Amid intense media attention, a design-build team on July 16 closed one of the most congested highway stretches in the country, demolished half an iconic bridge and reopened the 10-mile stretch to traffic 17 hours ahead of schedule—and earned a $300,000 bonus. Photo courtesy of L.A. Metro MIGHTY MULHOLLAND PARTIALLY FALLS Crews chipped away at the southern half of a historic bridge as part of a $1-billion freeway widening. The $1-billion Sepulveda Pass widening will add high-occupancy vehicle lanes to a stretch of Interstate 405 in Los Angeles. The last of three bridges to be demolished and rebuilt, the Mulholland
The widening of I-405 marks one of the few major design-build projects in Los Angeles to date. But thanks to an ambitious initiative to build 12 major transit projects by 2019, rather than over three decades, alternative project delivery methods are expected to be deployed on some of the county's biggest rail and highway projects.One of the highway projects that might benefit is the decades-old Interstate I-710 completion. “This project has the most promising P3 potential,” said Doug Failing, executive director of highway programs for the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority, or L.A. Metro. His remarks came during a May
As outlines of new House and Senate transportation bills come into sharper focus, it is clear the construction industry will be hard-pressed to get even a small federal funding boost above current levels for highways and transit. That outcome would be another blow to construction firms bracing for the end of the federal stimulus program and enduring spending cuts by state and local transportation agencies.Two plans are on the table. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman John Mica (R-Fla.) on July 7 formally unveiled a $230-billion, six-year transportation framework. In the Senate, Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Barbara Boxer
If all goes according to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s plan, Los Angeles will avoid the dreaded “Carmageddon” this weekend when a major highway section is sealed off. Related Links: Locals' Ire Doomed a Simpler I-405 Plan All of Southern California, it seems, is bracing for the shutdown of a 10-mile section of Interstate 405 so that one of its overpasses, the Mulholland Drive Bridge, can be partially demolished as part of a $1-billion project to upgrade the I-405 between Interstate 10 and U.S. 101.The media-saturated region dubbed the weekend closure “Carmageddon” in reference to the end of Southern California driving
Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation Jeffrey Mullan says reports about his resignation this fall are premature, according to an email from a Mass. DOT spokesman today. Related Links: MassDOT Study Blames Salt For Big Dig's Fallen Light Fixture MassDOT Administrator Out After Latest Big Dig Mishap “In May, I discussed with the Governor my intention to transition from the administration within the year for personal reasons,” Mullan states in the email. “However, we made no final decisions regarding my future at that time. While I still intend to transition out this year, I have made no final plans. I am fully
After months of wrangling between the Calgary Airport Authority and the city of Calgary, the airport's $2-billion expansion has received a last-minute add-on: a tunnel underneath the 14,000-ft-long, 200-ft-wide runway. Rendering Courtesy of Calgary Ariport Authority The $1.4-billion terminal is already in construction and substantial work recently started on the $620-million runway—the largest project of its kind in North America.The two entities reached a tentative agreement in May, allowing the city to construct a six-lane extension of Airport Trail east under the runway to connect to the northeast section of the city, also keeping open the possibility for future light
After months of wrangling between the Calgary Airport Authority and the city of Calgary, the airport's $2-billion expansion has received a last-minute add-on: a tunnel underneath the 14,000-ft-long, 200-ft-wide runway. The $1.4 billion terminal is already in construction and substantial work recently started on the $620 million runway—the largest project of its kind in North America.The two entities reached a tentative agreement in May, allowing the city to construct a six-lane extension of Airport Trail east under the runway to connect to the northeast section of the city, also keeping open the possibility for future light rail extension. Jim Stevenson, Calgary
Construction of East Africa's first-ever standard-gauge railway, which is being undertaken by Kenya, the region's largest economy, has been pushed back by nine months after Kenya’s railway operator delayed the procurement process for the $3-billion project.The Kenyan government now has allocated $36 million in the new financial year, which began on July 1, to jump-start the stalled design studies that were initially slated for completion in April, according to Kenyan Finance Minister Uhuru Kenyatta. The new railway line linking Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi would ease freight movement from the port of Mombasa to landlocked countries, helping to reduce transport
Oman and Egypt will spend $2.95 billion in the next few years to expand and rebuild major airports in a bid to boost tourism and cargo capacity. Dubai and Bahrain have also announced significant expansion plans for their airports in order to become global aviation hubs. Related Links: Chinese Suffer Major Setback in European Construction Market Norway Firm Clinches Tanzania Power Contract Hong Kong's Tuen Mun Sludge Incineration Plant Will Be One of World's Largest Kenya Delays $3B Railway Project for Nine Months Israel Embarks on Country's Largest Seismic Retrofit A consortium of San Francisco-based Bechtel, Turkey’s Enka Construction Co.
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