The PDA will be seeking bids during the next few months. Bids are due by 1 p.m. Tags: pike place , pike place market , pike place phase III , pike place restoration , seattle bid solicitations , seattle construction bids , seattle public projects , seattle public works Posted 01 Mar 2011 by Douglas Reiser in Bids , Construction News , Public Contracting ← Seattle Builds Construction Code Advisory Board – Green Code on Deck? For this months, Solicitation of the Month, we venture down to Seattle’s sacred Pike Place Market. Suite 400, in Seattle. MORE >>

The school is seeking bids from architectural and design firms. expect to see construction bidding begin by the end of the year. The PAC-10′s Washington State University are building a new football home. With public construction keeping a healthy pace, there are many projects up for the award. But if you understand my penchant for sports, you know that this is a hole in one. WSU’s Board of Regents approved initial plans to design significant upgrades to the school’s current football stadium, Martin Stadium. Right now this project is merely in design stage. MORE >>

Because of that, many subcontractors find that after managing the bidding process, negotiating alternative bids, locking down labor and materials, and other painful steps, you develop a “just get it signed” mentality. Construction Liability Contract Drafting Contracts Managing Risks Standard Provisions construction contracts general contractor contract provisions negotiating a construction agreement subcontractor agreements washington construction law washington contract law what to look for in a subcontractRead and revise that contract before getting started. MORE >>

Washington appellate court has ruled that a contractor’s pre-bid investigatory work cannot form the basis of a lien. The Division III Court of Appeals opines that pre-bid and unauthorized work performed by Colorado Structures, Inc. Prior to bidding, CSI decided to do some drilling to determine the extent of groundwater on the site. The court’s ruling was published today, a day after new legislation was offered to change a portion of the lien law. The suit is very interesting. did not create the basis for a lien against a mall in Walla Walla. 93 S Jackson St. MORE >>

the Court interpreted a clause in a contract allowing for an “equitable adjustment&# to the contract price in the event that the soils were of a different “type&# than those known to the subcontractor at the time of its bid. Haymes Brothers bid for site work and later found boulders and other conditions in the soil that significantly increased its costs to perform the excavation and site work.  The excavation work cost Haymes over a million dollars more than its original bid and so, Haymes sued. Image via Wikipedia. just kidding, that was never a joke).  MORE >>