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
Related Links: Transportation's Next Chapter: Maintenance, Mobility, Money DOTs Are Gaining "Complete Streets" Smarts Massachusetts industry executives were awaiting word at ENR press time on whether a state House and Senate conference committee could hash out differences over their respective versions of a five-year, $13-billion transportation bond bill. Both versions of the bill are similar, and Gov. Deval Patrick (D) has indicated his support. As a result, many expect it to pass and authorize capital spending on a host of long-awaited projects to improve heavily used roads, rails and other infrastructure.Anthony Puntin, executive director of the Boston Society of Civil
Photo Courtesy of Missouri DOT Pennsylvania's Rapid Bridge Replacement Project follows on the heels of Missouri's recent rapid replacement of 802 bridges. Related Links: Bridge Industry Conference Showcases Missouri Innovations $2.6-Billion Ohio River Bridges Project Ramps Up In Louisville Informed by recent public-private partnerships (P3) and accelerated bridge construction (ABC) programs in other states, Pennsylvania is well under way with the process of combining the two concepts into its plan for addressing 614 structurally deficient bridges.The Pennsylvania Dept. of Transportation (PennDOT) late last month asked four teams to submit proposals for its Rapid Bridge Replacement Project. In a release, PennDOT
Photo Courtesy of Denver RTD The new hotel and transit station project at DIA may be well over its initial budget. Related Links: Denver Airport Sues City's Transit Agency Over Disputed Project Costs DIA Launches South Terminal Redevelopment Program Denver International Airport officials insist the project to build a hotel and transit center connected to the airport terminal remains on track at an adjusted budget of $544 million, despite recent reports the job may have ballooned as much as 34% over initial costs.The centerpiece of the project is a 500-room, 14-story Westin hotel that is going up at the terminal's
Photo by Jeff Rubenstone/ENR Several barges at the Tappan Zee Bridge project site have come unmoored recently. Related Links: Perfectly Aligned Political Will Pushed New NY Bridge Process New York State Secures $1.6-Billion DOT Loan for Tappan Zee Bridge Replacement The New York State Thruway Authority said on March 31 that it will withhold up to $1 million per month in progress payments to Tappan Zee Constructors LLC due to repeated incidents of construction barges at the site of the new Tappan Zee Bridge coming unmoored and drifting down the Hudson River. The most recent incident took place on March
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