For contractors, $300M up for grabs as Oregon lawmakers approve seismic work

Portland Business Journal:

Oregon lawmakers will send $300 million in bond funding toward a variety of sources to help ensure more public buildings are seismically updated.

The funds are part of the Legislature’s $1.2 billion capital construction budget. Sen. Peter Courtney, a Salem Democrat who's the Senate's president, said the allotment is more than lawmakers have ever put toward such projects.

“We know there will be a major quake. We know too many of our schools will collapse," Courtney said. "These funds will help…

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