Vol 32, Edition 50 AUGUST 1, 2016 Diversity in Action Publish by SBE certified SBE/DBE/MBE

With 1.5 million businesses in our database, SBE is California’s #1 source for diversity outreach. AdvertisementsPlaced in the Small Business Exchange newspaper, SBE Today newsletter, and online at www.sbeinc.comFaxed and Eblast SolicitationsTargeted mailings sent to businesses per your criteria.TelemarketingTelephone follow-up calls that follow a script of 5 questions you create. Computer Generated Reports Will fit right into your proposal, along with a list of interested firms to contact.

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Repeat clients laud Hathaway Dinwiddie’s ability to understand and tackle complex, large-scale projects in multiple market sectors

Workers attend regular safety meetings at Hathaway Dinwiddie projects, including the $700-million USC Village at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. PHOTO COURTESY OF HATHAWAY DINWIDDIE

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Diverse Work Boosts Centenarian’s Revenue

From skyscrapers in San Francisco and Los An-geles to high-technology facilities, Hathaway Din-widdie Construction Co. has earned a reputation for taking on tough jobs during its 100 years in California. HDCCo delivered the Russ Building in 1927—the tallest building in San Francisco at the time—and San Francisco’s iconic Transamerica Pyramid in 1972. It is currently at work on the 1,070-ft-tall Salesforce Tower, which aims to be the city’s tallest when complete in 2018.

Though HDCCo has earned a reputation for building skyscrapers, recent portfolio diversity has cemented its success. Through a deliberate and fo-cused strategy to establish itself in multiple market sectors, the company has tallied remarkable rev-enue jumps—all in California. In light of its smart growth strategies and continued delivery of nota-ble projects throughout the state, ENR California named Hathaway Dinwiddie its 2016 Contractor of the Year.

Big projects mean big revenues. In addition to the $1-billion Salesforce Tower project—a joint venture with Clark Construction—HDCCo is building the 1-million-sq-ft Cove at Oyster Bay biotechnology campus in South San Francisco; the 1-million-sq-ft $485-million Exchange on 16th, a high-tech development in Mission Bay; and the $700-million USC Village project at the Univer-sity of Southern California in Los Angeles.

The returns are starting to show up on its bal-ance sheet. In 2015, the company’s revenue rose 64%, reaching $1.14 billion—up from $696 mil-lion in 2014 and $684 million in 2013.

“We’ve been blessed over the decades with be-ing associated with exciting, sophisticated and complex work—and some important architectural work,” says Greg Cosko, HDCCo’s president and CEO. “There continue to be significant large-project opportunities, including some among our very good existing clients …. We want to be the go-to guys for tough, sophisticated projects.”

The firm’s strategy banks heavily on work with repeat clients and selective pursuit of new ones. Last year, seven of the company’s top 10 revenue projects were with repeat clients—and four of the top five projects were for clients that it has worked with for decades. Though the firm is seen as a well-established contractor in the state, its track record on complex projects helps it maintain a reputation for being a cutting-edge builder. “We’ve been re-ally diligent about maintaining our integrity and maintaining commitment to long-standing corpo-rate customers in our regions, but we’re also very strong in the tech market,” says Ed Conlon, senior vice president in the Northern California region. “We’ve been able to ride the wave with companies like Salesforce, Twitter, Pinterest and Amazon.”

Conlon credits the company’s recent success to its ability to diversify. The company as its known today was the result of the merger of Dinwiddie and E.A. Hathaway in 1996. While Dinwiddie was well known for its work on high-rises and

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iconic buildings such as the Getty Center in Los An-geles, E.A. Hathaway brought experience as a techni-cal builder, including health care and laboratory work. After the merger, HDCCo continued to diversify, ex-panding into higher education, technology and life sci-ences markets.

“In the last 10 years, we’ve positioned ourselves so that now the market has come to us,” Conlon says. “We’ve been very purposeful and strategic. When mar-kets waned, we didn’t blink; we maintained our focus. When the market came back, we were well-positioned.”

The company’s strategy has paid off with clients like USC. For more than a decade, the firm has been a constant presence on the campus, building numerous projects including the School of Cinematic Arts, the Dana and David Dornsife Cognitive Neuroscience Im-aging Center and the ongoing USC Village project—a 2-million-sq-ft mixed-use residential, retail and aca-demic development.

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California Sub-Bid Request Ad

Invites sub-bids from qualified DBE businesses for the following project:

County of Santa Barabara • Airfield Electrical Upgrades • Project No. 8763 Location: Santa Ynez, CA

BID DATE: August 3, 2016 @ 2:00 PMSEEKING: Mobilization, Concrete - Remove/Replace Asphalt, Horizontal Directional Conduit, Taxiway Runway Lighting, Backup Generator, Security, Constant-Current Regulator, Pilot Control with External Antenna, Airport Rotating Beacon with Tip-Down Pole, Internally-Lighted Primary/Secondary Wind Cone.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and intend to seriously negotiate with qualified Disadvantaged Business Enterprise subcontractors and suppliers for project participation.

Payment and performance bonds may be required. Please contact us at the above listed number for further information regarding bidding on this project. To the best of our abilities we will help with bonds/insurance/credit. Plans are available for viewing at our office.

We Are An Equal Opportunity Employer

TAFT ELECTRIC COMPANY 1694 EASTMAN AVENUE, VENTURA, CA 93003

Contact: Christopher Selvey • cselvey@taftelectric.com Phone: (805) 642-0121 • Fax: (805) 650-9015

Gallagher & Burk, Inc. 344 High Street • Oakland, CA 94601

Phone: (510) 261-0466 • FAX (510) 261-0478 Estimator: Alan McKean

Website: www.gallagherandburk.com

Gallagher & Burk, Inc. (GBI) is preparing a bid as a Prime Contractor for the project

listed below:PERALTA STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENT

PROJECT City Project No. P414250,

Federal Project No. CML-5012(127) Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Goal

Assigned is 16%OWNER: CITY OF OAKLAND

1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Room #101, Oakland, CA 94612

BID DATE: AUGUST 4, 2016 @ 2:00 P.M.GBI is soliciting quotations from certified Disadvan-taged Business Enterprises for the following types of work and supplies/materials including but not limited to:

CLEARING AND GRUBBING/DEMOLITION, CRACK SEALING, ELECTRICAL, LANDSCAP-ING, MINOR CONCRETE, SITE FURNISH-INGS, ROADSIDE SIGNS, MICRO SURFACING, STRIPING, UNDERGROUND, TRUCKING, WA-TER TRUCKS, STREET SWEEPING, CLASS 4 AGGREGATE BASE MATERIAL, HOT MIX AS-PHALT (TYPE A) MATERIAL.

Plans and specifications may be reviewed at our of-fices located at 11555 Dublin Boulevard, Dublin, CA or 7700 College Town Drive, Sacramento, CA or at your local Builders Exchange, or reviewed and down-loaded from the ftp site at ftp://ftp%25gallagherburk.com:f7pa55wd@pub.gallagherburk.com (if prompted the username is ftp@desilvagates.com and password is f7pa55wd), or from CIPList.com http://ciplist.com/plan/?Oakland/city/9392/plan/1538 or from the Own-er’s site at http://www2.oaklandnet.com/Government/o/CP/s/ContractingPurchasingOpportunities/index.htm

Fax your bid to (510) 261-0478 to the attention of Esti-mator Alan McKean. If you have questions for the Es-timator, call at (510) 261-0466. When submitting any public works bid please include your DUNS number and DIR number. For questions regarding registration for DIR use the link at www.dir.ca.gov/Public-Works/PublicWorks.html

If you need DBE support services and assistance in ob-taining bonding, lines of credit, insurance, necessary equipment, materials and/or supplies or related assis-tance or services, for this project call the Estimator at (510) 261-0466, or contact your local Small Business Development Center Network (http://californiasbdc.org) or contact the California Southwest Transportation Resource Center (www.transportation.gov/osdbu/SB-TRCs). GBI is willing to breakout portions of work to increase the expectation of meeting the DBE goal.

At our discretion, 100% Payment and 100% Perfor-mance bonds may be required as a subcontract condi-tion. This will be a PREVAILING WAGE JOB. GBI is an equal opportunity employer.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

PROJECT: CONSTRUCTION ON STATE HWY IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY CALTRANS - CONTRACT # 07-279114

SAN DIEGO, CA **THIS PROJECT HAS A 12 % DBE GOAL**

BID DATE: AUGUST 9, 2016 • BID TIME: 2:00 P.M. Please respond by 5:00 p.m., August 8, 2016

We are seeking quotes from all small business concerns - CERTIFIED DBE including, but not lim-ited to, the following work items:Lead Compliance Plan, Construction Area Signs, Traffic Control System, Temporary Traffic Stripe, Chan-nelizer (Surface Mounted), Temporary Pavement Marker, Portable Changeable Message Sign (EA), Tem-porary Railing (Type K) Alternative Temporary Crash Cushion, Erosion Control, Temporary Hydraulic Mulch, Temp Construction Entrance, Street Sweeping, Temp Concrete Washout, Treated Wood Waste, Abandon Culvert (EA) Cold Plane Asphalt Concrete Pavement, Clearing & Grubbing (LS), Develop Water Supply, Roadway Excavation, Rock Excavation, Roadway Excavation, Roadside Clearing, Weed Germina-tion, Iron Sulfate (LB), Wood Mulch, Truck Watering, Plastic Pipe, Compost, Incorporate Materials, Class 2 Aggregates Base (CY), High Friction Surface Treatment, Asphaltic Emulsion, Hot Mix Asphalt, Minor Hot Mix Asphalt, Place Hot Mix Asphalt Dike (Type E), Tack Coat, Minor Concrete (Minor Structure), Roadside Sign – One Post, Install Roadside Sign Panel On Existing Post, Furnish, Single Sheet Aluminum Sign For Retroreflective Sheeting (Type XI), Reinforced Concrete Pipe, Rock Slope Protection, Minor Concrete, Rock Slope Protection Fabric, Fence (Type BW, Metal Post) Milepost Marker, Paint Traffic Stripe, Thermoplastic Traffic Stripe, Pavement Marker (Retroreflective), Misc. Iron & Steel, Fencing, Hauling, Material Supply, QC Testing & Inspection.Coffman Specialties, Inc. is signatory to Operating Engineers, Laborers, Teamsters, Cement Masons and Carpenters unions. Quotations must be valid for the same duration as specified by the Owner for contract award. Insurance and 100% Payment & Performance Bonds will be required, and will pay up to 1.5% for the cost of the bond. Waiver of Subrogation will be required. We will provide assistance/advice with obtaining Bonds/Insurance/Credit/Equipment. Subcontractors must provide contractor’s license number and Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) registration number with their quote. Plans and specs are available at no cost to interested DBE firms from the CALTRANS WEBSITE using the Project ID # 07-279114 and/or our San Diego Office. We are an EOE & seriously intend to negotiate with qualified firms.If you have any questions, Please contact Marty Keane: Phone 858-536-3100, Fax 858-586-0164 or email estimating@coffmanspecialties.com.Non-DBE Subs/Suppliers: Indicate 2nd tier participation offered on your quotation as it will be eval-uated with your price. For any bid proposal submitted on or after March 1, 2015 and any contract for public work entered into on or after April 1, 2015, the following registration requirements apply: Every Subcontractor is required to be registered to perform public work pursuant to Section 1725.5 of the Public Contract Code. No Contractor or Subcontractor shall be qualified to bid on, be listed in a bid proposal pursuant to Section 4104 of the Public Contract Code, or engage in the performance of any contract for public work, unless currently registered to perform public work pursuant to Section 1725.5. No bid shall be accepted nor any subcontract entered into without proof of the Subcontrac-tor’s current registration to perform public work pursuant to Section 1725.5. If used in our Bid, Coffman Specialties requires this proof be submitted w/in 24 hours of Bid Date.

9685 Via Excelencia, Ste 200 • San Diego, CA 92126 Phone: (858) 536-3100 • Fax: (858) 586-0164

e-mail inquiries to: estimating@coffmanspecialties.com

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2636 South Loop West Freeway, Suite 300 | Houston, TX 77054 Bid Manager: Mike Simmons

TEL: (619) 814-3703 | msimmons@pulice.com FAX: (713) 595-4921

Outreach: Kimberly Bell TEL: (619) 814-3700 | kbell@pulice.com

Equal Opportunity Employer

Invitation to Bid from Certified DBEs: Subcontractors, Material Suppliers, Equipment Suppliers, and Professional Services for:

IH 45 & IH 610 Direct Connectors – Project No. CM2013(984), ETC.; CSJ 0500-03-606, ETC.OWNER: State of Texas – Department of Transportation

LOCATION: Harris County, TX QUOTE DEADLINE: August 9th, 2016 @ 1:00 PM CDT

DBE GOAL: 7.5%

Plans and Specifications are available free of charge online at: https://pulice.sharefile.com/app/#/home/shared/fo2a797b-9c39-4e5b-b546-d3727d4ff8fc

The project generally consists of the following:

Construction of an interchange facility with a direct connector from IH 610 (S Loop) EB to IH 45 (Gulf Freeway) NB, and a direct connector from IH 45 (Gulf Freeway) SB to IH 610 (S Loop) WB.

Quotes for Services & Supplies requested for the following items for bid including, but not limited to:

100% performance and payment bonds may be required for the full amount of the subcontract price. Pulice Construction, Inc. will assist with obtaining bonding, lines of credit, and insurance. Please Contact Kimberly Bell if assistance is needed with regards to bonding & Insurance.

Pulice Construction, Inc. will analyze and consider each quote received, including those that are broken down into economically feasible units to facilitate bidding. Pulice Construction, Inc. will assist with obtaining necessary equipment, supplies, or materials needed.

Pulice Construction, Inc. is committed to ensuring that subcontractors and vendors have the maximum opportunity to successfully perform on this project, and to making good faith efforts to utilize small, minority, women’s, and local business enterprises.

EXPANSION JOINT BEARING RAILS CONCRETE FENCE & GR PRECAST GIRDERS SHORING SURVEYING CLEARING /MOWING AC PAVING

CONCRETE PAVING CONCRETE FLATWORK PRECAST BOX CULVERTS SIGNAGE TRAFFIC CONTROL CTB/CSB/CSS BARRIER RAIL DEMOLITION LANDSCAPING

RCP STEEL CASING TRUCKING BARRICADES CIDH ELECTRICAL/SIGNAL LIME REINFORCING STEEL STRIPING

WASTE MANAGEMENT POST TENSION JACK & BORE EROSION CONTROL PAINT RETAINING WALLS STRUCTURAL STEEL WATER PIPE/VALVE

CAHILL CONTRACTORS, LLC requests bids from Certified SBE Subcontractors and

Suppliers for the following TRADES ONLY:Elevators / Fire Protection / Solar Panels (Photovoltaic Infrastructure Only and Solar Hot Water) / Exterior Building Maintenance

PARCEL O - 50% CD EARLY BID (SELECT TRADES)

455 Fell Street, San Francisco, CA 94102This is a CMD project with construction

workforce and prevailing wage requirements. BID DATE: 8/19/16 @ 5 PM Voluntary Pre-bid Meeting:

7/29/16 @ 11:15am, Cahill’s Office 425 California St., Suite 2200

San Francisco, CA 94104BID DOCUMENTS: Please contact Colby for access to documents on BuildingConnected.

CAHILL CONTRACTORS, LLC Colby Smith at estimating@cahill-sf.com

(415) 677-0611.

CAHILL CONTRACTORS, LLC requests bids from Certified SBE Subcontractors and

Suppliers for the following TRADES ONLY:Site Clearing, Demolition, and Abatement / Concrete / Shoring, Underpinning / Site Utilities

POTRERO HILL BLOCK X - Structural Early Bid

1101 Connecticut Street, San Francisco, CA 94107

This is a CMD project with construction workforce and prevailing wage require-ments.

BID DATE: 8/16/16 @ 2 PMVoluntary Pre-bid Meeting:

7/29/16 @ 10:30am, Cahill’s Office 425 California St., Suite 2200

San Francisco, CA 94104 BID DOCUMENTS: Please contact Colby for access to documents on BuildingConnected.

CAHILL CONTRACTORS, LLC Colby Smith at estimating@cahill-sf.com

(415) 677-0611.

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California Sub-Bid Request Ads

11555 Dublin Boulevard • P.O. Box 2909 Dublin, CA 94568-2909

(925) 829-9220 / FAX (925) 803-4263 Estimator: GARRY DAY

Website: www.desilvagates.com An Equal Opportunity Employer

DeSilva Gates Co nstruction (DGC)

is preparing a bid as a Prime Contractor for the project listed below:

YERBA BUENA ISLAND STREET IMPROVEMENTS Sub-Phase 1YA and 1YB, San Francisco, CA

Small Business Enterprise Goal Assigned is 41%OWNER:

TREASURE ISLAND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, LLC c/o LENNAR URBAN

1 Sansome Street, Suite 3200, San Francisco, CA 94104

BID DATE: AUGUST 11, 2016 @ 2:00 P.M.We hereby encourage responsible participation of local Small Business Enterprises/Local Business Enterprises, and solicit their subcontractor or ma-terials and/or suppliers quotation for the following types of work including but not limited to:CLEARING AND GRUBBING/DEMOLI-TION, COLD PLANE, ELECTRICAL, EROSION CONTROL, FENCING, JOINT TRENCH, LANDSCAPING, MINOR CON-CRETE, MINOR CONCRETE STRUCTURE, PUMP STATION, ROADWAY EXCAVA-TION, SHORING, SOIL NAIL, STRIPING, SURVEY/STAKING, TEMPORARY ERO-SION CONTROL, TREE REMOVAL/TRIM-MING, UNDERGROUND UTILITIES, WALL (BLOCK), WALL (GABION), WALL (MSE), TRUCKING, WATER TRUCKS, STREET SWEEPING, EROSION CONTROL MATE-RIAL, CLASS 2 AGGREGATE BASE MATE-RIAL, HOT MIX ASPHALT (TYPE A) MATE-RIAL, GEOGRID MATERIAL.Plans and specifications may be reviewed at our office located at 11555 Dublin Boulevard, Dub-lin, CA or at your local Builders Exchange, or reviewed and downloaded from the Dropbox site at https://www.dropbox.com/sh/kq8okfn86g57btf/AACftxLhRmnOexjiIzdzr1RPa?dl=0Information is also available on the City and County of San Francisco’s website at http://mis-sion.sfgov.org/OCABidPublication/BidDetail.aspx?K=11060A non-mandatory pre-bid meeting and job walk will be held on July 26, 2016 at 10:00 AM located at Casa de la Vista (Building 227) Treasure Island, 191 Avenue of Palms, San Francisco, CA 94130.Fax your bid to (925) 803-4263 or email it to gday@desilvagates.com to the attention of Esti-mator Garry Day. If you have questions for the Estimator, call at (925) 829-9220.If you need SBE support services and assistance in obtaining bonding, lines of credit, insurance, necessary equipment, materials and/or supplies or related assistance or services for this project call the Estimator at (925) 829-9220. DGC is willing to breakout portions of work to increase the expecta-tion of meeting the SBE/LBE goal. At our discretion, 100% Payment and 100% Per-formance bonds may be required as a subcontract condition. This will be a PREVAILING WAGE JOB. DGC is an equal opportunity employer.

11555 Dublin Boulevard • P.O. Box 2909 Dublin, CA 94568-2909

(925) 829-9220 / FAX (925) 803-4263 Estimator: Victor Le

Website: www.desilvagates.com An Equal Opportunity Employer

DeSilva Gates Construction (DGC)

is preparing a bid as a Prime Contractor for the project listed below:

CALTRANS ROUTE 580 Contract No. 04-3G59U4 ALAMEDA AND SAN JOAQUIN COUNTIES ON ROUTE 580 FROM PATTERSON PASS

ROAD OVERCROSSING TO GREENVILLE OVERHEAD AND FROM EDEN CANYON ROAD UNDERCROSSING TO STROBRIDGE AVENUE UNDER-

CROSSING AND ON ROUTE 205 FROM SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY LINE TO MIDWAY ROAD UNDERCROSSING,

Federal Aid Project ACIM-000C(438)E DBE Goal Assigned is 5%

OWNER: STATE OF CALIFORNIA – DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 1727 30th Street, Bidder’s Exchange, MS 26, Sacramento, CA 95816

BID DATE: AUGUST 24TH, 2016 @ 2:00 P.M.

DGC is soliciting quotations from certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprises, for the following types of work and supplies/materials including but not limited to:

AC Dike, Bridge Deck Resurfacing, Clear and Grub, Demoli-tion, Concrete Barrier, Construction Area Sign, Crack & Seat, Develop Water Supply, Electrical, Erosion Control, Fabric/Geosynthetic Pavement Interlayer, Fencing, Cable Railing, Lead Compliance Plan, Lightweight Aggregate Supplier, Guardrailing, Minor Concrete, Minor Concrete Structure, LCB, PJCP & Structural Concrete, Precoated Screenings, Roadside Signs, Channelizer, Markers, Rumble Strip, Sign Structure, Soldier Pile Wall, Striping, Survey/Staking/ SWPPP/Water Pollution Control Plan Prepare, Temporary Erosion Control, Underground, Vegetation Control, Trucking, Street Sweeping, Imported Borrow, Class 2 Aggregate Base Material, Class 4 Aggregate Base Material, Hot Mix Asphalt (Type A) Material, Rubberized HMA (Open Grade) Material, Rubber-ized HMA (Gap Grade) Material.

Plans and specifications may be reviewed at our offices located at 11555 Dublin Boulevard, Dublin, CA or 7700 College Town Drive, Sacramento, CA, or at your local Builders Exchange, or reviewed and downloaded from the ftp site at ftp://ftp%25desilvagates.com:f7pa55wd@pub.desilvagates.com (if prompted the username is ftp@desilvagates.com and password is f7pa55wd) or from the Owner’s site at www.dot.ca.gov/hq/esc/oe/weekly_ads/all_adv_projects.php

Fax your bid to (925) 803-4263 to the attention of Estimator Victor Le. If you have questions for the Estimator, call at (925) 829-9220. When submitting any public works bid please include your DUNS number and DIR number. For questions regarding registration for DIR use the link at: www.dir.ca.gov/Public-Works/PublicWorks.html

If you need DBE support services and assistance in obtaining bond-ing, lines of credit, insurance, necessary equipment, materials and/or supplies or related assistance or services, for this project call the Estimator at (925) 829-9220, or contact your local Small Business Development Center Network (http://californiasbdc.org) or contact the California Southwest Transportation Resource Center (www.transportation.gov/osdbu/SBTRCs). DGC is willing to breakout portions of work to increase the expectation of meeting the DBE goal.

At our discretion, 100% Payment and 100% Performance bonds may be required as a subcontract condition. This will be a PRE-VAILING WAGE JOB. DGC is an equal opportunity employer.

O.C. Jones & Sons, Inc. 1520 Fourth Street • Berkeley, CA 94710 • Phone:

510-526-3424 • FAX: 510-526-0990

Contact: Jean Sicard • An Equal Opportunity Employer

REQUEST FOR DBE SUBCONTRACTORS AND SUPPLIERS FOR:

Repair Slides – Hwy 101 • Mendocino County Caltrans #01-0B5004

BID DATE: August 10, 2016 @ 2:00 PMWe are soliciting quotes for (including but not lim-ited to): Trucking, Lead Compliance Plan, Con-struction Area Signs, Temporary Active Treatment System, Traffic Control System, Flashing Arrow Sign, Portable Changeable Message Signs, SWPPP, Storm Water Annual Report, Temporary Erosion Control, Channelizers, Temporary Fencing, Dust Control Plan, Abandon Culvert, Destroy Well, As-bestos Plan, Cold Plane AC, Clearing & Grubbing, Structure Excavation, Structure Backfill, Concrete Backfill, Lean Concrete Backfill, Imported Borrow, Topsoil, Planting & Irrigation, Erosion Control, Hydroseed, Compost, AC Dike, Rumble Strip, Tack Coat, Steel Soldier Pile, Structural Concrete, Minor Concrete, Bar Reinforcing Steel, Sculpted Shotcrete, Structural Shotcrete, Drilled Hole, Ground Anchor, Roadside Signs, Timber Lagging, Sound Wall (Ma-sonry Block), Clean & Paint Steel, Prepare & Stain Shotcrete, Underground, Concrete Anchor & Cable Assembly, Concrete Manhole, Rock Slope Protec-tion, Minor Concrete, Misc. Iron & Steel, Fencing, Striping & Marking and Construction Materials.

100% Performance & Payment Bonds may be re-quired. Worker’s Compensation Waiver of Subroga-tion required. Please call OCJ for assistance with bonding, insurance, necessary equipment, material and/or supplies. OCJ is willing to breakout any por-tion of work to encourage DBE Participation. Plans & Specs are available for viewing at our office or through the Caltrans Website at www.dot.ca.gov/hq/esc/oe/weekly_ads/index.php.

If you are a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE)

who is serious about participating in state and federal DOT construction

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Sub-Bid Request AdsGuy F. Atkinson

Requests Sub-bids from All Qualified & Certified DBE Subcontractors/Suppliers/Consultants

for:

Caltrans Contract 07-279114 Construction on State Route 60 in Los Angeles County

in Diamond Bar and City of Industry from Grand Avenue Overcrossing to 0.1 Mile West of Prospectors Undercrossing

Bids Tuesday, August 9, 2016Description of Work, Services & Supply (but not limited to): AC Paving, CIDH, Clear and Grub, Construction Area Signs, Demolition, Electrical, Environmental Services, Erosion Control, Fence/Guardrail, Grind Concrete, Irrigation System, Joint Seals, Landscaping, Minor Concrete Structures, Misc Concrete, Misc Iron and Steel, OH Signs, Pipe Supply, QA/QC, Pavement Marking, Paving Supply, Reinforcing Steel.

REFER TO PROJECT SPECS FOR COMPLETE BID ITEM LIST. This Project has a 12% DBE Goal. ***Lower Tier DBE participation is encouraged.***

Guy F. Atkinson is a union contractor and an Equal Opportunity Employer. 100% Performance & Payment Bonds from an approved surety company will be required for subcontractors greater than $100,000. Atkinson will pay the cost of bonds up to 2.0%. Atkinson will assist in obtaining necessary equipment, supplies, materials or related services. We will split items of work (see project specs for full list of bid items) and provide assistance for bonding, LOC and insurance where needed. Subcontractors will be expected to sign Atkinson’s standard subcontract and to comply with our company’s standard insurance requirements which include a waiver of subrogation. Subcontractors must provide contractor’s license number and Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) registration number with their quote.

TO DOWNLOAD PLANS, SPECS, ADDENDA, THE INFO HANDOUT, ETC: Please go to the Caltrans Contracts web site:

http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/esc/oe/project_ads_addenda/07/07-279114/

Guy F. Atkinson18201 Von Karman Ave, Suite 800. Irvine, CA 92612

socal.estimating@atkn.com Phone: 949-382-7145. Fax: 949-553-0252

Contact: Drew Nelson

Invites sub-bids from qualified DBE businesses for the following project: TS-12-01, Dunningan Street Traffic Signal Project CML-5393 (033)

Location:Camarillo, CA BID DATE: August 2, 2016 @ 10:00 AM

SEEKING: Traffic Control, Stormwater Pollution Control, Concrete Ramps, Signing/Striping, Traffic Loops, A.C. Paving, Traffic Signal Installation.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and intend to seriously negotiate with qualified Disadvantaged Business Enterprise subcontractors and suppliers for project participation.

Payment and performance bonds may be required. Please contact us at the above listed number for further information regarding bidding on this project. To the best of our abilities we will help with bonds/insurance/credit. Plans are available for viewing at our office.

We Are An Equal Opportunity Employer

TAFT ELECTRIC COMPANY 1694 EASTMAN AVENUE, VENTURA, CA 93003

Contact: Arnold Tostado • atostado@taftelectric.com Phone: (805) 642-0121 • Fax: (805) 650-9015

SWINERTON BUILDERSINVITATION TO PREQUALIFY FOR CSUF – TOCA

PROJECTSDUE DATE FOR PREQUALIFICATIONS

Requesting completed prequalification forms from Subcontractors by Monday August 2, 2016

OUTREACH GOALS: 8% DVBE Requirement, 30% SBE Goal

PROJECT INFORMATION AND DESCRIPTION: CSUF TOCA – ANTICIPATED PROJECTS:

T Buildings Site Electrical / Telecomm Upgrade:The work consists of upgrading existing electrical and telecommunications utility services feeding the Corp Yard. Work includes demolition of exist-ing overhead utilities and lighting and installing a new substation, utility services underground and new lighting to all existing buildings in the corpo-ration yard

TRADESCSI Divisions 1 thru 32 –

TBD per Project Requirements / ScopeRequired Submittals

Swinerton Prequalification Project List including CSU/ Swinerton projects

completed within the past 5 years List of two projects completed in California

within the past 5 years Personnel Labor Rates- Apprentice though

Project Manager with escalation through 2 years.Subcontractors will be scored on the

following: Past Projects Completed, Bond Rate, EMR, Personnel Rates, DVBE, SBE Certifications.

Subcontractor must get Prequalified with Swinerton Builders to bid

If interested in prequalifying, please contact Veronica Miguel or 213.869.3400

for the prequalification forms.An Equal Opportunity Employer

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Is requesting quotes from qualified DBE Subcontractors, Suppliers, and Service Providers for the following (but not limited to) work:

Pavement Grinding, AC Paving, Stripe & Mark, Traffic Control, Aggregate, Pipe PVC, SWPPP, Schedule, Shoring

Hi-Desert Water District Wastewater Reclamation Project Phase 1 Collection System

Bid Package A Located in Yucca Valley, California

Hi-Desert Water District BID DATE August 23, 2016 @ 2:00 p.m.

Sub & Vendor Bids Due Prior

Plans/specs are available for viewing at our office by appointment, or may be downloaded from Owner’s website at https://at-kins.app.box.com/s/ebd76kmva4dkkd1apuh5q02fqust3mgl. Subcontractors must be prepared to furnish 100% performance and payment bonds and possess current insurance and workers’ comp coverage. Sukut Construction will assist qualified subcontractors in obtaining bonds, insurance, and/or lines of credit. Subcontractors/Vendors will be required to sign Sukut’s Standard Subcontract/Purchase Order. Copies are available for examination. Please contact Sukut Construction for assis-tance in responding to this solicitation.

Sukut Construction’s listing of a Subcontractor in its bid to the agency is not to be construed as an acceptance of all of the Subcontractor’s conditions or exceptions included with Subcontractor’s price quotes. Quotations must be valid for the same duration as specified by Owner for contract award.

Sukut Construction, LLC An Equal Opportunity Employer

Sukut Construction, LLC 4010 W. Chandler Avenue, Santa Ana, CA 92704

Contact: Robbie Zwick Phone: (714) 540-5351 • Fax: (714) 545-2003 • Email: estimating@sukut.com

O.C. Jones & Sons, Inc. 1520 Fourth Street • Berkeley, CA 94710 •

Phone: 510-526-3424 • FAX: 510-526-0990 Contact: Jean Sicard

An Equal Opportunity Employer

REQUEST FOR DBE SUBCONTRAC-TORS AND SUPPLIERS FOR:

HMA Paving, Replace Approach and PCC Slabs, Precast Concrete PavementAlameda and San Joaquin Counties

Highway 580 From Patterson Pass Road to Greenville Overhead and From Eden Canyon Road

to Strobridge Avenue Caltrans #04-3G59U4

BID DATE: August 24, 2016 @ 2:00 PMWe are soliciting quotes for (including but not limited to): Trucking, Lead Compliance Plan, Construction Area Signs, Traffic Control System, Portable Changeable Message Sign, SWPPP, Rain Event Action Plan, Storm Water Sampling, Analysis and Annual Report, Sweep-ing, Treated Wood Waste, Abandon Culvert, Rapid Setting Concrete, Adjust Inlet, Cold Plane AC, Polyester Concrete Overlay, Cap In-let, Culvert Slurry-Cement Backfill, Clearing & Grubbing, Develop Water Supply, Structure Excavation, Structure Backfill, Pervious Back-fill Material, Concrete Backfill, Lean Concrete Backfill, Lightweight Aggregate Imported Back-fill, Imported Borrow, Subgrade Enhancement Geotextile, Erosion Control, Hydromulch, Fiber Rolls, Hydroseed, Lean Concrete Base, Bose Bond Breaker, Precoated Screenings, Geosyn-thetic Pavement Interlayer, AC Dike, Tack Coat, Precast Jointed Concrete Pavement, Individual Slab Replacement, Crack and Seat, Steel Soldier Pile, CIDH Concrete Pile, Structural Concrete Retaining Wall, Structural Concrete Approach Slab, Minor Concrete (Minor Structure), Paving Notch Extension, Fractured Rib Texture, Clean Expansion Joint, Joint Seal, Bar Reinforcing Steel, Roadside Signs, Sign Structure – Truss, Timber Lagging, Clean and Paint Steel Soldier Piling, Underground, Geocomposite Drain, Rock Slope Protection, Minor Concrete (Curb & Gutter), Detectable Warning Surface, Pre/Post Construction Surveys, Misc. Iron & Steel, Fencing, Concrete Barrier Marker, Delineator, Guard Railing Delineator, Object Marker, Mid-west Guardrail System, Single Thrie Beam Bar-rier, Double Thrie Beam Barrier, Cable Railing, Transition Railing, End Anchor Assembly, Crash Cushion, Concrete Barrier, Striping & Marking, Flashing Beacon System, Ramp Metering Sys-tem, Electrical, and Construction Materials

100% Performance & Payment Bonds may be required. Worker’s Compensation Waiver of Subrogation required. Please call OCJ for as-sistance with bonding, insurance, necessary equipment, material and/or supplies. OCJ is willing to breakout any portion of work to en-courage DBE Participation. Plans & Specs are available for viewing at our office or through the Caltrans Website at www.dot.ca.gov/hq/esc/oe/weekly_ads/index.php.

One of the firm’s most successful traits is its ability to “see the big picture” on campus, says Willy Marsh, USC’s director of capital construc-tion development.

“They see and understand how the institution operates,” he adds. “They’ve been able to embrace it and be successful here.

“We’ve had contractors come in and go out quickly. Those kinds of contractors just try to pro-tect the dollar. [Hathaway Dinwiddie] focuses on the project and delivering for us. That’s why they get our repeat business.”

Strong track records have also helped feed its in-teriors and tenant improvement work. Cosko says the firm typically earns 25% of its revenue from its special projects group, which includes interiors, renovations, repositioning and seismic upgrades. For example, since building the Transamerica Building 44 years ago, HDCCo has consistently performed the tenant improvements.

The contractor has also established a strong re-cord among architecture firms, often being called

in to take on challenging projects. “We frequently recommend them because they are committed to quality, and we know what it will be like working with them,” says Jeffrey Heller, founding princi-pal of Heller Manus Architects, who has worked with the contractor for more than three decades, including its current 350 Bush Street and 500 Pine Street office projects in San Francisco.

“They always work with you as a team,” he adds. “There’s never been the finger-pointing kind of re-lationship that can happen on projects, even on tough issues. That’s quite unique.”

It’s been Heller’s experience that with most con-tractors, there’s always a level of contention during a job. “With them, their culture is such that, ev-eryone is highly productive,” he says. “That always leads to a great result.”

Those kinds of recommendations pay divi-dends, especially when HDCCo goes up against larger national competitors. Though it focuses entirely on California, the firm often competes against some of the largest contractors in the U.S.

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California Sub-Bid Request Ads

2636 South Loop West Freeway, Suite 300 | Houston, TX 77054

Bid Manager: John Attiq TEL: (619) 814-3704 | jattiq@pulice.com

FAX: (713) 595-4921 Outreach: Kimberly Bell

TEL: (619) 814-3700 | kbell@pulice.com

Invitation to Bid from Certified DBEs: Subcontractors, Material Suppliers, Equipment Suppliers, and Professional Services for:FM 1774 RR Grade Separation – Project No. STP 1602(483) MM; CSJ 1400-04-021

OWNER: State of Texas – Department of Transportation LOCATION: Montgomery County, TX

QUOTE DEADLINE: August 8th, 2016 @ 1:00 PM CDT DBE GOAL: 8.5%

Plans and Specifications are available free of charge online at: https://pulice.sharefile.com/app/#/home/shared/focf70a9-0edf-4aff-833b-837c751eed53

The project generally consists of the following: Construction of the railroad grade separation and the widening of a non-free facility, consisting of: Grading, Lime treated subgrade, Cement treated base, Bond Breaker, Continuously reinforced con-crete pavement, Railroad overpass, Retaining walls, Storm sewer system, Signs, Pavement markings, Traffic Signal, Safety lighting.

Quotes for Services & Supplies requested for the following items for bid including, but not limited to:

100% performance and payment bonds may be required for the full amount of the subcontract price. Pu-lice Construction, Inc. will assist with obtaining bonding, lines of credit, and insurance. Please Contact Kimberly Bell if assistance is needed with regards to bonding & Insurance.

Pulice Construction, Inc. will analyze and consider each quote received, including those that are broken down into economically feasible units to facilitate bidding. Pulice Construction, Inc. will assist with obtain-ing necessary equipment, supplies, or materials needed.

Pulice Construction, Inc. is committed to ensuring that subcontractors and vendors have the maximum opportunity to successfully perform on this project, and to making good faith efforts to utilize small, minority, women’s, and local business enterprises.

AC PAVING CONCRETE FENCE PRECAST SHORING SURVEYING AGGREGATE CONCRETE PAVING

FLATWORK PRECAST BOX CULVERTS SIGNAGE TRAFFIC CONTROL BARRICADES DEMOLITION LANDSCAPING RCP/CMP

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“We feel that being local gives us an advantage,” says Arthur Kozinski, senior vice president in the Southern California region. “We see the firms come and go, usually because they don’t have familiarity with the regions in things like earthquake codes and the jurisdictions.”

“You need to have local resources and relation-ships,” Conlon adds. “I don’t even know how [the large national contractors] do it. Our margins are al-ready tight, and you have to rely on your resources. That’s the only way to maintain the level of quality we expect.”

Employee retention is also critical for maintain-ing consistency and quality, Cosko says. Though demand for talent is high in California, especially

in the Bay Area, he says the firm’s annual turnover rate is less than 5%.

“Loyalty is at the core of our culture,” he says. “People stay because we consistently engage in in-spiring work and they see opportunities for growth. They see a future here.”

Kozinski, with HDCCo for 26 years, adds that the firm has a very entrepreneurial culture. “If you’re good at what you do, you’re performance-based and you have good ethics, you can make a career here,” he says.

Cosko says the company’s commitment to sus-tainability and its adoption of technology has also helped it attract talent. LEED Accredited Profes-sionals make up more than 35% of the staff. By the end of the year, Hathaway Dinwiddie will have

completed 14 LEED Platinum buildings. The firm derived $778 million of its 2015 revenue from green-building projects.

Cosko sees the firm continuing on its current course. “What I see is much of the same: inspiring projects, developing our workforce and strengthen-ing our future on a bedrock of financial stability and service.”

Still, as a 100-year-old firm, Cosko stresses the need to avoid stagnating and keep evolving. “We’re now entering into a fresh round of strategic plan-ning, evaluating our identity and our presence in the market,” he says. “We’re always looking at stay-ing relevant.”

Source: http://www.enr.com

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T.B. PENICK & SONS, INC. IS REQUESTING SUBBIDS FROM QUALIFIED

AND CERTIFIED LOCAL BUSINESS ENTERPRISES, SUBCONTRACTORS, SUPPLIERS AND SERVICES FOR ALL

TRADES PER CONTRACT DOCUMENTS FOR CONSTRUCT OF:

SF Sunol Long Term Improvements-Corporation Yard

505 Paloma Way, Sunol, CA 94586BID DATE: August 10, 2016 @ 2:00pm

SCOPE OF WORK: Survey, Traffic Controls, Earth-work, Erosion Control & Sedimentation Control, Site Clearing, Selective Tree & Shrub Removal, Demolition, Pavement Appurtenances, Resin Pavement, Pavement Markings, Chain Link Fence & Gates, Metal Fences & Gates, Landscape & Irrigation, Site Utilities, Concrete, Rehabilitation of Historic Concrete, Concrete Rein-forcement, Cast-In-Place Concrete-Site Work, Polished Concrete Finishing, Shotcrete, Masonry, Structural Steel, Steel Decking, Metal Fabrications, Rough Carpentry, In-terior Finish Carpentry, Plastic-Laminate-Faced Architec-tural Cabinets, Waterproofing, Insulation, Standing-Seam Metal Roof Panels, Formed Metal Wall Panels, Roofing, Sheet Metal Flashing & Trim, Roof Accessories, Joint Sealants, Doors/Frames & Hardware, Overhead Coiling Doors, Glass & Glazing, Stationary Blade Wall Louvers, Fixed Louvers, Drywall & Metal Studs, Cement Plaster-ing, Ceramic Tile, Acoustical Panel Ceilings, Suspended Wood Ceilings, Resilient Flooring, Painting & Coatings, Visual Display Units, Signage, Phenolic-Core Toilet Compartments, Wall & Door Protection, Toilet/Bath & Laundry Accessories, Metal Lockers, Fire Protection Spe-cialties, Automatic Gate Operators/Operating Systems, Projection Screens, Laboratory Equipment, Laboratory Fume Hood, Louver Blinds, Roller Window Shades, Lab-oratory Casework, Plastic-Laminated-Faced Countertops, Entrance Floor Grills, Site Furnishings, Precast Hold-ing Tank, Modular Chemical Storage Buildings, Metal Building Systems, Fire-Suppressions-Sprinkler Systems, Clean Agent Fire Suppression System, Plumbing, HVAC, Electrical, Communications, Electrical Safety & Secu-rity, Paint & Blasting Booth, Truck Wash System, Temp Power, Temp Restrooms, Temp Office Trailers and Final Cleaning.

T.B. Penick & Sons, Inc. 15435 Innovation Drive Suite 100

San Diego, CA 92128 Phone: (858) 558-1800 • Fax (858)373-1455

**IN ORDER TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ON THIS PROJECT YOU MUST COMPLETE A CONFIDENTI-ALITY AGREEMENT.

PLEASE CONTACT AMANDA IVENS AT 858-558-1800x218 or

EMAIL Div3estimating@tbpenick.com