California Institute of Technology/LIGO Project, 1201 E. California Blvd., M/S 51-33, Pasadena, CA 91125

C -- FIVE BUILDING COMPLEX AND INFRASTRUCTURE Due 060496. POC Subcontracts Manager, Ed Jasnow, 818/395-3044, Cognizant Engineer, Otto Matherny, 818/395-3186. The California Institute of Technology plans to award a construction contract in support of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) for a five building complex and infrastructure to support the complex. The complex is located on the Hanford DOE reservation near Richland, Washington. No clearance is necessary to reach the complex. All the buildings are of steel framing and steel/foam sandwich panel walls. The buildings will be on concrete foundation and concrete slab on grade floors. One building is 57,000 square feet and the other four are identical at 8000 square feet each. The buildings generally have 32 foot ceilings and are equipped with five ton cranes. The cost estimate for the contract package is $14M to $17M. The Invitation for Bid (IFB) package will be available on or about April 20, 1996. A pre-bid meeting is scheduled for May 2, 1996 at the Tower Inn in Richland, Washington. Bids will be due June 4, 1996 at 2:00 PM at the Tower Inn in Richland, WA. If a bid package is desired, send a $100.00 non-refundable fee and make check payable to the California Institute of Technology and mail to: address above. (081)

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