County’s Tower Lighting Project Isn’t For Decoration

If you thought Clark Griswold’s Christmas light-weight challenge for his residence was a challenging just one, you should see the lights undertaking Guilford County federal government is about to embark on.

The county’s Crisis Expert services Department is overhauling the lights on the Summerfield 800 Megahertz Tower at 5501 Centerfield Road in Summerfield.

Guilford County Crisis Services Director Jim Albright reported this 7 days that the venture has been a extensive time coming.

“We are replacing the authentic lighting program on the tower that dates back to 1996,” Albright explained.  “We’re changing it with a much much more modern-day method, and this RFQ [Request for Qualifications] is for qualified tower contractors to get rid of the aged program and exchange it with the new a person.”

He added that it will be fairly a undertaking.

“The tower is tall,” he explained, “and the installers have to climb it and perform on it.”

To be exact, the tower is 660 toes tall.

The lights may well or might not be very, but they provide an essential objective: “Aviation obstruction lighting” raises the visibility of the tower in all forms of climate so that, among other items, planes and other flying objects do not fly into it.

Aviation safety lights is normally employed on towers, tall buildings and tall bridges.

This 7 days, Guilford County opened up the job for bids from contractors.  Those bids will be taken by the Guilford County Purchasing Department till the deadline at 2 p.m. on Thursday, June 2.

Guilford County is holding a virtual pre-proposal assembly on Tuesday, Could 17, and a site walkthrough will be held on Wednesday, Could 18, at the tower in Summerfield.

Guilford County always – even though often unsuccessfully – seeks participation of minority-owned and women of all ages-owned businesses in big assignments.  The county has put out the word that it’s seeking these members on this venture as perfectly.

If you are another person who owns a business that puts large lights on tall buildings, you can locate the bidding documents, drawings and specifications on Guilford County’s Vendor Self Assistance Automated Bidding Program at: https://guilfordcountync.munisselfservice.com.

Respondents and their sub-contractors have to be certified in North Carolina.

A bid deposit isn’t demanded but Guilford County is notifying bidders that the county “reserves the correct to reject any or all bids and to waive informalities.”