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~ 'PUBLIC WO IS DEPARTMENT • 858 PEARL • EUGENE, OREGON 97401 <br /> FACILITIES D LOPMENT <br /> <br /> " NEWS RELEASE <br /> February 5, 1988 <br /> FOR MORE NFORMATION: Ricky Langford, Facilities Development Manager, 687-5074 <br /> NEWS RELE SE: Sandra Gleason, Public Information, 687-5523 <br /> FOR IMMED ATE RELEASE <br /> MAHLON SWEET BID DOCUMENTS READY <br /> City of Eugene officials announced today that bid documents for the <br /> expansion of the Mahlon Sweet Airport terminal in Eugene, Oregon will be <br /> available to pick up on February 22, 1988 at Central Blueprint, 47 West 5th <br /> Avenue in Eugene; a refundable deposit will be charged for the first two sets <br /> of docume ts; additional copies will be prepared at the City of Eugene's <br /> expense. Several prebid conferences and site tours are being scheduled during <br /> February nd March. Bids will be opened on March 29, and construction is <br /> ' expected o begin in April, 1988. <br /> According to Christine Andersen, director of the city's public works <br /> department, contract documents were received from the architects on February <br /> 8, as sc eduled. After reviewing the documents prepared by TRA and Brockmeyer <br /> McDonnel Architects, the airport policy committee decided to extend the bid <br /> I', period s hedule for an additional 12 days for final coordination of the <br /> document . <br /> And rsen also said the city is expecting a heavy construction season this <br /> year and is encouraging contractors from outside the area to bid on the <br /> project. <br /> "Eugene has an unusual number of large construction projects scheduled <br /> for this summer, so we will have fewer local contractors, laborers, and <br /> more <br /> i <br /> <br />