Photo by David Sailors NJDOT decided to shut down northbound lanes completely so the contractor can go in and replace the 3.5-mile deck within two years as part of a 10-year, $1-billion rehabilitation program. Related Links: Rival Bidder on New Jersey Highway Rehab Eyes Winner's China Tie | N.J. Gov. Christie Details Decision on ARC Tunnel Project Contractor crews bolted from the starting gate in mid-April, commencing a two-year marathon effort to replace three miles' worth of the Pulaski Skyway northbound deck. About a month after the lanes were completely closed, on April 12, project officials say "Autogeddon" has been
Map courtesy Fla. Dept. of Transportation In addition to the rebuilding of general-use lanes, the 21-mile-long project includes reconstruction of 15 major interchanges, construction of roughly 140 bridges and the addition of four variable-priced toll lanes. Related Links: FDOT Officially Names Short-Listed Groups for I-4 Ultimate Job Interstate 595 Widening Mark's Florida's First P3 Effort A concessionaire headed by Skanska Infrastructure Development will lead the Florida Dept. of Transportation's largest public-private partnership project to date: the $2.3-billion rebuild of Orlando's Interstate 4.A joint venture of Skanska USA Civil Southeast, Granite Construction and Lane Construction will lead construction. HDR Engineering and
Related Links: Israel Rail Job Work Resumes After TBM Deviation is Found Booming Ridership Prompts Push for More Light Rail in Jerusalem As part of a plan to expand its 1,100-kilometer national rail network by 600 km in the next few years, Israel awarded last month its largest-ever railroad-track contract, a $400-million award, to a consortium of Germany's DB Bahnbau Gruppe and Israeli contractors Shikun U'Binui Ltd. and Lesico Ltd.The team beat out a consortium of France's TSO, Spain's Indra and Israel's T.A.N. Earthmoving Ltd.The work involves three separate new lines: the 22-km double-track line from Acre to Carmiel; the
Photo Courtesy of HNTB New Interbelt Bridge in Ohio replaces a structurally deficient predecessor; other projects like these could be put on hold if federal transportation funding legislation isn't addressed by Oct. 1. + Image ENR Art Dept. Related Links: Obama Rolls Out $302-Billion Transportation Proposal Don't Wave The White Flag On Federal Transportation Funding As the Highway Trust Fund balance shrinks and the current surface transportation law's Sept. 30 expiration date looms, the Obama administration has fleshed out the details of its $302-billion plan to save the trust fund from insolvency and boost highway and transit spending over the
Photo courtesy of MMDA Photo courtesy of MMDA Related Links: Mumbai Bridge Link to Mainland Attracts Bidder Interest India Chips Away at Massive Urbanization Needs Fourteen teams are vying for prequalification for the $4.4-billion Mumbai Metro-Line 3 project, which will entail $2.6-billion in civll work, including potentially complex tunneling through coastal and cultural areas of Mumbai.Afcons-KMB, CEC-ITDCEM-TPL, CTCEG-PIIPL, Dogus-Soma, IL&FS-CR25G, J Kumar-CRTG, L&T-STEC, Mosmetrostroy-HCC, OHL-SKE&C, Pratibha Industries-GDYT, Sacyr CMC ESSAR, Salin Impregilo-Gammon, STRABAG-AG-Patel and Unity-IVRCL-CTG submitted prequalification bids in Februrary. The tender is scheduled for release by July with the contract to be awarded by January 2015, according to Sanjay
WSDOT Bertha's shield, pictured during assembly in Seattle in the summer of 2013. WSDOT Bertha's cutter head, pictured here prior to assembly in summer 2013, will be augmented by an improved main bearing and more robust seals, which repair crews will install this summer, according to the contractor. Related Links: Seattle Tunneling Behemoth Bertha Awaits Repairs to Bearing Seals Divers Searching for Way To Get TBM 'Bertha' Moving Again There will be no tunneling in 2014 of the new state Route 99 under downtown Seattle. The latest repair schedule, released on April 21, for North America’s largest tunnel-boring machine, dubbed
Related Links: Hong Kong Secures $1.1 Billion To Cover Jump in Cost of Link Road Project Longest Immersed Tube Tunnels Chinese contractors have hit the halfway mark of building an immersed-tube tunnel (ITT) between Hong Kong and Macao that, when opened in 2016, will be the world's longest, at 29.6 kilometers. But engineers in Denmark are in the final procurement phase for a project that will be three times longer: a Denmark-Germany ITT across the Fehmarnbelt waterway.Final price bids for the 17.6-km-long Fehmarnbelt road-and-rail ITT are due this December, and work will start next summer, says Steen Lykke, technical director
Related Links: Massachusetts Span Partially Reopens After Temporary Fix http://enr.construction.com/convert/convert.asp?filename=necoar071017e Crews in Boston are removing in sections a monolithic, 43,000-sq-ft, 4-in.-thick reinforced-concrete ceiling off an Interstate 90 tunnel using specialized trucks equipped with shipping containers and hydraulic lifts.In the predawn hours of April 6, three flatbed trailer trucks, side by side, crept out of the Prudential Tunnel in three of the four eastbound lanes carrying a 33-ft-wide, 45-ft-long slab weighing 75,000 lb—the largest of 106 sections to be removed to date, says Cory Brett, project manager for Simpson Gumpertz & Heger (SGH), the prime design contractor.The move was part of
The tension was high in Milton, Ky., and Madison, Ind., as crews prepared to slide the new Milton-Madison Bridge's nearly half-mile-long superstructure 55 ft over the Ohio River in one piece. "It'll be good to get this behind us," said Charlie Gannon, project manager for design-build contractor Walsh Construction.
Photo Courtesy of kiewit Nicaraguan bridge marks a big firm's first foray with Bridges to Prosperity. Related Links: Bridges to Prosperity partner list Volunteers Building Other Critical Bridges Kiewit Corp. has joined a growing list of major engineering and construction firms volunteering with the group Bridges to Prosperity. Earlier this year, Kiewit completed its first project, a week-long effort to construct a steel-and- wood-deck suspension bridge 115 ft—with tower heights of 25 ft—across the El Limón River in Nicaragua.Kiewit isn't alone. Both CH2M Hill and PCL will volunteer for their first projects this year, while existing industry partners, such as
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