Invitations For Bids For The Week Of August 15-19, 2016 fyi: City of Austin Bid Notices Are Posted On The City of Austin Purchasing Office

~ Website: http://www.austintexas.gov/department/purchasing ~

Every Week Construction Contractors, Subcontractors & Suppliers Will Receive — Notices About City Construction Projects — News About Other Upcoming Projects & Events — Information About Bid Results & Awards (when available) — Plus Free Use Of The Plans & Computer Center

CITY OF AUSTIN BIDDING ON CITY OF AUSTIN SOLICITATIONS? BIDDERS MUST ATTEND MANDATORY PRE-BID CONFERENCES AND ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND ANY NON-MANDATORY PRE-BID CONFERENCES TO ENSUSRE THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF OWNER’S BIDDING AND CONTRACTING REQUIREMENTS, PARTICULARY MBE/WBE PROCUREMENT PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS. IF THE PRE-BID CONFERENCE IS MANADATORY THE BIDDER MUST ARRIVE AND SIGN-IN WITHIN FIFTEEN 15) MINUTES OF THE SCHEDULED START TIME OF THE MEETING. OTHERWISE THE BIDDER WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO SUBMIT A BID FOR THE PROJECT. The City of Austin Online Vendor Registration and Solicitation Advertising website has changed. On October 1, 2011, the City installed the Vendor Connection, a replacement for the existing registration and solicitation advertising websites. This new site may be accessed at http://www.austintexas.gov/financeonline/finance/index.cfm and select Vendor Connection. Solicitation details and document packages are available at this website. Bidders / Proposers are required to document efforts to solicit MBE/WBE or DBEs in the Compliance Plan. The Goals for each project and the instructions and forms for the Compliance Plan are included in the MBE/WBE or DBE Program Packet included in the solicitation. For construction contracts, the MBE/WBE or DBE Program Packet is a separately bound volume of the Project Manual.

… a publication for the City of Austin Small & Minority Business Resources Department

Project Name: MONTOPOLIS RECLAIMED WATER RESERVOIR AND PUMP STATION Solicitation No.: IFB 6100 CLMC601 Estimated Value: $10,400,000.00 MANDATORY Vendor Conf.: July 28, 2016 at 9:00 am, Waller Creek Ctr, 625 E 10th St., Ste 104, Austin, TX. Site Visit after the Mandatory Vendor Conference Offers Due: September 1, 2016 prior to 9:30 am For info: John Wepryk, 512-974-7010 MBE/WBE GOALS: African American 3.21% Hispanic 2.75% Native/Asian American 0.39 WBE 1.21%

PROJECT TRADE SUMMARY: Doors, Frames, and Jambs, Steel Handrails, All Types Overhead Doors: Garage, Etc. (See Class 450 For Ha Conduit, PVC, Schedule 80 Lighting Fixtures, Indoor: All Kinds ,Parts (In Masonry Lighting Fixtures, Outdoor: Floodlights, Spotlight Transformer Parts And Accessories Fencing, Temporary (For Construction And Other Ind Metal Work Hydrants, Fire (Including Accessories And Parts) Painting Barricades, Traffic, Portable Decking, Steel Steel, Fabricated: Beams, Gabions, Gratings, Walkw Gratings, Walkway, Fabricated Steel Pipe, Ductile Iron, Centrifugally Cast, Mech. Join Pipe, Pvc (Polyvinyl Chloride) Valves, Brass And Copper Valves Iron Body: Angle/Check/Gate/ . Signs, Construction Project ID Signs Conveying Systems: Elevators, Lifts, Etc. Shoring and Reinforcement Services Site Work Construction, Irrigation System Excavation Services Construction Curb/Gutter (Maintenance, Repair, Remv) Toilets, Portable, Rental Or Lease Back Fill, Porous Granular Material For Back Fill Concrete Back Fill, Trench.(Furnish, Transport Fine Aggregate) Traffic Ctrl Device Placement /Rem Svc Construction, Sidewalk And Driveway (Incl Hand Ramps) Construction, Pipeline Driveway Pavement, Portland Cement Concrete Base Course, Aggregate. Pavement Marking Lines, Letters And Symbols Photography, Construction Construction, Water System, Main and Service Line Hauling Services Manholes, Construction Of. This Work Shall Consist Erosion Control Services Paving/Resurfacing, Street (Major And Residential) Fence Installation And Repair Electrical, Industrial (Warehouse, Utility Plants) Htng., Ventilating/ Air Conditioning (HVAC) Plumbing, Industrial (Warehouse, Utility Plants, Inspection Services, Construction Type Survey (Not Aerial Or Research Tree And Shrub Removal Services

Landscaping (Including Design, Fertilizing, Planting Landscaping, Tree And Plant Protection During Cons

POTENTIAL PRIME BIDDERES: PSC-CCI, John Taylor, 972-854-0063 | Zachry, Adam Lopez, 210-315-1142

Prota Construction, Inc., Prota Inc, JV, Becky Clark, 512-535-2553 MGC Contractors, Inc., Kirby Anderson, 210-694-0565 CSA Construction, Inc., George Craig, 713-686-8868

Matous Construction, DonSchnch, 254-534-8020 Jay-Reese Contractors, Inc., Ron Albee, 512-844-9968 Oscar Renda Contracting, Sam Michael, 515-306-8922

Excel Construction Services, Matt Cannors, 512-974-7012 MAC, Inc., Brad Bechto, 512-326-3920 CRU, Ltd., Cody Andrews, 512-989-2602

Pepper Lawson Waterwork, Chad Mitchell, 7134-5232-0174 Flintco, Kevin Bromenshenk, 512-623-0934

PROJECT NAME: SAR THICKENER IMPROVEMENTS Solicitation No.: IFB 6100 CLMC558 Estimated Value: $6.612,000.00 MANDATORY Vendor Conf. August 4, 2016 at 9:30 am at 1017 Fallwell Lane, Del Valle, Site Visit will occur after the Mandatory Vendor Conf. Offers Due: September 8, 2016 prior to 9:30 am For Info: John Wepryk, 512-974-7010 MBE/WBE Goals: African American 1.32% Hispanic 1.80% Native/Asian American 0.73% WBE 1.61%

PROJECT TRADE SUMMARY: Lighting Fixtures, Outdoor: Floodlights, Spotlight Transformer Parts And Accessories Fencing, Temporary (For Construction And Other Ind Hydrants, Fire Inclu Access/Parts Steel, Fabricated: Beams, Gabions, Gratings, Walkw Gratings/Walkway/Fab Steel Pipe, Ductile Iron, Centrifugally Cast, Mech. Join Pipe, Pvc (Polyvinyl Chloride) Valves, Iron Body: Angle, Check, Gate, Globe, Etc. Pumps, Sump, Submersible Signs, Construction Project Identification Signs Conveying Sys: Elevators, Lifts, Etc. Site Work Shoring/Reinforcement Services Demolition Services Excavation Services Back Fill, Trench.(Furnish, Transport Fine Aggregate) Construction, Pipeline Constru, Sidewalk/Driveway Incl Handicapped Drwy Pav/ Portland Cmt Concrete Construction, Water System, Main And Service Line Manholes/Construction Of Elec/Indust (Warehouse/Utility Plants) Heating, Ventilating/ AC (HVAC) Metal Work Painting Plumbing/Indus Warehouse Utility Plants, Photography, Construction Hauling Services Inspection Services, Construction Type Survey (Not Aerial Or Research Traffic Control Device Placement And Removal Service Toilets, Portable, Rental Or Lease Erosion Control Services Fence Installation And Repair Landscaping, Tree And Plant Protection During Cons

Project Name: ELEVATOR REFURBISHMENT REBID Solicitation No: CLMC578A Estimated Value: $3,312,800.00 For info: Rohini Kumarage (512) 530-7547 MANDATORY Vendor Conf: August 17, 2016 at 2:00 pm, 2716 Spirit of Texas Dr., Rm 174A, Mandatory Site Visit immediately follow the Pre-Bid Mtg. Offers Due: September 15, 2016 prior to 9:00 am MBE/WBE Goals: MBE 0.61% WBE 0.25%

PROJECT TRADE SUMMARY: Stone, Building (Except Marble) Finishes: Flooring, Wall And Ceiling, Etc. Elevator Installation, Maintenance And Repair Electrical Heating, Ventilating And Air Conditioning (HVAC) Constru Equip Maintenance/ Repair

UPCOMING CITY OF AUSTIN CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

Project Name: AUSTIN ENERGY DOMAIN ADA IMPROVEMENT Solicitation No: IFB 6100 CLMC602 Estimated Value: $400,000.00 MANDATORY Vendor Conf.: August 3, 2016, at 1:30 pm, Austin Energy, 2526 Kramer Lane, MANDATORY site visit will immediately follow the meeting Offers Due: August 18, 2016 prior to 10:30 am For info: Paul Sanchez, 512-322-6323 MBE/WBE Goals: African American 2.44% Hispanic 1.65% Asian/Native American 0.58% WBE 1.82%

PROJECT TRADE SUMMARY: Doors, Metal, Fireproof W/Frame Tile, Vinyl Lockers, Storage (For Coats, Hats And Baggage) Steel, Reinforcing, Mesh Bathroom Accessories: Fans/Mirrors/Medicine Cab Plumbing Fixtures/Parts: Lavatories, Sinks, To Shower Stalls, Doors, And Tub Enclosures Toilet Partitions And Doors Water Heaters, Commercial Sod, Grass Plumbing Signs, Construction Project Identification Signs Conveying Systems: Elevators, Lifts, Etc. Finishes: Flooring, Wall And Ceiling, Etc. Site Work Painting Masonry/Concrete/Stucco, Maint, Finishing/Repair Wall/ Ceiling Repair/Replac (Incl Drywall) Demolition Services Excavation Services Construction, Parking Lot And Alley Back Fill/Porous Granular Mat For Back Filli

Construction, Sidewalk And Driveway (Incl Handicapped Ramps) Heating, Ventilating And Air Conditioning (Hvac) Structural And Reinforcement Steel Welding Photography, Construction Dust Control Watering Traffic Ctrl Device Placement/Remv Svc Garbage/Refuse Equip (Dumpsters) Rental Toilets, Portable, Rental or Lease Erosion Control Services

Project Name: ONION CREEK WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT (Demo) Solicitation No.: IFB 6100 CLMC614 Estimated Value: $1,118,049.00 MANDATORY Vendor Conf. August 3, 2016 at 10:00 am,10600 River Plantation Drive, Austin, Offers Due: August 18, 2016 prior to 9:30 am For info: Brenda Baker, 512-974-1175 MBE/WBE Goals: African American 1.16% Hispanic 3.61% Native/Asian American 0.44% WBE 1.50%

PROJECT TRADE SUMMARY: Fencing, Chain Link (Inclu Fabric, Gates, Pane) Fencing, Temporary (For Construction, Other Barricades, Traffic, Portable Patching Mix, Asphalt Concrete Black Base, Rock Asphalt Sealant, Asphalt, Crack And Joint Slurry Seal Borrow And Soil (See Class 790 For Top Soil) Ready-Mix Concrete Site Work Garbage/Trash Removal/Disposal Constru Backfill/Digging/Ditching/Rd Grading Demolition Services Construction, Pipeline Construction, Sidewlk/Drwy (Incl Handicapped) Constru, Water System, Main/Service Line Manholes, Construction Of Meter Vaults, Reconstruction Valve Vaults And Boxes, Reconstruction Of Metal Work Structural And Reinforcement Steel Photography, Construction Hauling Services Pavement Marking Svcs (Includ Removal Survey (Not Aerial Or Research Erosion Control Services Traffic Control Device Placement\Removal Svc Well Pointing Services (Dewatering) Garbage/Refuse Equip (Dumpsters, Etc.) Rental Toilets, Portable, Rental Or Lease

Landscaping (Including Design, Fertilizing, Planting Landscaping, Tree And Plant Protection During Cons

Project Name: CHILLED WATER PIPING CONSTRUCTION in the RIGHT OF WAY IDIQ Scope of Work: Provision of pipe, piping hot taps; excavation, tunneling, or boring as re-quired for pipe installation, along with all required casing spacers, tunnel supports, tunnel safety provisions, tunnel dewatering, traffic control provisions including barricades, signage, and safety fencing, valve boxes with traffic rated lids, valve operator stem extensions; butterfly valves and gear operators; air elimination assemblies to include buried traffic-rated enclosure and lid, 2” riser piping, concrete base, shutoff ball valves, automatic air release devices, and associated piping tees and fittings; sediment containment, tree protection, CLSM, pea gravel and grouting, pipe wall penetration seals; assisting Owner’s chemical testing company; soil compaction; street, curb, and sidewalk repair, communications manholes, with inner duct, raceways, and hooks for communications fiber optic cabling, installation of fiber optic cabling, removal of excavated materials and spoils; along with associated appurtenances and services. This Contract is an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) CONTRACT. A Work Assignment will be issued to the Contractor for each specific Work Assignment location. The Work Assignment will include project location, Contract Time, engineering design, and other required documentation Solicitation No: CLMC606 Estimated Value: $6,000,000.00 MANDATORY Vendor Conf: August 16, 2016, at 1:30 pm, Town Lake Center, 721 Barton Springs Rd., Room 130, Austin, TX 78704 Offers Due: September 15, 2016 prior to 9:30 am For info: James Matlock , 512-322-6273 MBE/WBE Goals: MBE 4.81% WBE 0.86%

PROJECT TRADE SUMMARY: Excavation Services Construction, Pipeline Construction, Tunnel Welding Hauling Services Traffic Ctrl Device Placement/Removal Service Landscaping/Tree/Plant Protec During Cons Back Fill/Trench Furnish/Transport Fine Agg Construction, Chilled Water Pipe Installation Jacking/Cribbing/Shoring Existing Deck Beams

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Small & Minority Business Resources ~Department (SMBR) Certification Division~

for more information call 512-974-7645

Safety Matters!

PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITIES Opening Solicitation No. Description Buyer

8/17/16 B1607-003-JE Blackwell-Thurman Criminal Justice John Pena 2:00 PM Center, Upgrade AC Chillers (512) 854-9515 8/03/16 9:00 AM An Optional Pre-Proposal Conference will be held at the Blackwell Thurman Criminal Justice Center, 509 West 11th Street, 3rd Floor, Suite 3.307, Austin, Texas 78701

8/15/16 1606-011-WL Fire Alarm Inspection, Monitoring Wade Laursen 9:30 AM and Maintenance (512) 854-1185 8/17/16 P1606-010-LP Hamilton Pool Preserve Lee Perry 2:00 PM Water Well (512) 854-9724 8/03/16 10:00 AM An Optional Pre-Proposal Conference will be held at the Travis County Purchasing Office 700 Lavaca, Ste. 800, Purchasing Meeting Room Austin, Texas 78701 8/17/16 B1607-001-JZ CBF Post 1-2, Booking Jonathan Harris 2:00 PM Trans Control Panel Upgrade (512) 854-4881

8/03/16 2:00 PM An Optional Pre-Bid Conference will be held at the Travis County Sherriff’s Office Jail, Central Booking,500 West 10th Street Austin, Texas 78701

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN Project Name: (GEA) Mary E. Gearing Hall Replace Fire Alarm/ Signaling System Solicitation #: 16CSP027 Pre-Proposal Conf.: July 21, 2016 at 9:30 a.m. at 1301 E. Dean Keeton Road, FC1, Training Room 1.118C, Austin, Texas

General Construction Budget: $292,500.00 to $331,500.00 Envelopes No. 1 is due August 16, 2016 at 11:00 a.m.

Project Summary: Cutting and patching and ceiling removal, fire- stopping, painting, electrical, and fire alarm system

Local Plan Room Sites To View & Check-out Plans & Specifications

City of Austin Construction & Technology Center 4201 Ed Bluestein Blvd., Suite 2103, Austin, TX 78721 website: www.austintexas,gov/smbr 512-974-7799

Austin Area Black Contractors Association (ABCA) 6448 Highway 290 East, Suite E-107, Austin, Texas 78723 website: www.abcatx.com 512-467-6894

Asian Contractor Association (ACA) 4201 Ed Bluestein Blvd., Suite 2104, Austin, Texas 78721 website: www.asiancontractor@gmail.com 512-926-5400

Associated General Contractors (AGC) of America, Building Branch 609 South Lamar Blvd., Austin, Texas 78704 website: www.agcaustin.org 512-442-7887

Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) 3006 Longhorn Blvd., Suite 104, Austin, Texas 78758 website: www.abccentraltexas.org 512-719-5263

United Hispanic Contractors Association de Austin (USHCA) 9205 Dean Keeton St., Austin, Texas 78705 website: www.uscha-austin.com 512-922-0507 (cell)

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The Austin City Council is considering calling a bond election for November 2016 to fund $720 million in mobility projects. On Aug. 2, Council will discuss proposed proposition language at a work session. Per state law, Council may call a special election between Aug. 10 and Aug. 22.

The mobility improvements under consideration are:

$101 million for Regional Mobility Projects $482 million for Corridor Improvement Projects $137 million for Local Mobility Projects

In June, Council received the results of a public engagement effort to learn the community's priorities for improving the trans-portation network as well as funding scenarios for improvements based on public priorities.

The results of the public engagement and funding scenarios formed the basis for the potential bond proposal. For more information, visit MobilityTalks.org or call (512) 974-7840.

Source: City of Austin Public Works Department

City of Austin Small and Minority Business Resources Department (SMBR) | 512-974-7600 MANAGEMENT TEAM Veronica Briseño Lara, Director Debra Dibble, Assistant Director Thomas Owens, Resource Services Division Manager Elton Price, Certification Division Manager Tamela Saldana, Compliance Division Manager Kristi Samilpa, Business Process Consultant Angela Hill, Executive Assistant

City of Austin Pencil Bid Tabulations

LOWER BUTTERMILK CREEK BANK STABILIZATION Solicitation No. CLMC591 | Bid Opening July 14, 2016

Estimated Value: $890,895.00 Bidder Bid Amount Jay-Reese Contractors, Inc. $ 841,280.75 M.A. Smith Contracting Co., Inc. $ 925,755.00 Muniz Concrete & Contracting, Inc. $ 780,417.12 MAC, Inc. $ 887,156.00 Austin Filter Systems, Inc. $ 787,002.50 Santa Clara Construction, LTD. $ 833,642.00

CITY-WIDE TRFFIC SIGNAL MODIFICATIONS AND

UPGRADES-BICYCLE Solicitation No.CLMC589 | Bid Opening July 7, 2016

Estimated Value: $ 250,000.00 Bidder Bid Amount Siemens ITS $ 297,679.00

ABIA STORMWATER MAINTENANCE PROJECTS Solicitation No.CLMC603 | Bid Opening July 7, 2016

Estimated Value: $581,950.00 Bidder Base Bid Plus Allowances Bid Amount Santa Clara Construction, Ltd. $829,578.00 $ 978,171.00 Muniz Concrete and Contracting $711,413.00 $1,041,573.09

OAKWOOD CEMETERY CHAPEL REHABILITATION Solicitation No.CLMC604 | Bid Opening June 23, 2016

Estimated Value: $ 925,000.00 Bidder Bid Amount Southwest Corporation $1,213,474.00 Phoenix Restoration and Construction $1,196,000.00 JC Stoddard construction Company $1,130,000.00 Gadberry Construction $1,077,250.00

AUSTIN CONVENTION CENTER PARKING GARAGE REPAIRS

Solicitation No.CLMC588 | Bid Opening June 16, 2016 Estimated Value: $,856,500.00

Bidder Bid Amount Structural Technologies $1,450,000.00 American Restoration, Inc. $1,725,385.00 Thyssen-Laughlin, Inc. $1,456,300.00 Restek, Inc. $1,695,000.00 Muniz Concrete & Contracting, Inc. $1,531,427.37

UPPER LEVEL EMBANKMENT INSPECTIONS & REPAIRS Solicitation No. CLMC592 | Bid Opening June 9, 2016

Estimated Value: $2,295,171.00 Bidder Bid Amount Thyssen-Laughlin, Inc. $3,716,685.00 MAC, Inc. $4,957.855.00 Austin Filter Systems, Inc. $3,198,431.00 Muniz Concrete & Contracting, Inc. $3,368,663.50

Source: City of Austin, Capital Contracting Office

Note: Travis County and the Lower Colorado River Authority accepts MBE/WBE Certifica-tions from the City of Austin and HUB Certifi-cation from the Texas State Comptroller of Public Accounts State-wide HUB Program. Capital Metropolitan Transportation Author-ity accepts DBE Certifi-cation from the City of Austin Small and Minor-ity Business Resources Department.

2016 — Get MBE/WBE/DBE/HUB CERTIFIED!

MBE/WBE/DBE/HUB Certifications do not guarantee your company a contract from the city, county, state, federal governments or the private sector. You still have to market your company to each individual entity you desire to do business with. To help you mar-ket your company to these entities, contact the following certify-ing agencies and get on their bidder’s list for construction and construction related opportunities: City of Austin MBE/WBE/DBE Certification Small & Minority Business Resources Dept. 4201 Ed Bluestein Blvd., Austin, Texas 78721 Contact: Elton Price, Manager, Certification Division 512-974-7645

South Central Texas Regional Certification Agency 301 South Frio, Suite 310, San Antonio, TX Contact: 210-227-4722

-State of Texas - Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Statewide HUB Program HUB Certification 1711 San Jacinto Blvd., Austin, TX Contact: 512-475-2414

Other Certifying Agencies that serves the State of Texas North Central Texas Regional Certification Agency 624 Six Flags Drive, Suite 216, Arlington, TX Contact: 817-640-0606 TXDot (Texas Department of Transportation) Diversity & Economic Opportunity Office 125 East 11th Street, Austin, TX 78701 Contact: 512-486-5501

Proposed Construction Projects Bidding between 08-01-2016 and 07-30-2017

First Adver-

tisement Date

Subproject Name

Con-struction

Cost Estimate

Aug-16 Onion Creek WWTP Demolition 1,100,000

Aug-16 Wastewater Collection System Rehabilitation of Lines Group A 520,000

Aug-16 Parmer Lane Interceptor 27,077,100

Aug-16 Williamson Creek - Bitter Creek Tributary Channel Rehab 2,324,000

Aug-16 Walnut Creek WWTP Tertiary Filter Rehabilitation 18,727,966

Aug-16 InVision Studios 1,171,000

Aug-16 South Austin Regional WWTP Thickener Improvements 8,630,000

Aug-16 Gus Garcia District Park - Phase 3 Improvements 962,500

Aug-16 Public Safety Training Academy - Tenant Finish Out Building I 795,358

Aug-16 Gonzales Lift Station Abandonment 819,500

Sep-16 Little Stacy Neighborhood Park - General Park Improvements 524,855

Sep-16 2nd Street Garage New Elevators 4,734,000

Sep-16 Downtown Wayfinding Master Plan & Imple (Downtown Austin Plan) 892,336

Sep-16 St. Johns Pocket Park - General Park Improvements 155,000

Sep-16 Waller Creek District - Sabine St. Promenade 2,520,000

Sep-16 Violet Crown Trail - North 1,130,000

Oct-16 Zilker Metro Park - Maintenance Barn Replacement 1,878,750

Oct-16 Blocks 2 & 4 Odor Abatement 672,841

Oct-16 Exposition Blvd (W. 35th to Enfield) WW Line Renewal 2,500,691

Oct-16 Town Lake Metro Park - Alliance Childrens Garden 2,877,000

Oct-16 Burleson Road Reclaimed Water Pressure Conversion 5,090,000

Oct-16 Bowie Underpass 6,001,301

Oct-16 Plaza Saltillo Water Rehabilitation Phase 2 2,223,000

Oct-16 Walnut Creek WWTP Lab Admin Bldg HVAC Rehab Phase 1 1,940,000

Oct-16 SLA Sendera South Wetpond Repair 450,000

Nov-16 Springdale/290 Water Line Improvements 6,500,000

Nov-16 Upper Boggy Creek Trail Phase 1 1,065,000

Nov-16 Fire Station - Onion Creek 3,555,000

Nov-16 East Bouldin - One Texas Center Water Quality retrofits 403,000

Nov-16 Park Patrol / Rangers Joint Use Facility 3,262,949

Dec-16 East Austin Wastewater Line Improvements 2,518,350

Dec-16 Landside Roadway and Pedestrian Improvements Phase 2 1,198,925

Dec-16 Walnut Creek WWTP Secondary Process Improvements 9,125,000

Dec-16 Women's Locker Room Additions Ph 5 - #5,7,22,24,26,27 1,338,078

Dec-16 Govalle Neighborhood Park - Pool Renovation 2,700,000

Jan-17 So. Austin Regional WWTP Electrical Substation No.1 Replace 14,900,000

Jan-17 Mary Street 750,000

Jan-17 Hornsby Bend Thickener Complex Rehab 5,450,000

Jan-17 BOG - MLK-TOD Storm Drain Improvements Phase 1 6,500,000

Jan-17 Bull Creek District Park - General Park Improvements 573,750

Feb-17 Campus HVAC Improvements 4,880,700

Feb-17 Hornsby Bend Side Stream Treatment Plant (SSTP) Relief 6,700,000

Feb-17 Zilker Metro Park - Barton Springs Bathhouse Renovation 1,366,102

Feb-17 West Allandale and Trailridge Drive Line Renewal 2,200,000

Feb-17 Dove Springs District Park - Recreation Center Expansion 1,630,350

Feb-17 Shipe Neighborhood Park - Pool Renovation 2,700,250

Feb-17 FM 812 Additional Closure Work and Letdown Repair 997,500

Feb-17 Town Lake Metro Park - Holly-Festival Master Plan Phase 1 1,946,125

Feb-17 Govalle Wastewater Flow Diversion 3,670,000

Feb-17 Zilker Metro Park - Preliminary Design and Phase 1 Imple 1,607,500

Mar-17 Walnut Creek WWTP Stormwater Improvements 1,237,500

Mar-17 Austin to Manor Phase 2 4,628,753

Mar-17 Wastewater Collection System Replacement Lines Group A 960,500

Mar-17 Colony District Park - General Park Improvements 1,160,000

Mar-17 Wastewater Collection System Replacement Lines Group B 2,260,000

Mar-17 Reznicek Field Water Quality Retrofit 626,000

Apr-17 Morrow and Gault Water & Wastewater Line Renewal 4,725,000

Apr-17 Pedestrian Bridge McNeil Dr and Jekel Circle - 1/4¢ Fund 301,000

Apr-17 Montopolis Recreation and Community Center 10,749,500

May-17 Elisabet Ney Museum - Building Restoration and Site Impv 553,622

May-17 E. 51st St. Improvements 1,676,508

Keep Your MBE/WBE/DBE Certifications Current with the City of Austin Small & Minority Business Resources

Department (SMBR) Certification Division for more information call

512-974-7645

SMBR’s PLAN ROOM City of Austin Small & Minority Business Resources Plan Room is open for business weekdays from 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

SMBR’s Plan Room provides free electronic access to the McGraw-Hill Dodge system of drawings and construction specifications for projects in 100 counties in South and Central Texas as well as hard copy plans and specifications from local, private, and public sector jobs that can be viewed onsite or copied for a minimal fee. For a list of the current available Plans and Specifications, you can access it on our website at www.austintexas.gov/smbr or visit this link https: data.austintexas.gov/Business/Construction-Plans-in-SMBR-s-Plan-Room/x442-h34c or for questions or to schedule a training as a first time user — please call Juan Quinn Gonzales, Plans Room Coordinator at 512-974-7733.

Nothing is more important than once you have identified a potential bid opportunity is to pursue it aggressively and set-up a contracting infrastruc-ture to □ Get the plans and specs or CDs ASAP □ Request a copy of the plan holder’s list □ Attend the pre bid/proposal conference, (request a copy of the sign-in sheet); and market your service (s) with a company profile resume, brochure or business card □ Request copies of the pre bid conference sign-in sheet □ Follow-up on contacts □ Study the plans and specs □ Decide what you're going to bid □ Give the plans and specs to your estimator □ Analyze and understand your estimate □ Read, follow and understand the bid packet instructions and requirements □ Develop an internal bid checklist to verify that all bid documents are included in your bid package, i.e...addendum, amendments, forms, documents, and bid bond □ Have at least two company contract personnel to check and verify that all bid documents, forms, addendum, amendments, bid bond are in- cluded in your bid submittal. Check with owner to verify if all adden- dum or amendments have been received □ Contact potential prime bidders if you're bidding as a sub □ Bid with as many prime bidders as possible □ Follow up with prime bidders to find out whether or not your bid was used; and if not, reason why ! □ Utilize information and experience gained to bid future projects

Source: DAS Program, Construction Mgmt Training Session

Come Join us to learn about Procurement opportunities for an upcoming UT – High Density Storage Addi-

tion project in Austin. The approximate 10,000 S.F. High Density Storage build-ing will be used for remote storage of library materials. The new addition will be a warehouse style building with pre-cast insulated concrete wall panels, Ff-60 concrete floor slab and the roof framing will consist of steel bar joists and metal deck. The high-density area has no windows, and as few penetrations of walls and roof as possible. The building will have separate HVAC and dehumidi-fication system with particulate and gas filters to maintain a constant tempera-ture at 50°F +/- 5°F and relative humidity levels at 30% RH +/- 5%. During these subcontractor outreach sessions you can learn more about the project, meet the project team, discuss scope of work packages, learn about UT re-quirements and how to pre-qualify with Turner. We are also hosting a pre-proposal conference on August 4th for the early proposal packages (precast panels, steel and shelving) that will pertain to the project shown in the second attachment. In addition, we will hold a second pre-proposal meeting on Sep-tember 7 for the remaining scopes in which I will send out once the date ar-rives closer. Thank you for being interested in working with us. We look for-ward in meeting you! Sean Mokhtari │ Field Engineer | Turner Construction Company mobile 210.202.7245

Prime Contractors • Trade Associations Agencies • Business Organizations

Your notices or announcements must be received no later than12 Noon on Wednesday by E-mail at: brc-pro@swbell.net in a Word Document. Announcements or notices will be published on a first come, first serve basis. Please Do Not Send PDF formatted announcements, notices, IsqFt, Grade Beam documents or tables. All will have to be converted to a Word document or we will NOT be able to publish. (These types of software are not compatible to the Bid Briefs’ publishing software). DAS further request that bid announcements or notices be submitted at least two weeks prior to closing date to give MBE/WBE/DBE/HUB firms sufficient time to review the project’s plans and specifi-cations; and to prepare their bid responses. Fax Transmittals, PDF and isqft documents and table formats will not be ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE ON-LINE BID BRIEFS. You may download Bid Briefs on Mondays to review or use. Bid Briefs my be received by singing-up as a subscriber on abcatx.com website and click on the Bid Briefs’ link.

OUTREACH & RECRUITING AUSTIN AREA BLACK CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE SERVICES PROGRAM

The Austin Area Black Contractors Association, (ABCA) is currently recruiting African American Contractors who are City of Austin Certified Minority Construction Contractors in need of services and assistance to help grow their businesses in the construction industry. The following is a list of services and assistance are offered to the user at no cost: ” Construction Management and Administration • Provide a plans room to view & check-out plans & specs • Assist with reading & interpreting plans & specs • Advise on Cost Estimating Techniques • Advise on bid packaging requirements & documents • Disseminate Bid Tabulations ” Business Law and Contracts • Review & advise on contracts & agreements • Advise on filing liens, bond claims & change orders ” Marketing • Develop Company Profile Resumes • Assist with networking, pre bid conferences & referrals • Provide guidelines for user friendly marketing plans • Publish and disseminate weekly, Bid Briefs announcing upcoming construction bid opportunities ” Provide Interactive Group Training Sessions Provide One-On-One Technical Assistance DUE TO LIMITED FUNDS, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SUCH AS, COST ESTIMATING TECHNIQUES AND ADVICE ON CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS WILL BE PROVIDED ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS; AND ON FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE BASIS. If you have any questions regarding the program’s services and enrollment process, please contact:

Carol S. Hadnot, Program Manager / Consultant Phone: 512-467-6894 ofc | E-mail: brc-pro@att.net

ABCA Website: abcatx.com The Austin Area Black Contractors Association

is reaching out to all African American Construction Contractors located in a

five county areas of Travis, Hays, Williamson, Bastrop and Caldwell

August 24, 2016 at 1:00PM Pre-Proposal Conference

will be held at 2716 Spirit of Texas Dr. Rm 174 | Austin, TX 78719

September 8, 2016 at 2:00 PM proposals accepted for this package at 10211 ½ Hotel Dr. | Austin, TX 78719

Proposal selection will be on a best value basis

All City of Austin Certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprises are encouraged

to submit proposals.

The project’s DBE Goal = 8.01%

Hensel Phelps is an E.E.O. Employer

Hensel Phelps is soliciting proposals from subcontractors and material suppliers

for the construction of the City of Austin, COA Project No. 11222.001

ABIA – Terminal/Apron Expansion and Improvements Project

Proposal Package 7 consists of Package 3C & 3E - New Terminal Expansion and Existing

Terminal Improvements which includes Low Voltage Integration

August 9, 2016 Proposal Package available by contacting our office located at 10211 ½ Hotel Dr., Austin, TX 78719

(512) 834-9848 or fax (512) 834-9844

Construction Manager At Risk

OSHA Delays Enforcing New Safety Reporting Requirements

Jeff Leieritz, an ABC spokesman, on July 28 said the groups filed the motion because the anti-retaliation provisions “require employers to take more immThe Occupational Safety and Health Administration has pushed back the enforcement date of certain portions of its new injury-and-illness record-keeping rule that were to have gone into effect in August. The agency on July 13 moved the enforcement date to Nov. 1 from Aug. 10. OSHA's action came one day after a coalition of industry groups filed an emergency motion in a federal district court to prevent the provisions from going into effect. For the first time, the provisions would prohibit “incident-based” employer incentive programs and routine mandatory post-incident drug-testing programs. Construction organizations say that, when such programs are tied to safety incidents on jobsites, they help employers to make worksites safer, often by identifying the source or cause of an injury or other inci-dent. Greg Sizemore, the Associated Build-ers and Contractors’ vice president of health, safety, environment and workforce development, said in a statement, “It’s inconceivable to us who study how to improve safety performance that OSHA would want to limit drug and alcohol testing as part of the investigation after an accident or near-miss incident. Root-cause analysis is key to devel-oping procedures that prevent fu-ture incidents, so we need to know whether drugs or alcohol were a factor.”In the rule, which OSHA is issued in its final form on May 11, the agency says programs that re-quire post-incident drug testing unlawfully retaliate against employ

ees and can create a culture of in-timidation. Kimberly Darby, an OSHA spokes-woman, says the requirements that are being postponed prevent em-ployers from discriminating against or discharging employees who re-port a injury or illness. "We delayed enforcement of this provision be-cause we wanted to take the time to provide more compliance assistance to stakeholders," she says. Organized labor supports the OSHA rule. AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said in a statement issued in May that the regulations "will bring workplace injury and illness report-ing into the 21st century and provide important new protections to work-ers who report injuries." The coalition, which includes ABC, the National Association of Manufac-turers and the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, filed an emergency motion in the U.S. District Court for the Northern Dis-trict of Texas, Dallas Division, re-questing a preliminary injunction against the anti-retaliation provi-sions. Industry groups generally oppose the entire rule, which they say would not improve jobsite safety but could increase lawsuits and public shaming of employers. The rule requires employers to file safety-incident reports electronically. Those reports are publicly available ediate action in advance of the effective date.” A challenge to the broader rule, which goes into effect in 2017, “is under serious consideration,” he adds. Advocates of the regulation say the electronic reporting require-ments will create transparency and improve the accuracy of data about jobsite safety, which should create better outcomes.

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Small businesses’ bank accounts vulnerable to cybercriminals

It’s a chilling moment when a small business owner discovers hackers have stolen thousands of dollars from the company checking account. Cybercriminals took an average $32,000 from small business ac-counts, according to a December survey of owners by the advocacy group National Small Business Associa-tion. And businesses don’t have the same legal protection from bank ac-count fraud that consumers have. T h e Electronic Funds Transfer Act, passed in 1978, states that it’s intended to protect individual consumers from bank account theft, but makes no mention of businesses. Whether a business is protected depends on the agreement it signs with a bank, said Doug Johnson, a senior vice president with the Ameri-can Bankers Association, an industry group. Any business is vulnerable, but small companies are less likely to have security departments and procedures to guard against online theft than big corporations do. They also don’t have big revenue streams that are able to absorb losses from a theft. Sandy Marsico, owner of Sand-storm Design, a Chicago marketing company, said her company accounts were attacked twice. Her bank con-tacted her in December 2014, saying a transfer of over $50,000 to Mexico had been requested from her checking account. The thieves had obtained the account information; Marsico said she still doesn’t know how. The bank did an investigation but didn’t share its findings with her. Marsico didn’t approve the transfer, the account was closed and a new one opened. But the following November, someone began withdraw-ing money from the new account in increments ranging from $1,000 to

$4,000, a total of $20,000 in the course of a month. Marsico didn’t discover it until she got her monthly statement. The bank, which again did an investiga-tion but didn’t tell Marsico the results, again reimbursed Sandstorm. Marsico has since moved some of her accounts to another bank. Cybercriminals are changing methods as companies and banks find ways to prevent attacks. Thieves are increasingly using realistic-looking emails to trick compa-nies into transferring money from their accounts with what’s known as wire transfers, said Avivah Litan, a security analyst with research company Gartner. Often, an employee receives an email purportedly from a company executive asking them to transfer the money from the company’s account into a specific external account. If employ-ees don’t check to be sure the request is legitimate, they might go ahead and authorize a withdrawal. The FBI reported last August that more than 7,000 U.S. companies of all sizes had been victimized in emailed attacks since late 2013, with losses of more than $740 million. The government said the number of identi-fied victims had surged 270 percent between January and August of last year. Criminals can also operate by planting malicious software known as malware on a company computer, often via an email that has a link or attach-ment. If the computer is used to log into a bank account, the malware can record the login and password and send it back to the criminals, who then withdraw funds. Business accounts are safer at banks that use what’s known as two-factor authentication, requiring unfamiliar account users or devices to supply additional information like one-time access codes, said Timothy Ryan, a managing director with the security company Kroll in New York.

Reprint—Source: Associated Press

Subcontractors say late and delayed pay-ments are becoming an ever more pressing issue, even as the construction market and the overall economy show strong signs of improvement. An ENR survey of 640 subcon-tractors found that more than 30% of payments from general contractors are coming in late, with an average delay of 36.4 days. The problem, if anything, has gotten worse over the past few years, say subcontractors, with some owners and prime contractors standardizing less-than-prompt payment on many projects as a general business practice. “It’s terrible,” says C. Carroll Heyward, Sr., chief executive of W. B. Guimarin and Co., an HVAC and plumb-ing contractor based in Columbia, S.C. That company’s payments now roll in nearly 90 days late. On average only about one out of three payments is late, the survey shows. But for 83 subcontractors who responded to the ENR survey, the problem is far worse, with more than six out of 10 payments delayed or late. A total of 168 subcontractors reported to ENR that at least 40% of their payments are late now. How much state prompt-pay statutes help prevent even further deterioration in pay practices isn’t clear. All 50 states have prompt-pay laws, and some cover private construction as well as public works. Terms and interest penalties vary. So do the relation-ships on the payment chain that is covered: owner to prime, prime to sub and sub to lower tiers.

Difficulties in collecting final payments sometimes drag out for years, some sub-contractors have said. The Alexandria, Va.-based American Subcontractors Association, which regularly fights the battle for improved payment practices, has had its own payment surveys. ASA’s most recent data cited “slow final payment” as a very serious issue, with another 27% calling it “somewhat serious.” “Certainly there are owners and prime contrac-tors who are good payers or generally good payers,” says Colette Nelson, the ASA’s chief advocacy officer. “There are also owners and prime contractors who are simply preda-tors. It is really easy to be the lowest bidder if you are not going to pay your subs.” For W. B. Guimarin and Co., the problem of late payments has escalated dramatically over the past couple of years, Heyward says. Back in 2013, payments were coming in, on average, 49 days late. That jumped up to 82 days in 2014 and 120 days last year. The delays have puzzled Heyward, who says that with interest rates still at rock-bottom levels, there is not a

lot to be gained by someone else holding onto the money owed to his company. “I am just confounded by it all,” he says.

86 Days Past Due Jim Slack Jr., president of Slack & Co. Con-tracting, Inc. in Houston, notes his average payment is now 86 days past due. He’s con-vinced that the delays are part of a conscious and growing technique by general contractors and owners to improve their own cash-flow situation at the expense of their subs. Project owners can certainly collect interest on subcontractors’ payments money while it sits in their bank accounts, notes Slack, whose company performs excavation and grading. But if the owner or general contractor is borrowing money themselves, it can delay the point at which they have to take out money and start paying interest on it. “We are farther down the food chain,” Slack says. “In my opinion it is a conscious effort by those parties to improve their cash flow.” “It’s getting worse,” he says of the late payment trend. An execu-tive at a Pennsylvania specialty contractor offered a similar assessment. Not long ago, a large percentage of her firm’s work was paid within 30 days. Now that has ballooned to 60 days. Some of the delays may be due to the local economy, which has taken a hit with the decline in oil and gas prices, which have made shale oil extraction less economical. “Lately in the past two years, things have gotten progressively worse in terms of getting paid,” says the Pennsylvania executive, who preferred not to be identified. “If I had all the money that was owed me right now, I would be walking tall.”When it comes to ensuring they are paid what they are owed, subcontractors have developed different strategies. Heyward has tried to weed out the bad apples while adding a percentage or two to his bid if he has reason to believe that pay-ments will be delayed. “We have actually quit quoting some customers who in our opinion have been abusive in how they have paid their subcontractors,” he says. By contrast, Slack takes full of Texas’ mechanics lien laws to make sure his company gets paid what it is due. Slack starts with an initial notice signaling his intent to file a lien, sending it to contractors and project owners. If that doesn’t shake the payment loose, he follows that up in 45 days by filing a mechanics lien on the property. “I don’t care if it’s my mother, I will file a lien on the project,” he says. Source:

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