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May 4, 2016
TriMet has hired Raimore Construction, a northeast Portland minority-owned business, to install 14
shelters along the new transit route.
Minority-Owned Firms Hired
TriMet has awarded two mi-
nority-owned irms from the Port-
land area work totaling $7.5 mil-
lion, keeping the agency a national
leader in minority contracting.
Raimore Construction, a black-
owned company from northeast
Portland was awarded a contract at
a TriMet board of directors meet-
ing last week to install 14 shelters
along the MAX Orange Line.
Original plans for 30 shelters
on the new downtown-to-Mil-
waukie light-rail route were cut
in half when federal funding went
from the expected 60 percent to 50
percent. But with the project com-
ing in under budget by about $50
million, the Federal Transit Ad-
ministration has approved funding
to add the deferred shelters, ofi-
cials said.
During Orange Line construc-
tion, Raimore was a subcontractor
on shelter installation, and with its
new $6.75 million contract moves
it to lead the project from pre-con-
struction through construction.
The second contract, not to
exceed $800,000 for architec-
tural and engineering services to
expand TriMet’s southeast Port-
land Powell Garage, was award-
ed to Emerio Design, a registered
Minority Business Enterprise in
Beaverton. With expanding ser-
vice, TriMet says it needs the
additional space to maintain and
store buses.