Officials in charge of a $15-billion expansion program at O’Hare International Airport have thrown out all bids for building an 8,000-ft-long runway, the airport’s first in 35 years.
Plote Construction Inc., Kiewit Western Co. and Walsh Construction Co., came in over the city engineer’s estimate, but not “wildly over,” according to Michael Boland, the program's first deputy director. He says Chicago-based Walsh’s low bid, at $58.9 million, was not more than 10% over estimate. Omaha-based Kiewit bid $61.7 million and Elgin, Ill.-based Plote bid $63.7 million.