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Salem council authorizes CMAR procurement for Willow Lake clarifiers to avoid wet-weather failures
Summary
The council voted to exempt the Willow Lake South Secondary Clarifiers rehabilitation from the standard low-bid process and to use a Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) delivery to reduce schedule and operational risk; project cost estimated $16'$20 million with CIP budget shortfalls noted.
Salem City Council voted to adopt resolution 2025-29, approving an exemption from the standard competitive low-bid process under Oregon public contracting rules and authorizing a construction-manager-at-risk (CMAR) procurement method for the Willow Lake Water Pollution Control Facility South Secondary Clarifiers rehabilitation.
Assistant City Engineer James Winslow told the council the four clarifiers are critical to plant operations and that any one unit being unavailable during wet-weather flows could…
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