The City of Tacoma has received 10 preliminary bids from contractors interested in working on a project that will bring site improvements and a new public restroom to an area near Old Town Dock.
The project budget is estimated at $260,000. A pre-bid meeting was held at 10 a.m. on Tues., Dec. 3. The deadline to submit bids expired at 11 a.m. on Tues., Dec. 17.
The preliminary bidders include Nordland Construction NW (Nordland, Wash.) — $262,000; Bershauer Construction, Inc. (Olympia, Wash.) — $237,609; Lincoln Construction, Inc. (Spanaway, Wash.) — $242,905; Westmark Construction (Tacoma, Wash.) — $336,691; Rod McConkey Construction, LLC (Olympia, Wash.) — $218,777.83; T Miller Construction (Auburn, Wash.) — $303,700; Pease & Sons, Inc. (Tacoma, Wash.) — $254,548; Durels Construction & Management, LLC (Tumwater, Wash.) — $231,355; Jody Miller Construction (Tacoma, Wash.) — $281,000; and Pease Construction (Lakewood, Wash.) — $249,750.
Tacoma’s once-crumbling and shuttered 141-year-old Old Town Dock, located at 2123 Schuster Parkway, was closed to the public in the summer of 2008 for a variety of safety reasons, including a deteriorating deck and structural deficiencies. The dock re-opened last May following a major renovation.
To read the Tacoma Daily Index‘s complete and comprehensive coverage of the Old Town Dock rehabilitation project, click on the following links:
- Year In Review: Old Town Dock (Tacoma Daily Index, Dec. 30, 2013);
- Tacoma City Council to discuss District 1 candidate interviews, Jefferson Avenue alignment (Tacoma Daily Index, Dec. 13, 2013);
- Tacoma City Council to discuss budget, economic development programs (Tacoma Daily Index, Nov. 22, 2013);
- Tacoma Daily Index Top Stories — June 2013 (Tacoma Daily Index, July 1, 2013);
- Tacoma’s Old Town Dock reopens May 15 (Tacoma Daily Index, May 13, 2013);
- Tacoma Daily Index Top Stories — August 2012 (Tacoma Daily Index, Sept. 5, 2012);
- Tacoma’s Old Town Dock could be repaired by next summer (Tacoma Daily Index, Aug. 22, 2012);
- Contract approval would kick off Old Town Dock rehab (Tacoma Daily Index, Aug. 20, 2012);
- Public art part of $2M Old Town Dock rehab (Tacoma Daily Index, June 8, 2012);
- Tacoma Daily Index Top Stories — April 16 – April 22 (Tacoma Daily Index, April 23, 2012);
- $2M Old Town Dock project could begin this summer (Tacoma Daily Index, April 17, 2012);
- Tacoma Daily Index Top Stories — Nov. 28 – Dec. 4 (Tacoma Daily Index, Dec. 5, 2011);
- Delay for $2M Old Town Dock rehab? (Tacoma Daily Index, Nov. 29, 2011);
- Additional funding approved, new restrooms considered for Old Town Dock rehab (Tacoma Daily Index, Oct. 19, 2011);
- Year In Review — Old Town Dock (Tacoma Daily Index, Dec. 21, 2010);
- City approves funding for Old Town Dock repairs (Tacoma Daily Index, Oct. 27, 2010);
- Tacoma City Council to vote on contract for Old Town Dock repair (Tacoma Daily Index, Oct. 18, 2010);
- $2M Old Town Dock rehab will take 2 years (Tacoma Daily Index, July 30, 2010);
- City, Metro Parks move forward on $2M Old Town Dock rehabilitation (Tacoma Daily Index, July 14, 2010);
- $1M matching funds eyed for Old Town Dock rehab (Tacoma Daily Index, June 18, 2010);
- City, Metro Parks to discuss future of shuttered Old Town Dock (Tacoma Daily Index, June 16, 2010);
- City restricts Old Town Dock access (Tacoma Daily Index, July 11, 2008).
Todd Matthews is editor of the Tacoma Daily Index and recipient of an award for Outstanding Achievement in Media from the Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation for his work covering historic preservation in Tacoma and Pierce County. He has earned four awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, including third-place honors for his feature article about the University of Washington’s Innocence Project; first-place honors for his feature article about Seattle’s bike messengers; third-place honors for his feature interview with Prison Legal News founder Paul Wright; and second-place honors for his feature article about whistle-blowers in Washington State. His work has also appeared in All About Jazz, City Arts Tacoma, Earshot Jazz, Homeland Security Today, Jazz Steps, Journal of the San Juans, Lynnwood-Mountlake Terrace Enterprise, Prison Legal News, Rain Taxi, Real Change, Seattle Business Monthly, Seattle magazine, Tablet, Washington CEO, Washington Law & Politics, and Washington Free Press. He is a graduate of the University of Washington and holds a bachelor’s degree in communications. His journalism is collected online at wahmee.com.
