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Minority Contractors Build Capacity
Group honors
TriMet for its
light-rail
partnerships
The Oregon chapter o f the N a
tional A ssociation o f M inority
Contractors has named its 2012
cham pions who have supported
the organization and its m ission
o f building the capacity of M inor
ity B usiness E n terp rise firm s
through project opportunities.
TriM et was named the group’s
top cham pion and agency of the
year for its support of m inority
business. The selection rep re
sented an overw helm ingly posi
tive report of the transit agency’s
contracting practices from NAMC
O regon m em bers, a sso c iatio n
leaders said.
A lso recognized at the was
Milwaukie light rail line. The Oregon chapter o f the National Association o f Minority Contractors has
Stacy and W itbeck, Inc., the prime
honored TriMet as its top champion and agency o f the year for supporting minority business in
contractor working with TriM et
contracting for work on the mass transit project.
on the Portland-M ilw aukie Light
Rail Transit Project.
increased transit options and con
Faye Burch, NAMC board mem
nections for the region where ben
ber said she was delighted to see
efits o f the project are already
this jo in t recognition.
being felt in the comm unity.
“TriM et has a strong and com
The project has two more years
m itted DBE program (D isadvan
o f construction to go and 102 disad
taged Business Enterprise), which
vantaged firms have already re-
has steadily grown with each rail
project over the past decade,”
B u rch said. “ A nd S tacy and
W itbeck, well they are ju st the
Jorge Garcia o f Stacy and
best. DBE firms have the opportu
Witbeck, Inc., the prime
nity to put all system s in place to
contractor working with TriMet
build the capacity of their busi
on the Portland-Milwaukie Light
nesses, and Stacy W itbeck is there
Rail Transit Project. Stacy and
to support them 100 percent."
Witbeck has been named a
W hen it opens in 2015, the 7.3-
minority contractingchampion.
m ile light rail project will provide
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ceived contracts to work on the
project. Additionally, nearly a third
of all contracts have been awarded
to firms owned by DBE’s, making
this the highest DBE participation
level for a regional rail project.
“We thank the honorees tre
m endously and all o f our partners
for their support this past year
and we look forward to working
with them in 2013,” said M aurice
Rahming, executive vice president
o f the Oregon m inority contrac
tors group.
NAMC Oregon is a nonprofit
trade association that advocates
for building the capacity o f local
m inority construction and con
tracting businesses. Established
in 2007, it is the local affiliate of
the National Association o f M i
nority Contractors, a nonprofit
trade association headquartered
in W ashington DC, established in
1969 to address the needs and
concerns o f m inority contractors.
W hile m em bership is open to
people o f all races and ethnic back
grounds, the organization's m an
date, “Building Bridges - C ross
ing B arriers,” focuses on con
struction industry concerns com
mon to African Am ericans, Asian
Am ericans, Hispanic Americans,
and Native Americans.
NAMC-Oregon’s ongoing mis
sion is to eliminate barriers to full
and profitable participation on Or
egon and Regional construction and
design projects, both public and
private, by certified minority-owned
businesses who are committed to
mutually engage in capacity build
ing and utilizing members and other
MBE firms, inclusion of a diverse
workforce, and actions that support
the improved economic status of
our communities.
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