Tag: bridge replacement

LAist » The California Department of Transportation has spent nearly 30 years identifying and retrofitting some 12,000 state-owned bridges and overpasses.
Better Roads » Field survey work on Atlanta’s I-285/SR 400 Interchange Project began the same day the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) issued the Notice to Proceed. The interchange project includes four miles of improvements on I-285, fives miles of improvements on SR 400, new flyovers, new connections, a bridge replacement, and several other features. The […]
The Construction Index » As part of the funding plan for the Interstate 285 and State Route 400 project in Georgia, Bank of America has provided a tax exempt loan for up to $458 million, and is the first time this type of funding approach has been used for a public-private partnership (P3) contract. In December […]
The Associate Press/The Boston Globe » The Interstate 91 (I-91) Bridge Replacement Project is a $60 million design-build (D/B) project between the Vermont Transportation Agency (VTrans), FIGG Bridges, Inc. and PCL Civil Constructors, Inc. VTrans recently announced they will replace two I-91 bridges using the “slide-in construction technique) to minimize traffic disruptions to the public this […]
Fleet Owner » Fleet Owner shares time lapse videos of recent big construction projects to remind us of the size and scope of surface transportation infrastructure projects, and why they cost so much money. The projects featured are California’s $6.4 billion San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, Rhode Island’s Barton Corner Bridge Project completed in 16 days this […]
The Times-News » North Carolina has expedited its design-build procurement delivery by adopting “express design-build.” This delivery mechanism differs from original design-build because it does not require the submission of a technical proposal. The state has selected the replacement of eleven bridges, to be awarded in one single contract, to pilot and test this new delivery […]