Invitations For Bids For The Week Of January 18 - 22, 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

Hensel Phelps Construction Co., Construction Manager @Risk, will be soliciting proposals from subcontractors and material suppliers for the construction of the

City of Austin, Project No. 11222.001 ABIA – TEREMINAL/APRON EXPANSION AND IMRPOVEMENTS PROJECT

PROPOSAL PACKAGE 5 which consists of Apron Areas B, C, D, E and F scopes of work:

site utilities • earthwork • demolition of existing deicing facility • retaining wall construction • apron paving

January 26, 2016

the proposal package will be available at Hensel Phelps’ office 10211 1/2 Hotel Drive, Austin, TX 78719

(proposal selection will be on a best value basis)

February 3, 2016 at 10:00 am A Pre-Proposal Conference and Job Walk

2716 Spirit of Texas Dr. | Room 174, Austin, TX 78719

February 18, 2016 at 2:00 pm proposals will be accepted for this package

at Hensel Phelps’ office 10211 ½ Hotel Dr., Austin, TX 78719

All City of Austin Certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprises

are encouraged to submit proposals The project’s DBE Goal = 10.73%

Hensel Phelps Construction Co. is available at (512) 834-9848 or fax (512) 834-9844 We encourage and actively solicit proposals from Disadvantaged Business Enterprises for all projects

Hensel Phelps is an E.E.O. Employer

Work Area B

Work Area C

Work Area A

Work Area D

Work Area E Work Area F Work Area G

Terminal

Work Area F Work Area E

Source: City of Austin Public Works Department

Project Name: EAST 7th STREET AND PLEASANT VALLEY IINTERSECTION IMRPOVEMENTS Solicitation Number: CLMC576 Estimated Value: $ MANDATORY Vendor Conf: January 7, 2016 at 10:00 am, One Texas Center, 505 Barton Springs Road, 13th floor, Director’s Conference Room, Austin, Offers Due: January 21, 2016 prior to 10:00 am For info: Clay Harris, 512-974-7895. MBE/WBE Goals: African American 1.44% Hispanic 5.14% Asian/Native American 0.92% WBE 1.15%

PROJECT TRADES SUMMARY Curing Mixtures, All Types (For Curing Concrete) Signs, Construction Project ID Signs Demolition Services Pave Marking Lines, Letters And Symbols. ConcreteHauling Services Pav Marking Services (Including Removal Sandblasting Svics (See 910-83 For Sandblasting) Survey (Not Aerial Or Research) Toilets, Portable, Rental Or Lease Erosion Control Services

Project Name: ADA SIDEWALKS AND RAMP IMPRV 2015 GROUP 18 CITY WIDE Solicitation No.: CLMC566 Estimated Value: $4,000,000.00 MANDATORY Vendor Conf: December 29, 2015 t 2:00 pm, One Texas Center, 8th floor, Dir’s Conf. Rm., Suite 805, 505 Barton Springs Rd Offers Due: January 28, 2016 prior to 10:00 am For info: Diane Rice, 512-974-7081 MBE/WBE Goals: African American 1.80% Hispanic 5.35% Native/Asian 0.34% WBE 1.12%

PROJECT TRADES SUMMARY Bollards (Mooring Devices) Fencing, Temporary (For Construction Diesel Fuel (Motor Fuel) Barricades, Traffic, Portable Asphaltic Concrete, Hot Mix Sod, Grass Masonry Signs, Construc Project Identification Signs Railings, Metal. This Item Include Furniture Construction, Irrigation System Excavation Services Striping Streets, Parking Facilities, Ln Div Landscaping, Tree/Plant Protection Construction, Curb/Gutter (Maint, Repair, Remv) Conduit, Pvc Construction, Parking Lot and Alley Photography, Construction Construction, Sidewalk/Drwy (Incl Handi. Ramps) Erosion Control Svcs Driveway Pavement, Portland Cmt Concrete Sidewalk W/Ramps for the Handicapped Sidewalks, Removal of Existing Manholes, Adjustment of Valve Vaults/Boxes. Hauling Services Irrigation Systems Maintenance/Repair Traffic Signal Installation

Project Name: ABIA PARKING GARAGE AND ADMIN BLDG Solicitation No.: CLMA018 Estimated Value: $120,000,000.00 MANDATORY Vendor Conf: Jan 7, 2016, 2:30 pm, 2716 Spirit of TX Dr, Rm 174A Offers Due: January 27, 2015 prior to 3:00 pm For info: David Smythe-Macaulay 512-974-7152 MBE/WBE Goals: African American 1.13% Hispanic 1.96% Native/Asian American .74% WBE 1.65%

PROJECT TRADES SUMMARY Office Supplies Per Price Agreement Signs, Construction Project ID Signs Airport Facility Construction Photography, Construction Communications: PR Consulting Minority And Small Business Consulting Blue Printing Services: Blue Prints, Blue Line, Courier/Delivery Services (Inclu Air Courier Insurance And Risk Management Copying Services (Reproduction) Fencing Rental Or Lease Ofc Machines, Equip/Access, Rental/Lease

Project Name: LONG LINE STRIPING IDIQ Solicitation No: CLMC561 Estimated Value: $1,065,000.00 Vendor Conf. January 6, 2015 at2:00 pm at LCRA Building, 3701 Lake Austin Blvd., 2nd floor Conf. Rm. Offers Due: January 21, 2016 prior to 9:00 am For Info: Renee Orr, 512-974-1150 MBE/WBE Goals: 5.25% MBE WBE 0.39%

PROJECT TRADES SUMMARY Paint, Street Marking Pavement Marking Lines, Letters/Symbols Pavement Marking Services (Including Removal) Street Sweeping Services

Project Name: MISCELLANEOUS EROSION CONTROL PROJECTS - REBID Solicitation No: IFB 6100 CLMC555A Estimated Value: $754,873.00 Scope of Work: Miscellaneous erosion control on various locations MANDATORY Vendor Conf: January 21, 2016 at 10:30 am, One Texas Center, 505 Barton Springs Road, 11th floor, Cavern Conference Room, Austin, TX Offers Due: February 4, 2016 prior to 9:30 AM For info: Dario Octaviano, 512-974-7607. MBE/WBE Goals: African American 2.17% Hispanic 1.38% Asian/Native American 0.10 WBE 1.38%

PROJECT TRADES SUMMARY Fencing, Temporary (For Construction and Other Ind.)

Crushed Stone (Includes Riprap) Ready-Mix Concrete Construction, (Backfill, Digging, Ditching, Road Grading) Cofferdams, Construction of Demolition Services Grass Seed Pipe Culverts, Reinforced Concrete (Type 3) Traffic Sign Installation Tree And Shrub Removal Services Erosion Control Services

Landscaping (Including Design, Fertilizing, Planting)

UPCOMING CITY OF AUSTIN CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

Kitchell Contractors is soliciting bid proposals from Historically Underutilized Busi-nesses for participation in the following project: Invitation to Bid - Expansion & Addition of Cooler and Storage - Material Transfer Center (MTC) at the University of Texas at Austin Contract No. 16CSP004 Project Scope includes the construction of an addition to the existing MTC building. The addi-tion includes a Walk-In Cooler and an Empties and Universal Storage Room, totaling 2,800 sf Work Scope includes sitework, erosion control, site utilities, concrete, masonry, structural steel,

waterproofing, roofing, hollow metal doors and frames, overhead doors, door hardware, painting, signage, walk in cooler, plumbing, HVAC, electrical power, lighting, fire alarm and fire sprinkler, and infrastructure for electronic security and safety, communications and audio visual infrastruc-

ture and equipment. Last Site visit: Friday January 15th at 9:30am, meet at MTC at the

gate entrance on Red River Bids are due: Friday January 29th at noon by email to ksimon@kitchell.com

-Questions due before Friday 1-22 at 10:00am -Construction Schedule; 180 days from Notice to Proceed from UT -Minimum wage scale applies per Specifications-see additional general condi-tions -Tax exempt project -No parking will be available on site -Project Deliveries to be done before 7:00am -Please contact Philippe Maury at pmaury@kitchell.com or Kaley Simon at ksimon@kitchell.com if interested in the project to gain access to the planroom.

Kitchell Contractors is soliciting bid proposals from Historically Underutilized Busi-nesses for participation in the following project:

Invitation to Bid Briscoe Center for American History Renovation-Sid Richardson Hall \ the University of Texas at Austin Contract No. 16CSP009 Renovation of the first floor-15,000sf-of Sid Richardson Hall Unit 2 to create a new interior space for the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History including an exhibit gallery, reading room, meeting rooms, and back of house support spaces. Create a new main entrance with exterior canopy. Work includes abatement, demolition, metal stud framing, concrete, interior finish carpentry, wood-veneer-faced architectural cabinets, applied fireproofing, hollow metal doors and frames, aluminum-framed entrances and storefronts, structural sealant glazed soffits, door hardware, mirrors, gypsum board, plaster, tile, acoustical panel ceilings, terrazzo flooring, tile carpeting, stone paneling, interior and exterior painting, signage, toilet compartments, accordion folding partitions, toilet and bath accessories, residential appliances, roller window shades, plumbing, HVAC, electrical power, lighting, fire alarm and fire sprinkler, and infrastructure for electronic security and safety, communications and audio visual infrastructure and equipment. Last Site visit: Wednesday January 20th at 10:00am; meet at SRH Unit 2, First Floor, Main Entrance (West side facing LBJ Fountain) Bids are due: Wednesday January 27th at 2:00pm by email to pmaury@kitchell.com -Questions due before Thursday 1-21 at 10:00am -Construction Schedule; February 22, 2016 to December 16, 2016 -Minimum wage scale applies per Specifications-see additional general conditions -Tax exempt project -No parking will be available on site -Project Deliveries to be done before 7:00am -Please contact Philippe Maury at pmaury@kitchell.com or Kaley Simon at ksimon@kitchell.com if interested in the project to gain access to the plan room.

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

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 Genia Browder, Plans Room Coordinator Angela Hill, Executive Assistant

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

Department (SMBR) Certification Division Call 512-974-7645 for more information

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.

The Smart Hardhat: Packing ad-vanced technology into the standard hardhat is the goal of California-based firm Daqri. The firm’s Smart Helmet looks as if it were a traditional hardhat but features a clear visor that can display 3D visual overlays in the wearer’s field of view. It also features a 360° wireless camera, allowing a full view of the worker’s surroundings. The system is capable of a form of augmented reality (AR), also called “mixed reality,” in which images can be made to appear dynamically on surfaces in the surrounding environ-ment. Designed primarily for industrial work, the

Daqri helmet also may aid construction workers on the jobsite. But with a price tag a few hundreds dollars above an ordinary hardhat’s, it remains a premium item. Still, major construction-equipment manufacturers expect these technologies to arrive in the industry in the near future. “We’re looking at all sorts of wearables, mixed reality, geofencing, collision-detection systems,” says George Taylor, a vice president at Caterpillar Inc. “Like the Daqri helmet—with that visor that can display an overlay of information mapped to what you’re seeing—[there’s a] lot of potential for things like that.” While Caterpillar has yet to unveil its own wearable tech, Taylor thinks AR may change how users work with equipment. “Unlike a virtual-reality [VR] system, mixed information, so they know what to touch and how to perform tasks,” he says. “Just think about a technician’s productivity: If you can improve it by 10%—and we think of that figure across our dealer network—the amount of relief that would give us is subs reality allows someone to be in their environ-ment. [It] superimposes information because it’s hard to find good technicians.”

RE: City of Austin Long Line Striping IDIQ IFB: 6100 CLMC561 This project includes the following Scopes of Work: installation of reflective pavement marking paint and removal of selected thermoplastic pavement markings of Austin roadways. If interested in quoting this project, please submit bids via email, fax or regular mail on or before January 18, 2016.

Project will quote to the City of Austin 1/21/16. One (1) addendum has been issued, 01/12/16.

The City of Austin Plan room is located at: 4201 Ed Bluestein Blvd, Austin, TX 78721

Please call Bryan Bennett at 512-740-8603 (P) | 512-355-4193 (F)

for additional information or with any questions.

Ex-President of Idaho Contractor Sentenced in Federal Fraud Case The former head of an Idaho construction firm was sentenced on Jan. 11 to five years in prison on tax and fraud charges that helped the firm stay eligible for federal disadvantaged-business programs and gave it a strong position in its market, the Dept. of Justice says. Elaine Martin, who had been president of MarCon Inc., a Meridian, Idaho, firm that installed highway guardrails and con-crete barriers, pleaded guilty on Jan. 11 in federal district court in Boise to filing a false tax return. According to the plea agreement, Martin’s fraudulent tax returns and false statements about her finances led MarCon to stay eligible for federal disadvantaged-business enterprise (DBE) status. That status, in turn, gave the firm an edge over non-DBE companies and helped MarCon to have a “virtual monopoly” in its type of business in the region for 2000 to 2006, the agreement added. B. Lynn Winmill, chief judge of U.S. District Court for Idaho, on Jan. 11 sentenced Martin to 24 months in prison for the tax charges and resentenced her for 60 months for convictions on fraud convictions. The sentences are to be concurrent. Winmill also directed Martin, 69, to pay the Internal Revenue Ser-vice and Idaho Dept. of Transportation $131,400 in restitution, as well as $22,860 in court costs and a money judgment of about $3.1 million—amounts that DOJ said Martin had paid. In September 2013, a federal jury convicted Martin of 22 counts, including tax and fraud violations, and in February 2014 Winmill sentenced her to a term of 24 months for one set of counts and 84 months for another group of counts. But last Aug. 7, a federal appellate court vacated the sentence and Martin’s tax convictions and remanded the case to the district court for, among other things, resentencing on the fraud charges, accord-ing to DOJ. Martin admitted to conspiring to defraud the Small Business Admini-stration and U.S. Dept. of Transportation’s disadvantaged-business programs by submitting fraudulent tax filings and false statements about her finances that allowed MarCon to become or remain eligible for the federal DBE contracting programs. According to the plea agreement, “MarCon enjoyed a virtual monop-oly in its geographic region between 2000 and 2006, which it maintained in part through its DBE status.” A March 2008 story in McGraw-Hill Construction’s Intermountain Construction magazine—the predecessor of the present ENR MountainStates—said that Martin founded MarCon, then a barbed-wire com-pany, in 1986 with her sister, whom she bought out after one year. Martin had been active in the Associated General Contractors. She served as Idaho AGC President in 2000 and as an AGC of America board of directors member and specialty-subcontractor committee chair in the mid-2000’s, AGC officials said. MarCon’s assets were sold after the 2013 federal court action and the company is no longer in business, Wayne Hammon, Idaho AGC chief executive officer, said via email.

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL: EXPANSION & ADDITION OF COOLER AND STORAGE Material Transfer Center (MTC) 16CSP004 / CP585501 SCOPE OF WORK: Project scope includes site demolition and the construction of an addition to the existing MTC Building. The addition includes a Walk-In Cooler and an Empties and Univer-sal Storage Room, totaling approximately 2,808 square feet. Alternate No. 1 includes enlarging the doorways and replacing existing doors 1.104 and 1.108. Alternate No. 2 includes procurement of a Scissor Lift. DRAWINGS: http://esbd.cpa.state.tx.us/bid_show.cfm?bidid=122009 JOB SITE VISIT: January 15, 2016 – 9:00 AM BID DATE: January 28, 2016 – 3:00 PM

PLEASE RETURN THIS FORM BY 1/22/2016 to acknowledge receipt & intent to bid. * 3709 Promontory Point # 127A | Austin, Texas 78744 O: 512.473.0871 F: 512.473.0876 E: mgermany@alphabuilding.com | W: alphabuilding.com

SMBR’s PLAN ROOM The 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 specifica-tions 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 Specifica-tions, 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 Genia Browder, Plans Room Coordinator at 512- 974-7799.

Mac, Inc. is soliciting Subcontractors and /or Suppliers for the following project:

Name of Project: LANDSIDE ROADWAY & PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS Solicitation No: CIP ID# 4911 8107 CLMC580 Bid Date: 10:30 AM, Thursday, January 21, 2016 Bids Due: 8:30 AM, Thursday, January 21, 2016 Plans are available at the Austin area plan rooms, One Texas Center, Suite 760, 505 Barton Springs Rd. Austin, Texas 78704, SMBR’S plan room at 4201 Ed Bluestein Blvd., or viewed in our office. Make sure you check the COA web site for any ADDENDA: https://www.austintexas.gov/department/capital-contracting Scope of Work: The work consists of Mill and overlay of Freight Lane, and narrowing it by 5 feet, moving the south curb line toward the centerline and construction of a 5-foot sidewalk in its place. Construction of a shared use path (pedestrians and bicycles) along Spirit of Texas Drive from SH 71 to the parking lot on the Southeast side of the street is included in the project. Additional sidewalk is also to be constructed to complete a path around the Hilton Hotel and to the public parking area for the terminal. Mill and overlay, and narrowing (by 9 feet), of Cargo Avenue is included as a Bid Alter-nate.

Please check for additional scopes of work on this project

Contact Brad Bechtol at 512-326-3920 for detailed information on the scopes of work being subcontracted and the relevant terms and conditions of the contract.

Fax your bids to 512-326-3120.

Fencing (Temporary) & chain link Pavement marking/striping

Fuel, diesel Tree removal and protection

Signs: Construction Project ID Portable Toilets

Ready Mix Concrete Sod and seed/hydro mulching

Construction Photography Irrigation system

Handrails Topsoil

Reinforcing Steel Traffic barricades/traffic control

Asphalt paving/re-surfacing Asphalt removal

Electrical Striping on roadways & bikeways

Erosion control Underground utilities

Survey Landscaping design, planting, fertilizing

Hauling Services, Trucking Curb cutting

The Texas Department of Transportation has scheduled a public meeting for Thurs-day, January 21, 2016 at 4:00 p.m. (CDT) to receive comments on the February updates to the 2016 Unified Transportation Program (UTP). You may participate in this meeting via WebEx or in person at your local TxDOT District Office. To join the meeting via WebEx, please click on the link provided below for the UTP Public Involvement web page. Information on TxDOT District Office locations is also pro-vided on the UTP Public Involvement web page. http://www.txdot.gov/inside-txdot/get-involved/unified-transportation-program.html Draft exhibits on the proposed UTP revisions will be available for viewing at the above link the week of the meeting.

ATTENTION SUBCONTRACTORS Prism Development, Inc. is soliciting MBE/WBE subcontractors to participate in the following City of Austin Project. Project Name: East 7th St. & Pleasant Valley Intersection Improvements

Project Solicitation Number: IFB6100 CLMC576 Bid Date & Time: Thursday, January 21, 2016, 10:00 a.m.

Plans are available at the Austin area plan rooms, U.S. Hispanic Contractors Association de Austin (394-6191), Austin Are Black Contractors Association (467-6894), Asian Contractors Association (926-5400), SMBR Plan Room Phone: (512) 974-7745 4201 Ed Bluestein http://www.austintexas.gov/department/smbr-plan-room To view information on this project you can go to this City of Austin Website: https://www.ci.austin.tx.us/financeonline/vendor_connection/solicitation/solicitation_details.cfm?sid=109770 You can also contact the City of Austin Plan Room at 505 Barton Springs Road Suite 1045 (974-7169) to leave pick up a disc containing the set of documents, or you can download them on our website. http://www.prismdevelopmentinc.com/Bidding.html Please call Betty at 366-9113 or email betty@prismdevelopmentinc.com for access to the documents or if you have any questions concerning the project. If you require bonding or insurance assistance, please contact Luke Luper at the City of Austin 974-7733 or luke.luper@austintexas.gov or you can contact Time Insurance for information on obtaining bonding and insurance for your company (447-7773). WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO SUBMIT BIDS ON THE FOLLOWING SCOPES: CURING MIXTURES, ALL TYPES CONCRETE SIGNS, CONSTRUCTION CIP HAULING SERVICES DEMOLITION SERVICES SANDBLASTING SERVICES

PAVEMENT MARKING, LINES, LETTERS & SYMBOLS (NOT AERIAL OR RESEARCH)

PAVEMENT MARKING, INCLUDING REMOVAL OF MARKINGS TOILETS, PORTABLE, RENTAL OR LEASE

EROSION CONTROL SERVICES SURVEY If you have any questions, about this project contact Betty Vera at betty@prismdevelopmentinc.com

*WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO SUBMIT YOUR BIDS NO LATER THAN 5:00 P.M. , 2015!

PLEASE RESPOND BY EMAILING OR FAXING THIS FORM BACK. THANK YOU!

Business Development & Contract Compliance Division Town Lake Center, 721 Baron Springs

Road, Austin, Texas 78704

Bid Opportunity Notice Pilot Knob Distribution Poles Relocation IFB 1100 GGU0158

The City of Austin d.b.a. Austin Energy seeks re-sponses to this Invitation for Bid (IFB) from qualified Contractors to relocate an estimated 262 steel utility poles of varying sizes from the original storage site to the new storage site. Interested MBEs and WBEs are encouraged to attend the Pre-Proposal conference. Please bring your business cards and company bro-chures. If you are unable to attend the Pre-Proposal meeting, we encourage MBEs and WBEs to submit responses to bid as Prime Vendors on this project.

For detail solicitation information, please visit Austin Online Finance Vendor Connection website at https://w w w . c i . a u s t i n . t x . u s / f i n a n c e o n l i n e /vendor_connection/index.cfm. If you have any prob-lems with Vendor Connection, please contact the Vendor Registration Helpline at (512) 974-2018 for assistance. Please note that you may only contact the designated points of contacts if you have questions regarding the solicitation or project details.

SOLICITATION INFORMATION: Designated points of contact for this project:

Pre-Proposal Conference Date/Time:

Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at 9:00 AM

Pre-Bid Location: 10108 FM 812 Austin, Texas 78719

Proposal Deadline Date/Time: Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Prior to 2:00 PM

Gabriel Guerrero 512-322-6060

Gabriel.Guerrero@austinenergy.com

DeNucci Constructors, LLC INVITATION TO BID DeNucci Constructors, LLC is soliciting City of Austin certified Minor-ity & Women-Owned Business Enterprise participation for the follow-ing City of Austin project. PROJECT: Southeast Allandale Neighborhood W&WW Improvements REBID SOLICITATION No.: IFB 6100 CLMC538B BID DATE/TIME: 9:30 AM on January 21, 2016 Plans are available at the Austin area plan rooms, One Texas Cen-ter, Suite 760, located at 505 Barton Springs Rd., Austin, TX 78704.

This project includes the following scope of service: X Fencing / Guard Rail X Fuel Oil, Diesel X Barricades, Traffic Control _X Asphalt X Crushed Stone, Flexible Base X Sand. Topsoil X Signs _X Concrete Work X Pipeline Construction X Paving / Resurfacing X Asphalt Milling _X Ready Mix Concrete X Construction Photography X Hauling / Trucking Serv. X Erosion Control Services _X Landscaping/ Irrigation

For detailed information on the scopes of work being subcontracted & the relevant terms and conditions of the contract, please email bids@denucciconstructors.com.

ALL BIDS & QUOTES MUST BE RECEIVED BY FAX NO LATER THAN 12:00 PM January 19, 2016 FAX ALL BIDS & QUOTES TO 512-342-0600.

Project Name: (SRH) First Floor Renovations-Unit 2 Solicitation #: 16CSP009 Pre-Proposal Conf.: December 10, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at 1301 E. Dean Keeton Road, FC1, Training Rm 1.118B, Austin, TX

General Construction Budget: $2,000,000.00 to $2,300,000.00 Envelopes No. 1 is due January 28, 2016 at 10:30 a.m.

Project Summary: Selective structure demolition, Asbestos and lead abatement, concrete, metals, carpentry, thermal insulation, fireproofing, firestopping, openings, glazing, plastering, drywall, tiling, acoustical panel ceilings, flooring, painting, signage, toilet compartments, special-ties, furnishings, fire suppression, plumbing, HVAC, electrical, communications, fire detection and alarm system

Project Name: (MTC) Material Transfer Center Expansion & Addition of Cooler and Storage Solicitation #: 16CSP004 Pre-Proposal Conf.: January 12, 2016 at 10:30 a.m. at 1301 E. Dean Keeton Road, FC1, Training Room 1.118B, Austin, TX

General Construction Budget: $764,000.00 to $860,000.00 Envelopes No. 1 is due February 1, 2016 at 11:00 a.m.

Project Summary: Concrete, masonry, metals, carpentry, thermal & moisture protection, open-ings, painting, fire protection specialties, walk-in cooler, fire suppression, plumbing, HVAC, electrical, fire alarm, earthwork, exterior improvements

Project Name: (WIN) Winship Drama Building Project A: HVAC, Electrical; Project B: ADA Renovations Ph. 1 Solicitation #: 16CSP010 and 16CSP011 Pre-Proposal Conf.: January 12, 2016 at 1:30 p.m. at 1301 E. Dean Keeton Road, FC1, Training Room 1.118C, Austin, Texas

General Construction Budget: $3,000,000.00 to $3,300,000.00 Envelopes No. 1 is due January 26, 2016 at 11:00 a.m.

Project Summary: Steel doors, door hardware, painting, signage, fire protection systems, plumbing, HVAC, electrical, fire alarm and smoke detection system, demolition, asbestos & lead abatement, masonry, metal fabrication, and carpentry

Project Name: (ARL) Applied Research Laboratories Project A: Southern Expansion to ARL 11 Building; Project B: Western Expansion to ARL 18 Building at Pickle Research Center Solicitation #: 16CSP012 and 16CSP013 Pre-Proposal Conf.: January 14, 2016 at 1:30 p.m. in PRC Bldg. 15 Conference Room 1.108 Austin, Texas

General Construction Budget: Project A: $1,100,000 to $1,275,000 and Project B: $150,000 to $176,000

Envelopes No. 1 is due February 9, 2016 at 4:00 p.m. Project Summary: Earthwork, concrete, metal fabrications, architectural casework, thermal insulation, openings, drywall, acoustical ceilings, painting, specialties, metal building systems, plumbing, HVAC, electrical, earth moving, fire protection specialties, asphalt paving.

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN

Bid Proposal Invitation The University of Texas at Austin

Proposal Package C-4 GMP-1 Maintenance & Interior Finishes Jester West Floors 4&5

Jester Dormitory (JCD) BID DATE: BID DATE: Tuesday, January 19, 2016Tuesday, January 19, 2016 TIME: TIME: 02:00 PM CT 02:00 PM CT START DATE: START DATE: May, 2016 May, 2016 END DATE: END DATE: August, 2016 August, 2016 OWNER: OWNER: Board of Regents Board of Regents -- The University of Texas SystemThe University of Texas System CONTACT: CONTACT: Toby Smith, Project ManagerToby Smith, Project Manager VALUE: VALUE: $11,000,000$11,000,000 DESCRIPTION Flintco, LLC (CM @ Risk) is soliciting proposals from Sub-contractors and Material Suppliers for Proposal Package C-4 GMP-1 for the University of Texas at Austin – Maintenance & Interior Finishes Jester West Floors 4 & 5 Procurement for the Jester West Maintenance and Interiors project. The scope includes: Maintenance/Access, Final Cleaning, Demolition/Abatement, Masonry, Misc. Metals, Millwork, Waterproofing, Drywall/Plaster, Glazing, Doors and Hardware, Painting, Tile/Stone, Flooring, Specialties, Signage, Blinds, Eleva-tor Fixtures, Fire Sprinkler, Plumbing, Mechanical and Electrical.

Flintco, LLC is an EEO Employer and all HUB and M/WBE Subcontractors and Suppliers are encouraged to submit proposals on this project.

Proposals will be due on Tuesday, 01/19/2016 @ 2:00 PM at Flintco’s office located at 8100 Cross Park, Austin, Texas 78754.

It is STRONGLY ENCOURAGED that any interested parties attend the Pre-Proposal Meeting to be held on Wednesday, 01/06/16 @ 10:00 am, in Jester Hall HDC Room http://www.utexas.edu/maps/main/areas/pcl.html Park at the Brazos Garage (BRG): Walk north, across the street. There is a storefront with two sets of double doors. Go in the double doors and the meeting room is to your right. A site tour will follow the pre-proposal meeting. Pay parking is avail-able in the Brazos Parking Garage.

City of Austin Bid Tabulations

RUTHERFORD LANE RENOVATIONS—REBID Solicitation No. CLMC531 | Bid Opening December 31, 2015

Estimated Value: $1,200,000.00 Bidder Bid Amount LD Tebben Company, Inc. $1,069,814.00

SPICEWOOD SPRINGS PUMP STATION UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS Solicitation No. CLMC539 | Bid Opening December 31, 2015

Estimated Value: $2,628,102.00 Bidder Bid Amount Facilities Rehabilitation, Inc. $3,734,113.00 DeNucci Constructors, LLC $3,676,712.00 Central Road & Utilities, LTD $4,172,296.05 M.A. Smith Contracting Co., Inc. $3,196,269.75 Thyssen-Laughlin, Inc. $3,962,411.00 Santa Clara Construction, LTD $3,831,314.00

RIVERSIDE DRIVE CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENTS-2012 BOND Solicitation No. CLMC571 | Bid Opening December 10, 2015

Estimated Value: $828,500.00 Bidder Bid Amount Central Rod and Utility $ 945,283.40 Cox Commercial Construction, LLC $ 1,131,091.00 Muniz Concrete & Contracting, Inc. $ 827,592.76

AUSTIN HEIGHTS WATER SYSTEM UPGRADES Solicitation No. CLMC572 | Bid Opening December 3, 2015

Estimated Value: $1,994,588.00 Bidder Bid Amount M.A. Smith Contracting Co., Inc. $1,692,497.50 Prota Construction, Inc. & Prota, Inc., JV $1,779,397.00 Santa Clara Construction, LTD $1,841,045.00 Austin Underground, Inc. $2,016,580.00 DeNucci Constructors, LLC $2,056,015.00 Central Road & Utility, LTD $2,884,623.54

MAIN TO JUNCTION 420 (DOWNTOWN AREA) Solicitation No. CLMC550 | Bid Opening November 23, 2015

Estimated Value: $4,500,000.00 Bidder Bid Amount Austin Underground, Inc. $4,732,997.65 Facilities Rehabilitation Co. $5,278,768.00 M.A. Smith Contracting Co., Inc. $5,646,060.30 Santa Clara Construction, LTD $5,731,930.50

Source: City of Austin, Capital Contracting Office

Balfour Beatty Construction is soliciting Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprise participation for the

following City of Austin project: Name of Project: ABIA Parking Garage and Administration Offices Solicitation Number: CLMA018 The City has determined the following scopes of work and provided your contact information through an availability list. 6159901 OFFICE SUPPLIES PER PRICE AGREEMENT 80198 SIGNS, CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IDENTIFICATION SIGNS 90910 AIRPORT FACILITY CONSTRUCTION 9157297 PHOTOGRAPHY, CONSTRUCTION 91826 COMMUNICATIONS: PUBLIC RELATIONS CONSULTING 91879 MINORITY AND SMALL BUSINESS CONSULTING 96214 BLUE PRINTING SERVICES: BLUE PRINTS, BLUE LINE, ETC 96224 COURIER/DELIVERY SERVICES (INCLUDING AIR COURIER SERVICES) 96247 INSURANCE AND RISK MANAGEMENT 96618 COPYING SERVICES (REPRODUCTION) 98136 FENCING RENTAL OR LEASE

For more information on the scopes of services to be subcontracted and the relevant terms and conditions of the contract, please contact me by January 25, 2016 | 10 a.m. Thanks, Kamecia Lambert, Diversity Director Balfour Beatty Construction 1250 South Capital of Texas Hwy. Bld. I, Suite 250 Austin, TX 78746 Klambert@balfourbeattyus.com | 512-651-3294

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 pub-lished 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 specifications; 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 web-site and click on the Bid Briefs’ link.

Is your local Walmart closing?

NEW YORK - Walmart is closing 269 stores, more than half of them in the U.S. and another big chunk in its challenging Brazilian market. The stores being shuttered account for a fraction of the company's 11,000 stores worldwide and less than 1 percent of its global revenue.

More than 95 percent of the stores set to be closed in the U.S. are within 10 miles of another Walmart. The Benton-ville, Arkansas, company said it is working to ensure that workers are placed in nearby locations.

The store closures will start at the end of the month. The announcement comes three months after Wal-Mart Stores Inc. CEO Doug McMillon told investors that the world's larg-est retailer would review its fleet of stores with the goal of becoming more nimble in the face of increased competition from all fronts, including from online rival Amazon.com. "No doubt our business has become both large and broad," McMillon told analysts in October. "It is more important now than ever that we evaluate our portfolio."

Walmart operates 4,500 stores in the U.S. Its global work-force is 2.2 million, 1.4 million in the U.S. alone.

Walmart has warned that its earnings for the fiscal year start-ing next month will be down as much as 12 percent as it in-vests further in online operations and pours money into im-proving customers' experience.

Of the closures announced Friday, 154 locations will be in the U.S., including the company's 102 smallest-format stores called Walmart Express, which were opened as a test in 2011.

Walmart Express marked the retailer's first entry into the convenience store arena. The stores are about 12,000 square feet and sell essentials like toothpaste. But the con-cept never caught on as the stores served the same purpose as Walmart's larger Neighborhood Markets: fill-in trips and prescription pickups.

Also covered in the closures are 23 Neighborhood Markets, 12 supercenters, seven stores in Puerto Rico, six discount stores and four Sam's Clubs. Walmart will now focus in the U.S. on supercenters, Neighborhood Markets, the e-commerce business and pickup services for shoppers.

The retailer is closing 60 loss-making locations in Brazil, which account for 5 percent of sales in that market. Walmart, which operated 558 stores in Brazil before the closures, has struggled as the economy there has soured. Its Every Day Low price strategy has also not been able to break against heavy promotions from key rivals. The remaining 55 stores are spread elsewhere in Latin America. Walmart said that it's still sticking to its plan announced last year to open 50 to 60 supercenters, 85 to 95 Neighborhood Markets and 7 to 10 Sam's Clubs in the U.S. during the fiscal year that begins Feb. 1. Outside the U.S., Wal-Mart plans to open between 200 to 240 stores. The company published a list of stores affected by the closures midday Friday: Store location, closing date: Walmart:

#2524: 5502 Monterey Hwy, San Jose, CA, 1/28/2016

#2949: 151 E 5th St., Long Beach, CA, 1/28/2016

#5457: 8400 Edgewater Drive, Oakland, CA, 1/17/2016

#2960: 4101 Crenshaw Blcd., Los Angeles, CA, 1/17/2016

#3507: 2701 Port Covington Drive, Baltimore, MD, 1/17/2016

#3496: 5825 W Hope Ave., Milwaukee, WI, 1/28/2016

Supercenter:

#3814 6525 Glacier Hwy, Juneau, AK, 2/5/2016

#763: 7201 Aaron Aronov Drive, Fairfield, AL, 1/28/2016

#4584: 10400 Highland Rd., Hartland, MI, 1/28/2016

#4369: 1010 Martin Luther King Pkwy., Durham, NC, 1/28/2016

#2837: 4350 N Nellis Blvd., Las Vegas, NV, 1/17/2016

#4342: 22209 Rockside Rd., Bedford, OH, 1/28/2016

#2606: 721 US Hwy 321 BYP S Unit, Winnsboro, SC, 1/28/2016

#883: 14091 FM 490, Raymondville, TX, 1/28/2016

#5493: 7480 Padre Island Hwy, Brownsville, TX, 1/28/2016

#5478: 8201 N FM 620, Austin, TX, 1/28/2016

#597: 7075 FM 1960 Rd W, Houston, TX, 1/28/2016

#3811: 61 Plaza Drive, Kimball, WV, 1/28/2016

Sam's Club:

#4903: 941 Grinnell St., Fall River, MA, 1/28/2016

#6648: 1110 Fall River Ave., Seekonk, MA, 1/28/2016

#6665: 495 Summit Drive, Waterford, MI, 1/28/2016

#6681: 25 Pace Blvd., Warwick, RI, 1/28/2016

Source: Google News, Janury 15, 2016

Report: Construction Workers Use Most Opioid Painkillers Construction workers use opioid pain relievers more than any other workers. Spending on these prescription painkillers is 5% to 10% higher in construction than in all other industries combined, according to a recent CNA Financial report in the insurers' publication, 2015 Risk Outlook: Construction: Prescription Opioid Abuse Risk Factors and Solutions. The report was released earlier in 2015. Liz Griggs, chief executive of Canterbury Healthcare, a San Francisco-based healthcare and workers' compensation insurance company, claims work-ers compensation claims for the construction industry exceed $10 billion. “Because of this, the construction industry has to really start looking at prevention programs,” Griggs says. “The benefits of having a prevention program in place far outweighs [the cost of] dealing with the back end of someone getting addicted to opioids.” Construction workers who are daily involved with lifting, kneeling for long stretches, climbing and reaching in what can be challenging spaces, are especially at risk for prescription opioid abuse. “It is estimated that 15.1 percent of construction workers across various specializations have engaged in illicit drug use, including both illegal and legal prescription drugs” the report states. Half of the $60 billion spend annually on opioid pain relievers are attributed to work-place costs. The report recommends employers combat opioid abuse through prevention including: 1. Educating employees about responsible use of prescription opioids;

2. Understanding and communicating risk factors of opioid abuse; and

3. Providing support and safe return to work for injured employees.

Opioids are medications that relieve pain. They reduce the intensity of pain signals reaching the brain and affect those brain areas controlling emotion, which diminishes the effects of a painful stimulus.

Opioids are substances that act on the nervous system in a similar way to opiates such as morphine and codeine. In a medical context the term usually indicates medica-tions that are artificially made rather than extracted from opium. Common examples include oxy-codone, hydrocodone, and hydro-morphone.