Best Highway/Bridge: Lake Tillery Bridge Rehabilitation
Originally constructed in 1927, the open spandrel concrete arch bridge is well known to travelers on both land and water. That made maintaining the bridge’s original architectural features a priority for the two-year, $20.2-million structural rehabilitation, which coincided with a separate, concurrent highway project.
Communication was particularly important for this design-build effort as two engineers-of-record were responsible for different aspects of the rehabilitation. Often PCL Construction consulted both engineers to minimize risk and guarantee successful construction. Using this approach, the PCL team streamlined the process of submitting suggested alternative approaches for consideration.