PRESS RELEASE: Virginia Department of Transportation–– The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) announced that nine firms have provided responsive Submittals of Qualifications in the first step of the agency’s Request for Proposals for the Route 29/Charlottesville Bypass project. VDOT is seeking proposals to build the new road using its Design-Build project development process.
Each responsive firm will be allowed to submit a proposal for the project. Those proposals will consist of a letter of submittal, attachments to the letter, and the company’s price proposal. The bids are due on April 17, 2012.
The firms qualified for the project are:
American Infrastructure / Kimley-Horn; Glen Allen, Va.
CH2MHILL; Richmond, Va.
Charlottesville Bypass Constructors (Shirley-English) / Dewberry; Lorton, Va.
CK Constructors (Corman-Kiewit) / Jansen and Spaans; Annapolis Junction, Md.
Granite-Wagman / Gannett Fleming; Tarrytown, N.Y.
Lane / RK&K; Chantilly, Va.
Skanska-Branch / JMT; Virginia Beach, Va.
United Infrastructure / T.Y. Lin; North Charleston, S.C.
Zachry / TranSystems; San Antonio, Texas
The Charlottesville Bypass project will build a new 6.2-mile, four-lane, limited-access roadway stretching from Route 29 just north of the South Fork Rivanna River to the Route 29/250 Bypass in Albemarle County. The project includes interchanges at both termini to move traffic between Route 29 north and Route 29/250 west of Charlottesville.
Information about the RFP can be found at: http://www.virginiadot.org/business/request-for-proposals.asp. Additional information about the Route 29/Charlottesville Bypass project can also be found on VDOT’s web site, http://www.virginiadot.org/projects/culpeper/rt._29_bypass.asp.