The joint venture of Walsh Group, Barletta Construction and Granite Construction appears to have been unable to certify a cost estimate at or below the $1.3-billion cost limit to build the long-awaited Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s Green Line Extension project in metropolitan Boston. The JV is out of the bidding, according to a source close to the procurement. (Walsh and an MBTA spokespersons did not respond before ENR’s press time to confirm the bid status of the contractor and its team.)
The MBTA said at its Oct. 23 board meeting that only two of three short-listed design-build groups submitted certified cost proposals, but the agency said they would not be identified until the public price opening on Nov. 17. Besides the Walsh-led group, the other bidders include a Fluor Enterprises-led JV, comprising The Middlesex Corp., Herzog Contracting Corp. and Balfour Beatty Infrastructure, and a Lane Construction Corp.-led JV, comprising its parent firm, Judlau Contracting and LMH-C.M.C. di Ravenna.