McHugh and Knight Complete CDOT's First Design-Build Project
2003年10月28日 - 2:59AM
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McHugh and Knight Complete CDOT's First Design-Build Project
CHICAGO, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Chicago Bears fans will find the
path to Soldier Field a little easier thanks to the new 18th Street
Pedestrian Bridge, the City of Chicago Department of
Transportation's first design-build project, construction officials
announced. As a design-build project, the bridge was completed in
just five months, one-third the time of similar projects built
using standard design-bid-build methods. The city selected a joint
venture of James McHugh Construction Co. and Riteway Construction
Services as general contractors with Knight Infrastructure, Inc. as
engineers to design and build the $7.4 million pedestrian bridge.
Work began April 15. The bridge opened four days before the Bears'
Sept. 29 home opener at the new Soldier Field. Under design-build,
McHugh/Riteway served as team leader in a partnership of equals
with Knight, allowing work to begin before the design was
completed. If a standard general contracting method had been used,
the bridge may have taken three times as long to build, according
to Mike Gould, McHugh project executive. The project also required
significant coordination between the city, Knight, McHugh and six
different property owners, Gould said. "Even though the design and
construction schedule was very aggressive, the bridge turned out to
be quite attractive," added Georgia Borovilos, project manager for
CDOT's Bureau of Bridges and Transit. The 1,400-foot-long
pedestrian walkway, with 4-1/2-foot railings to allow for both
bicycle and foot traffic, connects Calumet Avenue to the 17th
Street underpass at Lake Shore Drive. The 16-foot-wide bridge
travels over the Metra railroad tracks and under the Metropolitan
Pier and Exposition Authority busway. The project also includes new
railroad and vehicular bridges as well as a new busway crossing of
the Metra tracks and bus turnaround. "The 18th Street pedestrian
bridge proves that design-build is a viable way to deliver future
projects," said Knight President Jim Wolfe. With the bridge
complete, McHugh has begun tearing down the old span and installing
landscaping, with this phase slated to finish at the end of
November. McHugh holds more than a century's experience in general
contracting, construction management and consulting. More
information is available at http://www.mchughconstruction.com/ .
Knight Infrastructure is a full-service engineering and firm
providing design, planning and construction management services.
More information is available at http://www.knightea.com/ . Both
McHugh and Knight are based in Chicago. DATASOURCE: James McHugh
Construction Co. CONTACT: Margaret Ahrweiler of McHugh
Construction, +1-630-668-1106, Web site:
http://www.mchughconstruction.com/ http://www.knightea.com/
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