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A
sked what he’s going to do
when he retires, Kurt Wid-
mer, 63, co-founder of Port-
land’s world renowned
Widmer Brothers Brewing, says
with a satisfied smile, “Nothing.”
Then he tells how he’s just back
from a vacation in Belize, where he
and his wife, Ann, divided their time
between Mayan ruins and drinking
“a fair amount of” Belikin beer at
the beach. The Belize Brewing Com-
pany has 95 percent of the beer mar-
ket there.
“They have two tag lines: ‘The on-
ly beer worth drinking’ and ‘No
working during drinking hours.’”
His assessment? “It’s a pilsner-
type lager, a bit more flavorful than
the major domestics here in the
U.S.”
To hop-happy home brewers in
the United States, that would be
damning with faint praise, but he’s
being strategically non-judgmental.
Plus, it’s only beer. And he was on
vacation.
Then Widmer reels off all the
places he and his wife will be tour-
ing in 2016: Mexico in February, the
Azores in May, his nephew’s wed-
ding in Germany in August, a fall
driving tour of the American South-
west. Oh, and somewhere in there, a
trip to sub-Saharan Africa.
Who would begrudge him a little
rest and relaxation after a singular
career in which he and his brother
didn’t just work hard, but creatively
transformed the craft brewing in-
dustry in America?
So would he be going into the of-
fice after Dec. 31, 2015, when he
stopped being chairman of the Craft
Brew Alliance, the company which
Widmer Brothers Brewing has been
part of since 2008? “My goal is no,” is
the short answer.
But he has set up his home office
and intends to check his work email
and voice mail. “My goal is (to go in)
maybe once a week, on Saturday,
when no one else is around. To keep
up on current events,” he says.
He likes to walk around. “We have
$10 million of projects going on
around here,” he says. “That’s fun
for me to look at.”
Part of that $10 million is going in-
to new space and machinery at the
North Russell Street facility. In beer
terms, production volume will go
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HOP IT!BIG WIDMER BROTHER
KURT RETIRES
BY JOSEPH GALLIVAN
“History matters, the
Widmer Brothers were
really pioneers. The
things they had to do to
get Hefe all over
country...it’s not like
they could read it in a
book. And all the rest
just did what they did.”
Sam Holloway, Founder and
President, CraftingAStrategy.com
Kurt Widmer of
Widmer Brothers
Brewing — seen
here in “the
Cathedral,” or the
fermentation room
— is retiring from
the famous
microbrewery. He
reflected on
30-plus years
leading a craft
brewery from a
scrappy startup to
a regional
powerhouse.
TRIBUNE PHOTO:
JONATHAN HOUSE

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from 550,000 barrels to 750,000.
There’s been a new “innovation
brewery” where they pilot new
beers, just as they do now in the
Rose Quarter, and changes to the
brew house, to be finished in 2017.
Widmer perks up when describ-
ing a new head that’s being fitted
to the 66-head bottle filler. Previ-
ously, when the filler broke, it was
like Christmas lights. Someone had
to check every one to find the cul-
prit, causing lost production time.
“This device is not inexpensive,
but at the touch of a button it
shows which head is having an is-
sue,” he says, displaying signs of
the mix of chemist and engineer
that makes a master brewer.
Get the bugs out
“He embodies the spirit of Ore-
gon brewing, he pretty much in-
vented it,” says John Foyston, an
Oregon beer writer since 1993.
“Brian McMenamin (of McMe-
namins brewpub fame) once took a
sample to Kurt to ask him what
had gone wrong with a beer. This
was at Lovejoy and 14th, and Kurt
says ‘I want you to get that out of
my brewery and I’ll talk to you on
the sidewalk.’ Kurt didn’t want
those bugs in his brewery!”
Foyston says they were always
there to lend a hand to other brew-
ers.
“Kurt is responsible for Widmer
Brothers always being open to
home brewers, helping them out if
they ran out of yeast or hops.”
Widmer says he and his brother
were OK mechanical engineers
when they started out, but were
not good enough to automate the
brewing process. They wanted to
make enough beer (draft only) to
satisfy 10 accounts in Portland. Ten
barrels was a concept then, not a
brand.
“If anyone said the industry was
going to explode the way it has,
they’d be liars,” he says.
Part of the Widmer Brothers sto-
ry is how naive they were in 1984.
They were home brewers who
rented a building on the corner of
Northwest 14th Avenue and Love-
joy Street, which is now a Key
Bank in the booming Pearl, just a
block from the malty-smelling
Bridgeport Brewing.
“When we first did this, we did
everything: brewing, delivery,
sales, distribution,” he says. “We’d
come in after a day calling on these
places that had eight taps, saying
‘All we have to do is be as good as
the imports.’ But we got a succes-
sion of no, no, no.”
It was a classic startup case of, if
they had known what they were
doing, they would have given up.
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TRIBUNE PHOTO: JONATHAN HOUSE
The Widmer plant has expanded across North Russell Street over the years and will see $10 million in new additions through 2017.

But they didn’t. Their 1984 Altbier
was a flop, but their 1986 American
Hefeweizen, cloudy and cool like
the town it came from, was a hit.
Allies on the beer front
Forming the Craft Brew Alliance
meant selling 32 percent of the
company to Anheuser-Busch In-
Bev, which gave them the kind of
distribution that runs like clock-
work (or FeEdx) for a product that
must be kept fresh.
Many in the Brewers Association
voted them out of that body be-
cause the BA allows corporate
ownership only up to 25 percent,
showing that the beer industry can
be like the indie rock world when it
comes to tactical purism.
When Anheuser-Busch InBev
NV made a formal $107 billion offer
for SABMiller Plc last November,
the resulting potential “megabrew”
also raised (pierced) eyebrows
among beer watchers.
Kurt Widmer isn’t that interest-
ed.
“I don’t know what the implica-
tions are,” he says, dismissing it as
all about distribution rather than
monopolists meddling in the world
of beercraft. “The effect in the U.S.
will be minimal.”
Will you still need me,
when I’m 64?
Lean and tall, Kurt Widmer
looks good for a businessman of 63,
but he looks amazing for a brewer
of 63. He expects the company to
evolve. “My hope is the values that
are important to Rob and me are
upheld,” he says. “Things like ‘Nev-
er put out a beer you’re not proud
of.’ And I’ve no reason to think
they’ll alter that.”
He sees automation everywhere,
and great choice in the number (50
plus) of companies making tanks
and other equipment.
“But that’s not very romantic for
beer drinkers. They want their
brewers to have a beard down to
here,” he says, gesturing, “And a
belly out to here, and boots and
gloves all day long. They don’t
want to hear about a computer run-
ning the brewing sequence. But the
reality is, it’s consistent.”
He’s always believed that if peo-
ple are paying a premium for beer
which is flavorful and interesting,
the experience should be consis-
tent.
“If you fall in love with a beer
and it’s different every time you get
it, I think that’s very unfair.”
In that sense, he’s quite German.
Widmer Brothers have always
harked back to their German roots;
breweries there often are family-
owned and proud to have brewed
the same style for centuries. He
was surprised in 1994 to host a tour
of Germans. As he watched Ger-
man breweries decline from 2,000
to 1,200, and per capita beer con-
sumption slump, he noticed Euro-
peans borrowing from North
America.
“You couldn’t find much else
than pilsner, kolsch, doppelbock ...
younger people got bored with
that, and they’re now brewing por-
ters and stouts as well. The surviv-
ing brewers are the ones that are
innovating, like Lammsbrau, with
these long relationships with farm-
ers of organic barley and hops. It
takes years to get certified, but that
seems to play well.”
Breweries, like record labels,
have to pump out hit after hit.
Sometimes a mega-selling act like
Widmer Heifeweizen might sup-
port new experiments.
“We’re not afraid to kill a beer if
it doesn’t catch on,” he says.
Sometimes they get sentimental.
He was very sad, though, that
their initial Altbier failed on draft
and in bottle.
“We put it in bottles, in the hope
that the marketplace had got to the
level of sophistication that this
beer would be interesting for
them,” he says, “but it failed twice.
We’ll never kill that beer, we keep
it alive. It’s our first-born.”
1 a.m. calls
One thing the Widmer Brothers
tried to distinguish themselves by
in the early days was good custom-
er service for the pubs buying their
beer.
“We started with our dad’s 1977
pickup truck, which Rob still keeps
alive,” says Kurt Widmer. “Back in
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COURTESY: KURT WIDMER
Vintage photos from the 1990s, by photographers unknown: clockwise from top: Kurt (left) and Rob Widmer in their 20s; Kurt (left) and Rob loading kegs at the
original Widmer Brothers Brewing at Northwest 14th Avenue and Lovejoy Street; Rob (left), Kurt and their father Ray, whose pickup was the original delivery truck
and which Rob still keeps in working order today; Kurt in the office at the original brewery, when Portland was hip.
WIDMER BROTHERS
Craft Brew Alliance/Widmer
Brothers Brewing Co.
Full-time employees: 840
Address: 929 N Russell St.
Phone: 503 281-2437
Web: www.widmer.com
Widmer Brothers is part of the
Craft Brew Alliance, an indepen-
dent, publicly traded craft-brewing
company. Its portfolio includes
Redhook Ale Brewery, Kona
Brewery, the Square Mile Cider
Company and gluten-free brand
Omission Beer. There are now 840
employees, about half of which
work in the CBA’s five restaurants.

the 1980s, we had 800 accounts around the
tri-county area. Other wholesalers would say,
‘We deliver Tuesday, and if you run out on
Wednesday, that’s it. And no weekend deliv-
ery.’
“So we gave everyone our number and
said we’d respond within four hours, and
gave them our home numbers for the week-
ends. I remember once getting a call at 1 on
Saturday morning. From the East Avenue
Tavern. They’re like, ‘Hi, we’re out of beer.’ I
said, ‘OK see you in half an hour.’ I drove to
our warehouse and brought them two kegs.
They were like, ‘Oh, my God, we didn’t think
you’d actually show up!’”
He says now they use sophisticated mod-
eling for market research.
“When it was just Rob and I,” Kurt says,
“our modeling was just, ‘What do you
think?’”
He offers beer at 10 in the morning (we
stick to coffee) and he mentions their talent
for bad timing: “If you want to see the direc-
tion of beer, do the opposite of what the
Widmer Bothers are doing.” But he’s joking.
This is serious business. They have 20 ac-
countants. Kurt’s wife, Ann, is a professor in
the MBA program at Concordia University.
Banks wouldn’t look at the young men,
and there was no crowdfunding back then,
so they asked friends and family to invest.
“It was only sums like $1,000 of $1,500. It’s
not like great Aunt Jan was going to be
pushing a shopping cart in Old Town be-
cause we squandered her life savings,” he
says laughing. “We didn’t have that kind of
pressure.”
Those investors did get a return, though,
as the brothers funneled an Oregon tax
credit on capital equipment their way.
Cloudy with a chance of lemons
“Everyone asks, ‘How do you get that big
without losing your soul?’” says beer writer
Foyston. “They were the ﬁrst in an artisanal
industry: Stumptown Coffee, Kettle chips,
Dave’s Killer Bread all followed.”
Brett Joyce, President of Rogue Ales, says
“Every Portland craft brewer owes a debt to
Kurt and Rob as Oregon craft brew pio-
neers.”
Joyce admires the way Kurt and his
brother will always talk to beer fans who ap-
proach them.
“When they put their name on the brew-
ery, they made themselves a big part of the
brand,” Joyce says. “To be out there, work-
ing in the trade for 30 years, is really quite
remarkable.”
“Without the Widmer Brothers there
wouldn’t have been a craft beer revolution
in the U.S.,” says Sam Holloway, a beer in-
dustry expert and an Associate Professor of
Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the Uni-
versity of Portland. “Hefe taught people
beer what could taste like.”
He says going public rather than selling
shows they wanted “to stay in control, to
make beer the right way and treat the em-
ployees the right way.”
There have been a dozen big, global,
brewing transactions in the past 18 months.
Craft brewing is snowballing into a few big
brands, of which Widmer is one. The Craft
Brew Alliance is the ninth-biggest brewery
in the country. Of the 4,000 craft breweries
in the U.S., the top 125 own 70 percent of the
market.
The Widmers had an almost blind com-
mitment to quality ingredients. They inno-
vated in the supply chain to make sure their
beers reached the East Coast fresh. “They
shipped their Hefeweizen kegs upside down,
so the particles would be redistributed at
the other end and it could be drunk the way
it was intended,” Holloway says.
Holloway praises them for knowing their
limitations and hiring businessman Terry
Michaelson early on.
“That was crucial,” Holloway says, “to
their ability to do what they love.”
jgallivan@portlandtribune.com
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SOME WELL-KNOWN
WB BEERS
Widmer Hefeweizen
Drifter Pale Ale
Brrr
Alchemy Ale
Pitch Black IPA
Upheaval IPA
Barrel Aged Brrrbon (Brothers’ Reserve Series)
Nelson Imperial IPA
Omission Pale Ale (Gluten-Free)
Hopside Down India Style Pale Lager
Okto Festival Ale
Citra Blonde Summer Brew
Drop Top Amber
Raspberry Russian Imperial Stout
O’Ryely IPA
Omission Lager (Gluten-Free)
Falconer’s IPA
KGB Imperial Stout
W’12 Dark Saison
X-114 IPA
Spiced IPA (Rotator Series #4)
Deadlift Imperial IPA
Columbia Common
SXNW (Brothers’ Reserve Series)
Shaddock IPA
See all the Widmer beers
at Beer Advocate
http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/8/
Widmer Brothers is having a Hopside Down
IPL beer release event at the Widmer Brothers
Pub Thursday Jan. 14 from 6-8pm.
TRIBUNE PHOTO: JONATHAN HOUSE
Historic bottles of Widmer Beer from the 1980s.

NIKE SUES
SKECHERSIN TRADEMARK FIGHT
N
ike is suing Skechers USA
for trademark infringe-
ment involving designs of
the Burst, Flex Appeal and
Flex Advantage athletic shoes.
The Washington County company
filed its 14-page lawsuit Monday,
Jan. 4, in Oregon’s U.S. District
Court. Nike claims Skechers used
designs that were too similar to
Nike’s shoes for the Manhattan
Beach, Calif., company’s Burst,
Women’s Flex Appeal, Men’s Flex
Advantage, Girl’s Skech Appeal and
Boy’s Flex Advantage Shoes.
Nike claims the shoes infringed
on its Flyknit designs covered by
three patents. The company is ask-
ing the court to order Skechers to
stop making shoes with the infring-
ing designs, and award Nike an un-
specified amount of damages, which
could include profits from the sale
of Skechers’ shoes.
Skechers’ spokeswoman Jennifer
Gray said the company does not
comment on pending litigation. No
court date has been set for the case.
In the complaint, Nike attorneys
pointed to a November 2015 story on
Complex.com claiming that Skech-
ers’ Burst shoes “ripped off” Nike
designs. The article claims Skech-
ers even used phrases that sounded
very similar to marketing to sell ad-
idas’ Boost sneakers.
Converse legal fight
It’s the second time in more than
a year that a Nike company has
squared off legally against Skechers
for patent infringement. In October
2014, Nike-owned Converse sued 31
companies — including Skechers
and Walmart — in 22 federal law-
suits and before the International
Trade Commission, saying the shoe-
makers and retailers infringed on
the trademark Chuck Taylor style
by producing similar-looking sneak-
ers.
In November 2015, ITC Chief Ad-
ministrative Law Judge Charles
Bullock ruled that some of the
shoes made by Skechers and others
did not infringe on Converse’s
trademark. The judge ruled, howev-
er, that Converse’s trademarks were
valid and enforceable and blocked
any future infringement of those
rights.
A statement by Nike said Bull-
ock’s ruling “validated Converse’s
intellectual property rights in the
iconic Chuck Taylor All Star and
supported our right to enforce-
ment.”
Nike also said that the company
remained “confident in the merits
of our case and that the respondent
companies will be held accountable
for the knockoffs they produce.”
Publicly traded Skechers told
shareholders that the company
had set aside about $5.9 million
to fight the Converse trade-
mark lawsuit.
Skechers USA is a $2 bil-
lion company that makes
and markets more than
3,000 styles for men, women
and children. Skechers’
shoes are sold through
more than 1,200 company-
owned stores and other re-
tailers in the United States
and in 120 countries.
— Pamplin Media Group
Attorneys for
Nike Inc. say
Skechers’ Burst
shoes infringe on
the patents used
for Nike’s Flyknit
shoes and other
designs. The
Washington
County company
sued Skechers
Monday, Jan. 4,
in federal court.
COURTESY PHOTO

S
ometimes you just
need real food.
Not Portland’s over
the top foodie cuisine.
Certainly not something from
a fast food or corporate chain
— but simple, genuine and fill-
ing food. Fortunately, Portland
has quite a few great places to
fulfill your cravings, at a rea-
sonable cost, in welcoming en-
vironments.
For folks in the Pearl, it’s
Fuller’s Coffee Shop. If you’re
in Multnomah, there’s the leg-
endary Fat City Café and on
SE Powell, it’s the Original
Hotcake House.
In the up-and-coming Divi-
sion Street neighborhood,
you’ll find Tom’s Restaurant.
Tom’s just celebrated its 40th
anniversary of serving cus-
tomers in its original 39th
(now Cesar Chavez Boulevard)
and Division location. There
you can get a hearty breakfast
from its opening at seven in
the morning to its close at 9:30
p.m., and you can get it for as
little as $4.85.
“This is a comfortable place
here,” says Taki Papailiou,
“We know a lot of customers
by their first name.” Many of
the customers come every day,
and some even twice a day.
Younger folks from the neigh-
borhood have discovered the
restaurant for its service and
value. Taki and Antoinette Pa-
pailiou operate the restaurant
opened by Antoinette’s par-
ents Tom and Georgia Belesiu
in 1975.
Portland’s Division Street
was named one of the top-10
Up and Coming neighbor-
hoods in the nation by USA
Today in 2014, largely stem-
ming from its burgeoning food
culture. The district has been
called the epicenter of Port-
land’s dining experience, with
national magazines touting its
virtues.
In many such places, a diner
and bar like Tom’s would be
pushed aside by the new de-
velopment, as landlords would
sell the property or find high-
er-paying tenants. However,
the family still owns the build-
ing and the large adjacent
parking lot, reducing the need
for the restaurant to chase
neighborhood trends.
John
Vincent
HERITAGE
MATTERS
Tom’s
Restaurant was
opened by
Georgia and Tom
Belesiu (center)
in 1975. It’s now
operated by
daughter
Antoinette
(right) and son-
in-law Taki
Papailiou (left).
TRIBUNE PHOTOS:
JOHN M. VINCENT
When you have
that craving for
simple, real,
filling food …
Tom’s
Restaurant on
Southeast
Division just
celebrated its
40th
anniversary of
serving its
neighborhood
hungers.
TOM’S RESTAURANTWATCHES NEIGHBORHOOD EVOLVE

“This was a good spot when we
opened it, and now it’s an up and
coming neighborhood,” says An-
toinette Papailiou, “There’s room
for everyone on Division - there’s a
lot happening here.”
“I don’t know if we fit in,” she
says, “but we were here at the be-
ginning, and they had to fit in with
us.” Division Street’s diversity is a
stew where each distinct ingredi-
ent complements the others.
The Richmond neighborhood
has seen its ups and downs
through the years, but is currently
on a trajectory it’s never seen be-
fore. Apartments and condomini-
ums are sprouting up along Divi-
sion Street from near the TriMet
MAX Orange Line on its west end
to east past Tom’s. Many of those
developments bring along new
restaurants and retail spaces,
with most of the new businesses
small and locally owned.
The family credits its success
on its homemade, made from
scratch offerings that in-
clude breakfasts served
from opening to close
each day. “We make
chicken soup that’s
better than your
mom’s,” boasts
Taki Papailiou.
Just sampling the
scratch-made
hash browns takes
you back to the days
before the potatoes
became the processed
and pre-packaged lumps
that they are in most chain res-
taurants.
Menu choices haven’t changed
much through the years, because
they simply haven’t needed to.
Many of the dishes were created
from Georgia’s recipes.
Employee turnover is common
in the restaurant industry, but
Tom’s keeps theirs for years and
years. The cooks have been there
for more than 15, and waitresses
have worked for more than 30
years. “We treat them like a fami-
ly, we trust them like family,” says
founder Tom Belesiu.
Belesiu is a refugee success sto-
ry. Fleeing Europe after World
War II, Tom Belesiu’s immigration
was sponsored by an uncle in
Pendleton. He worked for Union
Pacific Railroad before the draft
took him into the U.S. Army. After
leaving the military, he worked on
a watermelon farm in Hermiston
before moving to Portland to start
a restaurant.
Tom’s wasn’t his first endeavor.
First was the Mediterranean, a
white-tablecloth restaurant at
82nd and Burnside. He and Geor-
gia opened Tom’s in 1975, in a
space that started as an ice cream
shop, and was a
bakery when they
converted to the full-
service restaurant.
Opening restaurants was
something that the extended
Greek family did. His cousins and
brother had restaurants, and
Georgia’s sister still runs John’s
Café at NW Broadway and Ever-
ett.
When Tom’s first threw the
doors open on December 18,
1975, one of their employees was
their 14-year old daughter Antoi-
nette. Not only did she work
there, but she brought another
six friends from school to work
weekends.
Tom’s started out as just a cor-
ner restaurant, but though the
years added a large bar to the
north end of the space. Tom’s
Bar is one of few places outside
of a carnival where you’ll find
old school Skee Ball machines
alongside the pool and foosball
tables.
Even Hollywood has discovered
the authenticity that the restau-
rant embraces. In 2010, actor Nan-
cy Travis came to the restaurant
to film scenes for the movie “A
walk in my shoes.”
Now Antoinette and her hus-
band Taki handle the restaurant’s
operations, though her 83-year old
father and mother continue to
make almost daily appearances at
the restaurant. “My father still
comes by and fixes things,” she
says, “the first thing he’ll come in
and he’ll ask me: is anything bro-
ken, can I fix it.”
In many ways, Tom’s is like
Portland’s own Cheers bar. Taki
walks from table to table, greeting
customers by name and stepping
in to help the 16 employees when-
ever something needs to be done.
He points out one customer who
has been coming in for more than
25 years, and chats up another
who first came to the restaurant
when it was an ice cream parlor.
What’s in store for the next 40
years? While there’s certain to be
pressure from the neighborhood
to change, the family indicates the
strongest of desires to stay on
their successful course. Naturally,
part of that depends on having a
new generation of family members
to take the helm — and that’s nev-
er a guarantee. But we can always
hope, because everyone needs an
omelet and hash browns at 3
o’clock in the afternoon once and
a while.
John M. Vincent is a third-generation
Oregon journalist. Reach him at JMVin-
cent2848@gmail.com or @OregonsCar-
Guy on Twitter. He welcomes your sug-
gestions for this column.
INSET: Nearly everything at Tom’s Restaurant is made from scratch, including the epic hash browns you can get from open to closing each
day. Many of the recipes come from founder Georgia Belesiu. ABOVE: Dramatic growth continues to put pressure on SE Division Street, but
Tom’s Restaurant comes from an era when every restaurant had ample parking, and Tom’s still does. The restaurant has been expanded
through the years, and now includes a large bar space.
LEFT: Tom’s Restaurant expanded in the 1980s to include Tom’s Bar that features vintage Skee Ball machines alongside the pool and
foosball tables. RIGHT: Longtime customers leave messages for the family that started and still operates the Southeast Division
Street restaurant and bar when it celebrated its 40th anniversary in December. Many of the customers visit the restaurant daily.
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Generations: 2
Locations: 3871 Southeast
Division Street
Employees: 16
Homemade soups and
breakfasts from scratch for
40 years

S
peaking of a product he
helped develop that has gar-
nered attention from out-
doors enthusiasts and teach-
ers alike, Doug Porter identifies a
particular moment during a hunt-
ing trip as inspiration.
“We spotted this massive bull
moose, and he was up above us on a
mountain, on the edge of a cliff,”
Porter says. “It was probably blow-
ing 40 mph —
very, very
cold. We were
trying to get a
photograph,
through the
spotting scope, of the bull moose.”
Needless to say, the photograph
didn’t turn out well. Porter kept at
the problem, however: “I said, ‘Be-
tween this hunting season and the
next hunting season, let’s see what
we can do.’”
Porter took the problem to his
Wilsonville-based engineering firm
DesignPort as a novel challenge.
The most practical solution proved
to be an adapter which would have
allowed Porter to mount his iPhone
onto the scope.
But the firm’s engineers did more
than that, designing an adapter that
allows anyone to mount any cell
phone to countless optical devices,
whether a spotting scope, a micro-
scope, a radar detector or anything
else with an eyepiece.
That achievement has opened
new avenues for educational, recre-
ational and military applications,
Porter says.
“We’re the first ones to make a
truly universal adapter. This is new
to the world,” Porter says.
Porter had been attempting
something called “digiscoping”
when he took a photograph through
his spotting scope. “Digiscoping,”
Porter says, “is the art of using op-
tics of opportunity to create a mag-
nified camera. And that camera can
be in your phone, it can be a DSLR
(digital single-lens reflex camera),
it can be a conventional point-and-
shoot or even a tablet.”
Although the practice of shooting
photos through some sort of scope
has been around for decades, it was
with the advent of digital photogra-
phy that the practice became wide-
spread. That fact was mainly a
function of cost: aligning a camera
with an eyepiece was a fickle busi-
ness, a problem compounded by the
bulk of the camera and difficulty of
correctly exposing a photo through
a scope, leading easily to a pretty
penny spent on wasted film.
As point-and-shoot digital camer-
as became widespread around the
turn of the century, digiscoping
took off. Those cameras made mis-
takes inexpensive, and their ability
to carry out all the calculations that
would be necessary to correctly
shoot a photo through a scope
made them far easier to use.
At the outset, digiscoping re-
quired hand-holding a camera to a
scope’s eyepiece. Around 10 years
ago, hobbyists began to experiment
with methods of fixing their camer-
as to the eyepiece, which would
make filming video through a scope
possible as well.
“Virtually everybody tackled it
from a single-problem stance: I
would have this spotting scope, and
I would have this camera, or this
particular iPhone and this pair of
binoculars. And I would make a
very specific adapter for that,” Por-
ter says.
People don’t need to use a spot-
ting scope to identify the problem
with that approach, however: “If I
have an iPhone 4, and I have this
pair of binoculars, I have something
that works. But if I change the bin-
oculars, I need to have a new prod-
uct,” says Porter.
Regardless, the high start-up cost
of designing and building dozens of
adapters to suit every possible per-
mutation of eyepiece and camera
meant that no companies emerged
to produce those sorts of adapters.
The digiscoping world continued to
suffer a shortage of adapters as a
result.
The universal adapter developed
at DesignPort works by allowing
users to use different collets — es-
sentially plastic rings of different
sizes, chosen depending on the di-
ameter of a scope’s eyepiece — that
can be placed inside a housing and
cinched down around an eyepiece.
That allows the phone’s lens to be
perfectly aligned with the eyepiece
and held steady for photography
and video.
Although Novagrade — the com-
pany founded by DesignPort to pro-
duce, market and sell the digiscope
adapter — offers DSLR adapters as
well, Porter says that a universal
adapter for cell phones cameras af-
fords unique applications because
“everybody has one.”
“In the world of cameras and
photography, there’s an old adage:
‘What’s the best camera for the sit-
uation?’ ‘The one you have with
you,’” he says.
Porter adds that digiscoping isn’t
intended to compete with a 1200mm
Canon super telephoto lenses, for
example — which are sold by B&H
Photo and Video, used, for $180,000.
Rather, digiscoping is to create the
“poor man’s telephoto lens.” Pricing
of the product was determined in
proportion to the cost of much larg-
er DSLR lenses, Porter notes.
“People ask me what (the adapt-
er) costs. And I say, ‘It costs exactly
what it costs to rent a 400-600mm
lens for one day, without insur-
ance,’” Porter says. That comes out
to around $150.
The product sold by Novagrade in-
creasingly aims to capitalize on the
education market, where the adapter
is being used to make microscopes
easier and more fun to use. The com-
pany has already conducted a num-
ber of in-classroom tests at Lakeridge
High School in Lake Oswego, Porter
says.
“These kids just get it,” Porter
says, noting that the prospect of us-
ing a smartphone during science
class does a lot to get students’ atten-
tion. “I talked to the teachers, and
they said, ‘For us to be able to bring
in any tool to get that level of engage-
ment, we can teach so much more.
The kids absorb so much more.’”
Other applications include using
the device on police radar guns as a
portable way to take photos of
speeders’ license plates, as well as
on military spotting scopes used in
reconnaissance and for utility
workers to assess power lines from
the ground. In most cases, attach-
ing a smartphone is nowadays far
simpler and more cost-efficient
than the alternative — hence the
appeal of Novagrade’s adapter, Por-
ter says.
“Just a few years ago, everyone
was oohing and awing over the mil-
lions of dollars that we spent on a
4-megapixel camera that we put on
the Hubble,” he says. “Well, I have
an 8-megapixel camera in my
iPhone. And so that’s really what’s
giving the opportunity to do this.”
jbartman@pamplinmedia.com
Wilsonville company
develops adapter
with educational,
military uses
DIGISCOPING DEVICE OPENS NEW DOORS
Novagrade’s universal
adapter was originally
designed as a tool for
digiscoping — a hobby
in which a spotting
scope or other device
is used with a digital
camera to take a
picture of a far-away
object.
SUBMITTED PHOTO
BY JAKE
BARTMAN

By PARIS ACHEN
Capital Bureau
About 325 employees who built a
dining hall and residence halls at
Southern Oregon University in Ash-
land will receive $2.5 million in a set-
tlement with the Bureau of Labor
and Industries.
The sum is the largest prevailing
wage settlement in the 112-year history
of the agency, according to BOLI
spokesman Charlie Burr.
“This settlement is a result of an ex-
tensive, multi-year effort by our Pre-
vailing Wage Rate Unit to ensure that
these workers receive every dollar
they’ve earned,” said Labor Commis-
sioner Brad Avakian in a prepared
statement.
The university already has directed
$1.5 million to the Bureau of Labor and
Industries. The agency mailed pay-
ments from that amount to 179 workers
Tuesday. BOLI will contact the remain-
ing 146 workers to secure individual re-
leases of claims and collect and distrib-
ute the outstanding payments by May.
BOLI’s Wage and Hour Division initi-
ated about 80 prevailing wage audits,
starting in 2013, because of information
found during a separate investigation
at a Southern Oregon University proj-
ect. The inquiry determined that 44
contractors and subcontractors on the
project owed $2.6 million to workers.
Prior to the $2.5 million settlement, the
agency secured about $52,000 in wage
payments for the workers. The employ-
ees built a dining hall and two student
residences in 2012 and 2013 at the Ash-
land campus.
The agreement releases the universi-
ty and its contractors and subcontrac-
tors from future wage claims stemming
from the project while admitting no
wrongdoing or liability on the disputed
wages.
Ryan Brown, a Southern Oregon Uni-
versity spokesman, was not immediate-
ly available to comment Wednesday.
Southern Oregon
University workers
get $2.5 million in
wage settlement
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business@portlandtribune.com
Couch 9 is a go
Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, L.P. has ar-
ranged a $41.6 million construction loan for
the development of Couch 9, a 136-unit, Class
A multi-housing project with 5,258 square
feet of ground floor retail in Portland, Ore-
gon’s Pearl District.
HFF worked on behalf of the borrower, Ur-
ban Asset Advisors, to secure the construc-
tion loan through a non-local debt fund.
Due for completion in 2017, Couch 9 will
feature studio through three-bedroom units
averaging 737 square feet each. Units will of-
fer stainless steel appliances, quartz counter-
tops, in-unit washer and dryers, fireplaces,
10’ ceilings and balconies in select units.
Residents will enjoy access to an exercise
room, club room, rooftop deck, bike storage
and wine storage room. The property will al-
so feature a two-level subterranean parking
garage with 69 stalls. Couch 9’s location at
the corner of NW 9th Avenue and Couch,
places the asset within walking distance of
the historic Alphabet Block District and the
West End neighborhoods as well as proximi-
ty to two Portland streetcar lines.
“Couch 9 has a desirable in-fill location in
one of Portland’s most acclaimed neighbor-
hoods, ‘The Pearl’, an amenity rich area
known for its high-rise condominiums, up-
scale boutiques, and beautiful modern
parks,” said Davidson.
PCC’s medical assisting leader wins
national educator of the year
The American Association of Medical As-
sistants awards instructor Virginia Cham-
bers with its top educator
distinction, the Golden Ap-
ple. Chambers, a full-time
instructor and program
chair for Portland Commu-
nity College’s Medical As-
sisting Program, was pre-
sented with the award in
front of 700 medical assist-
ing colleagues from across
the nation last month.
“It was unexpected because it’s a national
award,” said the Southeast Portland resident,
who also won the Oregon Society of Medical
Assistants 2015 educator of the year award
last spring. “It was shocking. You spend so
much time doing your job, doing what you
can; you just don’t expect to be honored like
this. It was tear-jerking for me because of the
support I’ve received.”
The AAMA recognized Chambers for her
efforts in cultivating excellence among part-
ners and students as well as her involvement
with the AAMA on the local, state, and na-
tional levels. She serves on the National
Board for Continuing Education, which coor-
dinates educational programs for medical as-
sistants, updating their skills and knowledge
base.
Chambers has worked at the college for six
years, starting as a full-time faculty member
and now as program chair for the Medical
Assisting Program. She recently created an
educator’s forum where all of the local pro-
prietary schools that teach medical assisting
in the area, like OHSU, Kaiser, Legacy, Provi-
dence, The Oregon Clinic and Multnomah
County, come together and meet regularly to
share resources and develop training.
PeaceHealth, Providence sign
strategic alliance agreement
By signing a strategic alliance agreement
Dec. 17, PeaceHealth and Providence Health
& Services have moved a step closer to joint-
ly developing innovative ways to provide
health and wellness services in communities
they serve.
On Oct. 27, the two Catholic health systems
- each with a long history of committed ser-
vice to the Pacific Northwest - announced a
letter of intent to collaborate on new projects.
The first of multiple initiatives in develop-
ment is a health and wellness center on Pad-
den Parkway in Vancouver, featuring rehab,
fitness, primary care and other services. The
center will increase local access to primary
and specialty pediatric medical care, and will
offer a unique set of complementary services
designed to improve well-being and restore
patients to wholeness.
“This is the next step in our work to create
healthier communities, together,” said Provi-
dence Oregon Chief Executive Dave Underri-
ner. “Our ongoing discussions have generat-
ed even more excitement about our work go-
ing forward.”
The Padden Parkway wellness center will
to open in about two years.
Urban Renaissance Group nets Langley
Investment Properties portfolio
Urban Renaissance Group has acquired
the operating portfolio of Portland-based real
estate company Langley Investment Proper-
ties (LIP)
URG’s total operating platform is now
more than 10 million sq. ft. in Portland, Seat-
tle and Denver. LIP will refocus its efforts on
new investment and development opportuni-
ties as well as related portfolio asset manage-
ment.
URG’s Portland-based portfolio has more
than doubled to two million sq. ft. with four
additional major Class-A high-rise office tow-
er assets now under URG management.
These assets include: Pacwest Center, Moda
Tower, Liberty Centre and One Pacific
Square.
President and CEO Scott Langley will con-
tinue to lead LIP and will refocus the firm’s
efforts on private investment and develop-
ment opportunities, including opportunities
with URG. He will also join the URG Board of
Directors.
New comic book on Seattle
Seahawks’ Russell Wilson
The Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell
Wilson is the focus of STORM Comics’ comic
book treatment. “Fame: Russell Wilson” is
released this
week. Written
by Michael Fri-
zell with art by
Angelito Amaro
Bernuy and
Chris Canibano,
“Fame: Russell
Wilson” will be
available in
print and on
various digital
platforms.
Wilson’s me-
teoric career
from college
sensation at the
University of Wis-
consin to star
quarterback for
the Seattle Se-
ahawks, is both
inspirational and engaging. Named rookie of
the year in 2012, Wilson led the Seahawks to
their first Super Bowl Victory, forever ce-
menting his reputation as an exemplary ath-
lete well-worth his four-year, $87.6 million
contract.
“Fame: Russell Wilson” explores his life -
his ups and downs, triumphs and tragedies -
as he rose to fame.
STORM is a multifaceted multimedia pro-
duction company with the mission of deliver-
ing dynamic storytelling in a variety of forms
by developing graphic and literary fiction
and nonfiction, audio, film, and more.
Publisher Darren G. Davis, known for in-
novative biographical comics and the creator
of the fictional “The 10th Muse” and “Insane
Jane” comic books, strives to produce graph-
ic fiction that appeals to all readers. “Once, I
was a reluctant reader, but my attraction to
the form was undeniable,” said Davis. “I hope
that other reluctant readers find the joy I do
in reading comic books and graphic novels.”
“I’m not a football fan, I’ll admit it,” Frizell
continued. “Prior to researching Russell Wil-
son, the only football biography I ever read
was on Joe Namath, but there was something
that grabbed me about Wilson’s story.”
Construction claim
may be BOLI’s largest
prevailing wage case
CHAMBERS
COURTESY PHOTO
How the new project Couch 9 is expected to look
in the Pearl District.
COURTESY PHOTO
Russell Wilson gets the
comic book treatment from
Storm.

OR 211: Bornstedt Rd - US 26
Sidewalk & Bike Lanes (Sandy)
OR 211 is a district-level state high-
way, with an intended function of provid-
ing a link between small urban areas
and serving local traffic. Existing condi-
tions consist of narrow travel lanes with
non-recoverable slopes in some areas
and a lack of shoulders. In addition,
some sections have a drop-off from the
pavement edge. ODOT performed a
Road Safety Audit (RSA) in October
2011 to further study safety issues at
the OR 211/Dubarko Rd intersection.
During the RSA, pedestrians and bicy-
clists were observed crossing OR 211 at
Dubarko Rd and also walking along OR
211 in the ditch adjacent to the road-
way. Crest and sag vertical curves and
lack of illumination limit sight distance
and conceal pedestrians and cyclists
using the narrow or non-existent shoul-
ders. Interviews with pedestrians indicat-
ed that alternate routes, while equipped
with sidewalks, were out of direction and
too steep.A May 2011 pedestrian/vehi-
cle accident demonstrated that pedestri-
ans are using OR 211 despite the lack
of amenities.
There are more than 450 single and
multi-family dwellings located south of
the project area in the Cascadia Village/
Bornstedt Village neighborhood and in
unincorporated Clackamas County that
would use OR 211 for bicycle and
pedestrian access to downtown Sandy if
sidewalks and wider shoulders were
available. Services available in down-
town Sandy include government, grocery,
retail, restaurant, transit and financial, in
addition to elementary, middle and high
schools. Currently, residents in the
Cascadia Village and Bornstedt neigh-
borhoods must either walk out of direc-
tion or drive to access these services.
Reducing VMT is a goal of the City’s
Transportation System Plan, and would
be accomplished with this project.
This proposed project will construct
a 6 foot wide sidewalk on the east
side of OR 211 from Bornstedt Rd
north to US 26 and bike lanes on both
sides of the road. The total length of
the project will be approximately
4,000 feet. The project includes pave-
ment widening as necessary, a planter
strip/swale for stormwater quality
treatment, street lighting, 6 foot wide
bike lanes on both sides of the road,
and a 6 foot wide sidewalk on the
east side of OR 211, with street trees
behind the sidewalk. Retaining walls
for both cut and fill slopes will be nec-
essary. The OR 211 sidewalk project
will tie in with the improvements pro-
posed in the OR 211: Eagle Creek-
Sandy Hwy @Dubarko Road safety
project, enhancing and expanding
upon this safety project.
To minimize impacts to Tickle Creek,
No-Name Creek, and adjacent wet-
lands, as well as minimize costs associ-
ated with constructing walls, sidewalks
are only proposed on the east side of
OR 211, although bike lanes are pro-
posed on both sides of the highway. An
Environmental Assessment will be
required due to proposed impacts to
Tickle Creek, and culvert extensions for
both No-Name Creek and Tickle Creek
will be required. The current Tickle Creek
culvert under 362nd Ave is a known
barrier to fish passage.
As most existing residential develop-
ment is located on the east side of OR
211, this will adequately serve the cur-
rent population, providing safe pedestri-
an and bicycle access to downtown
Sandy.
Estimated Total Cost: $14,250,000
Anticipated Bid let Date: 2016
Anticipated Project Completion
Date: 2018
Contact: Liz Storn, Engineering
Technician, City of Sandy, 39250
Pioneer Blvd, Sandy, OR 97055. Phone:
503-489-2161. Email: LStorn@ci.sandy.
or.us
OR217: Allen-Denney Southbound
Split Diamond
The proposed request will fund proj-
ect planning, design/engineering and
construction of the OR 217 Allen-
Denney southbound split diamond inter-
change (although funding of planning
and design/engineering only is accept-
able), removing the extremely short
weaving section on southbound OR 217
between the Allen Boulevard and
Denney Road interchanges.The pro-
posed project would eliminate this
weaving section and replace the south-
bound on-ramp from Allen Boulevard
and the southbound off-ramp to Denney
Road with a single-lane collector-distrib-
utor road connecting the Allen Boulevard
and Denney Road southbound ramp
terminals.Traffic that currently exits the
freeway at Denney Road would be
required to exit at Allen Boulevard, then
cross Allen Boulevard and use the col-
lector-distributor road to reach Denney
Road.Also traffic that currently enters
the freeway from Allen Boulevard would
be required to use the collector-distribu-
tor road and cross Denney Road to use
the Denney Road on-ramp.
Consolidation of these interchanges into
a single split diamond interchange con-
figuration is consistent with previous
corridor plan recommendations.
It has been determined that the short
spacing between interchange ramps on
OR 217 is one of the primary causes of
recurring congestion and crashes.
Through comparison of federal research
and historic performance on a similar
segment of I-205, it was estimated that
improving interchange spacing on OR
217 could potentially reduce the rate of
crashes by 25 to 30 percent, and
improve vehicle throughput by 10 to 15
percent.The goal is to provide immedi-
ate relief from current conditions
through affordable solutions that help
advance the long-range plan.
This project presents an unique
opportunity to apply Practical Design.
This project meets the overarching goals
of Practical Design as follows:
Goal 1 — Direct available dollars
toward activities and projects that opti-
mize the highway system as a whole.
The proposed project is derived from a
“big picture” look at the system through
previous long and short-range studies
such as Metro’s 2005 Highway 217
Corridor Study and ODOT’s 2009 and
2011 OR 217 Interchange Management
Study documents, which all point to this
project in the recommended solution
set.
Goal 2 — Develop solutions to
address the purpose and need identi-
fied for each project.Within the context
of previous and current STIP programs,
this project builds on that work by
addressing a clearly documented need
with a targeted solution that addresses
the most problematic segment of the
highway.
Goal 3 — Design projects that make
the system better, address changing
needs, and/or maintain current func-
tionality by meeting, but not necessarily
exceeding , the defined project purpose
and need and project goals.As evi-
denced by the challenge of meeting
Highway Design Manual ramp v/c stan-
dards, this project may not be able to
accomplish this without a design excep-
tion. However, it is recognized here that
complying with mobility standards and
providing for a 20-year design life are
not objectives of this project, whereas
maintaining current functionality within
the defined purpose of reducing weave-
merge conflicts is within the defined
project purpose and goals.
In terms of addressing more specific
SCOPE values, this project will meet the
Safety criterion of improving or main-
taining safety. The Corridor Context
approach is adhered to in seeking to
minimize impacts on the local system
and environment. Optimizing the
System is achieved on OR 217 through
the combination of an active traffic
management approach, and where that
is not effective, the use of a more tradi-
tional Modernization solutions. Public
Support for improving OR 217 has
existed for many years as detailed by
various public opinion surveys, stake-
holder interviews and the ongoing inter-
est of jurisdictions along OR 217.
Efficient Cost is reflected in the relative-
ly low $5 million estimated cost for this
interchange improvement.
Estimated Total Cost: $5,000,000
Anticipated Bid Let Date: June
2017
Anticipated Construction
Completion Date: September 2018
Contact: Clark Berry, Senior Planner,
Washington County, 155 N First Avenue,
Suite 305-14, Hillsboro, OR 97124.
Phone: 503-846-3876. Email: clark_
berry@co.washington.or.us
FUTUREPROJECTS
Future Projects consists of public
projects that may or may not have
funding at the time of publication.

USCG STATION CAPE DISAPPOINTMENT -
MAJOR EXTERIOR MAINTENANCE AND
REPAIR PSN 6838687, #HSCG88-16-R-
PQQ040
Bid Date: Feb 5 - 3 pm
Estimated Cost: $500 -$1,000,000
Completion: 140 Calendar Days
CONSTRUCTION SUMMARY:
Provide all labor, materials and equipment
necessary to provide Major Exterior
Maintenance and Repairs at USCG Station
Cape Disappointment. The work includes,
but is not limited to, the following: replace
soffit and built-in gutters at Training Building,
rehab Generator Building and replace
emergency generator, replace windows at
Administration and UPH Buildings, replace
exterior doors at Admin. and UPH Buildings,
replace fire exit stairs (2) at Admin. Building.
Work includes design of stair assemblies.
Trades Needed include: material testing,
selective demolition, hazardous material
testing, asbestos abatement, concrete
restoration, CIP concrete, masonry, metal
fabrications (stairs), rough carpentry, traffic
coatings, roofing, exterior insulation and
finish system (EIFS repairs), metal soffit
panels, flashing and sheet metal, joint
sealants, HM doors and frames, aluminum
windows, painting, window blinds, facility
fuel systems, HVAC, electrical, engine
generators, earthwork.
ODOT OR58, SALT CREEK TUNNEL - MP 70
Bid Date: Jan 14 - 9 am
Address: Willamette Highway, Lane &
Klamath Co., OR
Estimated Cost: $500,000 - $1,000,000
Completion: September 30, 2016
Req. approx. 265 ft2 temp. signs, 330 hr.
flaggers, construction survey work, 712.5 ft
guard rail, 20 ea. guard rail terminal, 1,120
ea. metal beam rls., 1,193 ea. gd. rl. blocks,
3,300 RPMs, 279,530 ft thermo., striping,
93 ft2 signs.
WSDOT ROCKFALL PROJECTS FOR 2015
Estimated Cost: $250,000 - $300,000
Completion: 30 Working Days
Requires: Slope sealing and traffic control
and other work. Involves 15 items. 180
CRHR rock slope sealing, 1,200 c.y. rock
slope sealing debris removal incl haul,
1,000 l.f. temp conc. barrier, 400 l.f. rockfall
containment fence. Lump Sum Bids for:
temp traffic control, SPCC plan. Work to be
performed in Skamania County and Klickitat
County Washington areas.
FBO MINTO FISH FACILITY FOLLOW-ON
CONTRACT #W9127N-16-B-0003
Bid Date: Jan 25 - 2 pm
Estimated Cost: $100,000 - $250,000
Prebid Meeting: Jan 7 - 1:30 pm
Minto Fish Collection Facility, N Santiam
Hwy, 2 Mile E of Gates, OR (RSVP Your
Planned Attendance)
Completion: June 1, 2016
The Minto Fish Collection Facility requires
upgrade of three site features: The effort
includes three different features of work to
include the installation of secondary
containment of the fuel lines from the
storage tank to the generator building and
relocation of the kidney loop water
separator, installation of a 25KV outdoor
disconnect switch so the transformer can be
de-energized for maintenance, and a
custom flap gate valve over the 16 inch
diameter piping that distributes water into
the pre-soft pool, and incidental related
work.
PALATINE HILL RESERVOIR SEISMIC
UPGRADE PROJECT #94-0304.213
Address: Lake Oswego, OR
Prebid Meeting: Mandatory Dec 30 - 10 am
SW Palatine Hill Road (Approx. 100 Feet W
of Intersection with SW South Campus
Drive)
Completion: Substantial 130 Days
The work contemplated consists of all labor,
materials and equipment necessary for
structural and seismic upgrades to a 0.5
million gallon elevated steel water storage
reservoir. The work includes removing and
replacing the existing steel structural bracing
system, installing a coating system on the
new structural steel fabrications, complete
coating repairs to existing steel surfaces
damaged during the work, and complete
reservoir exterior maintenance painting.
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR OF RECORD
BID #156118
Address: Salem, OR
Completion: 1 Year Annual Contract with
Option
The SHA is requesting bids for the services
of licensed and bonded electrical
contractors for the purpose of performing
routine and emergency electrical
maintenance, repairs and installation at
various SHA locations. The successful
bidder(s) will provide all the materials and
labor necessary to perform this work. This
may include, but not limited to: residential
and/or commercial electrical and limited
electrical repair, maintenance remodels and
new installations. The Housing Authority may
select a primary and an alternate electrical
contractor. This is an annual requirement
contract and projects will be assigned on an
as needed basis.
GOLDENDALE OBSERVATORY EXHIBIT
PLANNING, DESIGN, FABRICATION AND
INSTALLATION #2015GOLDENDALE
Estimated Cost: $500,000
Completion: June 30, 2017
The purpose of this RFQ is to provide the
Washington State Parks and Recreation
Commission with expertise in professional
interior and exterior exhibit planning,
development, fabrication and installation at
the Goldendale Observatory State Park
Heritage Site. Release of this RFQ does not
obligate the State of Washington or the
Commission to take any further actions.
Project Purpose: The purpose of this
interpretive exhibit project is to plan, design
and create memorable experiences for
audiences of all ages. Thematic Interpretive
opportunities will provoke interest in
amateur astronomy and related topics by
engaging multiple learning styles. Utilizing
effective media delivery systems and
sustainable media technologies, the
designed experience will inspire visitors to
make their own "backyard" discoveries, such
as viewing planets, stars and galaxies, and
the movement of the earth and moon on
their own (via telescope, binocular or
unaided eye).
LANDSCAPE REJUVENATION 2016
PROJECT #16-01 (SMALL WORKS
PROJECT)
Estimated Cost: $60,000
Prebid Meeting: Jan 5 - 2 pm
3103 NW Lower River Road
Completion: 45 Working Days
Mobilization, existing plant bed, existing
plant area in lawn seed area, existing plant
area in native seed area, existing trees,
existing gravel area, new plant bed in lawn
seed area, new rock area, new gravel area,
fence line, 1,545 square yards, seeded lawn
installation, and irrigation system.
LIGHTING BID 2015-607
Bid Date: Jan 29 - 2:30 pm
Address: Salem, OR
Lighting bid to include the following items:
lamp sealed beams, reflectors, 2" marker
lamp round, lamp clearance/reflectors, 4" S,
T, T sealed lamp, rectangle S, T, T, lamp
courtesy, lamp swivel mount, headlamp
halogen, lens clearance, lens oval 2 bulb, 4"
lens, lens square 2 bulb, grommet oval PVC,
fog lamp halogen, bulb LED, mini clearance,
4" thin line clearance, 4" rectangular
clearance, 7" lamps, LED lamp and bracket
kit.
MULTNOMAH COUNTY INVERNESS JAIL
RTU AND CHILLER REPLACEMENT
PROJECT #CP10.15.13, BID
#4000004390
Address: 11540 NE Inverness Avenue,
Portland, OR
Prebid Meeting: Mandatory Jan 5 - 1 pm
11540 NE Inverness Avenue
Completion: Substantial 60 Days
This project involves the removal of (2)
existing TRU's and (1) Chiller. (2) new RTU's
and (1) new Chiller will be installed in the
same locations as the removed equipment.
PETROLEUM AND AIR EQUIPMENT
MAINTENANCE SERVICES RFP #2015-22
Completion: 3 Year Contract with Options
The successful contractor will be required to
perform maintenance and repair on
petroleum equipment and air equipment
during the term of this Contract. The list
below, though not all-inclusive, specifies the
various types of LTD equipment to be
included: Mart washers, Landa steam
cleaners, Landa parts washers, In-ground
hoists, portable hoists, air compressors, air
dryers, hose reels, fuel dispensers, product
pumps (ATF, engine oil, engine coolant, urea,
etc.), diesel and/or gasoline pumps.
RESIDENTIAL BACKFLOW TESTING
Completion: 1 Year Contract with Option
The City of Central Point has adopted a
program whereby the City of Central Point
will contract with licensed, qualified
backflow testers for the purpose of
conducting annual testing, reporting,
maintenance, and any necessary re-testing
of residential backflow devices. Contractor
will coordinate scheduling and program
implementation with the City. Contractor
shall supply all labor, transportation,
equipment, materials and tools necessary to
complete the scope of service included in
this Request for Proposal (RFP). Contractor
must secure and maintain all certification,
licenses, and insurance as required by the
contract.
FEATURED PROJECT
OF THE WEEK
FBO COUGAR OIL SPILL PREVENTION SYSTEM
#W9127N-16-R-0010
Forest Service Road #19-410, Cougar Dam/Blue River, OR
Bids Due: January 26, 2016 @ 2:00 pm
The U.S.Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Portland District, seeks
a contractor to perform the installation of the Cougar Oil Spill
Prevention System, and incidental related work. The project
consists of installing structural, mechanical, electrical, and minor
subsurface drainage systems and components. Specific project
features include: Installation of powerhouse sump dividing wall,
installation of powerhouse sump pumps, piping, controls, and
ancillary equipment, installation of external turbine bearing
coolers and ancillary equipment, installation of directional main
unit step up transformer pressure relief valve, installation of oil
containment curbs and ancillary equipment in the intake tower
and powerhouse, modification of existing drainage pipe systems
in the intake the tower and powerhouse, installation of trench
drain and discharge piping at the containment building.
For Bid Opportunities on this project and others, contact Scott
Ringsage at Contractor Plan Center 503-650-0148
Project information featured on this page was provided by
Contractor Plan Center, a locally-owned physical & online plan center.
For more information, please contact Scott Ringsage at 503-650-0148 or
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BUILDINGS
ROADS
UTILITIES
VARIOUS

INVITATION TO BID: CASCADE
NEIGHBORHOOD PARK IMPROVEMENTS
CITY OF VANCOUVER,WASHINGTON
Questions and Requests due:
January 15, 2016 @ 4:00 pm
Addendum issued no later than:
January 20, 2016
Bids due: January 26, 2016 @ 11:00 am
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of
Vancouver, Washington, will receive sealed
bids up to the hour of 11:00 a.m., Pacific
Local Time, January 26, 2016 and will pub-
licly open and read aloud at that time on
the same day in the Vancouver City Hall,
415 W 6th St, Vancouver, Washington, for
the following:
Work involved in this project includes
the following improvements to the existing
3 acre Cascade neighborhood park: Re-
moval of 2 existing play structures, picnic
tables, concrete and asphalt surfaces;
Remove trees and salvage logs to be in-
corporated into the new playground; Ex-
cavation and grading; Installation of new
asphalt and concrete surfaces, concrete
curbs, play equipment, benches, picnic
tables, trash receptacles, bike racks,
wood fiber safety surfacing and fencing;
Installation of new trees, shrubs, and
seeded lawns complete with irrigation per
these Plans, Specifications, Special Pro-
visions and Contract.
The following products will be furnished
by the city of Vancouver for the contrac-
tor to install: Game Time Play Equipment
and Sign Graphic Panel.
All work under the contract shall be
physically complete on or before June 10,
2016.
Bidding documents may be examined in
Owner’s office, Vancouver City Hall, 415 W
6th St, Vancouver Washington. Bidding
documents may be obtained from the
Builder’s Exchange of Washington website,
http://bxwa.com. Click on Posted Projects,
FIRST TIME PUBLISHED
Public Works, City of Vancouver and Proj-
ects Bidding links. These are available for
viewing, downloading and printing on your
own equipment, free of charge. You may
also link to the Builder’s Exchange website
through the City of Vancouver’s “Projects
Currently out for Solicitation” page.
Questions and requests for clarification
must be submitted in writing, via email or
fax, by 4:00 p.m. January 15, 2016 to
Mike Wolfson, Procurement Specialist at
(360) 487-8428, FAX (360) 487-8433 or
Mike.Wolfson@cityofvancouver.us. Incom-
plete submissions or submissions received
after the deadline will not be considered. If
required, an addendum addressing ques-
tions and requests for clarification will be
issued no later than January 20, 2016.
It is the sole responsibility of the Bidder to
learn of and obtain any and all issued Ad-
denda. Addenda may be obtained from the
Builder’s Exchange of Washington (BXW A)
web site, http://bxwa.com. Click on Posted
Projects, Public Works, City of Vancouver
and Projects Bidding links. The City of Van-
couver accepts no responsibility or liability
and will provide no accommodation to Bid-
ders who fail to check for addenda and as
a result, submit a nonresponsive Bid sub-
mittal.
Bids shall be in accordance with the
Plans, Specifications, General Conditions,
Special Provisions and all other contract
documents prepared for the above
referenced project, on file in the office of
Procurement Services, phone (360)
487-8430. Bid results may be obtained
within 24 hours after the Public Bid Opening
by accessing The City of Vancouver website
at http://www.cityofvancouver.us. Bids are
to be submitted to Procurement Services on
the proposal forms provided for this pur-
pose, in a sealed container. The outside of
envelope(s) or package(s) must clearly
state the project name, Bid number,
Bidder’s name and return address, and
the date and time of the Bid opening.
Please select one of the following options
for deli very of the Bid proposal:
For hand delivery or delivery via a courier
service, please use the following physical
address: Vancouver City Hall - Customer
Service, Attn: Procurement Services, 415 W
6th St,Vancouver WA 98660.
For delivery by the US Postal Service,
please use the following mailing address:
City of Vancouver, Attn: Procurement Ser-
vices, PO Box 1995,Vancouver WA 98668.
It is the Bidder’s responsibility to allow
enough time for delivery to occur before the
designated Bid due date and time. Please
be advised that Bid deliveries requiring sig-
nature may not be delivered to Procurement
Services in a timely manner as our receiving
point is not staffed at all times and there
may be no one available to sign at the time
of delivery. Bids delivered to locations other
than as indicated above or received after
the designated time will not be accepted.
Bids submitted via FAX or email will not
be accepted.
All Bid proposals must be accompanied
by a bid proposal deposit in cashier’s check,
or surety bond in an amount equal to five
percent (5%) of the amount of such bid
proposal. Should the successful bidder fail
to enter into such contract and furnish sat-
isfactory performance bond within the time
stated in the specifications, the bid pro-
posal deposit shall be forfeited to the City
of Vancouver.
The City of Vancouver is committed to pro-
viding equal opportunities to State of Wash-
ington certified Minority, Disadvantaged and
Women’s Business Enterprises in contract-
ing activities. (Section 4 of Chapter 56,
Laws of 1975, 1st Ex. Sess., State of Wash-
ington).
Bidders may not alter their bid prices after
the hour set for the public Bid Opening, un-
less the award of contract is delayed for
more than forty-five (45) days. The City re-
serves the right to request an extension of
time for firm bid prices during any such de-
lay to allow for the review process.
The City of Vancouver, at its sole
discretion, reserves the right to cancel this
invitation, reject any or all bids submitted,
and to waive any minor formalities if deemed
to be in the best interest of the City.
Kevin Yin
Procurement Services Manager
Published Jan. 12, 2016.
BT15819469
INVITATION TO BID: BID #16-2: K & L
STREET WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT
CITY OF VANCOUVER,WA
Bids due: January 26, 2016 @ 11:00 am
The Contractor shall furnish and install
1,540 linear feet of 8-inch ductile iron
water main to replace existing leak prone
water mains. Work includes abandoning
existing water mains, reconnecting existing
services and side branches, furnishing and
installing fire hydrant assemblies,
fittings,valves, all water main appurte-
nances, and trench and pavement restora-
tion as shown in the plans and specified
herein.
Direct questions to: Mike Wolfson, Procure-
ment Specialist at (360) 487-8428, FAX
(360) 487-8433 or Mike.Wolfson@
cityofvancouver.us.
Project documents may be viewed at Van-
couver City Hall, Customer Service Desk,
1st floor lobby, 415 W. 6th Street, Vancou-
ver, Washington, or viewed and
downloaded at http://bxwa.com/(click on
Posted Projects, Goods and Services, City
of Vancouver and Projects Bidding links).
Due date for proposals: 11:00 A.M., JANU-
ARY 26, 2016.
Kevin Yin
Procurement Services Manager
BT15819563
INVITATION TO BID: CONSTRUCTION OF
THE POWELL BUTTE HIGHWAY
ROUNDABOUT
DESCHUTES COUNTY, OR
Bids due: January 19, 2016 @ 4:00 pm
Sealed bids will be received at the Des-
chutes County Road Department, 61150
SE 27th Street, Bend, Oregon 97702, un-
til but not after, 2:00 p.m. on January 19,
2016 at which time and place all bids for
the above-entitled public works project
will be publicly opened and read aloud.
Bidders must submit a Subcontractor Dis-
closure Statement. The subcontractor
disclosure statement may be submitted
in the sealed bid prior to 2:00 p.m. on
January 19, 2016 or in a separate sealed
envelope marked “SUBCONTRACTOR DIS-
CLOSURE STATEMENT” “CONSTRUCTION
OF THE POWELL BUTTE HIGHWAY ROUND-
ABOUT” prior to 4:00 p.m. on January 19,
2016 at the above location.
The proposed work consists of the follow-
ing:
1) Construction of a roundabout at the in-
tersection of Powell Butte Highway and Neff
Rd./Alfalfa Market Rd. including modifica-
tions to all the approach legs
2) Construction and removal of a
temporary detour road
3) Landscape improvements and restora-
tion
4) Driveway connections as noted on the
plans
5) Performance of such additional and
incidental work as specified in the plans and
specifications.
Specifications and other bid documents
may be inspected and obtained at the Des-
chutes County Road Department, 61150
S.E. 27th Street, Bend, Oregon 97702 or
the Deschutes County website,
www.deschutes.org. Inquiries pertaining to
these specifications shall be directed to
Barry Johnson, Parametrix, Inc, telephone
(541) 508-7819.
Bids shall be made on the forms furnished
by the County, incorporating all contract
documents, including a Bid Bond or Cash-
iers Check for the minimum amount of 10%
of the Bid Price, addressed and mailed or
delivered to Chris Doty, Department Direc-
tor, 61150 SE 27th Street, Bend, Oregon
97702 in a sealed envelope plainly marked
“BID FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE
POWELL BUTTE HIGHWAY ROUNDABOUT”
and the name and address of the bidder.
Because the work called for under this
contract is for a public works project subject
to state prevailing rates of wage under ORS
279C.800 to 279C.870, the County will not
receive or consider a bid unless the bid
contains a statement by the bidder* that
the bidder will comply with ORS 279C. Each
bid must contain a statement as to whether
the bidder is a resident bidder, as defined
in ORS 279A.120. Vendors shall use recy-
clable products to the maximum extent eco-
nomically feasible in the performance of the
contract work set forth in this document.
Bidders shall be prequalified with the
State of Oregon in accordance with ORS
279C.430 - 279C.450 and Deschutes
County Code 12.52.020. The prequalifica-
tion classifications required for this project
are “(ACP) Asphalt Concrete Paving and Oil-
ing”, “(EART) Earthwork and Drainage” and
“(AB) Aggregate Bases”. The successful bid-
ders and subcontractors providing labor
shall maintain a qualified drug testing pro-
gram for the duration of the contract. Bid-
ders shall be licensed with the Construction
Contractor’s Board. Contractors and sub-
contractors need not be licensed under
ORS 468A.720.
Deschutes County may reject any bid not
in compliance with all prescribed bidding
procedures and requirements, and may
reject for good cause any or all bids upon a
finding of Deschutes County it is in the
public interest to do so. The protest period
for this procurement is seven (7) calendar
days.
CHRIS DOTY
Department Director
BT15819431
INVITATION TO BID: SALEM HOUSING
AUTHORITY SOUTHVIEW TERRACE
APARTMENTS RE-ROOF
CITY OF SALEM, OREGON
Bids due: February 9, 2016 @ 2:30pm
The Purchasing Administrator of the City of
Salem “City” acting on behalf of the Salem
Housing Authority “SHA” will receive sealed
bids at the Contracts & Procurement Divi-
sion, 555 Liberty Street SE, Room 330, City
Hall, Salem, Oregon 97301, between the
hours of 8 a.m.- 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. - 5
p.m., but not after 2:30 p.m., (Local
Time) Tuesday, February 9, 2016, at which
time said bids will be publicly opened and
read in the Public Works Conference Room
325, City Hall, for the project specified
herein.
WORK DESCRIPTION: The Work includes,
but may not be limited to, the following: Re-
moval and replacement of existing roof with
new roof, felt, gutters and downspouts
PROCUREMENT DOCUMENTS: General
Contractors interested in bidding on this
project may receive one copy of the specifi-
cations and other bid documents at the of-
fice of the Contracts & Procurement Divi-
sion, 555 Liberty Street SE, Room 330, Sa-
lem, Oregon 97301 (503-588-6136). Con-
tract terms, conditions, and specifications
for this project may be reviewed at this of-
fice. If you’d like a bid packet mailed to
you, visit www.cityofsalem.net/bidrequest
to submit your request online.
PRE-BID CONFERENCE: A Voluntary
Pre-Bid Conference will be held on January
13, 2016 at 2:00 PM, that will last approxi-
mately one (1) hour and will be held at
Southview Terrace Apartments, 375 Fair-
view Ave. SE, Salem, Oregon.
BID SUBMITTAL: Bids must be submitted
on the bid forms furnished to the bidders.
Bids shall be submitted in a sealed enve-
lope plainly markded “Bid on Southview
Terrace Apartments Re-Roof-Bid No.
156121”, and show the name and busi-
ness address of the bidder.
BID SECURITY: Bid security in the amount
of 10 percent of the bid must accompany
each bid in accordance with the Instruction
to Bidders.
AWARD: The City of Salem reserves the
right to reject any or all bids, to waive infor-
malities, and to postpone the award of the
contract for 30 days.
HUMAN RIGHTS: It is the express policy
of the City of Salem that no person shall be
excluded from participation in, be denied
the benefits of, or be otherwise subjected to
discrimination under any program or activity
on the grounds of race, religion, color, na-
tional origin, sex, marital status, marital sta-
tus, familial status or domestic partnership,
age, mental or physical disability, sexual
orientation, gender identity, or source of in-
come as provided by Salem Revised Code
Chapter 97, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of
1964 and other federal nondiscrimination
laws. The City’s complete Title VI Plan may
be viewed at (http://www.cityofsalem.net).
Contracts for work under this bid will obli-
gate the Contractor to comply with all appli-
cable requirements of federal, state, and lo-
cal civil rights and rehabilitation statutes,
rules and regulation.
SOLICITATION FOR SUBCONTRACTS, IN-
CLUDING PROCUREMENTS OF MATERIALS
AND EQUIPMENT: In all solicitations either
by competitive bidding or negotiation made
by the contractor for work to be performed
under a subcontract, including procure-
ments of materials or leases of equipment,
each potential subcontractor or supplier
shall be notified by the contractor of the
contractors obligations under a contract
awarded pursuant to this bid, Salem Re-
vised Code Chapter 97, Title VI of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964, and other federal non-
discrimation laws.
The City will provide ADA accommodations
upon reasonable request to the Purchasing
Administrator.
The City of Salem is an Equal Employment
Opportunity Employer.
CONTRACTOR DISCLOSURE: Prior to
award, Contractor will be required to pro-
vide answers to the five questions stipu-
lated in Salem Revised Code (SRC)
2.380(b).
PREVAILING WAGE RATES: Bids
exceeding $50,000 are subject to ORS
279C.800 through 279C.870. Prevailing
Wage Rates and necessary forms are
available at http://www.boli.state.or.us/.
TECHNICAL QUESTIONS: Inquiries
concerning the contents of the bid
specifications should be directed to Lyle
Durbin, at 503-932-2395.The City of Salem
Buyer for this project is Lindsey Bergerson at
503-588-6093 or email at
libergerson@cityofsalem.net.
Shawna Self, CPPB
Interim Purchasing Administrator
BID/CONTRACT NUMBER: 156121
BID CLOSING/OPENING: Tuesday,
February 9, 2016
Published Jan. 12, 2016
BT15819572

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS: CARTY ROAD
RECONSTRUCTION, CRP NO. 322112
CLARK COUNTY,WA
Bids due: February 2, 2016 @ 1:50 pm
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids
will be received until 1:50 P.M. on Tues-
day, February 2, 2016, by the Clark County
Board of County Councilors through the
General Services Purchasing Department,
1300 Franklin Street, Suite 650, Vancou-
ver, Washington 98660, for the Carty Road
Reconstruction, CRP No. 322112; and
other work; then publicly opened and read
aloud at the Commissioners’ Hearing Room,
6th Floor of the Public Service Center, 1300
Franklin Street, Vancouver, Washington
98660, at 2:00 P.M. on Tuesday, February
2, 2016, or as soon thereafter as the mat-
ter may be heard.
Description of work: The Carty Road
Reconstruction project entails replacing an
existing, undersized, failing culvert, with a
new culvert structure spanning Gee Creek in
northwest Clark County near the City of
Ridgefield. The new structure will allow
aquatic life and fluvial debris to pass, and
accommodate 100 year flood flows. Con-
struction will also include clearing trees,
placing riprap, grade control structures in
the channel, and localized road widening.
Pavement in the project area will be fully
reconstructed due to the need to construct
an open trench to remove the existing culvert
and install a new CMP. A structural overlay
will be constructed throughout the project
limits to tie back into existing asphalt. New
guardrail will be installed and existing
guardrail upgraded to shield motorist from
hazards located along the side of the road-
way. Bar; Storm Sewer Pipe; Conc. Traffic
Curb And Gutter; Culvert; Guardrail; Traffic
Control; Block Retaining Wall; Temporary
Stream Diversion; Dewatering; Riprap;
Seeding & Mulching; Streambed Sediment
& Cobbles; Signage & Striping.
AND OTHER RELATED
WORK/CONTRACT ITEMS
Plans, specifications, addenda, bid docu-
ments, bidders list and plan holder list for
this project are available online for inspec-
tion during the bidding period through the
Builders Exchange of Washington (BXWA)
website www.bxwa.com (Posted Projects,
Public Works, Clark County and Projects
Bidding). These are available for viewing,
downloading and printing on your own
equipment free of charge. This service is
provided free of charge to Prime Bidders,
Subcontractors, and Vendors bidding on
this project. Bidders are encouraged to
“Register as a Bidder” in order to receive
automatic email notification of future ad-
denda and to be placed on the Bidders
List.
It is the sole responsibility of the Bidder to
obtain Addenda, if any. Such information
may be obtained from the Builders Ex-
change of Washington (BXWA) web site,
www.bxwa.com (Posted Projects, Public
Works, Clark County and Projects Bidding).
Clark County accepts no responsibility or li-
ability and will provide no accommodation
to bidders who fail to check for addenda
and submit inadequate or incomplete re-
sponses.
Paper copies of plans, specifications, ad-
denda, bid documents, bidders list and
plan holder list for this project are not avail-
able.
All questions regarding this project must
be submitted on the electronic “CRP Inquiry
Submittal Form” located on the County’s In-
ternet Page (http://www.clark.wa.gov/
general-services/purchasing/crp.html). In
the event a bidder cannot access the
County’s Website, a FAX copy of the form
can be obtained from and returned to the
County’s Construction Management Office
(FAX 360-397-6087).
Answers to bid questions will be posted on
the project’s “Bid Inquiry Log”, also lo-
cated on the County’s Internet page, which
will be updated twice daily, at noon and
6:00 PM. The questions and answers
posted on the Bid Inquiry Log will not iden-
tify who asked the question, nor will that in-
formation be provided otherwise. It is con-
sidered exempt from Freedom of Informa-
tion requirements. The last Bid Inquiry log
update prior to bid opening will be 6:00 PM
the day before the bid opening, and will
display all questions and answers to the
questions that have accumulated by the
posting time. Questions asked after this
time will not be addressed. Questions too
late to be answered as of that posting will
remain unanswered and will not be in-
cluded in the log.
The Clark County Department of Public
Works, in accordance with Title VI of the
Civil Rights Act 1964, 78 Stat. 252, 42
U.S.C. 2000d to 2000d-4 and Title 49,
Code of Federal Regulations, Department of
Transportation, subtitle A, Office of the Sec-
retary, Part 21, non-discrimination in feder-
ally assisted programs of the Department of
Transportation issued pursuant to such Act,
hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirm-
atively ensure that in any contract entered
into pursuant to this advertisement, disad-
vantaged business enterprises as defined at
49 CFR Part 26 will be afforded full oppor-
tunity to submit bids in response to this in-
vitation and will not be discriminated
against on the grounds of race, color, na-
tional origin, or sex in consideration for an
award.
All bids shall be delivered to the attention
of the Clark County Purchasing, P.O. Box
5000, Vancouver, Washington
98666-5000 or 1300 Franklin Street, Suite
650. Bids shall be placed in a sealed enve-
lope, marked “Sealed Bid”, which clearly
states the name of the bidder, the project
number, the project title, the date of the bid
opening, and appropriate wording to indi-
cate definitely the nature of the contents.
Do not send bids by FAX or email. Bids
submitted by FAX or email will not be ac-
cepted.
A bid proposal deposit, made in the form
of a certified check, cashier’s check, or
surety bond in an amount equal to five
percent (5%) of the amount of the bid
proposal, shall accompany all bid proposals.
Should the successful bidder fail to enter
into such contract and furnish satisfactory
performance bond within the time stated in
the specifications, the bid proposal deposit
shall be forfeited to the Clark County Road
Fund.
The right is reserved by the Clark County
Board of County Councilors to waive infor-
malities in the bidding, accept a proposal
of the lowest responsible bidder, reject any
or all bids, republish the call for bids, revise
or cancel the work, or require the work to
be done in another way if the best interest
of the Contracting Agency is served.
This Notice to Contractors was signed by
Mike Westerman, Purchasing Manager, on
December 3, 2015.
Published Jan 12, 2016.
BT15819979
INVITATION TO BID: SCHMEER PUMP
STATION UPGRADE
PORTLAND, OR
Bids due: February 4, 2016 @ 2:00 pm
Sealed bids will be received at Procurement
Services, Room 750, Portland Building,
1120 SW Fifth Ave., Portland, OR 97204
for the Construction projects detailed below
until the time and dates indicated. All bids
are due by 2:00 PM. Late bids will not be
accepted.
Plans and specifications may be obtained
at the above address or online at
http://procure.portlandoregon.gov/. For ad-
ditional information, telephone the buyer at
the number listed.
The City encourages bidding by M/W/ESB’s
and will assist such firms to understand
and participate in the formal bidding proc-
esses.
NON-DISCRIMINATION: Bidder must be cer-
tified as an EEO Affirmative Action Employer
as prescribed by Chapter 3.100 of the
Code of the City of Portland. On all con-
struction projects the successful bidder shall
be required to certify that he/she is in
compliance with ORS 279C.800 to
279C.870 or the Davis Bacon Act, 40 USC §
3141 to 3148 relative to prevailing wage
rates.
On projects where bidders are required to
be prequalified, the bidder must be pre-
qualified by Procurement Services in the
stated category for an amount equal to the
amount shown in the project description in
this advertisement. Additional prequalifica-
tion requirements may be described in the
project specifications. A prequalification ap-
plication must be filed with Procurement
Services at least ten (10) calendar days
prior to the last day for receipt of bids, un-
less stated otherwise in the bid documents.
All construction bids are due by 2:00 PM
on the dates listed. Additional forms dis-
closing first tier subcontractors are due by
4:00 PM. Bids will be received and opened
publicly at 2:00 PM on the closing date and
at the location listed.
BID NO. DESCRIPTION
00000196 Schmeer Pump Station Up-
grade: For plans and specifications order
on-line at site http://procure.portland
oregon.gov/ or call (503) 823-6855. For
bidding information call Kelly Davis-
McKernan, at (503) 823-7574 or email to
kelly.davis-mckernan@portlandoregon.gov.
MANDATORY PREBID MEETING: January
20, 2016 at 10:00 a.m., 1421 N Schmeer
Road, Portland, OR. PREQUALIFICATION
REQUIRED IN CLASS 10 - Sewage Pump-
ing Station FOR $2,000,000. Prequalifica-
tion applications due at least ten (10) days
prior to the bids due date.
BIDS DUE: February 4, 2016 BY 2:00
P.M. in Procurement Services.
BT15819554
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS: LINCOLN
COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT
CONSTRUCTION MANAGER/GENERAL
CONTRACTOR (CM/GC) SERVICES
LINCOLN COUNTY, OR
Proposals due: January 19, 2016
@ 2:00pm
Lincoln County School District is requesting
proposals for Construction Manager / Gen-
eral Contractor (CM/GC) Services for Toledo
7-12 School Seismic Rehabilitation Grant
Project. The complete RFP is available for
public review at the Lincoln County School
District Facilities & Maintenance Depart-
ment at 295 NE Burgess Road, Toledo, Ore-
gon. Electronic copies may be requested by
email to sarah.hibbs@lincoln.k12.or.us or
by calling 541-336-2058. Proposals must
be delivered to 295 NE Burgess Road, To-
ledo, Oregon no later than 2:00pm on Jan-
uary 19, 2016.
BT15819568
REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ):
ENGINEERING SERVICES
CITY OF NORTH BONNEVILLE,WA
Qualifications due: January 22, 2016
@ 4:00 pm
The City of North Bonneville is requesting in-
terested parties submit a “statement of
qualification” to provide for City transporta-
tion related engineering services. Specifica-
lly, the City is soliciting consulting firms with
expertise in civil engineering design and
construction to oversee the restoration/ re-
habilitation of a City arterial known as Ever-
green Drive for an approximate 12 month
period.
The consultant providing for this transporta-
tion improvement shall have the capacity
and expertise to perform engineering ser-
vices, manage and oversee construction
contracts, prepare engineering and project
estimates, prepare documents necessary
and proper in connection with this project.
Interested individuals or firms must com-
plete a statement of qualifications package
that is available from the City upon request.
The City will evaluate prospective consult-
ants on the basis of key personnel, relevant
experience, and previous performance on
similar projects.
The City of North Bonneville is an equal op-
portunity and affirmative action employer.
Minority, women and veteran-owned firms
are encouraged to submit proposals.
Please submit four [4] copies of your state
ment of qualifications to: City of North
Bonneville 214 CBD P.O. Box 7 North
Bonneville, Washington 98639, Attention:
City Administrator, no later than 4:00 PM
on Friday, January 22nd 2016. Any ques-
tions regarding the project should be di-
rected to Steven Hasson, AICP
steve@northbonneville.net and/or
509-427-8182.
BT15819441
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS: WATER
TREATMENT PLANT PRELIMINARY
DESIGN (RFP No. 060-2015)
CITY OF EUGENE, OR
Proposals due January 28, 2016
@ 2:00 pm
The Eugene Water & Electric Board (EWEB)
requests proposals from engineering con-
sultants interested in providing engineering
services for the preliminary design of a new
water treatment plant.
Proposals shall be submitted to Sandra
Hahn, Purchasing Analyst, Purchasing Of-
fice, Roosevelt Operations Center, 4200
Roosevelt Blvd, PO Box 10148, Eugene, OR
97402, before, 2:00 PM PT, January 28,
2015. Proposals will not be accepted after
this hour and date.
RFP documents may be downloaded from
the EWEB Purchasing website:
www.eweb.org/bids, or may be obtained
from the Purchasing Department at the ad-
dress above by calling (541) 685-7500.
All proposals shall be submitted as set forth
in Section 1 - Instructions to Proposers.
EWEB is not responsible for proposals sub-
mitted in any manner, format or to any de-
livery point other than as required by the
Solicitation Document.
No proposal may be withdrawn after the
hour set for the opening thereof until the
elapse of thirty (30) days from the date and
time set for opening.
EWEB reserves the right to waive any or all
informalities and irregularities; may cancel
the Request for Proposals; and may reject
any or all proposals pursuant to EWEB Rule
4-0220(4) (H).
Sandra Hahn Purchasing Analyst
BT15819879
REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS:
COMPUTERIZED MAINTENANCE
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (CMMS)
RFP No. 16-22
CITY OF GRESHAM, OR
Qualifications due: January 20, 2016
@ 11:00 am
The City of Gresham invites firms or individ-
uals interested in providing and implement-
ing a computerized maintenance manage-
ment system (CMMS) to support the City’s
asset management strategy to submit their
qualifications for doing this work. Response
to this request for qualifications (RFQ) is a
mandatory pre-requisite to submitting a re-
sponse to the forthcoming request for pro-
posals (RFP).
Sealed responses, in writing, will be re-
ceived by Scott Jury, CPPB, Purchasing
Agent, City of Gresham, 1333 NW Eastman
Parkway, Gresham, OR 97030, until Janu-
ary 20, 2016 at 11:00 A.M. local time.
Facsimile or electronically transmitted pro-
posals will not be accepted. Late proposals
will be retained but not evaluated.
The complete Request for Qualifications is
on file with and may be obtained from Scott
Jury, CPPB, Purchasing Office, 1333 NW
Eastman Parkway, Gresham, Oregon
97030, 503-618-2376,
Scott.Jury@GreshamOregon.gov. Informa-
tion about the Request for Qualifications
can also be found at the City’s website
http://www.greshamoregon.gov by search-
ing for purchasing and at the State of
Oregon’s website: ORPIN.
BT15819558
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