You are here:
Artists illustration of California High speed train at the station. Photo: California High Speed Rail Project
Bidders selected for California High Speed Rail
Published: Tue, 2014-12-16 08:44-
-
Printer friendly
It needs construction of 36’ bridges
The California High Speed Rail Authority declared on December 12 that it had nominated a consortium of Dragados, Flatiron and Shimmick as preferred bidder for a design-build contract of a additional 96 route-km of high speed line in the Californian Central Valley.
In choosing the ‘apparent best value bid’ from the three submitted, CHSRA valued Construction Package 2-3 at ‘between $1·5bn and $2bn’. Dragados-Flatiron-Shimmick submitted an offer of $1·2bn, the authority reported.
Bids from the competing consortia were valued at $1·7bn and $2·1bn respectively. The formal award of a contract is subject to final approval by the CHSRA board ‘in the coming weeks’.
CP2-3 is the second civil works set to be let by the authority. In June 2013 it selected a joint venture of Tutor Perini, Zachry Construction and Parsons for the $985m CP1, which covers civil works on the 47 km Madera – Fresno segment of the 480 km Initial Operating Section between Merced and the San Fernando Valley.
CP2-3 covers the 96 km section south from East American Avenue in Fresno to a point 1·6 km north of the Tulare-Kern County line near Bakersfield. It needs construction of ‘approximately 36’ bridges, flyovers and underpasses, according to CHSRA.
Source: California High Speed Rail Project
Av Markku Björkman
Related News
Relevant Content
