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More Than 20 Social Justice Groups in Birmingham for National People POWER Tour

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Speakers during the State of the People POWER Tour covered topics related to employment and worker rights; civil and human rights; education equity and more. (Roy S. Johnson, Provided)

By Barnett Wright | The Birmingham Times

An array of elected officials, community activists, scholars, authors and clergy converged on Birmingham Saturday for a daylong State of the People POWER Tour at the Carver Theatre.

Birmingham, with its deep legacy of Civil Rights, was an important stop for the Tour as Black communities across the South organize against book bans, voter suppression, and economic inequality.

“This is a grassroots movement intentionally designed to empower everyday people, amplify Black voices, co-create nationwide change, develop a new generation of leaders, and hold current leaders accountable,” said Samantha Briggs, Ph.D, chief programmer. “But for Birmingham — where would we be? Who would we be? Birmingham has long since established itself as the bedrock of service, solidarity, and strategic action that forced the world to take note and for key legislation to be passed because of local efforts during the Civil Rights Movement.”

Briggs pointed out that the Tour fell on the 62nd anniversary of two significant events within the 1963 Children’s Crusade: May 3, when Birmingham public safety commissioner Eugene “Bull” Connor ordered firefighters to attack over 1,000 children marching towards justice; and May 5, “Miracle Sunday,” when the white firefighters battalion finally stood up to Connor and refused his orders to release the water cannons once more on the children.

Said Briggs, “Sixty-two years later the world is still watching Birmingham as we refuse to sit idly by and watch our triumphs be reversed and our history be erased … the world is still watching Birmingham as we join this nationwide tour to rally, restore, and reimagine the possibilities for Black communities across America.”

More than 20 social justice organizations partnered with the national State of the People POWER Tour to host nine different events over the course of the day at Carver Theatre and nearby locations. From short burst sessions to a rally, and full plenaries — speakers covered topics related to employment and worker rights; civil and human rights; education equity; public health; criminal justice reform; voting rights; mental health; economic empowerment; community resilience; and more.

“Saturday was more than just a series of conversations, it was a day of dynamic storytelling, strategy-sharing, and soul-centered dialogues that I believe re-established hope in our community and left participants feeling inspired, empowered, and focused on what’s possible as we work towards critical leadership and rebuild our democracy,” said Briggs, who credited Birminghamians DeJuana Thompson and Deanna Reed for keeping the Magic City at the forefront of the event helping to bring the concept to reality.

In addition to the various sessions and workshops that went on throughout the day, volunteers served the community by giving away free lunch, free books, and over $3,000 in free grocery gift cards to guests in attendance. Also, a group of local and national leaders, including Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin, delivered a hot catered meal to residents in Freedom Manor, a senior living facility located a few blocks over within the Civil Rights District.

During a conversation on the evolving role of the Black church in today’s freedom movements moderator Onoyemi Williams, of Live Free Alabama, told attendees “this is People Power Tour [and] I want you to remember that every person that walks across this earth has power. In my faith tradition in the book of Genesis it says, ‘God created man’ and it also goes on to talk about the creation of women, but we are the only beings where God gave a direct power transfer to. He breathed [his power] into our nostrils.”

Moderator Onoyemi Williams, left, Live Free Alabama and the Rev. Brandon Cleveland, Daniel Payne Legacy Village, discuss the role of the Black church in today’s Freedom Movements. (Barnett Wright, The Birmingham Times)

Because of that transfer of power from God, Williams asked those in attendance “to remember the power that was given to you on the day … stated on your birth certificate. I ask you to go to your neighbor and remind them they are one of the most powerful beings that has ever stepped foot on the face of this earth. And I encourage you to come outside with your power and help us build a world we want to see.”

Speakers, panelists and moderators included Author, Maya Wiley, The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights; April Albright, Black Voters Matter Fund; Angela Rye, Native Land Pod; Moderator: Dr. Nadia Monique Johnson, Black Women’s Mental Health Institute; Jefferson County Commissioner Sheila Tyson, Black Women’s Roundtable; DeJuana L. Thompson, SOTP National Strategist, Woke Vote; Onoyemi Williams, Live Free Alabama; T. Ellis, The Foundation Church; Rev. Brandon Cleveland, Daniel Payne Legacy Village; Uche Bean, City of Birmingham; Jacobie Williams, Everybody WENS; Dena Dickerson, Offender Alumni Association; Jerome Dees, SPLC; Rev. Everett Kelly, National President of the American Federation of Government Employees, and many others.

How First Tee Birmingham Instills Self-Confidence in Young People Through Golf

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Birmingham City Councilor Crystal Smitherman, third from left, is a First Tee alum, and board member with the group that empowers young people of all backgrounds to develop inner strength, self-confidence and resilience. (Provided)

By Sym Posey | The Birmingham Times

Birmingham City Councilor Crystal Smitherman, a First Tee alum who currently serves as an assistant golf coach and board member, calls it “a full circle” moment.

Smitherman was part of the program when it was first launched in the Birmingham area in the early 2000s by golf legend Tiger Woods and his dad. And Smitherman was part of the program when it was re-launched in 2023 after a 13-year absence.

“I started golfing with my dad [State Sen. Rodger Smitherman]. It would be our father-daughter bonding time.  We still play together now,” Smitherman told the Birmingham Times.

Now First Tee — a 501(c)(3) development organization that empowers young people of all backgrounds to develop inner strength, self-confidence and resilience through golf — is celebrating its second year with a series of events through May.

On Saturday, May 3 there was a Spring Game Changers Scramble & Skill Challenge at The Backyard at RTJ Golf Trail, Oxmoor Valley where coaches cheered on the players who range in age from 7 to 18.

On May 6, there will be a free golf-based life skills clinic for Birmingham City School students at the RTJ Golf Trail; and on May 13, First Tee will be at the Regions Tradition at Greystone Golf & Country Club with a special putting clinic featuring First Tee participants.

“It’s an amazing experience being a part of First Tee,” Smitherman said. “… seeing kids of color, inner city kids, it’s a diverse group of kids, but seeing them light up when they hit a golf ball, or realizing their love for golf is amazing.

“Traditionally our kids are pushed to play basketball or football, and there are other non-traditional sports like tennis, golf, and bowling where they can get really good scholarships in college,” she said.

First Tee lessons are taught at area learning centers, various golf courses and through in-school programs. (Provided)

First Tee lessons are taught at area learning centers, various golf courses and through in-school programs.

Carlos Carter, Board Chair for First Tee — Birmingham, said the game can teach life lessons.

“Not only are they learning golf fundamentals like how to play the game, learn it and grow with it, but also, they learn elite skills that they will carry on with them,” he said. “Goal setting, managing their emotions, collaboration with others, resolving conflicts, planning for the future, and building positive self-identity” are just a few skills students can receive through First Tee Birmingham, he said.

“We also provide equipment if it’s needed, access to the golf course. If they can’t pay to participate, we offer scholarships so they can. We turn away no kids,” he added.

Carter said a First Tee chapter was established years ago and after a 13-year absence a new chapter was created with programming at Highland Park Golf Course (downtown Birmingham, Roebuck Golf Course, the PGA Superstore, and Topgolf.”

Carter, 40, has played the game for the past nine years “not a very long-[time] playing golf compared to a lot of other people,” he said. “People tend to pick it up when they are younger.  I started playing in my adult life. It speaks to me about this program because I wished we had a program like this when I was growing up.”

Teaching and coaching aren’t the main priorities of the program, he said.

“The one thing that you will notice even in our mission [statement is that] golf is listed last because what’s most important are those skills that provide [students] with what they can use for the rest of their life,” he said.

Birmingham City Schools Clinic

When: Tuesday, May 6 │ 9 a.m.– 11 a.m. AM

Where: RTJ Golf Trail at Oxmoor Valley

What:

  • Free golf-based life skills clinic for local students
  • Station-based format led by First Tee coaches
  • Hands-on activities designed to build confidence, communication and goal setting

First Tee at the Regions Tradition

When: Tuesday, May 13 │ 11 a.m.– 2 p.m. (Putting Clinic)

Where: Greystone Golf & Country Club (Regions Tradition)

What:

  • Special putting clinic featuring First Tee participants
  • Coaches providing instruction, encouragement, and one-on-one mentorship
  • First Tee presence throughout the week of the Regions Tradition (May 13–18)

For more visit: https://firstteebirmingham.org

State of the People POWER Tour to Visit Birmingham on Saturday May 3

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The State of the People POWER Tour will visit Birmingham today at the Carver Theatre in the heart of the historic Fourth Avenue Business District beginning at 10 a.m. (File)

The Birmingham Times

The State of the People POWER Tour designed to rally, restore, and reimagine what’s possible for communities across America is traveling to 10 states and will visit Birmingham, on Saturday, May 3 at the Carver Theatre in the heart of the historic Fourth Avenue Business District beginning at 10 a.m.

From Birmingham’s deep legacy of Civil Rights to today’s fights for justice, Alabama remains central to the movement. As Black communities across the South organize against book bans, voter suppression, and economic inequality, the POWER Tour remains rooted in the belief that the Black community doesn’t  need permission to be free.

Attendees will experience workshops featuring national and local voices, live music, a community impact fair, wellness resources, and opportunities to connect with organizations building Black political and economic power. All events are free and open to the public. The first 100 attendees will receive free food vouchers. Attendees are encouraged to register online at https://stateoftheppl.com.

SCHEDULE – SATURDAY, MAY 3

  • 9 a.m. – Check In – Registration
    Location: Carver Theatre
  • 10:00–10:30 a.m. – Opening: 100 Days of the Trump Administration: Impact on Black Communities
    Location: Carver Theater

Speakers: Michael Harriot | Author, Maya Wiley | The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights, April Albright | Black Voters Matter Fund, Angela Rye | Native Land Pod

10:40–11:10 a.m. – Concurrent Plenaries and Workshops

  1. Opening Plenary: Who We Were, Who We Are, and Who We Must Become: A conversation on the evolving role of the Black Church in today’s freedom movements – from pews to protest.
    Location: Carver Theater
    Moderator: Onoyemi Williams | Live Free Alabama
    Speakers: T. Ellis | The Foundation Church, Rev. Brandon Cleveland | Daniel Payne Legacy Village
  2. NOOW: Not On Our Watch: A focused fireside chat on building Black wealth and investing in cooperative economic solutions.
    Location: The Alcove

Moderator: Dr. Calvin Briggs, Southern Center for Broadening Participation in STEM
Speakers: Jessica Norwood | Runway, William Barnes | Urban League of Alabama

11:20–12 P.M. – Concurrent Community Workshops

  1. Interrupting Cycles of Violence: Community-based strategies for healing and safety beyond policing.

Location: Foot Soldiers Headquarters
Moderator: Uche Bean | City of Birmingham
Speakers: Jacobie Williams | Everybody WENS, Dena Dickerson | Offender Alumni Association

  1. Farming Cannabis – From Criminalization to Economic Develop.m.ent: Exploring Black equity in cannabis and hemp industries through justice and entrepreneurship.
    Location: Datus Henry Industries
    Moderator: Samuel Pugh III | Urban Impact
    Speakers: Patrick Packer | Datus Henry Industries, Kristy Forman | Healing Hemp, Antoine Mordican | Native Black Farm

11:20-12:30 P.M.

  1. The People’s Hearing – Testifying for Our Lives: Town hall-style gathering lifting voices on issues like education, public health, and environmental justice.
    Location: Carver Theater
    Moderator: Jasper Hendricks, III | Executive Director & CEO, Black Legislative Leaders Network
    Speakers: Roy Johnson | AL.com, Jerome Dees | SPLC, Barnett Wright | Birmingham Times, Susan Palmer | Central Park Neighborhood, Rev. Everett Kelly | National President of the American Federation of Government Employees, and many others.

12:30-1:30 P.M. – The People’s March + POWER Rally:

 Youth-led reenactment of the Children’s Crusade and public rally for dignity, justice, and collective power.
Location: Carver Theater

1:45–2:30 P.M.

Strategy Session: When We Fight, We Win: A dynamic legal and policy session offering critical updates on litigation & grassroots advocacy strategies for voting rights, redistricting, and education justice that demonstrate how organized communities win lasting change.
Location: Carver Theatre
Moderator: Veronica R. Johnson | Alabama Justice Initiative
Speakers: Est Mungai and Jason Barnes | Legal Defense Fund, Anneshia Hardy | Alabama Values Progress, Khadidah Stone | Community Advocate

2:45 P.M.

Black Women Lead the Way: A powerful convening highlighting Black women’s essential leadership in movement building, political power, and community transformation. This session centers healing, strategy, and bold next steps for advancing justice locally and nationally.
Location: Carver Theatre

Moderator: Dr. Nadia Monique Johnson | Black Women’s Mental Health Institute

Speakers: Commissioner Sheila Tyson | Black Women’s Roundtable, DeJuana L. Thompson | SOTP National Strategist, Woke Vote, Arian Simone | Fearless Fund, Angela Rye | Native Land Pod

For more information, visit: stateoftheppl.com 

Foot Soldiers on What May of 1963 Meant to the Birmingham Civil Rights Movement

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Inside the courtyard of the historic A.G. Gaston Motel in downtown Birmingham, members of the Civil Rights Activist Committee of The Foot Soldiers, from left: Georgia Richardson; Judy Stickney; Danny Ransom; Mildred M. Bennett and Nadine P. Smith. (File)

By Sym Posey | The Birmingham Times

With May 1963 the most pivotal month of the Birmingham Civil Rights Movement, Nadine Smith can proudly remember her fight for freedom.

Smith, 13 years old at that time, would become one of more than 1,000 children ranging from elementary to high school ages demonstrating en masse against the Birmingham Police Department and arrested beginning May 2, most in groups ranging in size from 30 to 60.

“I went to jail the day after, May 3 and I was in jail for nine days,” Smith told The Birmingham Times. “They took us to the city jail and because we were too young to be there, they put us back on a bus and took us to juvenile court. That’s where we got processed. From juvenile court, they took us to the Alabama Fairgrounds which is now the CrossPlex. When they took us to the CrossPlex, it was an old air force barracks and that’s where I stayed for those nine days.”

Early on, Smith became known as one of the city’s youngest Foot Soldiers which “means that I was one of the first to help with trying to make a change within Birmingham,” she said.

Initiated and organized on May 2, 1963 by Reverend James Bevel, students across the city skipped school and marched through downtown Birmingham. Eight days later, leaders of the demonstrations, represented by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and the white business community, represented by Sidney Smyer, reach an agreement including an end to demonstrations and a cooling-off period.

“[I] knew that it was for a cause,” Smith said. “My parents were heavily involved with the (Civil Rights) Movements so I knew what I was going for. I didn’t just go because of a fun thing. I went because I wanted to be a part of the group that made a change.”

Today, Smith is still working to make a change through the Civil Rights Activist Committee, an organization dedicated to documenting the stories of Foot Soldiers.

The group is led by Paulette Roby, who currently serves as the Chair, a role she has held since 2014. “I am proud to work in that space. Telling my story, I feel like there is something I could say to someone that will listen that will help them,” she said. “There’s something there for them to grasp from the conversations we will have.”

Roby pointed out that the late Tommy Wrenn, founded the group and served as a field staffer for Rev. Martin Luther King Jr’s Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). “[Wrenn] wanted a place for the Foot Soldiers to tell their stories,” Roby said. “He wanted a place so that they can preserve the stories by collecting their data. We have some people who don’t like to talk and tell their stories. I am one of the ones that will tell my story and I’m going to keep on telling it, because the more I tell it, the more people will want to hear,” said Roby, adding, “it’s important to keep the legacy of the Foot Soldiers alive for the future generations.

Foot Soldiers did more than march, Roby said. “A Foot Soldier could be a person that was participating in the Movement in anyway. It could’ve been someone who put money in the collection box to help get others out of jail. A Foot Soldier could have been a person who picked up other people in their car. I feel like anybody who participated in the movement is considered a Foot Soldier,” she said.

Birmingham, Alabama

Timelime: 1963

Wednesday, May 1

Judge William Jenkins hands down sentences for five days in jail and $50 fines for eleven leaders held in contempt of court for ignoring his April 11 injunction.

Thursday, May 2

Children demonstrate en masse against the Birmingham Police Department and Commissioner Bull Connor. Nearly one thousand children are arrested, most in groups ranging in size from thirty to sixty.

Friday, May 3 and Saturday, May 4

Demonstrations involving children continue. Connor responds with police dogs and water hoses, infuriating demonstrators and onlookers.

Sunday, May 5

A mass rally is held at the New Pilgrim Baptist Church (Sixth Avenue and 10th Street South). The rally culminates with a march to the Southside jail and a massive demonstration in Memorial Park across from the jail.

Monday, May 6

Several groups of children and adults that had assembled at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church are arrested.

Tuesday, May 7

Children continue to demonstrate. Shuttlesworth is hospitalized with injuries inflicted by high-powered water hoses on the steps on the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church.

Wednesday, May 8

Demonstrations are suspended. Movement leaders say white business leaders are acting in good faith to settle issues of concern.

Friday, May 10

Leaders of the demonstrations, represented by Dr. King, and the white business community, represented by Sidney Smyer, reach an agreement including an end to demonstrations and a cooling-off period.

Saturday, May 11

The A. G. Gaston Motel and the home of the Rev. Alfred Daniel (A.D.) King are bombed. Three people are injured in the Gaston Motel explosion. King’s family escapes injury.

Sunday, May 12

President John Fitzgerald Kennedy sends U.S. troops trained in riot control to military  bases near Birmingham and pledges that the federal government will “do whatever must be done” to preserve order in the strife-torn city.

Monday, May 20

The Birmingham Board of Education issues an order directing the expulsion of 1,081 Black students arrested in Birmingham racial demonstrations.

Wednesday, May 22

A federal judge rules that the children were illegally expelled and orders the student demonstrators to return to class.

Thursday, May 23

Alabama Supreme Court backs Birmingham voters in their decision to change to mayor-council form of government.

Thursday, May 23

More than one thousand Black student demonstrators return to class under a federal judge’s order that they had been illegally expelled.

Tuesday, May 28

U.S. District Judge Seybourn H. Lynne refuses to order desegregation of Birmingham schools.

 

The DOJ Ended a Decades-old School Desegregation Order. Others are Expected to Fall

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A group of African American students, left, enter the Boothville-Vencie School in Plaquemines Pasrish, Louisiana, on Sept. 12, 1966, as a group of white mother wait at the entrance of the school. (Jack Thornell File, AP)

WASHINGTON — When the Justice Department lifted a school desegregation order in Louisiana this week, officials called its continued existence a “historical wrong” and suggested that others dating to the Civil Rights Movement should be reconsidered.

The end of the 1966 legal agreement with Plaquemines Parish schools announced Tuesday shows the Trump administration is “getting America refocused on our bright future,” Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon said.

Inside the Justice Department, officials appointed by President Donald Trump have expressed desire to withdraw from other desegregation orders they see as an unnecessary burden on schools, according to a person familiar with the issue who was granted anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.

Dozens of school districts across the South remain under court-enforced agreements dictating steps to work toward integration, decades after the Supreme Court struck down racial segregation in education. Some see the court orders’ endurance as a sign the government never eradicated segregation, while officials in Louisiana and at some schools see the orders as bygone relics that should be wiped away.

The Justice Department opened a wave of cases in the 1960s, after Congress unleashed the department to go after schools that resisted desegregation. Known as consent decrees, the orders can be lifted when districts prove they have eliminated segregation and its legacy.

Students from Charlotte High School in Charlotte, N.C., ride a bus together, May 15, 1972. (AP Photo/Harold L. Valentine, File)

The small Louisiana district has a long-running integration case

The Trump administration called the Plaquemines case an example of administrative neglect. The district in the Mississippi River Delta Basin in southeast Louisiana was found to have integrated in 1975, but the case was to stay under the court’s watch for another year. The judge died the same year, and the court record “appears to be lost to time,” according to a court filing.

“Given that this case has been stayed for a half-century with zero action by the court, the parties or any third-party, the parties are satisfied that the United States’ claims have been fully resolved,” according to a joint filing from the Justice Department and the office of Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill.

Plaquemines Superintendent Shelley Ritz said Justice Department officials still visited every year as recently as 2023 and requested data on topics including hiring and discipline. She said the paperwork was a burden for her district of fewer than 4,000 students.

“It was hours of compiling the data,” she said.

Louisiana “got its act together decades ago,” said Leo Terrell, senior counsel to the Civil Rights Division at the Justice Department, in a statement. He said the dismissal corrects a historical wrong, adding it’s “past time to acknowledge how far we have come.”

Murrill asked the Justice Department to close other school orders in her state. In a statement, she vowed to work with Louisiana schools to help them “put the past in the past.”

Civil rights activists say that’s the wrong move. Many orders have been only loosely enforced in recent decades, but that doesn’t mean problems are solved, said Johnathan Smith, who worked in the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division during President Joe Biden’s administration.

“It probably means the opposite — that the school district remains segregated. And in fact, most of these districts are now more segregated today than they were in 1954,” said Smith, who is now chief of staff and general counsel for the National Center for Youth Law.

Children smile from window of a school bus in Springfield, Mass., as court-ordered busing brought Black children and white children together in elementary grades without incident, Sept. 16, 1974. (AP Photo/Peter Bregg, File)

Desegregation orders involve a range of instructions

More than 130 school systems are under Justice Department desegregation orders, according to records in a court filing this year. The vast majority are in Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi, with smaller numbers in states like Florida, Louisiana and South Carolina. Some other districts remain under separate desegregation agreements with the Education Department.

The orders can include a range of remedies, from busing requirements to district policies allowing students in predominately Black schools to transfer to predominately white ones. The agreements are between the school district and the U.S. government, but other parties can ask the court to intervene when signs of segregation resurface.

In 2020, the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund invoked a consent decree in Alabama’s Leeds school district when it stopped offering school meals during the COVID-19 pandemic. The civil rights group said it disproportionately hurt Black students, in violation of the desegregation order. The district agreed to resume meals.

Last year, a Louisiana school board closed a predominately Black elementary school near a petrochemical facility after the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund said it disproportionately exposed Black students to health risks. The board made the decision after the group filed a motion invoking a decades-old desegregation order at St. John the Baptist Parish.

May 1, 2025

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By multiple measures, the Birmingham area has seen dramatic declines in unemployment since the pandemic. (Adobe Stock)

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EMPLOYMENT

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Director of Stadium Operations 

 

BJCC is recruiting for a 1. Director of Stadium Operations and 2. Facility CMMS Systems Administrator for information & to apply visit https://www.bjcc.org/jobs/ or send resume to careers@bjcc.org /fax resume 205-458-8530.

 

 

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Director of Concert Hall  

 

BJCC, is recruiting for a 1) Director of Concert Hall and Theatre Events, and 2. Facility Safety and Risk Manager  for information & to apply visit https://www.bjcc.org/jobs/ or send resume to careers@bjcc.org /fax resume 205-458-8530.

 

 

 

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Executive Driver Needed 

Part Time. Driver must safely drive in a fleet of model luxury vehicles, in the way that represents our dedication, professionalism and service. The ideal candidate must be ambitious and passionate. We are seeking a hardworking, professional driver who is enthusiastic, dependable, and detail-oriented with exceptional organizational skills. Contact (davidrodriguez12201@gmail.com) for more details.

 

 

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LEGAL

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CASE NO. CV-2025-901066

NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING BY PUBLICATION

TO: DEBRA CRAIG; ANDREW BERRY; ANTONIO CRAIG; CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA; J.T. SMALLWOOD, JEFFERSON COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR; AND JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALABAMA, and any and all other unknown heirs, claimants or interested parties claiming any right, title, estate, lien, or interest in the real estate described herein,

 

TAKE NOTICE that on March 19, 2025, the Birmingham Land Bank Authority filed the above-styled Complaint, and the Land Bank asserts that it has recorded notice of a pending quiet title and foreclosure action in the Probate Court of Jefferson County, Alabama concerning the rights and/or interests in the following real property:

 

Lot 6, Block 27, according to the Survey of East Birmingham, as recorded in Map Book 1, Page 7, in the Probate Office of Jefferson County, Alabama.

 

It appears said legal is the same as that certain legal described in Instrument Number 2016132661 as follows: LOT 6 BLK 27 EAST BHAM

 

and assigned Parcel ID No. 23-00-19-4-008-012.000

 

ANY PERSON WITH A PROPERTY INTEREST IN THE ABOVE PROPERTY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THEY MAY LOSE SUCH INTEREST, IF ANY, AS A RESULT OF THE ABOVE-REFERENCED QUIET TITLE AND FORECLOSURE ACTION. The final hearing on this quiet title and foreclosure action is hereby set for July 21, 2025, in Room 360, Jefferson County Courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama at 10:00 a.m. The judgment of the Court may result in title to the property vesting in the Birmingham Land Bank Authority. Any person who proves to the Court’s satisfaction a right to redeem the property pursuant to Alabama Code §§ 40-10-73 (1975) et seq. or Alabama Code §§ 40-10-83 (1975) et seq. may redeem the property pursuant to those statutes within five (5) days after the appropriate Order on Final Hearing is issued. FAILURE TO REDEEM THE PROPERTY AND PRESENT PROOF OF REDEMPTION TO THE CIRCUIT COURT WITHIN THE 5-DAY PERIOD MAY RESULT IN A LOSS OF THE RIGHT OF REDEMPTION.

 

The address of the Birmingham Land Bank Authority is City Hall, 710 North 20th St, Birmingham, AL 35203. The Birmingham Land Bank Authority may be contacted care of Jake A. Kiser at (205) 918-5037.

 

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED by the undersigned Clerk of Court that publication of this notice be made once a week for three consecutive weeks in the Birmingham Times, a newspaper of general circulation in Jefferson County, Alabama, and that all persons to whom this notice is addressed and any and all persons claiming any title to, interest in, or lien or encumbrance on the above-described land or any part thereof are hereby directed to plead, answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint in this case before the hearing date or a judgment by default may be rendered against them it being intended that this notice shall be used to perfect service against all parties who cannot be personally served with a copy of the Complaint.

 

BT5/1/2025

 

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CASE NO. CV-2025-901065

NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING BY PUBLICATION

TO: BOBBY L. WALKER; CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA; J.T. SMALLWOOD, JEFFERSON COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR; AND JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALABAMA, and any and all other unknown heirs, claimants or interested parties claiming any right, title, estate, lien, or interest in the real estate described herein,

 

TAKE NOTICE that on March 19, 2025, the Birmingham Land Bank Authority filed the above-styled Complaint, and the Land Bank asserts that it has recorded notice of a pending quiet title and foreclosure action in the Probate Court of Jefferson County, Alabama concerning the rights and/or interests in the following real property:

 

The Northern 42 feet of Lot 3, in Block 1, according to the survey of East Birmingham, as recorded in Map Book 1 Page 7 in the Probate Office of Jefferson County, Alabama.

 

It appears said legal is the same as that certain legal described in Instrument Number 2016085165 as follows: N 42 FT OF LOT 3 BLK 1 EAST BHAM

 

and assigned Parcel ID No. 23-00-19-4-025-013.000

 

ANY PERSON WITH A PROPERTY INTEREST IN THE ABOVE PROPERTY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THEY MAY LOSE SUCH INTEREST, IF ANY, AS A RESULT OF THE ABOVE-REFERENCED QUIET TITLE AND FORECLOSURE ACTION. The final hearing on this quiet title and foreclosure action is hereby set for June 26, 2025, in Room 340, Jefferson County Courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama at 9:00 a.m. The judgment of the Court may result in title to the property vesting in the Birmingham Land Bank Authority. Any person who proves to the Court’s satisfaction a right to redeem the property pursuant to Alabama Code §§ 40-10-73 (1975) et seq. or Alabama Code §§ 40-10-83 (1975) et seq. may redeem the property pursuant to those statutes within five (5) days after the appropriate Order on Final Hearing is issued. FAILURE TO REDEEM THE PROPERTY AND PRESENT PROOF OF REDEMPTION TO THE CIRCUIT COURT WITHIN THE 5-DAY PERIOD MAY RESULT IN A LOSS OF THE RIGHT OF REDEMPTION.

 

The address of the Birmingham Land Bank Authority is City Hall, 710 North 20th St, Birmingham, AL 35203. The Birmingham Land Bank Authority may be contacted care of Jake A. Kiser at (205) 918-5037.

 

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED by the undersigned Clerk of Court that publication of this notice be made once a week for three consecutive weeks in the Birmingham Times, a newspaper of general circulation in Jefferson County, Alabama, and that all persons to whom this notice is addressed and any and all persons claiming any title to, interest in, or lien or encumbrance on the above-described land or any part thereof are hereby directed to plead, answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint in this case before the hearing date or a judgment by default may be rendered against them it being intended that this notice shall be used to perfect service against all parties who cannot be personally served with a copy of the Complaint.

 

 

BT5/1/2025

 

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CASE NO. CV-2025-901116

NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING BY PUBLICATION

TO: DAVID F. LEE; O.M.C., INC.; CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA; J.T. SMALLWOOD, JEFFERSON COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR; AND JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALABAMA, and any and all other unknown heirs, claimants or interested parties claiming any right, title, estate, lien, or interest in the real estate described herein,

 

TAKE NOTICE that on March 24, 2025, the Birmingham Land Bank Authority filed the above-styled Complaint, and the Land Bank asserts that it has recorded notice of a pending quiet title and foreclosure action in the Probate Court of Jefferson County, Alabama concerning the rights and/or interests in the following real property:

 

Lots 44 and 45, in Block 9, according to the map and survey of Druid Hills as recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Jefferson County, Alabama, in Map Book 14, Page 3, except that part of Lot 45 which was sold off in deed recorded in Volume 3528, Page 283, in the Office aforesaid, and said excepted part being more fully described as follows:  Beginning at the SE corner of Lot 45, and run thence in a Northerly direction along the East line of said Lot 45, 119.67 feet to the Southerly line (margin) of an alley running East and West through said Block 9; thence in a Westerly direction an angle  to the left 95 degrees 19 minutes along the Southerly line of said alley for a distance of 6 feet; thence in a Southerly direction and in a straight line to point of beginning, being a triangular strip off the Easterly side of said Lot 45, fronting 6 feet on said alley and extending Southerly to naught at the Southeast corner of said lot.

 

It appears said legal is the same as that certain legal described in Instrument Number 2017118382 as follows: BEG 60 FT E OF NE INTER OF DRUID HILL DR & 20TH ST N THENCE N-120.7 FT E-100 FT S-128S FT W-81.5 FT TO P O B BEING LOT 44 & PART OF 45 FT BLK 9 DRUID HILLS

 

and assigned Parcel ID No. 22-00-26-1-003-026.000

 

ANY PERSON WITH A PROPERTY INTEREST IN THE ABOVE PROPERTY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THEY MAY LOSE SUCH INTEREST, IF ANY, AS A RESULT OF THE ABOVE-REFERENCED QUIET TITLE AND FORECLOSURE ACTION. The final hearing on this quiet title and foreclosure action is hereby set for June 26, 2025, in Room 340, Jefferson County Courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama at 9:00 a.m. The judgment of the Court may result in title to the property vesting in the Birmingham Land Bank Authority. Any person who proves to the Court’s satisfaction a right to redeem the property pursuant to Alabama Code §§ 40-10-73 (1975) et seq. or Alabama Code §§ 40-10-83 (1975) et seq. may redeem the property pursuant to those statutes within five (5) days after the appropriate Order on Final Hearing is issued. FAILURE TO REDEEM THE PROPERTY AND PRESENT PROOF OF REDEMPTION TO THE CIRCUIT COURT WITHIN THE 5-DAY PERIOD MAY RESULT IN A LOSS OF THE RIGHT OF REDEMPTION.

 

The address of the Birmingham Land Bank Authority is City Hall, 710 North 20th St, Birmingham, AL 35203. The Birmingham Land Bank Authority may be contacted care of Jake A. Kiser at (205) 918-5037.

 

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED by the undersigned Clerk of Court that publication of this notice be made once a week for three consecutive weeks in the Birmingham Times, a newspaper of general circulation in Jefferson County, Alabama, and that all persons to whom this notice is addressed and any and all persons claiming any title to, interest in, or lien or encumbrance on the above-described land or any part thereof are hereby directed to plead, answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint in this case before the hearing date or a judgment by default may be rendered against them it being intended that this notice shall be used to perfect service against all parties who cannot be personally served with a copy of the Complaint.

 

BT5/1/2025

 

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CASE NO. CV-2025-901119

NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING BY PUBLICATION

TO: DL MORTGAGE CORPORATION; ESTATE OF ROBERT LEE CRAWFORD; SEARCY JEAN CRAWFORD; CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA; J.T. SMALLWOOD, JEFFERSON COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR; AND JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALABAMA, and any and all other unknown heirs, claimants or interested parties claiming any right, title, estate, lien, or interest in the real estate described herein,

 

TAKE NOTICE that on March 24, 2025, the Birmingham Land Bank Authority filed the above-styled Complaint, and the Land Bank asserts that it has recorded notice of a pending quiet title and foreclosure action in the Probate Court of Jefferson County, Alabama concerning the rights and/or interests in the following real property:

 

Lot 5, in Block 10, according to the survey of Druid Hills, being the Sudduth Realty Company’s Sixth Addition to Birmingham, as recorded in Map Book 14, Page 3, in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Jefferson County, Alabama.

 

It appears said legal is the same as that certain legal described in Instrument Number 2019111383 as follows: LOT 5 BLK 10 DRUID HILLS SUDDUTH RLTY CO 6TH ADD TO BHAM

 

and assigned Parcel ID No. 22-00-26-1-017-001.000

 

ANY PERSON WITH A PROPERTY INTEREST IN THE ABOVE PROPERTY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THEY MAY LOSE SUCH INTEREST, IF ANY, AS A RESULT OF THE ABOVE-REFERENCED QUIET TITLE AND FORECLOSURE ACTION. The final hearing on this quiet title and foreclosure action is hereby set for June 26, 2025, in Room 340, Jefferson County Courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama at 9:00 a.m. The judgment of the Court may result in title to the property vesting in the Birmingham Land Bank Authority. Any person who proves to the Court’s satisfaction a right to redeem the property pursuant to Alabama Code §§ 40-10-73 (1975) et seq. or Alabama Code §§ 40-10-83 (1975) et seq. may redeem the property pursuant to those statutes within five (5) days after the appropriate Order on Final Hearing is issued. FAILURE TO REDEEM THE PROPERTY AND PRESENT PROOF OF REDEMPTION TO THE CIRCUIT COURT WITHIN THE 5-DAY PERIOD MAY RESULT IN A LOSS OF THE RIGHT OF REDEMPTION.

 

The address of the Birmingham Land Bank Authority is City Hall, 710 North 20th St, Birmingham, AL 35203. The Birmingham Land Bank Authority may be contacted care of Jake A. Kiser at (205) 918-5037.

 

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED by the undersigned Clerk of Court that publication of this notice be made once a week for three consecutive weeks in the Birmingham Times, a newspaper of general circulation in Jefferson County, Alabama, and that all persons to whom this notice is addressed and any and all persons claiming any title to, interest in, or lien or encumbrance on the above-described land or any part thereof are hereby directed to plead, answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint in this case before the hearing date or a judgment by default may be rendered against them it being intended that this notice shall be used to perfect service against all parties who cannot be personally served with a copy of the Complaint.

 

 

BT5/1/2025

 

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CASE NO. CV-2025-901065

NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING BY PUBLICATION

TO: BOBBY L. WALKER; CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA; J.T. SMALLWOOD, JEFFERSON COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR; AND JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALABAMA, and any and all other unknown heirs, claimants or interested parties claiming any right, title, estate, lien, or interest in the real estate described herein,

 

TAKE NOTICE that on March 19, 2025, the Birmingham Land Bank Authority filed the above-styled Complaint, and the Land Bank asserts that it has recorded notice of a pending quiet title and foreclosure action in the Probate Court of Jefferson County, Alabama concerning the rights and/or interests in the following real property:

 

The Northern 42 feet of Lot 3, in Block 1, according to the survey of East Birmingham, as recorded in Map Book 1 Page 7 in the Probate Office of Jefferson County, Alabama.

 

It appears said legal is the same as that certain legal described in Instrument Number 2016085165 as follows: N 42 FT OF LOT 3 BLK 1 EAST BHAM

 

and assigned Parcel ID No. 23-00-19-4-025-013.000

 

ANY PERSON WITH A PROPERTY INTEREST IN THE ABOVE PROPERTY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THEY MAY LOSE SUCH INTEREST, IF ANY, AS A RESULT OF THE ABOVE-REFERENCED QUIET TITLE AND FORECLOSURE ACTION. The final hearing on this quiet title and foreclosure action is hereby set for June 26, 2025, in Room 340, Jefferson County Courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama at 9:00 a.m. The judgment of the Court may result in title to the property vesting in the Birmingham Land Bank Authority. Any person who proves to the Court’s satisfaction a right to redeem the property pursuant to Alabama Code §§ 40-10-73 (1975) et seq. or Alabama Code §§ 40-10-83 (1975) et seq. may redeem the property pursuant to those statutes within five (5) days after the appropriate Order on Final Hearing is issued. FAILURE TO REDEEM THE PROPERTY AND PRESENT PROOF OF REDEMPTION TO THE CIRCUIT COURT WITHIN THE 5-DAY PERIOD MAY RESULT IN A LOSS OF THE RIGHT OF REDEMPTION.

 

The address of the Birmingham Land Bank Authority is City Hall, 710 North 20th St, Birmingham, AL 35203. The Birmingham Land Bank Authority may be contacted care of Jake A. Kiser at (205) 918-5037.

 

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED by the undersigned Clerk of Court that publication of this notice be made once a week for three consecutive weeks in the Birmingham Times, a newspaper of general circulation in Jefferson County, Alabama, and that all persons to whom this notice is addressed and any and all persons claiming any title to, interest in, or lien or encumbrance on the above-described land or any part thereof are hereby directed to plead, answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint in this case before the hearing date or a judgment by default may be rendered against them it being intended that this notice shall be used to perfect service against all parties who cannot be personally served with a copy of the Complaint.

 

BT5/1/2025

 

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CASE NO. CV-2025-901116

NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING BY PUBLICATION

TO: DAVID F. LEE; O.M.C., INC.; CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA; J.T. SMALLWOOD, JEFFERSON COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR; AND JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALABAMA, and any and all other unknown heirs, claimants or interested parties claiming any right, title, estate, lien, or interest in the real estate described herein,

 

TAKE NOTICE that on March 24, 2025, the Birmingham Land Bank Authority filed the above-styled Complaint, and the Land Bank asserts that it has recorded notice of a pending quiet title and foreclosure action in the Probate Court of Jefferson County, Alabama concerning the rights and/or interests in the following real property:

 

Lots 44 and 45, in Block 9, according to the map and survey of Druid Hills as recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Jefferson County, Alabama, in Map Book 14, Page 3, except that part of Lot 45 which was sold off in deed recorded in Volume 3528, Page 283, in the Office aforesaid, and said excepted part being more fully described as follows:  Beginning at the SE corner of Lot 45, and run thence in a Northerly direction along the East line of said Lot 45, 119.67 feet to the Southerly line (margin) of an alley running East and West through said Block 9; thence in a Westerly direction an angle  to the left 95 degrees 19 minutes along the Southerly line of said alley for a distance of 6 feet; thence in a Southerly direction and in a straight line to point of beginning, being a triangular strip off the Easterly side of said Lot 45, fronting 6 feet on said alley and extending Southerly to naught at the Southeast corner of said lot.

 

It appears said legal is the same as that certain legal described in Instrument Number 2017118382 as follows: BEG 60 FT E OF NE INTER OF DRUID HILL DR & 20TH ST N THENCE N-120.7 FT E-100 FT S-128S FT W-81.5 FT TO P O B BEING LOT 44 & PART OF 45 FT BLK 9 DRUID HILLS

 

and assigned Parcel ID No. 22-00-26-1-003-026.000

 

ANY PERSON WITH A PROPERTY INTEREST IN THE ABOVE PROPERTY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THEY MAY LOSE SUCH INTEREST, IF ANY, AS A RESULT OF THE ABOVE-REFERENCED QUIET TITLE AND FORECLOSURE ACTION. The final hearing on this quiet title and foreclosure action is hereby set for June 26, 2025, in Room 340, Jefferson County Courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama at 9:00 a.m. The judgment of the Court may result in title to the property vesting in the Birmingham Land Bank Authority. Any person who proves to the Court’s satisfaction a right to redeem the property pursuant to Alabama Code §§ 40-10-73 (1975) et seq. or Alabama Code §§ 40-10-83 (1975) et seq. may redeem the property pursuant to those statutes within five (5) days after the appropriate Order on Final Hearing is issued. FAILURE TO REDEEM THE PROPERTY AND PRESENT PROOF OF REDEMPTION TO THE CIRCUIT COURT WITHIN THE 5-DAY PERIOD MAY RESULT IN A LOSS OF THE RIGHT OF REDEMPTION.

 

The address of the Birmingham Land Bank Authority is City Hall, 710 North 20th St, Birmingham, AL 35203. The Birmingham Land Bank Authority may be contacted care of Jake A. Kiser at (205) 918-5037.

 

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED by the undersigned Clerk of Court that publication of this notice be made once a week for three consecutive weeks in the Birmingham Times, a newspaper of general circulation in Jefferson County, Alabama, and that all persons to whom this notice is addressed and any and all persons claiming any title to, interest in, or lien or encumbrance on the above-described land or any part thereof are hereby directed to plead, answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint in this case before the hearing date or a judgment by default may be rendered against them it being intended that this notice shall be used to perfect service against all parties who cannot be personally served with a copy of the Complaint.

 

 

 

 

BT5/1/2025

 

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CASE NO. CV-2025-901119

NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING BY PUBLICATION

TO: DL MORTGAGE CORPORATION; ESTATE OF ROBERT LEE CRAWFORD; SEARCY JEAN CRAWFORD; CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA; J.T. SMALLWOOD, JEFFERSON COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR; AND JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALABAMA, and any and all other unknown heirs, claimants or interested parties claiming any right, title, estate, lien, or interest in the real estate described herein,

 

TAKE NOTICE that on March 24, 2025, the Birmingham Land Bank Authority filed the above-styled Complaint, and the Land Bank asserts that it has recorded notice of a pending quiet title and foreclosure action in the Probate Court of Jefferson County, Alabama concerning the rights and/or interests in the following real property:

 

Lot 5, in Block 10, according to the survey of Druid Hills, being the Sudduth Realty Company’s Sixth Addition to Birmingham, as recorded in Map Book 14, Page 3, in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Jefferson County, Alabama.

 

It appears said legal is the same as that certain legal described in Instrument Number 2019111383 as follows: LOT 5 BLK 10 DRUID HILLS SUDDUTH RLTY CO 6TH ADD TO BHAM

 

and assigned Parcel ID No. 22-00-26-1-017-001.000

 

ANY PERSON WITH A PROPERTY INTEREST IN THE ABOVE PROPERTY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THEY MAY LOSE SUCH INTEREST, IF ANY, AS A RESULT OF THE ABOVE-REFERENCED QUIET TITLE AND FORECLOSURE ACTION. The final hearing on this quiet title and foreclosure action is hereby set for June 26, 2025, in Room 340, Jefferson County Courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama at 9:00 a.m. The judgment of the Court may result in title to the property vesting in the Birmingham Land Bank Authority. Any person who proves to the Court’s satisfaction a right to redeem the property pursuant to Alabama Code §§ 40-10-73 (1975) et seq. or Alabama Code §§ 40-10-83 (1975) et seq. may redeem the property pursuant to those statutes within five (5) days after the appropriate Order on Final Hearing is issued. FAILURE TO REDEEM THE PROPERTY AND PRESENT PROOF OF REDEMPTION TO THE CIRCUIT COURT WITHIN THE 5-DAY PERIOD MAY RESULT IN A LOSS OF THE RIGHT OF REDEMPTION.

 

The address of the Birmingham Land Bank Authority is City Hall, 710 North 20th St, Birmingham, AL 35203. The Birmingham Land Bank Authority may be contacted care of Jake A. Kiser at (205) 918-5037.

 

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED by the undersigned Clerk of Court that publication of this notice be made once a week for three consecutive weeks in the Birmingham Times, a newspaper of general circulation in Jefferson County, Alabama, and that all persons to whom this notice is addressed and any and all persons claiming any title to, interest in, or lien or encumbrance on the above-described land or any part thereof are hereby directed to plead, answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint in this case before the hearing date or a judgment by default may be rendered against them it being intended that this notice shall be used to perfect service against all parties who cannot be personally served with a copy of the Complaint

 

 

 

BT5/1/2025

 

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Notice of Completion 

 

In accordance with Chapter 1, Title 39, Code of Alabama, 1975, notice is hereby given

that Williford Orman Construction LLC , Contractor, has completed the Contract for (Construction) of New Canopies for Oak Mountain HS, Vincent HS, and Career Technical Education Center at Shelby County for the State of Alabama and the (County) of Shelby, Owner(s), and have made request for final settlement of said Contract. All people who have any claim for labor, materials, or otherwise in connection with this project should immediately notify

Lathan Associates Architects PC

 

Williford Orman Construction LLC

(Contractor)

 

 

______PO Box 1985, Pelham, AL 35124

(Business Address)

 

 

 

BT5/1/2025

 

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Notice of Completion

 

In accordance with Chapter 1, Title 39, Code of Alabama, 1975, as amended notice is hereby given that Shelby Company, LLC, Contractor, has completed the Contract for Renovation of UAB North Pavilion 6th Floor Heart and Vascular Center Administration Demolition and Renovation at 1802 6th Ave South, Birmingham, AL 35233 for the State of Alabama and Jefferson County, City of Birmingham, Owner(s), and have made request for the final settlement of said contract.  All persons having any claim for labor, material, or otherwise in connection with this project should immediately notify Birchfield Penuel Architects 2805 Cresent Avenue Birmingham, AL 35209.

 

Shelby Company, LLC

Contractor

3120 4th Ave S, Birmingham, Al 35233

Business Address

 

BT5/1/2025

 

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Notice of Completion

 

In accordance with Chapter 1, Title 39, Code of Alabama, 1975, as amended notice is hereby given that Shelby Company, LLC, Contractor, has completed the Contract for Renovation of UAB North Pavilion Omnicell Carousel Renovation at 1802 6th Ave South, Birmingham, AL 35233 for the State of Alabama and  County, City of Birmingham, Owner(s), and have made request for the final settlement of said contract.  All persons having any claim for labor, material, or otherwise in connection with this project should immediately notify GHAFARI Associates LLC, 2170 Highland Ave Suite 220, Birmingham, AL 35205.

 

Shelby Company, LLC

Contractor

3120 4th Ave S, Birmingham, Al 35233

Business Address

 

BT5/1/2025

 

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Notice of Completion

 

In accordance with Chapter 1, Title 39, Code of Alabama, 1975, as amended notice is hereby given that James Paving Co., LLC, Contractor, has completed the Contract for Construction of Roebuck GC Cart Path Resurfacing; ENG #204-003 for the State of Alabama and Jefferson County, City of Birmingham, Owner(s), and have made request for the final settlement of said contract.  All people who have any claim for labor, material, or otherwise in connection with this project should immediately notify Capital Projects City of Birmingham, 710 20th Street North Suite 220, 35203.

 

James Paving Co., LLC

(Contractor)

105 Owens Parkway Suite B

Birmingham, AL 35244

(Business Address)

 

BT5/8/2025

 

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Notice of Completion

 

In accordance with Chapter 1, Title 39, Code of Alabama, 1975, as amended notice is hereby given that James Paving Co., LLC, Contractor, has completed the Contract for Construction of Graymont Avenue Resurfacing: Arkadelphia Road to 15th St W at #800 to #500 Graymont Ave W Jefferson County for the State of Alabama and Jefferson County, City of Birmingham, Owner(s), and have made request for the final settlement of said contract.  All people who have any claim for labor, material, or otherwise in connection with this project should immediately notify Capital Projects City of Birmingham, 710 20th Street North Suite 220, 35203.

 

James Paving Co., LLC

(Contractor)

105 Owens Parkway Suite B

Birmingham, AL 35244

(Business Address)

 

BT5/8/2025

 

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Notice of Completion

 

In accordance with Chapter 1, Title 39, Code of Alabama, 1975, as amended notice is hereby given that Willoughby Contracting Co., Inc., Contractor, has completed the Contract for Construction of Center Place Area Water Main Replace p.04112 Center St, 1st Pl W, 1st St W, Center Pl W, 37th Ave W, and 39th Ave W for the State of Alabama and Jefferson County, City of Birmingham and the Birmingham Water Works, owner, and have made request for the final settlement of said contract.  All people who have any claim for labor, material, or otherwise in connection with this project should immediately notify Birmingham Water Works board (Architect/Engineer)

 

Willoughby Contracting Co., Inc.

Contractor

2550 Cone Drive

Birmingham, Al 35217

 

BT5/1/2025

 

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Notice of Completion 

 

In accordance with Chapter 1, Title 39, Code of Alabama, 1975, notice is hereby given that Southeastern Sealcoating, Inc (Contractor), has completed the Contract for Renovation of Lewis Park for the state of Alabama and the (County), (City) of Birmingham Owners), and have made request for final settlement of said Contract. All persons having any claim for labor, materials, or otherwise in connection with this project should immediately notify City of Birmingham, AL (Architect).

 

Southeastern Sealcoating

(contractor)

1330 Adamsville Industrial Parkway

(Business Address)

 

BT5/1/2025

 

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Notice of Completion

 

In accordance with Chapter 1, Title 39, Code of Alabama, 1975, as amended notice is hereby given that Shelby Company, LLC, Contractor, has completed the Contract for Renovation of UAB Emergency Department Triage Expansion at Highlands 3rd Floor at 1201 11th Ave South, Birmingham, AL 35205 for the State of Alabama and  County, City of Birmingham, Owner(s), and have made request for the final settlement of said contract.  All persons having any claim for labor, material, or otherwise in connection with this project should immediately notify Birchfield Penuel Architects, 2805 Crescent Ave, Birmingham, AL 35209.

 

Shelby Company, LLC

Contractor

3120 4th Ave S, Birmingham, Al 35233

Business Address

 

BT5/1/2025

 

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PUBLIC NOTICE

A.G. Gaston Construction Company, Inc. is proud to announce the successful completion of the renovation project at Crump Senior Center for the City of Montgomery.

The comprehensive renovation project, aimed at enhancing the facility for the city’s senior community, was completed on schedule and to the highest standards of quality and craftsmanship. The revitalized Crump Senior Center now offers an improved and

welcoming environment for the citizens of Montgomery to enjoy wellness, recreation, and fellowship.

In celebration of this milestone, the City of Montgomery hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday, April 8th, officially reopening the space to the public. City officials, community members, and representatives from A.G. Gaston Construction Company, Inc. were in

attendance to commemorate the occasion.

A.G. Gaston Construction Company, Inc. remains committed to building stronger

communities through excellence in construction and project delivery. We are honored to have contributed to a project that will benefit Montgomery’s senior residents for years to come.

 

BT5/1/2025

 

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ADVERTISEMENT for BIDDER PRE-QUALIFICATION

And NOTICE of INTENT to RECEIVE BIDS

 from PREQUALIFIED BIDDERS

 

Pre-qualification submittals will be received by the Owner’s Representative/Project Manager, David McCabe on behalf of Office of the Chief Facilities Officer, UAB Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and the University of Alabama Board of Trustees at UAB Hospital Planning, 2020 University Blvd., Birmingham, AL 35249 until 12:00 PM Central Time, May 02, 2025.  The original and two (2) flash drives with duplicates of submittals are required for pre-qualification approval; however, email transmission copies may be transmitted to the UAB Project Manager David McCabe at dcmccabe@uabmc.edu and cc’d to sheywood@ghafari.com and mfreeman@ghafari.com to expedite the review process with a hard-copy of the submittal and two flash drives to be delivered within 24 hours.

 

UAB Medical Education Building 5th Floor

Convert Procedure Room to Patient Room

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama

Project No.:  H235023

 

  1. SCOPE OF WORK:

 

The project consists of the conversion of an existing 360 SF Procedure Room into a new Patient Room on the 5th floor of the UAB Medical Education Building. The scope of work includes architectural, interiors, electrical, and mechanical work. The construction budget is anticipated to be between $100,000 and $200,000.

 

The work will be performed under a single Prime General Contractor who will coordinate the work of this project. Particular and specific care will be required to coordinate complex shutdowns, limit disturbances, and follow strict Infection Controls and Interim Life Safety Measures (ICRA/ILSM) requirements for the protection of patients, family, and staff. The Prime General Contractors seeking to be pre-qualified will require experience with similar size and type hospital projects performed in and adjacent to an operating hospital environment and with the implementation and maintenance of infection control measures, interim life safety measures, coordinating shutdowns, and maintaining a clean and organized job site in an operating hospital. The General Contractor must have experience with representative projects as a General Contractor (not as a Construction Manager, Program Manager, etc.)

 

 

  1. PRIME GENERAL CONTRACTOR BIDDER PRE-QUALIFICATIONS:

 

Prime General Contractor bidders interested in submitting a proposal must apply for pre-qualification and must be licensed under the Provision of Title 34, Chapter 8, and Code of Alabama, 1975. A copy of current Alabama Contractors license is to be included in pre-qualification submittal.

 

 

Only bidders who have completed the pre-qualification process and that have been approved will be eligible to submit a bid for the Project. Prospective Bidder’s Pre-qualification Package must be received by the Owner’s Project Manager no later than 12:00 PM Central Time, May 02, 2025 after which no further requests will be considered.

 

Pre-qualification Requirements Information Package may be obtained from the Architect upon letterhead request sent by email or scanned into an email to sheywood@ghafari.com, copy mfreeman@ghafari.com and dcmccabe@uabmc.edu. Any addenda to the pre-qualification requirements will be issued to documented prime contractors only.

 

The pre-qualification procedure is intended to identify responsible and competent prime contractor bidders relative to the requirements of the Project. Each prospective prime contractor bidder will be notified of the results of the pre-qualification, on or about May 06, 2025.

 

The Owner reserves the right to waive technical errors in applications, extend or abandon the pre-qualification process, should the interests of the Owner appear to be promoted thereby.

 

Progress Design and Construction Documents:

Prior to the pre-qualification deadline, project progress plans and specifications may be examined at the following location beginning May 06, 2025:

 

Architect:

Ghafari Associates

2170 Highland Ave S

Suite 220

Birmingham, AL 35205

Phone:  205-203-4611

Contact: Scott Heywood

Email: sheywood@ghafari.com

 

  1. BIDS BY PRE-QUALIFIED PRIME GENERAL CONTRACTOR BIDDERS

 

Documents:  

Bid documents will be available at the following locations after notice to pre-qualified bidders is given. Drawings and specifications may be examined at; ALGX Digital Plan Room, http://www.algraphics.com, 2801 5th Ave, South, Birmingham, AL 35233: Dodge Data & Analytics, http://www.construction.com, 2860 S State Hwy 161, Ste 160 #501, Grand Prairie, TX  75052-7361; at the AGC Internet Plan Room, 5000 Grantswood Road Suite 100, Irondale, AL 35210; at the Birmingham Construction Industry Authority, http://www.bcia1.org, 601 37th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35222; and at the Construction Market Data, http://www.cmdgroup.com, 30 Technology Pkwy, South, Suite 500, Norcross, GA 30092-2912.

 

 

Bonds:

A certified check or bid bond payable to the University of Alabama at Birmingham in an amount not less than five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid, but in no event more than $10,000 must accompany the bidder’s proposal. Performance and Statutory Labor and Material Payment Bonds will be required at the signing of the Contract.

 

Bids:

Bids must be submitted on proposal forms or copies thereof furnished by the Architect. No bid may be withdrawn after the scheduled closing time for receipt of bids for a period of ninety (90) days. The Owner reserves the right to reject bids if such action is determined to be in the best interest of the Owner. The Owner reserves the right to revoke pre-qualification of any bidder in accordance with Section 39-2-12, Code of Alabama, 1975, as amended in 1997 (by Act 97-225). The Bid Date is May 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM Central Time at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, UAB Hospital Planning, 2020 University Blvd., Birmingham, Alabama 35294. Bids shall be clearly identified on the exterior of the package with the bidder’s name, address, State license number, the name of the project being bid, time and place of the bid opening. Sealed bids shall be properly identified.

 

On the date of the bid opening, bids may be hand delivered or received by Express Service mail to the Office of David McCabe, Project Manager Facilities and Capital Projects, 2020 Building, 2020 University Blvd, Birmingham, Alabama  35233, until 12:00 noon. After 12:00 noon of the date of the bid opening, proposals must be hand delivered and presented at the bid opening. Sealed proposals shall be submitted in triplicate and shall be properly identified. All proposals received after 2:00 p.m. on May 20, 2025 (the date and time set for the receipt of bids) will be returned unopened.

 

Nonresident Prime Contractor Bidders:

Under Section 39-3-5, Code of Alabama, 1975, nonresident prime contractor bidders must accompany any written bid documents with a written opinion of an attorney licensed to practice law in such nonresident prime contractor bidder’s state of domicile as to the preferences, if any or none, granted by the law of the state to its own business entities whose principal place of business are in that state in the letting of any or all public contracts.  Resident prime contractors in Alabama, as defined in Section 39-2-12, are granted preference over nonresident prime contractors in awarding of contracts in the same manner and to the same extent as provided by the laws of the state of domicile of the nonresident.

 

Fire Alarm Work:

In accordance with Title 34, Chapter 33A (the ACT), of the Code of Alabama 1975, bidders for fire alarm work of this project, if any, must include with their bid evidence of licensure as required by the ACT by including with the bid submittal a valid State Fire Marshal’s permit.

 

 

  1. PRE-BID CONFERENCE

A mandatory Pre-Bid Conference is currently scheduled to be held at 1:00 PM CST on May 07, 2025 at UAB Hospital Facilities 2020 Building, 2020 University Blvd., Birmingham, Alabama 35233. It is mandatory that all pre-qualified prime contractor bidders attend the Pre-Bid Conference.

 

BT5/1/2025

 

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ADVERTISEMENT for BIDDER PRE-QUALIFICATION

And NOTICE of INTENT to RECEIVE BIDS

 from PREQUALIFIED BIDDERS

 

Pre-qualification submittals will be received by the Owner’s Representative/Project Manager, Jeff Orr on behalf of Office of the Chief Facilities Officer, UAB Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and the University of Alabama Board of Trustees at UAB Hospital Planning, 2020 University Blvd., Birmingham, AL 35249 until 4:00 PM Central Time, May 5, 2025.  The original and two (2) flash drives with duplicates of submittals are required for pre-qualification approval; however, email transmission copies may be transmitted to the UAB Project Manager Jeff Orr at jeorr@uabmc.edu and cc’d to allison@wba-architects.com and ykim@wba-architects.com to expedite the review process with a hard-copy of the submittal and two flash drives to be delivered within 24 hours.

 

UAB JT Trash Services Building

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama

Project No.:  H245020

 

  1. SCOPE OF WORK:

 

The project consists of relocating the JT Block Hospital Trash Service Functions from the Service Building located on the corner of 7th Avenue South and 20th Street South. The scope will include a New Trash Compactor Building located off 6th Avenue South adjacent to the alley between the Old Hillman Building and North Wing Building, respectively. Doors will be modernized along the EVS path to the new compactor location. A new dumpster will be located at the alley off of 19th Street South between the Jefferson Tower Building and the Genomics Building, respectively. The scope of work includes architectural, electrical, mechanical, and plumbing for new work and associated with the scope of work. The construction budget is anticipated to be between $1,250,000 and $1,500,000.

 

The work will be performed under a single Prime General Contractor who will coordinate the work of this project. Particular and specific care will be required to coordinate complex shutdowns, limit disturbances, and follow strict Infection Controls and Interim Life Safety Measures (ICRA/ILSM) requirements for the protection of patients, family, and staff. The Prime General Contractors seeking to be pre-qualified will require experience with similar size and type hospital projects performed in and adjacent to an operating hospital environment and with the implementation and maintenance of infection control measures, interim life safety measures, coordinating shutdowns, and maintaining a clean and organized job site in an operating hospital. The General Contractor must have experience with representative projects as a General Contractor (not as a Construction Manager, Program Manager, etc.)

 

 

  1. PRIME GENERAL CONTRACTOR BIDDER PRE-QUALIFICATIONS:

 

Prime General Contractor bidders interested in submitting a proposal must apply for pre-qualification and must be licensed under the Provision of Title 34, Chapter 8, and Code of Alabama, 1975. A copy of current Alabama Contractors license is to be included in pre-qualification submittal.

 

 

Only bidders who have completed the pre-qualification process and that have been approved will be eligible to submit a bid for the Project. Prospective Bidder’s Pre-qualification Package must be received by the Owner’s Project Manager no later than 4:00 PM Central Time, May 5, 2025 after which no further requests will be considered.

 

Pre-qualification Requirements Information Package may be obtained from the Architect upon letterhead request sent by email or scanned into an email to allison@wba-architects.com, copy ykim@wba-architects.com and jeorr@uabmc.edu. Any addenda to the pre-qualification requirements will be issued to documented prime contractors only.

 

The pre-qualification procedure is intended to identify responsible and competent prime contractor bidders relative to the requirements of the Project. Each prospective prime contractor bidder will be notified of the results of the pre-qualification, on or about May 9, 2025.

 

The Owner reserves the right to waive technical errors in applications, extend or abandon the pre-qualification process, should the interests of the Owner appear to be promoted thereby.

 

Progress Design and Construction Documents:

Prior to the pre-qualification deadline, project progress plans and specifications may be examined at the following location beginning April 28, 2025:

 

Architect:

Williams Blackstock Architects

2200 First Avenue South

Suite 200

Birmingham, AL 35233

Phone: 205.252.9811

Contact: allison chang-roberts

Email: allison@wba-architects.com

 

  1. BIDS BY PRE-QUALIFIED PRIME GENERAL CONTRACTOR BIDDERS

 

Documents:  

Bid documents will be available at the following locations after notice to pre-qualified bidders is given. Drawings and specifications may be examined at; ALGX Digital Plan Room, http://www.algraphics.com, 2801 5th Ave, South, Birmingham, AL 35233: Dodge Data & Analytics, http://www.construction.com, 2860 S State Hwy 161, Ste 160 #501, Grand Prairie, TX  75052-7361; at the AGC Internet Plan Room, 5000 Grantswood Road Suite 100, Irondale, AL 35210; at the Birmingham Construction Industry Authority, http://www.bcia1.org, 601 37th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35222; and at the Construction Market Data, http://www.cmdgroup.com, 30 Technology Pkwy, South, Suite 500, Norcross, GA 30092-2912.

 

Bonds:

A certified check or bid bond payable to the University of Alabama at Birmingham in an amount not less than five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid, but in no event more than $10,000 must accompany the bidder’s proposal. Performance and Statutory Labor and Material Payment Bonds will be required at the signing of the Contract.

 

Bids:

Bids must be submitted on proposal forms or copies thereof furnished by the Architect. No bid may be withdrawn after the scheduled closing time for receipt of bids for a period of ninety (90) days. The Owner reserves the right to reject bids if such action is determined to be in the best interest of the Owner. The Owner reserves the right to revoke pre-qualification of any bidder in accordance with Section 39-2-12, Code of Alabama, 1975, as amended in 1997 (by Act 97-225). The Bid Date is May 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM Central Time at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, UAB Hospital Planning, 2020 University Blvd., Birmingham, Alabama 35294. Bids shall be clearly identified on the exterior of the package with the bidder’s name, address, State license number, the name of the project being bid, time and place of the bid opening. Sealed bids shall be properly identified.

 

On the date of the bid opening, bids may be hand delivered or received by Express Service mail to the Office of Jeff Orr, Project Manager Facilities and Capital Projects, 2020 Building, 2020 University Blvd, Birmingham, Alabama  35233, until 12:00 noon. After 12:00 noon of the date of the bid opening, proposals must be hand delivered and presented at the bid opening. Sealed proposals shall be submitted in triplicate and shall be properly identified. All proposals received after 2:00 p.m. on May 29, 2025 (the date and time set for the receipt of bids) will be returned unopened.

 

Nonresident Prime Contractor Bidders:

Under Section 39-3-5, Code of Alabama, 1975, nonresident prime contractor bidders must accompany any written bid documents with a written opinion of an attorney licensed to practice law in such nonresident prime contractor bidder’s state of domicile as to the preferences, if any or none, granted by the law of the state to its own business entities whose principal place of business are in that state in the letting of any or all public contracts.  Resident prime contractors in Alabama, as defined in Section 39-2-12, are granted preference over nonresident prime contractors in awarding of contracts in the same manner and to the same extent as provided by the laws of the state of domicile of the nonresident.

 

Fire Alarm Work:

In accordance with Title 34, Chapter 33A (the ACT), of the Code of Alabama 1975, bidders for fire alarm work of this project, if any, must include with their bid evidence of licensure as required by the ACT by including with the bid submittal a valid State Fire Marshal’s permit.

 

 

 

  1. PRE-BID CONFERENCE

A mandatory Pre-Bid Conference is currently scheduled to be held at 1:00 PM CST on May 13, 2025 at UAB Hospital Facilities 2020 Building, 2020 University Blvd., Birmingham, Alabama 35233. It is mandatory that all pre-qualified prime contractor bidders attend the Pre-Bid Conference.

 

 

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INVITATION TO BID

 

The City of Birmingham will accept sealed bids for 2025 ROOF REPAIR WORK ORDER CONTRACT. Bids will be received by the City Architect in Room 220 Birmingham City Hall, Birmingham, Alabama until 2:00 PM, Thursday May 29, 2025. Sealed bids will receive a time and date label to indicate timely receipt. All sealed bids received upon or prior to the stipulated time and date will then be publicly opened and read aloud in Conference Room 220 City Hall at approximately 2:10 PM.

 

A Pre-bid Conference to review and discuss the project will be held at 10:00 AM, Thursday May 15, 2025, in Conference Room 220-Birmingham City Hall 710 20th Street, North Birmingham, AL 35203. Attendance at the Pre-bid Conference is MANDATORY and shall be deemed a consideration of a bidder’s responsiveness, in addition to any other stipulations.

 

This Contract is an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract to perform an undetermined number of minor roofing repairs at various undetermined city facilities, as needed, for maintenance related repairs or to meet emergency needs. A master agreement will be awarded to the Contractor, and a separate work order will be issued to the Contractor for each specific assigned location on an as-needed basis. These work orders will reflect diagnostic, patching and minor repairs that typically need to be responded to and completed quickly.

 

All bids must be on a unit price basis, with estimated quantities. Bids are to be submitted in on the Proposal Form provided with specifications. No pre-qualification of bidders will be conducted prior to receiving bids.

 

The bidder will base its bid amount on the unit prices and the estimated quantities set forth in the Form of Proposal, which will only be used for the purpose of the comparison and evaluation of bids. The contract term will be for one (1) year. The value of the contract shall not exceed $182,000.

 

Under the Alabama State Code, Section 39-1-1(e), as amended by Act #2023-497 and Section 39-2-4, it is required for any contract exceeding $100,000 that the Bidder submit with his bid, either a cashier’s check, drawn on an Alabama bank, or a bid bond, executed by a surety authorized and qualified to make bonds in Alabama, payable to the City of Birmingham, in an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the bid (subject to a maximum of $10,000.00). In order for a bid to be considered, it must be accompanied by an acceptable bid bond or cashier’s check.

 

Any bid submitted for an amount of $50,000 or more, the bidder must be a licensed general contractor in the State of Alabama in accordance with Section 34-8, of the Alabama State Code. Contractor’s

license number shall appear on the outside of the envelope used to submit bid.

 

A Performance Bond in the amount of 100% of the contract amount and a Statutory Labor and Material Payment Bond in the amount of 100% of the contract amount will be required from the successful bidder at the signing of the contract. Also, proof of insurance will be required when the contract is signed. The City will review bonds and insurance and execute the contract within twenty (20) days unless the successful contractor agrees to an extension in writing.

 

 

A Performance Bond in the amount of 100% of the contract amount and a Statutory Labor and Material Payment Bond in the amount of 100% of the contract amount will be required from the successful bidder at the signing of the contract. Also, proof of insurance will be required when the contract is signed. The City will review bonds and insurance and execute the contract within twenty (20) days unless the successful contractor agrees to an extension in writing.

 

Bid documents may be viewed and purchased through the City of Birmingham online plans room site at https://www.birminghamplanroom.com. Any cost for reproduction shall be the responsibility of bidders.

 

Since award may not be made within thirty (30) days, no bid may be withdrawn for a period of sixty (60) days after the date of the bid opening.

 

The City reserves the right to reject any or all bids submitted, and to waive any informalities

 

 

IMPORTANT BIDDER INFORMATION

 

Bidders are expected to prepare their bid to include all necessary material, labor, bonds, permits, overhead, profit, taxes, insurance, etc. costs. It is not the City’s obligation to bring mistakes/omissions in bid to bidder’s attention. If after bid opening, a bidder determines he has a mistake in bid, he may seek withdrawal of his bid without forfeiting his bond, if the request is in writing within three (3) workdays after the bid opening and is accompanied by clear and convincing evidence of the mistake.

 

All cashier’s checks or bid bonds will be returned immediately after bids are checked and tabulated to all except the three (3) lowest bona fide bidders. Bid bonds shall be returned to the three (3) lowest bona fide bidders when the contract is signed and performance and payment bonds and insurance are furnished by the successful bidder. If award is not made within fifteen (15) days after bid opening, all bid guarantees will be returned except for those of the potentially successful bidders. If after sixty (60) days, no award has been made, all bids shall be rejected, and the potentially successful bidder’s guarantee will be returned unless the bidder agrees in writing to a time extension. If a time extension is effected, bidder may substitute any cashier’s check for a satisfactory bid bond.

 

Any contract resulting from this Invitation to Bid shall not be assignable without prior written consent of the City. Under no conditions, shall the contract be assigned to an unsuccessful bidder whose bid was rejected as non-responsive and/or non-responsible.

 

This project is subject to the requirements of the Birmingham Plan-Construction Industry Program, which is designed to encourage the utilization of Minority Business Enterprises and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (“MBE/DBE”) in City of Birmingham construction projects. Special attention is called to the requirement of all bidders to identify trades and activities for which it will solicit and accept bids from potential MBE/DBE subcontractors. Potential bidders are encouraged to contact the Birmingham Construction Industry Authority (BCIA) to request a list of potential subcontractors and submit the required MBE/DBE forms by contacting the Executive Director, Birmingham Construction Industry Authority at 601 37th Street South, Birmingham, AL, 35222; telephone (205) 324-6202 or info@bcia1.org.

 

 

 

As a matter of public policy, the City of Birmingham agrees to make opportunities available to the maximum extent possible, to actively include Historically Underutilized Business Enterprises (HUBE’s) such as architectural firms, engineering firms, investment banking firms, other professional consultant services providers, and construction contractors as part of business, economic and community revitalization programs.

 

Bids must be submitted in a sealed envelope marked: 2025 Roof Repair Work Order Contract may be hand delivered to Room 220 City Hall, Birmingham, Alabama, or mailed to: City of Birmingham Department of Capital Projects, Architectural Division, Room 220 City Hall, 710 North 20th Street, Birmingham, Alabama 35203. Bids sent by any express carrier (Federal Express, UPS, Airborne, etc.) must specify delivery to Room 220 City Hall.

 

The sealed bid envelope shall contain the following documents:  (1) the Form of Proposal,  (2) Sales Tax Attachment  (3) the Authorization to execute the Form of proposal,  (4) fully executed bid bond or certified check,  (5) MBE/DBE Forms A, C, and D and  (6) a copy of the Contractor’s State of Alabama General Contractor’s License,  (7) a current City of Birmingham Business License and  (8) E-verify documentation.

 

It is the bidder’s responsibility to make sure that his bid is in the possession of the City Architect on or before 2:00 p.m., May 29, 2025. Bids received after this time will not be considered.

 

Gary C. Ohlman, City Architect

 

 

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LEGAL NOTICE

 

Anybody knowing the whereabouts of the defendants, Sienna Café LLC, Reynaldo J. Moorer and Amanda L. Moorer a/k/a Amanda Crutchfield, please contact Charles E. Griffin, II,  Attorney at Law, P. O. Box 1817, St. Francisville, Louisiana 70775, Telephone Number: (225) 635-6890, Email: cgriffinlawfirm@att.net, in order that they be made aware and given notice of the proceedings entitled, “Bank of St. Francisville v. Sienna Café LLC, Reynaldo J. Moorer and Amanda L. Moorer a/k/a Amanda Crutchfield, Suit No. 24973, Division B, 20th Judicial District Court, Parish of West Feliciana, State of Louisiana”, in which they have been named as defendants in a Suit on Note.  If Sienna Café LLC, Reynaldo J. Moorer, and Amanda L. Moorer a/k/a Amanda Crutchfield do not assert a valid defense to these pleadings immediately, then, in all likelihood, a Judgment will be rendered in favor of the petitioner, Bank of St. Francisville.

 

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NOTICE

 

The manufactured dwelling located at 4340 Pinson Valley pkwy Birmingham, AL 35215 lot 50 is now abandoned and will be sold by private sealed bid auction. To inspect the dwelling and submit a sealed bid, call Diana Valdez, 205-968-1640 ext. 3, by 9:00am on April 24, 2025. The dwelling community owner may bid on the dwelling. Bids will be unsealed, and the winning bidder will be announced on May 1, 2025, at 9:00 am at the dwelling location noted here.

 

 

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NOTICE TO BIDDERS

 

Sealed Bid Proposals will be received by the Environmental Services Department, Jefferson County, Alabama, online at QuestCDN (eBidDoc #9646490), until 2:00 P.M. local time on Wednesday, May 28, 2025, and then publicly opened and read via virtual video conference using Microsoft Teams for the SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM – ASSET MANAGEMENT PROGRAM – CONTRACT NO. 2025 AMP05 – SEWER REPLACEMENT.  Microsoft Teams can be accessed using a direct invitation link sent via email (request this link from Tad Powell, Hazen and Sawyer, at email tpowell@hazenandsawyer.com).

 

The scope of work includes the replacement of approximately 5,159 linear feet of 8-inch thru 16-inch diameter sanitary sewer pipe, and 303 vertical feet of manhole replacement; 172 vertical feet of manhole installation; 104 segmental replacements 6-inch thru 16-inch sanitary sewer pipe; the reconnection of approximately 117 service laterals; asphalt paving; and restoration work.

 

Bidding Documents are on file for inspection, by appointment only, at the following location:

 

Jefferson County Environmental Services Department

716 Richard Arrington Jr. Boulevard North, Suite A-300

Birmingham, Alabama 35203

Contact for Appointment: Jacob Gunter at 205-325-8725 ext. 7402

 

Complete sets of electronic Bidding Documents (Specifications and Drawings) are available at https://www.jeffcoes.org (navigate to “BID/CONTRACTS “to “NOTICE TO BIDDERS” To “Asset Management Program-Project Bid Information” for a listing of projects”).  Prior to downloading the Bidding Documents, Bidders will be required to set up a QuestCDN.com account and pay a $64.00 fee ($22.00 fee for download only). Hard copies of the Bidding Documents are the responsibility of the Bidders. Contact QuestCDN at 952-233-1632 or info@questcdn.com for assistance with navigating the website and digital project information.

 

Bids will only be accepted from pre-qualified contractors who are listed on the Plan Holders List, signifying that they have purchased a set of documents from the Engineer, and who attend the MANDATORY Pre-Bid Conference.

 

NO BID PROPOSAL SHALL BE ACCEPTED AFTER THE TIME STATED FOR RECEIVING BID PROPOSALS IN THIS NOTICE. A FORM CONTAINING THE CONTRACTOR’S NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE FIRM AND THE CONTRACTOR’S ALABAMA LICENSE NUMBER WITH THE DATE OF EXPIRATION IS REQUIRED WITH THE SUBMISSION OF THE BID. THESE REQUIREMENTS SHALL NOT BE WAIVED.

 

The Contractor is hereby advised that TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE on this project. The Contract Time for this project is four hundred eighty-five (485) consecutive calendar days from the effective date of the written Notice to Proceed to achieve Final Acceptance. Liquidated damages will be assessed if this time limit is exceeded. The Contractor may apply for an extension of time in accordance with the provisions of the Contract; however, such an extension must be approved prior to the Contract Completion Date to avoid the imposition of liquidated damages.

 

The Contractor hereby advised that a Pre-Bid Conference will be held via a virtual video conference on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. This Pre-Bid Conference is MANDATORY for all contractors planning to submit a Bid Proposal on this project. The conference call will be held using Microsoft Teams and can be accessed using a direct invitation link sent via email (request this link from Tad Powell, Hazen, and Sawyer, at email tpowell@hazenandsawyer.com). If you are unable to join the call due to technical difficulties, call Tad Powell (Hazen and Sawyer) at 205-957-8725 or Jacob Gunter (Jefferson County) at 205-325-8725 ext. 7402 for assistance.

 

Questions concerning meaning or intent of Bidding Documents shall be submitted to Tad Powell, PE, Senior Associate, Hazen and Sawyer, at email tpowell@hazenandsawyer.com  no later than 5:00 p.m. local time on May 16, 2025. All questions must be in writing on Bidder’s company’s letterhead.

 

THE ATTENTION OF ALL BIDDERS IS CALLED TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE STATE LAW GOVERNING GENERAL CONTRACTORS, AS SET FORTH IN ALABAMA CODE SECTIONS 34-8-1 THROUGH SECTION 34-8-28 (1975), AS AMENDED, CHAPTER 4, SECTION 65 TO 82 (INCLUSIVE) OF TITLE 46 OF THE CODE OF ALABAMA OF 1940, AS AMENDED; AND BIDDERS SHALL BE GOVERNED BY SAID LAW INSOFAR AS IT IS APPLICABLE. THE ABOVE-MENTIONED PROVISIONS OF THE CODE MAKE IT ILLEGAL FOR THE OWNER TO CONSIDER A BID PROPOSAL FROM ANYONE WHO IS NOT PROPERLY LICENSED UNDER SUCH CODE PROVISIONS.

 

THE ATTENTION OF BIDDERS IS CALLED TO THE PROVISIONS OF ALABAMA CODE SECTION 39-2-14 (1975) AS AMENDED, REQUIRING A NONRESIDENT CONTRACTOR TO REGISTER WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE PRIOR TO ENGAGING IN THE PERFORMANCE OF A CONTRACT IN THE STATE OF ALABAMA.

THE ATTENTION OF BIDDERS IS CALLED TO THE PROVISIONS OF ALABAMA CODE SECTION 39-3-5 (1975) AS AMENDED, REGARDING PREFERENCE TO RESIDENT CONTRACTORS.

THE ATTENTION OF BIDDERS IS CALLED TO THE PROVISIONS OF ALABAMA ACT 2016-312 AS AMENDED, REGARDING NOT ENGAGING IN THE BOYCOTT OF A PERSON OR ENTITY BASED IN OR DOING BUSINESS WITH A JURISDICTION WITH WHICH THIS STATE ENJOYS OPEN TRADE.

THIS PROJECT IS CLASSIFIED AS A CLASS “B” (8” thru 36” Diameter) SEWER LINE PROJECT. ALL PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS MUST BE PRE-QUALIFIED WITH THE JEFFERSON COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO BID CLASS “B” SEWER LINE PROJECTS IN ORDER TO BID ON THIS PROJECT. To pre-qualify with the department and to construct class “B” SEWER LINE PROJECTS, each prospective bidder must furnish written evidence of competency and evidence of financial responsibility to the county.

 

ACCORDINGLY, THE COUNTY WILL NOT ACCEPT PRE-QUALIFICATION APPLICATIONS AFTER MAY 9, 2025. BID PROPOSAL FORMS WILL NOT BE ISSUED TO PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS WHO DO NOT PRE-QUALIFY.

 

CONTRACTORS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CONTACT THE JEFFERSON COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, 716 RICHARD ARRINGTON JR. BOULEVARD NORTH, SUITE A300, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, (205) 325-5496 IN ADVANCE OF THE DEADLINE TO DETERMINE IF THE CONTRACTOR IS PRE-QUALIFIED TO CONSTRUCT CLASS “B” SEWER LINE PROJECTS, OR FOR OTHER INFORMATION REGARDING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR PRE-QUALIFICATION.

 

 

BY:

David Denard

Director of Environmental Services

Jefferson County, Alabama

 

 

 

 

 

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ADVERTISEMENT for BIDDER PRE-QUALIFICATION

And NOTICE of INTENT to RECEIVE BIDS

 from PREQUALIFIED BIDDERS

 

Pre-qualification submittals will be received by UAB PM Darren Kruty on behalf of the Office of the Chief Facilities Officer, UAB Health System, Sr. Assoc. Vice President, UAB Hospital, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and the University of Alabama Board of Trustees at UAB Hospital Planning, 2020 University Blvd., Birmingham, AL 35294. The original and two (2) flash drives with PDF duplicates of submittals are required for pre-qualification approval; however, email transmission copies may be transmitted to the Project Manager at dkruty@uabmc.edu  and cc’d to nthompson@pooleandcompany.com to expedite the review process with a hard-copy of the submittal and one flash drive to be delivered within 24 hours.

 

CEH CHILLED WATER INFRASTRUCTURE

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM

BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA

 

SCOPE OF WORK:

 

The scope of work includes connecting to the existing UAB CH/CHR lines in the penthouse to replace the existing MOB chillers, replacing an existing air handler, and removal of abandoned roof mounted equipment. The project will be performed in an occupied building at Callahan Eye Hospital. All shutdowns must be coordinated accordingly with CEH and UAB. Adjacent spaces are sensitive to noise, vibrations, and dust and will require implementation of measures to mitigate these issues. General Contractors and Mechanical Contractors seeking to be pre-qualified must have demonstrable knowledge and experience as a General Contractor (not as CM) with similar projects in an operating Hospital, and must demonstrate experience with the implementation, monitoring and management of Infection Control Measures and Interim Life Safety Measures as a General Contractor on similar projects. The UAB Callahan Eye Hospital is located at 1720 University Blvd, Birmingham, AL 35233.

 

PRIME GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND SUBCONTRACTOR BIDDER PRE-QUALIFICATIONS: 

 

Prime General Contractor and Mechanical Subcontractor bidders interested in submitting a proposal must apply for pre-qualification and must be licensed under the Provision of Title 34, Chapter 8, and Code of Alabama, 1975. A copy of current Alabama Contractors license is to be included in pre-qualification submittal.

 

Only bidders who have completed the pre-qualification process and that have been approved will be eligible to submit a bid for the Project. Prospective Bidder’s Pre-qualification Package must be received by the Owner’s Project Manager no later than 2:00pm local time on Tuesday, May 20, 2025 after which no further requests will be considered.

 

Pre-qualification Requirements Information Package may be obtained from the Architect upon letterhead request sent by email or scanned into an email to nthompson@pooleandcompany.com.

 

The pre-qualification procedure is intended to identify responsible and competent prime contractor bidders relative to the requirements of the Project. Each prospective prime contractor bidder will be notified of the results of the pre-qualification, on or about Thursday, May 29, 2025

 

The Owner reserves the right to waive technical errors in applications, or abandon or extend the pre-qualification process, should the interests of the Owner appear to be promoted thereby.

 

Progress Design and Construction Documents:

Prior to the pre-qualification deadline, project progress plans and specifications may be examined at the following location:

 

Architect:

POOLE & COMPANY ARCHITECTS, PC

1827 1ST AVE NORTH, SUITE 100

BIRMINGHAM, AL  35203

(205) 326-2206

(205) 326-2201

nthompson@pooleandcompany.com

BIDS BY PRE-QUALIFIED PRIME GENERAL CONTRACTOR BIDDERS

 

Documents:  

Bid documents will be available on Thursday, May 29, 2025 at the following locations after notice to pre-qualified bidders is given. Drawings and specifications may be examined at the Office of the Architect; McGraw-Hill Construction Dodge, 3000 3rd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35233; at the Construct Connect Plan Room, 30 Technology Parkway South, Suite 100, Norcross, GA 30092; and at the Birmingham Construction Industry Authority, 3600 Fourth Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35222.

 

Bonds:

A certified check or bid bond payable to the University of Alabama at Birmingham in an amount not less than five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid, but in no event more than $10,000 must accompany the bidder’s proposal. Performance and Statutory Labor and Material Payment Bonds will be required at the signing of the Contract.

 

Bids:

Bids must be submitted on proposal forms or copies thereof furnished by the Architect. No bid may be withdrawn after the scheduled closing time for receipt of bids for a period of ninety (90) days. The Owner reserves the right to reject bids if such action is determined to be in the best interest of the Owner. The Owner reserves the right to revoke pre-qualification of any bidder in accordance with Section 39-2-12, Code of Alabama, 1975, as amended in 1997 (by Act 97-225). Bids will be received until Thursday, June 19, 2025 at 2:00pm local time at the Callahan Eye Hospital, 1720 University Boulevard, Birmingham, Alabama 35233. Bids shall be clearly identified on the exterior of the package with the bidder’s name, address, State license number, the name of the project being bid, time and place of the bid opening. Sealed bids shall be properly identified.

 

Bid proposals may be hand delivered or received by mail on the date of the bid opening at the Office of Darren Kruty, 2020 Building, 2020 University Blvd., Birmingham, Alabama  35233, until 12:00 noon. After 12:00 noon of the date of the bid opening, bid proposals must be hand delivered and presented at the bid opening. Sealed bid proposals shall be submitted in triplicate and shall be properly identified. All bid proposals received after the day and time listed above will be returned unopened.

 

Nonresident Prime Contractor Bidders:

Under Section 39-3-5, Code of Alabama, 1975, nonresident prime contractor bidders must accompany any written bid documents with a written opinion of an attorney licensed to practice law in such nonresident prime contractor bidder’s state of domicile as to the preferences, if any or none, granted by the law of the state to its own business entities whose principal place of business are in that state in the letting of any or all public contracts.  Resident prime contractors in Alabama, as defined in Section 39-2-12, are granted preference over nonresident prime contractors in awarding of contracts in the same manner and to the same extent as provided by the laws of the state of domicile of the nonresident.

 

Fire Alarm Work

In accordance with Title 34, Chapter 33A (the ACT), of the Code of Alabama 1975, bidders for fire alarm work of this project, if any, must include with their bid evidence of licensure as required by the ACT by including with the bid submittal a valid State Fire Marshall’s permit.

 

  1. PRE-BID CONFERENCE

A mandatory pre-bid conference for pre-qualified Prime General Contractor’s will be held at the Callahan Eye Hospital, 1720 University Boulevard, Birmingham, Alabama 35233 on Tuesday, June 10, 2025 at 10:00 AM CST. 

 

 

 

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ADVERTISEMENT for BIDDER PRE-QUALIFICATION

And NOTICE of INTENT to RECEIVE BIDS

 from PREQUALIFIED BIDDERS

 

Pre-qualification submittals will be received by the Owner’s Representative/Project Manager, Chris Hodges on behalf of Office of the Chief Facilities Officer, UAB Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and the University of Alabama Board of Trustees at UAB Hospital Planning, 2020 University Blvd., Birmingham, AL 35249 until 4:00 PM Central Time, May 16, 2025.  The original and two (2) flash drives with duplicates of submittals are required for pre-qualification approval; however, email transmission copies may be transmitted to the UAB Project Manager Chris Hodges at cjhodges@uabmc.edu and cc’d to sheywood@ghafari.com and mfreeman@ghafari.com to expedite the review process with a hard-copy of the submittal and two flash drives to be delivered within 24 hours.

 

UAB North Pavilion

Clean Linen Renovation to Support ED Expansion

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama

Project No.:  H225027

 

  1. SCOPE OF WORK:

 

The project consists of the construction of a new clean linen storage room and reconfiguration of an existing materials management space on the 3rd floor of the UAB North Pavilion building. The scope of work includes architectural, electrical, and mechanical new work and associated demolition to facilitate the new construction. The construction budget is anticipated to be between $100,000 and $200,000.

 

The work will be performed under a single Prime General Contractor who will coordinate the work of this project. Particular and specific care will be required to coordinate complex shutdowns, limit disturbances, and follow strict Infection Controls and Interim Life Safety Measures (ICRA/ILSM) requirements for the protection of patients, family, and staff.   The Prime General Contractors seeking to be pre-qualified will require experience with similar size and type hospital projects performed in and adjacent to an operating hospital environment and with the implementation and maintenance of infection control measures, interim life safety measures, coordinating shutdowns, and maintaining a clean and organized job site in an operating hospital. The General Contractor must have experience with representative projects as a General Contractor (not as a Construction Manager, Program Manager, etc.)

 

 

  1. PRIME GENERAL CONTRACTOR BIDDER PRE-QUALIFICATIONS:

 

Prime General Contractor bidders interested in submitting a proposal must apply for pre-qualification and must be licensed under the Provision of Title 34, Chapter 8, and Code of Alabama, 1975. A copy of current Alabama Contractors license is to be included in pre-qualification submittal.

 

 

Only bidders who have completed the pre-qualification process and that have been approved will be eligible to submit a bid for the Project. Prospective Bidder’s Pre-qualification Package must be received by the Owner’s Project Manager no later than 4:00 PM Central Time, May 16, 2025, after which no further requests will be considered.

 

Pre-qualification Requirements Information Package may be obtained from the Architect upon letterhead request sent by email or scanned into an email to sheywood@ghafari.com, copy mfreeman@ghafari.com and cjhodges@uabmc.edu. Any addenda to the pre-qualification requirements will be issued to documented prime contractors only.

 

The pre-qualification procedure is intended to identify responsible and competent prime contractor bidders relative to the requirements of the Project. Each prospective prime contractor bidder will be notified of the results of the pre-qualification, on or about May 23, 2025.

 

The Owner reserves the right to waive technical errors in applications, extend or abandon the pre-qualification process, should the interests of the Owner appear to be promoted thereby.

 

Progress Design and Construction Documents:

Prior to the pre-qualification deadline, project progress plans and specifications may be examined at the following location beginning May 23, 2025:

 

Architect:

Ghafari Associates

2170 Highland Ave S

Suite 220

Birmingham, AL 35205

Phone:  205-203-4611

Contact: Scott Heywood

Email: sheywood@ghafari.com

 

  1. BIDS BY PRE-QUALIFIED PRIME GENERAL CONTRACTOR BIDDERS

 

Documents:  

Bid documents will be available at the following locations after notice to pre-qualified bidders is given. Drawings and specifications may be examined at; ALGX Digital Plan Room, http://www.algraphics.com, 2801 5th Ave, South, Birmingham, AL 35233: Dodge Data & Analytics, http://www.construction.com, 2860 S State Hwy 161, Ste 160 #501, Grand Prairie, TX  75052-7361; at the AGC Internet Plan Room, 5000 Grantswood Road Suite 100, Irondale, AL 35210; at the Birmingham Construction Industry Authority, http://www.bcia1.org, 601 37th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35222; and at the Construction Market Data, http://www.cmdgroup.com, 30 Technology Pkwy, South, Suite 500, Norcross, GA 30092-2912.

 

 

 

 

Bonds:

A certified check or bid bond payable to the University of Alabama at Birmingham in an amount not less than five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid, but in no event more than $10,000 must accompany the bidder’s proposal. Performance and Statutory Labor and Material Payment Bonds will be required at the signing of the Contract.

 

Bids:

Bids must be submitted on proposal forms or copies thereof furnished by the Architect. No bid may be withdrawn after the scheduled closing time for receipt of bids for a period of ninety (90) days. The Owner reserves the right to reject bids if such action is determined to be in the best interest of the Owner. The Owner reserves the right to revoke pre-qualification of any bidder in accordance with Section 39-2-12, Code of Alabama, 1975, as amended in 1997 (by Act 97-225). The Bid Date is June 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM Central Time at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, UAB Hospital Planning, 2020 University Blvd., Birmingham, Alabama 35294. Bids shall be clearly identified on the exterior of the package with the bidder’s name, address, State license number, the name of the project being bid, time and place of the bid opening. Sealed bids shall be properly identified.

 

On the date of the bid opening, bids may be hand delivered or received by Express Service mail to the Office of Chris Hodges, Project Manager Facilities and Capital Projects, 2020 Building, 2020 University Blvd, Birmingham, Alabama  35233, until 12:00 noon. After 12:00 noon of the date of the bid opening, proposals must be hand delivered and presented at the bid opening. Sealed proposals shall be submitted in triplicate and shall be properly identified. All proposals received after 2:00 p.m. on June 10, 2025 (the date and time set for the receipt of bids) will be returned unopened.

 

Nonresident Prime Contractor Bidders:

Under Section 39-3-5, Code of Alabama, 1975, nonresident prime contractor bidders must accompany any written bid documents with a written opinion of an attorney licensed to practice law in such nonresident prime contractor bidder’s state of domicile as to the preferences, if any or none, granted by the law of the state to its own business entities whose principal place of business are in that state in the letting of any or all public contracts.  Resident prime contractors in Alabama, as defined in Section 39-2-12, are granted preference over nonresident prime contractors in awarding of contracts in the same manner and to the same extent as provided by the laws of the state of domicile of the nonresident.

 

Fire Alarm Work:

In accordance with Title 34, Chapter 33A (the ACT), of the Code of Alabama 1975, bidders for fire alarm work of this project, if any, must include with their bid evidence of licensure as required by the ACT by including with the bid submittal a valid State Fire Marshal’s permit.

 

 

 

  1. PRE-BID CONFERENCE

A mandatory Pre-Bid Conference is currently scheduled to be held at 1:00 PM CST on May 28, 2025 at UAB Hospital Facilities 2020 Building, 2020 University Blvd., Birmingham, Alabama 35233. It is mandatory that all pre-qualified prime contractor bidders attend the Pre-Bid Conference.

 

 

 

 

 

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INVITATION FOR BIDS

ITB# 48-25 “HVAC PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE & REPAIR SERVICES FOR ESD” 

JEFFERSON COUNTY, AL

 

Bids will be received by the Jefferson County Commission Purchasing Agent Michael D. Matthews, Ph.D., C.P.M., until 4:00 (CST) p.m. on   05/12/025 for “HVAC PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE & REPAIR SERVICES FOR ESD”.

 

All solicitation information including forms, and specifications are available for download free at https://jeffcobids.jccal.org/Search.aspx . Interested parties must meet bidder requirements and qualifications as specified in the bid documents on or before the date that the bids are due.

 

All questions must be submitted in writing to procurementservices@jccal.org attention Joy McDowell.

 

A  pre-bid conference will be held Wednesday, May 7 at 10:00 AM (CST) in Suite 830 of the Jefferson County Main Courthouse or by TEAMS. The meeting information is contained in the bid

         

 

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ADVERTISEMENT for BIDDER PRE-QUALIFICATION

And NOTICE of INTENT to RECEIVE BIDS

 from PREQUALIFIED BIDDERS

 

Pre-qualification submittals will be received by the Owner’s Representative/Project Manager,
Darren Kruty
on behalf of Office of the Chief Facilities Officer, UAB Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and the University of Alabama Board of Trustees at UAB Hospital Planning, 2020 University Blvd., Birmingham, AL 35249 until 4:00 PM Central Time,
Friday, May 23, 2025.
  The original and two (2) flash drives with duplicates of submittals are required for pre-qualification approval; however, email transmission copies may be transmitted to the Project Manager at dkruty@uabmc.edu and copied to rachelh@bparchitects.com to expedite the review process with a hard-copy of the submittal and two flash drives to be delivered within 24 hours.

 

UAB North Wing 7th Floor Reading Rooms 

For The

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama

UAB Project No.: H235012

 

  1. SCOPE OF WORK:

 

Renovation for two new reading rooms, a portable imaging room, and associated renovations including but not limited to flooring, gypsum board, painting, ceilings, concrete work, plumbing, fire sprinkler, HVAC, and electrical work. The work will be performed using Infection Control measures so that clinical operations can continue without interruption. Adjacent spaces are sensitive to noise and vibrations and may require measures to mitigate these issues. The project is located contiguous with fully functioning patient clinical areas and Contractors must have significant experience in working in a hospital clinical environment and have knowledge and experience with implementation, monitoring, and maintaining Infection Control and Interim Life Safety measures. This project will require significant coordination, working with the Owners’ specified equipment vendors, and scheduling to successfully deliver the project. The estimated construction cost is between $300,000-$500,000.

 

 

  1. PRIME CONTRACTOR BIDDER PRE-QUALIFICATIONS:

 

Prime contractor bidders interested in submitting a proposal must apply for pre-qualification and must be licensed under the Provision of Title 34, Chapter 8, and Code of Alabama, 1975. A copy of current Alabama Contractors license is to be included in pre-qualification submittal.

 

Only prime contractor bidders who have completed the pre-qualification process and that have been approved will be eligible to submit a bid/perform work for the Project. Prospective Bidder’s Pre-qualification Package must be received by the Owner’s Project Manager no later than 4:00 PM Central Time, May 23, 2025 after which no further requests will be considered.

 

Pre-qualification Requirements Information Package may be obtained from the Architect upon letterhead request. Any addendums to the prequalification requirements will be issued to documented prime contractors only.

 

The pre-qualification procedure is intended to identify responsible and competent prime contractor bidders relative to the requirements of the Project. Each prospective prime contractor bidder will be notified of the results of the pre-qualification, on or about
May 28, 2025.

 

The Owner reserves the right to waive technical errors in applications, extend or abandon the pre-qualification process, should the interests of the Owner appear to be promoted thereby.

 

Progress Design and Construction Documents:

Prior to the pre-qualification deadline, project progress plans and specifications may be examined at the following location:

 

Architect:

Birchfield Penuel Architects

2805 Crescent Avenue, Suite 200

Birmingham, Alabama 35209

Ms. Alicia Pughsley

205-870-1876

aliciap@bparchitects.com

 

  1. BIDS BY PRE-QUALIFIED PRIME GENERAL CONTRACTOR BIDDERS

 

Documents:  

After notice to pre-qualified bidders is given, the pre-qualified prime contractor bidders may obtain bid documents from the Architect (see address above) upon deposit of $100.00 per set. The deposit is refundable in full on the first two (2) sets issued to each prime general contractor bidder upon return of documents in reusable condition within ten (10) days after bid opening. Additional sets for pre-qualified prime contractor bidders, subcontractors, vendors, or dealers may be obtained upon payment of the same deposit. The deposit for additional sets shall be refunded less the cost of printing, reproduction, handling, and distribution, upon return of the documents in reusable condition within ten (10) days after bid opening.

 

Bid documents will be available at the following locations after notice to pre-qualified bidders is given. Drawings and specifications may be examined at the Office of the Architect; and electronically at ConstructConnect and Dodge Data & Analytics.

 

Bonds:

A certified check or bid bond payable to the University of Alabama at Birmingham in an amount not less than five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid, but in no event more than $10,000 must accompany the bidder’s proposal. Performance and Statutory Labor and Material Payment Bonds will be required at the signing of the Contract.

 

Bids:

Bids must be submitted on proposal forms or copies thereof furnished by the Architect. No bid may be withdrawn after the scheduled closing time for receipt of bids for a period of ninety (90) days. The Owner reserves the right to reject bids if such action is determined to be in the best interest of the Owner. The Owner reserves the right to revoke pre-qualification of any bidder in accordance with Section 39-2-12, Code of Alabama, 1975, as amended in 1997 (by Act 97-225). The Bid Date is June 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM Central Time at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, UAB Hospital Planning, 2020 University Blvd., Birmingham, Alabama 35294. Bids shall be clearly identified on the exterior of the package with the bidder’s name, address, State license number, the name of the project being bid, time and place of the bid opening. Sealed bids shall be properly identified.

 

Proposals may be hand delivered or received by mail on the date of the bid opening at the Office of Darren Kruty, Project Manager Facilities and Capital Projects, 2020 Building, 2020 University Blvd, Birmingham, Alabama 35233, until 12:00 noon. After 12:00 noon of the date of the bid opening, proposals must be hand delivered and presented at the bid opening. Sealed proposals shall be submitted in triplicate and shall be properly identified. All proposals received after 2:00 p.m. on
June 19, 2025 will be returned unopened.

 

Fire Alarm Work

In accordance with Title 34, Chapter 33A, of the Code of Alabama 1975, bidders for fire alarm work of this project, if any, must include with their bid, evidence of licensure as required by the act, by including with the bid submittal, a valid State Fire Marshal’s permit.

 

  1. PRE-BID CONFERENCE

A mandatory Pre-Bid Conference will be held Thursday, May 29, 2025 at 10:00 am at UAB Hospital Facilities, 2020 University Blvd., Birmingham, Alabama 35233. It is mandatory that all pre-qualified prime contractor bidders attend the Pre-Bid Conference.

 

 

 

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Hotly-Contested Birmingham Water Works Board Bill Set to Become Law

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The Alabama House of Representatives voted to pass a contentious bill that takes control of the Birmingham Water Works Board from the city. (File)

The Alabama House of Representatives on Thursday voted 66-27 to pass a contentious bill that takes control of the Birmingham Water Works Board from the city of Birmingham and makes it a regional board governed by several counties.

The vote came after two hours of debate. The bill now awaits Gov. Kay Ivey’s signature.

Republican lawmakers from the Birmingham suburbs sponsored the bill, which was opposed by Democratic representatives from the city.

Birmingham controls six of the nine seats on the current board.

The bill, by Sen. Dan Roberts, R-Mountain Brook, replaces that system with what the sponsor said would be a seven-member board.

The Birmingham mayor, Birmingham City Council, and Jefferson County Commission will each have one appointment.

The governor will have one appointment, and that person will be a resident of Jefferson County.

Shelby County and Blount County will each have one appointment.

The lieutenant governor will have one appointment with no residency requirement.The bill adds some qualifications for board members, including requirements for backgrounds in business, finance, and, for one slot on the board, engineering.

Roberts and supporters of the bill said the goal was to create a professional board that would improve service and put customers first.

But Democrats and members of the BWWB say the bill wrongly takes control that should remain with Birmingham. They said more than 90% of BWWB’s customers live in Jefferson County, and more than 40% live in Birmingham.

Rep. Neil Rafferty

Rep. Neil Rafferty, D-Birmingham, opened Thursday’s debate by saying the bill undermines the lawmakers elected to represent Jefferson County and the people they represent.

The bill was proposed as a statewide measure, which meant the Republican majority, which holds three-fourths of the seats in the House and Senate, decided the fate of the bill.

Rafferty said it should have been a local bill, giving lawmakers from Jefferson County more influence about whether it would pass.

Rafferty also said the bill could not be considered without acknowledging the “elephant in the room” — that Birmingham is a majority Black city surrounded by predominantly white suburbs and the city’s history of racial division.

Rep. Jim Carns, R-Vestavia Hills, who sponsored the bill in the House, said problems with the BWWB are well known.

“This is an attempt to correct some of the problems,” Carns said.Carns said the goal was better service, lower rates, and long-term stability.

The BWWB ranked last among 21 mid-size water systems in the South in residential customer satisfaction, according to J.D. Power.

Carns called the bill “the miracle on Goat Hill” because it had passed the Senate 30-0 after negotiations that changed the original version of the bill, which called for a five-member board.

Six of the eight Democratic senators in the Senate, including two from Birmingham, voted for the bill.

But on Thursday in the House, Rep. Juandalynn Givan, D-Birmingham, said the bill wrongfully abolishes a duly appointed board.Givan disputed claims that the BWWB and the system’s management have been incompetent.

Givan said lawmakers have taken no similar action against other utilities that have had problems.

“It is a taking,” Givan said. “I don’t care how you look at it. It is a taking.”

Rep. Patrick Sellers

Rep. Patrick Sellers, D-Birmingham, said he wore a black suit because it was a sad day for Birmingham.

Sellers read information about the scope of the BWWB system and the board’s strong ratings on water quality.

Sellers proposed an amendment that would have prohibited state elected officials or former legislators from serving on the board, among other changes.

Carns opposed the amendment, and the House rejected it 71-28.

Rep. Ontario Tillman, D-Birmingham, proposed an amendment to remove Blount County’s appointment on the board and reassign that seat to Birmingham.The House voted the amendment down, 70-28.

Rep. Jim Hill, R-Moody, told Carns the new BWWB should include a seat for St. Clair County, which is served by the BWWB. He described the fast growth of St. Clair County and said it should have a voice on the regional board.

The BWWB serves customers in five counties — Jefferson, Shelby, St. Clair, Blount, and Walker.

“We need representation for the money we’re paying,” Hill said.

Hill proposed an amendment to give St. Clair a seat on the board. Carns opposed it, and the House rejected it 54-38.

Rep. Rolanda Hollis

Rep. Rolanda Hollis, D-Birmingham, asked Carns what was the motivation for the bill.

Carns said it came in response to complaints from BWWB customers.

Carns said one goal is to stop the BWWB from hiring lobbyists and a public relations firm under expensive contracts.

Rep. Mary Moore, D-Birmingham, said those contracts did not cause high rates for BWWB customers.

“We’re not trying to take Alabama Power because they’ve got a lot of lobbyists,” Moore said.

Carns said there was no prohibition in the bill on the new board hiring lobbyists or a PR firm.

Moore said the biggest factor in driving up bills was the cost of the bankruptcy of the Jefferson County sewer system.

“Their debt was so astronomical it made national news,” Moore said.

Moore said Carns had not sat down with her and others who represent Birmingham to talk about problems with the BWWB.

Moore said there is no guarantee that the bill and the new board would result in lower rates.

Rep. Kelvin Datcher, D-Birmingham, reiterated what he said was the justification for the city’s control of the board, saying that 92% customers are in Jefferson County and 41% are in Birmingham.

Datcher said Shelby County has 6%, St. Clair County has 1.7%, and Blount County has only 592 customers.

“It’s a sad day for this thought of regional cooperation everybody wants to talk about,” Datcher said.

“Everyone wants us to work together. But right here today what happened is undemocratic and it absolutely, absolutely destroys the opportunity to continue to work together as a region.”

Sellers said the BWWB has had its challenges but has made strong improvements.

Sellers said he believes the Jefferson County delegation could have agreed to some revisions to the BWWB, such as adding qualifications for board members, that could have been included in a local bill.

He said the decision to involve the entire Legislature in what should have been a local issue could have repercussions.

“What about the other delegations that have local matters?” Sellers said. “The precedent that was set today, I think will spill over into the rest of those.”

Roberts, the Senate sponsor, has said the bill needed to be a statewide bill because if affected five counties served by the BWWB.

Givan, who is running for mayor of Birmingham, issued a statement after the bill passed.

“Today marks a deeply disappointing moment for the City of Birmingham as the Municipal Appointing Authority and for the thousands of ratepayers who rely on the Birmingham Water Works Board,” Givan said.

“The passage of House Bill 330 represents a blatant overreach — a takeover of an authority that rightfully belongs to the City of Birmingham and its residents. This move is not only absurd, it is dangerous, and its long-term consequences could be devastating in ways we may never fully recover from.”

Mayor Randall Woodfin also issued a statement about the bill, saying his concerns are for the Birmingham ratepayers.

“This bill is not in their best interest,” Woodfin said. “The city does not own the water works nor operate it but the passage of this legislation clearly weakens the voice of a major portion of the utility’s ratepayers.

“While I have raised concerns about BWWB over the years, the current board has taken steps to improve. That momentum has now been halted by this power grab from state lawmakers in Montgomery who clearly did not consider the best interest of our residents.”

What Protesters Were Saying Before Donald Trump’s University of Alabama Speech

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Former presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke of Texas speaks next to former U.S. Sen. Doug Jones of Alabama at a rally called "Tide Against Trump" in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, held in opposition to President Donald Trump's appearance on campus on Thursday, May 1. (Kimberly Chandler, AP)

Towards the end of former Sen. Doug Jones’ speech to hundreds of protesters in a Tuscaloosa park, a motorcyclist circled the area and revved the engine loudly for several moments.

Jones, talking to a crowd gathered to oppose President Donald Trump’s visit to the University of Alabama, turned briefly and quipped, “Whatever he’s riding now, it’s going to go up in price.”

Jones was one of many speakers at Snow Hinton Park at the invite of the UA College Democrats. Two other protests, hosted by pro-Palestinian and pro-worker’s groups, occurred nearby Thursday.

“This is not a protest. This is a movement,” Jones said. “It is movements that changed this country. Whether it was a Civil Rights movement, whether it was an anti-war movement,” Jones said. “It’s a movement. And guess what? It started on college campuses.”

Jones told AL.com, “I’m gonna stay in the fight. There’s too much going on. There’s too much trouble in America. There’s too much trouble in Alabama. I’m gonna stay in the fight, one way or another.” He would not say whether he’s considering running for office again.

“Trump ought not to come speak on our campus,” Christian Martin, with the College Democrats, told AL.com before the event.

People supporting and opposing the president flocked to the college town Thursday night, joining floods of others arriving for commencement ceremonies.

Trump is the first president to give a speech during the University of Alabama’s graduation weekend. The university plans to issue about 6,000 degrees to students over the weekend.

Protestors gather at a rally called “Tide Against Trump” in Tuscaloosa, Ala., held in opposition to President Donald Trump’s appearance on campus on Thursday, May 1. (Kimberly Chandler, AP)

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, who took Jones’ seat in 2021 and is considering a run for governor, later got a shoutout from Trump in Coleman Coliseum.

Cassandra Simon, a social work professor who is suing the university and Gov. Kay Ivey over state law banning some DEI programs, encouraged protesters to stand up for civil rights. In his second term, Trump has issued executive orders banning diversity, equity and inclusion from federal programs.

“I am afraid,” she said. “It’s okay to be afraid. Don’t let that fear immobilize you.”

Kyle Sweetser, a former Republican who now is running for Tuberville’s seat, said Trump used to be pro-choice and supported the LGBTQ community.

“He could have worked with both parties to get things done,” Sweetser said. “He could have fought to bust up monopolies, protect our national parks and improve the lives of everyday Americans,” he said.

“But he didn’t do any of that. Instead, Trump cozied up to a select few billionaires, abused his power and betraying the trust of his most loyal followers, the people of Alabama, the people of the South,” Sweetser said. ”His authoritarian regime is anti-Constitution. They think that they are above the law. They harass and threaten the press.”

Former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke spoke to the crowd before Jones, opening with, “So this is what Alabama looks like. F—– beautiful.”

O’Rourke credited university students for “taking action themselves” instead of “anticipating orders from Washington, D.C.”

“Alabama has long inspired Texas, long inspired the country,” O’Rourke said. “We have a profoundly powerful relationship. Too many people in this country understand the threat that Donald Trump poses to us individually, to our families, to our community or Constitution, to our country.”

Addressing students, O’Rourke said graduation weekend should “all about you and the hard work and the effort and the success that you have earned.”

“This jackass is trying to make it all about him,” O’Rourke said while the crowd laughed and cheered.

Freddie and Rainer Clements drove two hours from Jacksonville to attend the protest.

“People in Washington have to understand we do know what’s going on, and this is how we feel,” Freddie Clements said. “One person on the internet is not much of an impact.”

Before the protest, Birmingham resident Beth Mulvey said the country is “such a mess.”

“It’s not surprising,” Mulvey said. She said Trump “was going to do all this stuff when he was running, and people voted him in. So here we are in the mess that was promised. We really need all the branches of government to stand up and do what they’re supposed to do.”

“We just wanted them to know that there are students at UA who do not want Trump’s presence here,” Omorose Emwanta, with UA Leftists & UA Students for Justice for Palestine, told AL.com. “Trump’s presidency represents so many negative things. Trump’s presidency has caused a great deal of stress and suffering in our lives.”

Conference Schedule for Birmingham Small Business Week May 4-May 10, 2025

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MONDAY, MAY 5

9 a.m. -1 p.m. Nonprofit Transformation – Impact and Intent

Location—INNOVATION DEPOT:1500 1st Ave. N., Birmingham, AL 35203

1:30 p.m. Lunch & Learn: Building a Talent-Driven Future: Workforce Develop.m.ent Strategies

Location—Virtual Event

2:45 p.m. Archibald & Woodrow’s Grand Opening – Ribbon Cutting &Torch Passing Ceremony

Location—830 1st Ave. N., Birmingham, AL 35203

5 p.m. BGM HOLD

Location—ALCOVE BIRMINGHa.m.: 1713 4th Ave. N., Birmingham, AL 35203

TUESDAY, MAY 6

2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Unlock New Business Opportunities: Innovating Commerce for Small Businesses

Location—TERRIFIC NEW THEATRE: 2112 5th Ave. N., Birmingham, AL 35203

5 p.m. – 9 p.m. Unlock Your Business Potential: Strategies for Growth & Success!

Location—AVENUE D EVENTS: 3008 4th Ave. S., Birmingham, AL 35233

WEDNESDAY, MAY 7

10:15 a.m. – 11 a.m.

  • Amplifying Your Business Through Media & PR
  • Funding & Access to Capital for Small Businesses
  • Leveraging AI & Automation for Business Success

11:05 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.

  • E-Commerce & Retail Growth Strategies
  • Mastering Business Contracts & Smart Licensing
  • Smart Scaling for Startups & Tech-Enabled Businesses

1:15 p.m. – 2 p.m.

  • Branding & Digital Marketing 101 for Creatives
  • Building Business Credit & Financial Readiness
  • Podcast Training for Business Owners

2:15 p.m. – 3 p.m.

  • The Business of Hospitality & Food Service
  • Women’s Roundtable: Leading, Thriving & Breaking Barriers
  • Government Contracting & Procurement Opportunities

3 p.m. The Youth Entrepreneur Pitch Competition (Ages 14 – 18)

Location—BIRMINGHa.m. CROSSPLEX: 2340 Crossplex Blvd., Birmingham, AL 35208

THURSDAY, MAY 8

12 p.m. – 2 p.m. Women in Business: Leading the Way to Opportunity

Location—FLORENTINE: 2101 2nd Ave. N., Birmingham, AL 35203

2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Market Place

Location—FLORENTINE: 2101 2nd Ave. N., Birmingham, AL 35203

FRIDAY, MAY 9

10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Doing Business in the City of Birmingham

Location—KRESS BUILDING: 301 19th St. N., Birmingham, AL 35203

5 p.m. – 10 p.m. Today’s Small Business, Tomorrow’s Legacy

Location—EVENT LOCATION: Event Address, Birmingham, AL 35203

SATURDAY, MAY 10

10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Black Men Buy Houses Summit

Location—INNOVATION DEPOT: 1500 1st Ave. N., Birmingham, AL 35203

FOR MORE INFO, VISIT WWW.BHMUP.COM

Woodfin: City Encouraged by Team Effort to Reduce Blighted Structures

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Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin, flanked by representatives of several city departments, said the city’s targeted efforts to reduce the number of blighted houses in the city were encouraging and continuing to grow. (Sym Posey, The Birmingham Times)

By Sym Posey | The Birmingham Times

Joined by representatives of several city departments during the demolition of a house gutted by fire in the Smithfield community,  Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin on Wednesday said the city’s targeted efforts to reduce the number of blighted houses in the city were encouraging and continuing to grow.

So far, the city has completed demolition of 126 structures in 2025 and nearly 2,500 since 2018, city officials said.

“Neighborhood revitalization is our top priority,” Woodfin said. “The city is committed to removing blighted structures and enhancing public safety in our communities. City departments coordinate each week to target problem areas to ensure our efforts are effective in creating positive change in our neighborhoods.”

The mayor was joined by Birmingham Fire and Rescue Services, Birmingham Police, and the departments of the City Attorney; Planning, Engineering and Permits (PEP); and Public Works.

City Attorney Nicole King said there is a legal process that must take place related to the city’s demolition of private property. Structures are inspected, if posted for condemnation, the city must make efforts to contact the property owner, present to the Birmingham City Council for consideration, and then place the property on the list for demolition.

For example, 20 properties appeared on this week’s council agenda and were condemned for demolition, according to the city.

City officials said a weekly process is in place to rid neighborhoods of blighted, condemned structures in cases where the private property owner simply won’t maintain or demolish the structure. Through code enforcement efforts, the city also makes efforts to encourage private property owners to demolish condemned structures without additional city action.

The demolition cost is based on the square footage of the structure. The average cost is between $4,000 and $7,000 for a residential structure. That cost will typically be much higher for a larger, non-residential structure.

The city budgets for demolition of blighted structures each year. This year, the budget is $1.5 million.

In addition to demolition, the city’s current operating budget reserves more than $20 million for neighborhood revitalization including street resurfacing, sidewalks, traffic calming, and weed abatement, according to the city. Residents may report neighborhood concerns to 311. The city also identifies blighted properties on a daily basis through code enforcement.

City demolishes a house gutted by fire in the Smithfield community. (Sym Posey, The Birmingham Times)