CNI Submits Low McEuen Field Bid

Contractors Northwest Inc. of Coeur d’Alene is the low bidder for the reconstruction of McEuen Park in downtown Coeur d’Alene. CNI’s bid of $14.6 million was about $442,000 below the estimated cost for the makeover of the park next to Tubbs Hill and the Coeur d’Alene Resort. Work is set to begin this month and continue into November. The city opened bids Tuesday. Five other bids ranged from $15 million to $17.8 million. The city will review all bids and recommend awarding the job, and the City Council will vote on it Thursday at 5 p.m. CNI Chairman and CEO Dean Haagenson said the company is pleased its bid came in below all others. “We’ve had a long dry spell getting new work, so we’ve needed it,” Haagenson said. “We think it’s going to be a treasure for Coeur d’Alene forever, and we are pleased we’re going to have a part getting it built.” CNI’s last major project locally was Kootenai Health’s Kootenai Cancer Center at Post Falls, which opened in November 2010.  All the bids and breakdowns for various alternatives here.