Midwest City Scoop: Construction Starts in Louisville

Total construction spending in the Louisville area expected to decline slightly this year

Highway and bridge activity forecast to show strong growth, while spending declines in the non-residential sector.

City Grill

Russell Dalton
BIM Director - Americas
AECOM

“We just landed a bridge inspection program, it’s a joint venture through the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet with 1,022 bridge inspections,” Dalton says. “It’s a six-year contract out of this office in Louisville, and we are inspecting all of them. Obviously a lot of money is being spent on infrastructure improvements here and a big part of that is bridges. Kentucky has more rivers than any state in the union so, naturally, it has a lot more bridges. Kentucky owns the Ohio River on its side, and all the bridges going across it are being inspected as well.”

Firm in Focus

AECOM Hunt
2450 South Tibbs, Indianapolis
CEO: Michael S. Burke
Employees: 675
Founded: 1944
Done Deal: AECOM Hunt recently completed the $207-million, 950,000-sq-ft renovation and expansion of the Kentucky International Convention Center in Louisville.