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AtiG-16-99 MON 08:50 HARRIS REBAR SEATTLE FAY, N0. ]2532727256 P,O1 ~ U • ' HA~S ~EBAR SEATTLE, INC. ' # 326 - ~01 Atcxander Ave , Tacam~, WA. 98422 ' Tamma Phone : (l,$3}271-42Z7 Faa : (253)-272-i256 Call : l- 888 - 60 • l4EB.4R C& J Rebar Au~ust 1;, t9.99 4121~ SL Intcmational Way Suitt # A] 1 l ~iiiwaukcc QR 97222 Atteption: Kon ltiley By Fa1-: 503-353-0249 Re: ' Foreign Stoel Court3iousc Square, Salem OR Deax R.~r~ As vou know, it f rst came to auur attention that the Courthouse Squ~ project had Buv A.merica resMctions last week, As soan ~s we hcard this, we r+eviewed a11 project documents, plaz~s, and specificatiot~s in our possession to confirm this and could fiad no indication of Buy America. Wc ~ssumc tkat rcfercncc is made in docuaacnts not in our possession and havc takeu steps, effe~tive last week, to prevtnt a~y ~artbar delivcry of forcign stcei to tiu,s projact. AU fabrication tags ~'or this project ase now m,~rked to ensure campliance with Suy Amcrica. LJafortunately, no such controls were in place before last wc~k. We acnow that some foreign steel was delivet~ed to the pro}cct sad, wc assumc, incorporar~d imo the structure. ~Iowcvcr, it is extremely diffsault ta fletermine exact~y how much. QV~ r~re attempt tv arrive at a guess sutGe we hav~ thc following irtformation: ; 1. In i998. we purchasod $ rela,tiveiy small quandty of~ 3. # 4 and # 5 fo;eigti rebar in order to prevent shortagcs in supp3y of small size rebar ttist we anticipated dvring th~ ' busy 1999 constructicn season. Therefvre, any bar supplied is limitcd to anc af these three bar sizes. ' 2. Alt foreign ba; purchasad is shorter thaa t~e normal domestic mill bar lcagrh w~ich fazt~~er litvits its us~. , 3. Almost oll ~ 3, # 4 or # 5 rebar that is bcnt is bcat ot~ our automatic bcndcr that ' utilizes coil stock rebaz that is only produced domestiealty. This farther rrduces the ' potentia: us2~ge of foreign stael. ; 4. Consu~ting our estimate summary of rcb~r sizcs, lcngths end i~cnding on this projcct to date shows: - I'vtal Tons to be supplied will be ap~proxunauly 800. : - About 45% of the totat work to be supplied is #3. #4. or RS (360 tons) - Niost of thc foundation work supplied to datc iavolves larger bar sizes , {thc avcrage bar size dmps as the pro}oct progresscs). Of the 45% total, ' wa cstimat~ vnly about 25% is in th~ portion ef tbc work shipped to date. (90 tons) - About SO% of this baz is nrai,~ht. (45 tons) - Abc~ut 5,5 % of this bar is "stock" wcight i.e. )cr~gths longer than f.orei.g~ sceel wpu2d pcrn~it. (20 tons)