NHERI @ UCSD Shake Table Specimen Construction Work Pacakages 2-4 ITB

This contract concerns the construction, de‑construction, and material‑sorting of structural specimens for the Natural Hazard Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI) shake‑table facility at the University of California, San Diego. Oregon State University issued a competitive Invitation‑to‑Bid (ITB #2024‑013102) for three work packages (WP‑2, WP‑3, WP‑4); Fortis Construction Inc. was named in a Notice of Intent to Award for WP‑2 and WP‑3. The work includes demolition of existing six‑story mass‑ply panel walls, installation of new mass‑timber or steel‑braced‑frame wall systems, post‑tensioning, replacement of energy‑dissipation devices, and on‑site sorting of de‑constructed materials for disposal or shipping. The procurement required a 10 % bid bond, performance and payment bonds equal to the contract sum, and compliance with OSU’s public‑improvement general conditions, equity‑contracting, and prevailing‑wage rules.