The arches of the 305-foot-long, tied-arch bridge bow out from center. The resulting linear flow becomes almost visually weightless, as though the bridge were floating. Lighting is attached to the arches in a linear manner that follows the form of the structure so that it becomes even more ethereal at night.

“It’s visually deceptive … (and) very unique,” Hakanson said. “The weight of the deck actually holds the arches in dynamic tension. The idea is about connections. This is the final link that (along with the Union Street Railroad Bridge) connects three parts of one community. The bridges are a reiteration of that. I’ve been privileged to work at OBEC for 31 years and this is the coolest (bridge) I’ve worked on.”

Construction of the bridge, which spans the Willamette River, was handled by Stayton-based Legacy Contracting and began in 2015. Before ground was broken, though, more than a dozen permits had to be obtained. A slew of agencies, including the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Coast Guard, had to approve elements of the design and the construction plan to make sure there would be no negative effects on the environment or boat traffic. Work was confined to designated periods so as not to obstruct or affect river traffic or migrating fish runs. Care also had to be taken to protect wetlands surrounding Minto Island, much of which is in the floodplain and critical wildlife habitat.

The official opening of the Minto Island bridge earlier this year created the final link in more than 30 miles of off-street trails over nearly 1,400 acres of parks – a total area greater than New York’s Central Park. Each day, approximately 2,000 people use the bridge, Kimsey said.

“The response has been overwhelming,” Hakanson said. “I think it will forever change the skyline of downtown Salem – the lights, the shape – and don’t forget that Minto Island is a park. There’s really nothing there but green space, wildlife and trails, so it’s a destination and not just a thoroughfare. People love the lights too. It’s already an iconic part of Salem.”

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Built in 1926, the Chitwood Covered Bridge, which spans the Yaquina River off busy Highway 20 near Newport, was in sore need of repair. The scope of the $1.22 million project included restoring the structural integrity of the 96-foot-long bridge, which features a Howe Truss design, while maintaining the original design esthetic that make it both a vital artery for local traffic and an attraction for covered bridge enthusiasts.

Before work on the bridge could begin, a parallel detour road and bridge had to be constructed. A tight in-water work window compelled Legacy Construction Inc. to use Lincoln County‘s existing 90-foot-long flatcar bridge. With the flatcar bridge in place, footings outside the ordinary high-water mark could be constructed.

Placement of the detour bridge was tricky. A large existing tree was not to be touched and a small shop at the foot of the bridge required a crane lifting the flat car roughly 30 feet over the landowner’s shop and 40 feet over the top of the existing bridge.�� To complicate matters, a flood event on December 19, 2014, made the detour bridge unusable. Legacy’s crews worked overtime to make the structure usable by Christmas Eve so that the homeowners on the other side would have access across the river.

Replacement of the bridge’s timbers also caused some problems, required Legacy to work with a Canadian firm to get old-growth, clear-grain cedar timber cut to specification, dried and prepared on schedule. Once dried, the wet season required the lumber, some of which was cut in lengths up to 26 feet, to be pre-painted in a warehouse rather than onsite. Hand-split cedar shakes topped the project and an existing guardrail system was replaced with a new steel-backed timber rail system.

The end result of the project was a full restoration with additional engineering reinforcement that will perform as both a dependable transit across the river and a little local charm for the community. With an eye toward adding to that charm, the exterior of the bridge was painted to match the original red�� of the structure and the sign above the bridge entrance, which lists the bridge name, its elevation and the distance to Portland and San Francisco – 139 ½ miles and 750 ½ miles, respectively – was restored.

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Project Team + Stats

Project location: Lincoln County, Oregon

Project cost: $1.22 million

Start date: July 2014

Completion date: January 2015

Owner/developer: Lincoln County

Engineer: OBEC Consulting Engineers

General contractor: Legacy Contracting Inc .

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