The Bandon School District is working on a series of seismic retrofits to its facilities, and has issued a for the seismic retrofit of Bandon High School‘s gymnasium and cafeteria. The construction manager-general contractor method will be used for the $1.125 million project.

A pre-proposal meeting for the project has been scheduled for Sept. 24 at the high school, at 550 Ninth St. S.W., in Bandon. All interested contractors are advised to attend in order to familiarize themselves with job site conditions.

Bid proposals will be due by Oct. 8.

The full RFP documentation may be picked up in person on Sept. 18 at ZCS Engineering offices, at 524 Main St., Suite 2, in Oregon City.

The high school was built in 1975. in a sizable earthquake is greater than 10 percent, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries.

Portions of the school other than the gym and cafeteria were retrofitted in 2016, according to the Coos Bay World, and the district’s Ocean Crest Elementary School last year.

Currently, another retrofit is under way at Harbor Lights Middle School in Bandon. Deficiencies in the gymnasium, fifth-grade classrooms, sixth-grade classrooms, choir room, art room and band room all are being addressed. Rafters are being shored, new double-pane windows are being installed and other work is being performed.

All of the prior seismic retrofit projects were built by Scott Partney Construction of North Bend.

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