Louisiana Moving Toward First Design-Build Bridge Job
DOTD in May short-listed three joint venture teams for the St. Francisville Bridge. They are: American Bridge and Bilfinger Berger with URS Corp.; Audubon Bridge Constructors, with Flatiron Constructors Inc., Granite Construction Co. and Parsons Transportation Group with Buckland & Taylor LTD; and MRB Constructors, with Traylor Bros. Inc., Massman Construction Co., Gilbert Southern Corp. and HNTB Corp.
Final selection is scheduled for early March 2006, followed by an April notice to proceed. "Utilizing design-build delivery is allowing us to shorten the construction schedule and have this project completed...by Dec. 31, 2010," says DOTD Secretary Johnny Bradberry.