Hoover Dam Bypass Delayed After Concrete Plant Is Closed
Construction on the $234-million Hoover Dam bypass bridge could be delayed for months because of an unlicensed ready-mix concrete supplier. The general contractor, a joint venture of Japanese firm Obayashi Corp. and Brisbane, Calif.-based PSM Construction USA Inc., must hire another supplier or find another batch plant site.
Casino Ready Mix Inc., Las Vegas, operated a batch plant in the nearby Eldorado Valley for over two years without a special-use permit. The location violates a county development moratorium. Clark County officials investigated the site last year and issued an injunction effective June 1, 2005. Yet Casino continued operations and later applied for a permit, which the county denied May 3.