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Procurement

City of Austin Mandatory Pre-bid Meeting for Waller Creek Tunnel Project

Owner:
City of Austin, Texas Pic 1
Location:
Austin, Texas
Status:
Mandatory pre-bid meeting Wednesday, 22 September 2010
Information:
Gary Jackson, City of Austin Project Manager, Tel: +1 512 974 7115
The City of Austin invites tunneling companies to attend a vendor conference for a flood control tunnel on Wednesday, September 22, 2010, at the Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center (Rehearsal Lab), 600 River Street, Austin, Texas 78701 at 10:30 a.m. Refreshments will be served. There will be a networking session immediately following. The pre-bid meeting is mandatory for all companies interested in bidding on the tunnel project.
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Plan of the Waller Creek

The Waller Creek Tunnel - Main Tunnel & 4th Street Creek Side Inlet Project is estimated at $40 million and consists of construction via conventional methods, of a flood control (main) tunnel from Waller Beach to Waterloo Park along Waller Creek, and two connector tunnels to capture intervening drainage at 4th/5th Street and 8th/9th Street. The main tunnel is about a mile long (1.6km) and consists of three segments of 20.5ft to 26.5ft (6.25-8m) finished diameter tunnel. Segment 1 is 26.5ft finished diameter and extends from the Outlet Structure (to be built under separate contract) approximately 2,275ft northward and includes a 100ft transition to Segment 2. Segment 2 is a 22.5ft finished diameter tunnel and extends about 1,570ft northward, including a 100ft transition to Segment 3. Segment 3 is a 20.5ft finished diameter tunnel and extends about 1,490ft northward to connect to the Inlet Structure (to be built under separate contract).
The 4th/5th Street connector tunnel is 22.5ft in diameter and extends eastward approximately 223ft from the tie point at the main tunnel to the 17ft i.d. 4th Street shaft. The 8th/9th Street connector is a 22.5ft i.d. tunnel and extends eastward for about 40ft. This work also consists of constructing a creek side inlet and debris screening structure within the east bank of Waller Creek and about 280ft of creek restoration between 4th and 5th Street.
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Design of the flood control tunnel

The project is designed to reduce the flood plain of Waller Creek through the center of the city by some 28 acres and confine flow to within the river banks. It also includes a pumping system that will keep a controlled flow of water from the lake in the creek at times of low natural flows.
The City maintains a Plan Room to view project plans and specifications at no cost. Fees apply for copies. The Plan Room is located at 4201 Ed Bluestein Blvd., Austin, Texas 78721. For additional project information, contact Gary Jackson, City of Austin Project Manager at +1 512 974 7115 and visit the project website.

Construction bids for Sunnydale Auxiliary Sewer Project

Owner:
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC)
Location:
San Francisco
Status:
Bids due by Thursday, March 18, 2010 at 2pm local time
Information:
Contract Administration at (415) 551-4603
e-mail: rfp@sfwater.org
website: SFPUC
The Sunnydale Auxiliary Sewer Project will address temporary flooding during significant storm events within the Visitation Valley neighborhood of San Francisco. The estimated $35 million to $40 million project includes the installation of about 4,000ft of 8ft to 11ft (1,220m of 2.4m to 3.3m) interior diameter concrete sewer tunnel from Harney Way westerly past Bayshore Blvd. The tunnel will be excavated by an EPBM, micro-tunneling, pipe-jacking and jet-grouting. Associated work includes three tunnel portals and the highway US101/Caltrain crossings.
Plans and specifications are available for purchase at 1155 Market Street, 9th floor. Contractors requesting plan/specs be shipped to them should send their request with the appropriate payment amount and return shipping information to:
Contract Administration Bureau
1155 Market Street 9th floor
San Francisco, CA 94103, USA

Presidio Parkway construction contract #4

Owner:
Caltrans
Location:
San Francisco
Status:
Bids due by Friday, February 26, 2010
Contract value:
$99 million
Information:
Presidio Parkway
The contract will include construction of an at-grade detour, 787ft (240m) of cut-and-cover for the Southbound Battery Tunnel, permanent roadway section, electrical and mechanical substation, retaining walls, and traffic switch.
Refrences:
New approach to Golden Gate Bridge accelerated - TunnelTalk, Apr 2009

RFQs for design-build Blue Plains CSO tunnel, Washington, DC

Owner:
District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC WASA)
Location:
Washington, DC, USA
Status:
SFQs due by Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at 4pm local time
Pre-SOQ meeting Friday, February 5, 2010, starting 10am
Information:
Ms Melva Massey, Tel: +1 202 787 2363, Fax: +1 202 787 2453,
e-mail: gbass@dcwasa.com
Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) are invited for design-build services in connection with the Blue Plains Tunnel, a part of DC WASA's Long Term Control Plan of CSOs to the Anacostia River. Detailed information on the scope of work, procurement process, and required content of the SOQ, submittal requirements, and evaluation process is contained in the Request for Qualifications (RFQ) document. SOQs for the Contract No. 100040 RFQ document is available from Ms Melva Massey Tel: +1 202 787 2363, Fax: +1 202 787 2453, e-mail: gbass@dcwasa.com.
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Contract alignment

Contract scope includes, but is not limited to: five shafts of 50ft to 110ft diameter by up to 140ft deep, and approximately 23,600ft of 23ft i.d. tunnel excavated in soft-ground under and adjacent to the Potomac and Anacostia Rivers, and lined with bolted/gasketed precast concrete segments.
A shortlist of three teams will be selected in accordance with the evaluation criteria in the RFQ, invite proposals Request for Proposals (RFP) package to and selection of the design-build construction team will be based upon both technical and price elements in accordance with the selection criteria in the RFP.
The contract resulting from the RFP will be subject to Fair Share Objectives for Minority and Women Business Enterprises (MBE and WBE) in the amounts of 28% and 4% for the professional services component, and 32% and 6% for the construction component, respectively. The program requirements are defined in the U.S. EPA's Participation by Disadvantaged Business Enterprises in Procurement Under EPA Financial Assistance Agreements - May 27, 2008.
SOQs will be accepted until March 16, 2010 at 4pm local time by DCWASA's Melva Massey located on the 5thnd floor of the Central Operations Facility (COF). The pre-SOQ meeting on Friday, February 5, 2010, will be held at DC WASA's COF building, 5000 Overlook Ave, SW, Washington, DC 20032 starting at 10am. Please allow 30 to 60 minutes to obtain a visitor's pass at the security building at the plant's entrance. Space will be limited and firms attending are limited to attendance of three (3) persons. Make reservations no later than January 29, 2010 with Ms Melva Massey Tel: +1 202 787 2363 or e-mail: gbass@dcwasa.com.
Refrences:
Clean up for Washington DC waterways - TunnelTalk, August 2009

Shortlist for Crossrail running tunnels contracts

Owner:
UK Department for Transport and Transport for London
Location:
London, UK
Status:
Shortlist of contractors announced
Information:
Crossrail's official website
December 4, 2009: Crossrail Ltd released the shortlisted contractors selected to bid for its two principal tunnelling contracts under the centre of London. Shortlisted joint ventures are:
• Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering Ltd, Morgan Est plc, VINCI Construction, and Beton-und Monierbau;
• BAM Nuttall Ltd, Ferrovial Agroman (UK) Ltd, and Keir Construction Ltd;
• Costain Ltd, Skanska Construction UK Ltd, and Bilfinger Berger Civil (Ingeneirbau GmbH);
• Dragados, S.A. and John Sisk & Son (Holdings) Ltd;
• Laing O'Rourke Construction and Bouygues Travaux Publics SA.
Refrences:
Shortlist for Crossrail running tunnels contracts - TunnelTalk, Dec 2009

Requests for Panama Canal crossing study

Owner:
Panama Canal Authority
Location:
Panama
Status:
Proposals due December 13, 2009
Information:
Panama Canal Authority
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Panama Canal needing a highway underpass

The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has released a request for proposals to investigate alternatives for a vehicular crossing of the Canal's Atlantic side. The scope of work includes analyzing the feasibility of building either a bridge or a tunnel north of the existing Gatun Locks and the new post-Panamax locks complex. It will include a subsequent determination of the best alternative. Interested parties have 30 days from November 13, 2009 to submit their proposals for this non-negotiated best value bid. A committee of ACP engineers will evaluate the proposals and reserves the right to contract the services of external consultants to make recommendations on the submissions. The technical portion of the proposals will constitute 65% of the total score, while the price proposals will represent 35%. The ACP expects to award the contract in January 2010. The selected contractor will have seven months to present the its report.

Pre-Qualifiers for Phase II of the Palisades Tunnels Procurement

Owner:
New Jersey Transit and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Location:
New Jersey, USA
Status:
August 26 2009: Four JVs pre-qualify to proceed to Phase II of procurement process
• ARC Constructors - a Joint Venture of SA Healy and CCA Civil/Halmar International LLC
• Barnard of New Jersey and Judlau Contracting Inc., Joint Venture
• OHL/Tully Joint Venture
• Schiavone-Shea-Skanska, Joint Venture
Sealed Bid No.:
09-038X
Information:
Pre-qualification details (pdf)
Palisades Tunnel procurement information (pdf)
www.thetunnelproject.com
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Art Silber discusses procurement process

The Palisades Tunnels is the second of three (3) Design Build Contracts for The Trans-Hudson Express (THE) Tunnel Project. The Palisades Tunnels will extend from the east face of the Tonnelle Avenue (Routes 1 and 9) Underpass to the Hoboken access shaft. It includes an open cut to a portal structure at the west face of the Western Slope (Palisades) then turns into two (2) TBM bored tunnels that run through the Palisades hard rock to the Hoboken access shaft. The twin tunnels will be approximately 5,200ft (1,585m) long, and will have a finished inside diameter of approximately 24ft 6in (7.5m). The Invitation for Bids will be a two-phase process. The first phase will consist of Prequalification of the Contractors. The second phase will consist of two steps: Step 1 submission of a Technical proposal, and step 2 submission of a Firm Fixed Price Bid.

Caldecott 4th Bore Improvement Project

Owner:
California Department of Transportation (Caltrans)
Location:
Alameda and Contra Costa counties, California
Contract No.:
04-294914
Status:
Bid Opening - 29 September 2009.
Caltrans recieved four bids, with the apparent low bid some 20% below the Engineer's estimate of $270 million + 1550 calendar days to complete.
• Tutor Saliba - $215 million. Days bid - 1105
• Barnard/Flatiron JV - $260 million. Days bid - 1248
• Kiewit/Traylor JV - $308 million. Days bid - 1370
• Obayashi/Shea/Atkinson JV - $445 million. Days bid - 1550
Information:
www.Caltrans               Bid date extension - TunnelTalk, Aug 2009
The Caldecott Improvement Project involves constructing a two-lane fourth tunnel north of the three existing tunnels. The new tunnel will be 12.58m (41.25ft) wide, and 1,033m (3,389ft) in length. Seven cross-passages will connect the third and fourth bores and serve as emergency exits. In addition, the project includes construction of retaining and sound walls and of two electrical substations, demolition of the existing maintenance building and construction of a new two-story building, installation of operations, communications and emergency systems and various roadway improvements.

TBM tunnels (U220 contract) for the University Link Light Rail Project, Seattle

Owner:
Sound Transit
Location:
Seattle, Washington, USA
Status:
Awarded, May 2009
Contractor:
Traylor Frontier-Kemper JV
Bid Price:
$309.2 million
Information:
www.soundtransit.org
Sound Transit, the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority, has issued advanced notification of an invitation for bid for construction of 11,400ft (3.5km) of segmentally lined, pressurized-face, twin-bore tunnels between Capitol Hill and University of Washington Stations, with sequential excavation method cross passages at regular intervals and civil and structural excavation of the University of Washington Station crossover cavern. Estimated contract value is $375-400 million and the bid period is approximately 14 weeks from the official advertisement date.

Final design services for San Francisco Central Subway

Owner:
San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency
Location:
San Francisco, USA
Status:
Requests for infromation RFI
Event:
Jan 27, 2009 [see below]
Bid No.:
RFI CS-155
Information:
www.sfgov.org
SFMTA intends to obtain professional services from a qualified consulting firm capable of providing Professional Architecture and Engineering Services for the Final Design and Construction of the Central Subway Project, Phase 2 of the Third Street Light Rail Project. An informational workshop for this RFI has been scheduled for 3:00 PM, Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at the SFMTA office, One South Van Ness Avenue, 2nd Floor Conference Room. Interested professional service providers are invited to attend. Pre-bid conference attendance is optional.

Construction Management Services for the Port Mann Water Supply Tunnel - RFQ

Owner:
The Greater Vancouver Water District
Location:
Vancouver, Canada
Awarded:
Hatch Mott MacDonald
Bid Closing:
Nov 4, 2008
RFQ No.:
RFQ # 08-154
Information:
www.metrovancouver.org
The Greater Vancouver Water District, hereinafter referred to as the "Corporation", invites submissions of qualifications from those interested in providing construction management services for the Port Mann Water Supply Tunnel. The primary requirements for the construction management services are to ensure that the construction will be completed on time and on budget as well as meeting all technical requirements. It is anticipated that construction management services will be required from about January 2009 until after the end of the construction in 2012.

Design Services for TYSSE Twin Tunnels

Owner:
Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)
Location:
Toronto, Canada
Status:
Awarded, November 2008
Designer:
Hatch Mott MacDonald Ltd.
Contract Value:
Up to $12 million,
Information:
Toronto Transit Commission
The Commission requires the services of a Consultant to provide design services for tunnelling of the new 8.4km subway line from the existing Downsview Station to the new Vaughan Corporation Centre Station. It is anticipated that the tunnels for the subway extension will be constructed as twin tunnels, in five sections, separated by intermediate subway stations. This project is jointly funded by the Government of Canada, Province of Ontario, City of Toronto and Region of York.

Engineering Services for Sewage Infrastructure Master Plan

Owner:
Utilities Kingston
Location:
Ontario, Canada
Status:
Bidding
Bid Closing:
Oct 30, 2008
Contract No.:
UK-08-19
Information:
www.utilitieskingston.com
Utilities Kingston is seeking proposals from qualified engineering firms to complete the Master Plan for Sewage Infrastructure in the City of Kingston Urban Area. Utilities Kingston has undertaken significant capital works to address combined sewer overflows within the City. Continued CSO management improvements ensures that the sewage collection, conveyance and treatment systems are adequate to meet current and future needs. As a continuation of the Pollution Control Planning Study (1992) and Update (2000), the objective of the Sewer Master Plan is to create a guiding document for optimization of existing facilities and future improvements to the sanitary and combined sewer system within the City of Kingston to meet existing regulations and future capacity and treatment requirements supporting a sustainable utility.

County Grounds Tunnel

Owner:
Milwaukee MSD
Location:
Milwaukee WI
Status:
Bids due Oct 16, 2008
Contract No.:
W20004C06
Information:
www.mmsd.com
This $99 million project captures and stores potential floodwater in one large basin. A large, underground tunnel that's 17 feet in diameter and about a half-mile long will channel excess water from Underwood Creek into the basin.

Crystal Springs Bypass Tunnel

Owner:
SF Public Utility Commission
Location:
San Mateo County CA
Awarded:
October 2008
Contractor:
Shank/Balfour Beatty, JV
Bid price:
$55.67 million
Information:
www.sfwater.org
This $55-$65 million project includes construction of approximately 4200ft length of tunnel and associated shafts, initial lining, and installation of a 96in diameter steel pipe final lining.

Mission Trails Pipeline Tunnel

Owner:
San Diego County Water Authority
Location:
San Diego CA
Status:
Bid due Aug 6, 2008
Information:
www.sdcwa.org
This proposed $35-41 million project consists of constructing 4,520 lineal feet in two separate tunnels to install 92in diameter welded steel pipe or 96in reinforced concrete cylinder pipe at the Contractor's option.