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Ohio River Bridges Project recommends design-build

/ December 8, 2010 / No comments

Ohio_ky_bridgeA report commissioned by The Bridges Coalition shows that the Ohio River Bridges Project can be  built with tolls for regular commuters as low as 75 cents per crossing, said David Nicklies, chairman of the nonprofit organization.

Each scenario in the report includes 75-cent tolls for regular commuters, who would have to equip their vehicles with special transponders to qualify. All other motorists would pay one-time tolls that range from $1.25 to $2, depending on how much state and federal funding the project would receive and whether it would be built using a design/build contract.

Building the project using the design/build approach rather than the conventional approach, in which one firm designs the project and another oversees construction, could save as much as 25 percent on the project’s projected $4 billion cost, Nicklies said.

Read more: Bridges can be built with 75 cent tolls, coalition says | Business First

To view an executive summary of the report, click here.

To view a fact sheet about the project, click here.

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Procter & Gamble unveils new sustainability vision

/ November 24, 2010 / Comments Off

CINCINNATI—The Procter & Gamble Company has unveiled its long-term environmental   sustainability Cincinnati-procter-and-gamble-headquartersvision. As part of P&G’s strategy to grow responsibly, the company will work towards a long-term environmental sustainability vision that includes: powering its plants with 100 percent renewable energy; using 100 percent renewable or recycled materials for all products and packaging; having zero consumer and manufacturing waste go to landfills; and designing products that delight consumers while maximizing the conservation of resources.

The new vision provides P&G with a long-term framework to guide all sustainability decisions and goal-setting within the organization.

“Accelerating P&G’s commitment to environmental sustainability is a critical component of the company’s ongoing purpose inspired growth strategy to improve more consumers’ lives in more parts of the world more completely,” said Bob McDonald, P&G chairman of the board, president and CEO. “We’re announcing this vision and these goals because we believe in the power of P&G’s purpose, and our responsibility as a company to be a force for good in the world.”

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New Inner Belt Bridge in Cleveland will be built year earlier than expected

/ September 16, 2010 / No comments

Lacyjpg-a7a740c6e548b89f CLEVELAND, Ohio — The new Inner Belt Bridge will open a year earlier than expected and cost $163 million less than estimated.

That’s the commitment by Walsh Construction of Chicago, which along
with design firm HNTB of Kansas City are the apparent winners of the
contract to build the span across the Cuyahoga Valley.

Walsh, which received the most public support for its open, lacy
steel design, received the highest scores on its proposal and submitted a
bid of $287.4 million to build the five-lane span just north of the current Inner Belt Bridge.

Construction will begin next year. The bridge is now scheduled to open in fall 2013.

Ohio Department of Transportation officials announced the
team Thursday after opening the bids and using a formula to combine them
with the score given to each team’s technical proposal. The scores were
determined after ODOT and Cleveland officials spent five weeks
reviewing the technical proposals, which included the design for the
steel-girder bridge.

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D/B contract awarded for Cleveland’s new Innerbelt Bridge

/ September 16, 2010 / No comments

Design firm HNTB, Kansas City, Mo., and contractor Walsh Construction,
Chicago, have been awarded a design-build contract from the Ohio Dept.
of Transportation to construct the first of two new spans that together
will become Cleveland’s new Innerbelt Bridge. The twin-structure bridge
will replace the existing 51-year-old, single-structure Innerbelt
Bridge, which will be demolished. The firms’ work on the five-lane
$278.4-million first span is expected to begin next spring and be
completed by fall 2013. Construction of the eastbound section will be a
separate contract awarded after the westbound span is completed.

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Cincinnati MSD goes green

/ September 9, 2010 / No comments

The Wastewater Engineering and Education Center for the
Metropolitan SePhoto courtesy of KZF Designwer District of Greater Cincinnati  will be showcased at the next
DBIA Ohio Luncheon scheduled for Sept. 16th.

 

This three-story,
58,000 SF facility will eventually house nearly 200 MSD engineering employees
and support staff.  And it was designed to showcase “green design”
concepts and technologies for the employees and the many anticipated
visitors.  It recently received LEED Gold certification for New
Construction v2.2 from the US Green Building Council.

 

There will be a panel discussion of the design and
construction of this LEED Gold certified building.  Panelists include the
following:

 

Joel Koopman, RA  City of Cincinnati Principal
Architect

Ali Bahar, PE , Supervising Engineer, MSDGC Project Manager

Jeff Shelton, Cintech Construction Project Manager

Mike Smith, RA  KZF Design Project Manager


Register for Project Showcase: Wastewater Engineering and Education Center for MSDGC in Cincinnati, United States on Eventbrite

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Cleveland Innerbelt Bridge designs – which do you like?

/ August 24, 2010 / No comments

The Innerbelt Bridge is a vital link into downtown
Cleveland.  In October 2008, ODOT engineers restricted traffic on the
50-year-old bridge after inspections revealed that a number of steel members
were aging faster than expected.  As part of ODOT’s Innerbelt Bridge
Safety Plan, after detailed analysis of the structure and subsequent repairs,
ODOT reopened all lanes and ramps on the bridge in November 2009.  Heavy
truck traffic is no longer restricted, however it is suggested that
trucks in the eastbound direction remain detoured via I-490 eastbound and
I-77 northbound in order to increase traffic flow efficiencies. 
Minor steel repairs will continue through the fall of 2010.  During
the spring of 2009 ODOT announced plans to construct a new $450 million
westbound Innerbelt Bridge, utilizing federal transportation stimulus funds
made available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Three designs are available to view and offer comments. 

View the details at http://www.dot.state.oh.us/projects/ClevelandUrbanCoreProjects/Innerbelt/InnerbeltBridge/Pages/defaultwp-content/uploads/2011/05spx

Comment on the designs at http://www.dot.state.oh.us/projects/ClevelandUrbanCoreProjects/Innerbelt/InnerbeltBridge/Pages/DesignBuildCommentRegistrationwp-content/uploads/2011/05spx

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Evaluation begins on proposals to build new innerbelt bridge in Cleveland

/ August 6, 2010 / No comments

CLEVELAND (Thursday, August 5, 2010) -
After monthInner-belt-bridge-c0af98f62feb34a8_larges of engineering and design work, the three teams
competing
to build Cleveland’s new Interstate 90 Innerbelt Bridge have delivered
their detailed plans and proposals to the Ohio Department of Transportation and ODOT wants to hear from citizens and businesses in Northeast Ohio regarding the look of the new structure.

Starting
today, engineers and technical experts from ODOT and the City of
Cleveland will begin a thorough process of evaluating each of the
three technical proposals for constructing the new westbound bridge –
estimated at $450 million – making it ODOT’s largest single-project
investment in state history.

In
order to complete construction on this project faster, ODOT is using a
unique value based design-build process, in which the design and
construction of the project are combined in a single contract – with the
award going to a team of designers and construction contractors.

Three teams were chosen in March to compete for this historic project: Lane/Brayman, A Joint Venture, LLC with designer FIGG; Trumbull-Great Lakes-Ruhlin, A Joint Venture (TGR) with designer Parsons Transportation Group Inc.; and Walsh Construction with designer HNTB Ohio Inc.

ODOT and the City of Cleveland have laid out very clear and transparent selection criteria for choosing the final design. Technical elements – such as schedule, safety, quality management, construction plans, community outreach and sustainability – will be scored by the ODOT-Cleveland expert team.

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ODOT to Announce Design-Build Projects

/ July 22, 2010 / No comments

MARENGO — State Rep. Margaret Ann Ruhl and Ohio Department of Transportation
officials met for an informative meeting on the construction projects for I-71
in Morrow County, Thursday morning in Marengo. Many representatives from the
community and other entities were also in attendance.

“We currently have over 200 projects going on under construction in our
district,” said Thomas Wester, ODOT deputy directory. “District 6
has eight counties in central Ohio — Delaware, Marion, Morrow, Union, Madison,
Franklin, Fayette, and Pickaway. We have approximately 200 projects at over $350
million in construction right now. We have extensive resurfacing work going on
Interstate 70 and 71. We also have some very big projects on the radar screen
you’ll be interesting in knowing.”

Wester briefed the audience on three major projects taking place with Interstate
71.

“On the Delaware County and Richland County line there is a design build
contract on the north end of the county on a 7-mile freeway. The construction
is anticipated to begin in 2011 and we will seal the contract in June of next
year,” he said. “It is expected to have about two years of construction
at an estimated cost of $47 million.”

The second project in the planning will be on the Delaware County line to Ohio
61 that encompasses approximately 8 1/2 to 9 miles of roadway improvements. The
project received funding of $1.5 million for the design in May of this year,
Wester said, and they anticipate receiving other funding for the project in fiscal
year 2013-14.

Another project on the schedule is a right away project that will be done in-house.
Preparation for this project is now under way but funding for this project is
not planned until 2013-14 and construction 2015-16.

All the work is schedule to be completed in eight years with three lanes in each
direction for Morrow County along Interstate 71 and total to cost $158 million.

kenesha.beheler@mountvernonnews.com

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ODOT to Provide Stipends

/ July 2, 2010 / No comments

The three design/build teams competing to build the new Inner Belt
Bridge must document the cost of  Inner-belt-bridge-c0af98f62feb34a8_large
preparing their
project bids in order to qualify for a stipend of up to $1 million
for each unsuccessful team.

The new requirement is in response to an April 16
report by the Ohio inspector general’s office, which
outlined serious concerns about the Ohio Department of
Transportation’s plan to pay $1 million to each
team of designers, engineers and contractors not chosen for
the $450 million project.

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